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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

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  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  Looter, I think we are coming from different places when discussing rationality and irrationality.

  I am approaching irrationality as the brain's emotional response as opposed to a logical response. I think of it in terms of rightbrain/leftbrain functioning.

  Belief springs from the brain's desire to fulfill its emotional needs (right brain). Logic springs from the left brain's need to be organized and rational - it is concerned with the detail of the material world - the right brain likes a big picture way of perceiving the world. The right brain speaks through emotion - the left brain speaks through the rationality of language.

  Belief satisfies our emotional need to stay connected to the material world
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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  looter: Besides, believers think not believing is irrational so it really is just a different mode of thinking.

  Yes. It certainly is a different way of thinking.

  The difference between rationality and irrationality is that rationality does not require belief.

  Think of it this way - it is like going to watch a movie. Our rational minds know that the images, music, plot, characters on the screen are fictitious. In order to engage in the experience of being entertained by the movie, the spectators have to suspend their disbelief.

  That is what makes a rational person into a "believer" - the suspension of their disbelief. And that is a conscious choice
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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  looter: It pains me that you think that...

  Well, to add to your pain, I have to agree with many of the other posters here. I think that your OP is a word salad that lacks coherence. I think that this reflects the level of frustration you are experiencing in trying to reconcile irrationality with the rational world
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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  looter: OrphanCrow, how dare you believe...

  Looter, I can dare to believe whatever I want. Seriously

  I have no limits to what I can chose

  It is called freedom of mind
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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  OrphanCrow

  You think I am using insulting language and you don't think Cofty is

  Excuse me?

  Are you a mind reader? Is this thread about physic abilities? Sorry...I shouldn't be here. I don't discuss mind reading abilities

  Carry on...my mistake
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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

  1. jw
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  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  Um...maybe not make references to other people's 'intelligence'? And pass judgement on those observations?
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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

  1. jw
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  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  kate: Some people like Cofty, are very intelligent in a lot of ways, but may not understand you because they are less able to see your perspective as they have their own perspective they are happy with.

  That is a condescending statement

  Insulting, in fact
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and racial prejudice by Werner Cohn

  by slimboyfat in

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  race is asserting itself as a problematic issue united states once more.

  i always thought jws had a relatively good track record on race.

  they preach a world without prejudice after all.

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  rebelfighter: Which then leads to my next question if the WT eventually caved into societies view of equality of racial differences then why have they stood so firm on women being the under dog and staying in submission to men?

  Because women being given power would mean that the less than 50% who hold power would be threatened. Women are not a minority. Giving them power would threaten the male only power base

  The WTS men in power have a problem with their concept of masculinity - it is very fragile
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  Male Prostitutes in demand during RNC convention

  by Coded Logic in

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  among those making cleveland extra gay this week are male prostitutes who are in high demand among older, allegedly heterosexual male republican delegates.. the new york post reports: .

  i’ve seen 10 clients so far,” one male escort said.. “most of them were first-timers.

  you could tell they were nervous, but once they became more comfortable, they seemed to be having a good time.”.

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  Doc: Why the sudden increase in exploring same sex curiosity? And why by this demographic?

  Well...it isn't necessarily an increase, even tho the article claims that most are "first-timers" and most are married white men 40-50.

  To claim that it is an "increase", you would have to have previous numbers to compare those to.

  Heh...my brother, who is gay, says that the phenomena of married men who have gay boyfriends is not uncommon...there are far more married men, than most would think, who go to gay bars and have gay boyfriends. Far more.
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  What novels have you been reading recently? Recommend any?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
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  i've always been a bit of a reader - but only reading about topics i find interesting, e.g.

  natural history, dinosaurs, etc.. recently i've started to select, buy and read novels.. this year i've bought and read frankenstein (mary shelly), dracula (bram stoker), the hound of the baskervilles (a. conan doyle), 'salem's lot (stephen king), jurassic park (michael crichton) and the firm (john grisham).. i have an inclination towards horrors and thrillers.. what fiction have you been reading?.

  could you recommend anything?.

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  LoveUni: I have an inclination towards horrors and thrillers

  Ah...then you must get and read Imajica by Clive Barker. I have lost track of the number of times I have read the book and I wouldn't hesitate to read it again. Haha! I had never heard of Clive Barker (seriously) before I read Imajica and after the third reading, I looked the book up and found out that it was considered to be horror genre.

  Another novel that I have read more than once is Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. The novel is set in New York City at the time that the Trade Towers were being built. Excellent story telling and all inspired by a single photograph taken of a man tightrope walking between the unfinished towers.

  This next novel is not for the faint of heart - The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson. It took me a long time to get through this novel - it is brutal and absolutely mind shattering. The novel is set in North Korea. A very difficult read but excellently told.

  I am currently reading a book - not really a novel - called The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg. A fascinating look inside Afghan culture and how some girls are raised as boys until they are of child bearing age.

  Have fun reading, LoveUni...if you get bored with the fictional life of a novel, you can always revert to accounts of true crime.