i am in urgent need of a copy of crisis of conscience.
mine is on loan to a friend and i won't be getting it back for a week or two.
does anyone have a copy i could borrow?
Hello there,
I am in urgent need of a copy of Crisis of Conscience. Mine is on loan to a friend and I won't be getting it back for a week or two. Does anyone have a copy I could borrow? If you're in Seattle and wouldn't mind parting with yours for a week or two, I could really use it! PM me!
SNG
i'm an evolutionist.
one cannot argue that evolution isn't a fact.
however, i'd be interested in the better informed amongst us here explaining in simple terms how the feeling of love evolved.
Dansk, I beg to differ. Most of the examples Dr. Burton cites can be attributed to instinct or reciprocity.
Well, that seems like a convenient way to dismiss the research. An alien biologist viewing Earth might well say the same thing about humans, but that wouldn't change the altruistic behavior. One can argue about how much consciousness is involved, but I don't think that's an important point.
SNG
i'm an evolutionist.
one cannot argue that evolution isn't a fact.
however, i'd be interested in the better informed amongst us here explaining in simple terms how the feeling of love evolved.
Hi there, everyone.
I'd recommend Robert Wright's The Moral Animal for a highly entertaining survey of the evolutionary reasons for love, hate, sense of justice, etc. One of the most interesting points in the book is that natural selection fits us with "mental organs" - tendencies and feelings - that tend to maximize inclusive fitness. The carrier need not be aware of the underlying "logic."
So, for example, people and animals love their offspring without thinking about the logic behind it, even though there is clearly an important evolutionary reason. Natural selection gets us to behave certain ways by causing us to feel certain ways. Many species demonstrate things like friendship-based alliances, anger at injustice, and so on. They need not be aware of the particular function of these feelings, but the feelings spur them to behavior that increases their fitness.
For example, making deals with trustworthy reciprocal altruists and cutting off cheaters is a smart strategy. But a primate doesn't need to consciously think, "By golly, if I keep losing resources to that cheater, it will decrease my ability to effectively raise offspring!" Instead, it just feels anger at being cheated, and that feeling causes him to cut his losses.
SNG
i know we were sold a lie in believing god was only dealing with the wt and to obey them is to obey god.
what puzzels me is that in rejecting the wt so many also reject their belief in god.
surely they believed that god existed as witnesses.
My experience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05PM9_bblmI
SNG
i hope this finds everyone well.
i feel like i am doing something wrong but i really don't care anymore, i've had enough.
i am 4th generation, born 22 years ago and raised a witness and need out.
Hello GoTan,
Congratulations on achieving mental freedom. Here's my two cents on the feeling of entrapment that you're now experiencing. When I first began to talk outspokenly about my disagreements with the Watchtower worldview, it became very obvious, very fast, that even if I avoided being disfellowshipped, I would still lose all meaningful relationship with my friends and family. Sure, I could be careful to avoid touchy subjects and still have nominal contact, but you know as well as I do that they'd still treat you as if you had the plague.
I also realized that while still in, I'd find myself looking over my shoulder every time I said "good luck" or did anything else that strayed from the Watchtower party line. For me, making a clean break was the right decision. It allowed me to get my life on track and put the past behind me.
Obviously, everyone's situation is different, so take my experience with a grain of salt. I hope that helps!
SNG
a friend of mine (still an active jw) is quite sure that r.franz is back into wts.
from his point of view, an evidence is that he never published the 2nd part of isocf, even if it was announced in the first isocf.
i'm quite sure this is a nonsense , but you may help me with some information.
I corresponded with Ray about a year ago. He's definitely not back in the JWs.
SNG
i'm starting to get the hang of this video thing.
i'm really happy with this video on the practice of shunning, as experienced by me on both sides of the fence.
i'm not angry - i'm just letting the facts be known.
Thanks for the comments, everyone!
Steve, actually, I was gesturing, you just can't see it because (as I've discovered) people don't normally gesture at the level of their heads. And I didn't want to pull back so far that you couldn't see my expressions...hmm. I'll see if I can do anything about that.
SNG
i'm starting to get the hang of this video thing.
i'm really happy with this video on the practice of shunning, as experienced by me on both sides of the fence.
i'm not angry - i'm just letting the facts be known.
I'm starting to get the hang of this video thing. I'm really happy with this video on the practice of shunning, as experienced by me on both sides of the fence. I'm not angry - I'm just letting the facts be known. Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_B4PfDwp5I
SNG
this is a shameless plug for my new video, on happiness.
check it out!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=medpqmy90h0.
Thanks, guys!
While watching I suddenly realized that we are now entering the age of Video Blogs. Pretty cool thought.
Yeah, totally. That's what made me jump into this. I suddenly realized the power of the video clip and its viral ability to spread made it the perfect forum to talk about this stuff and be useful to others. I hope it helps people.
SNG
this is a shameless plug for my new video, on happiness.
check it out!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=medpqmy90h0.
This is a shameless plug for my new video, On Happiness. I think this is my best one yet. Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meDPQmy90h0
SNG
