how can supposedly intelligent adults actually believe (and waste any time) on this astrology crap?
are they mentally handicapped?
is it genetic?
how can supposedly intelligent adults actually believe (and waste any time) on this astrology crap?
are they mentally handicapped?
is it genetic?
A book for REM the skeptic:
Click that link up there and find a stockist in the US, then buy the book, study the book and come back and tell us believers what you think.
Colin Wilson started his career as a scientist, got bored, studied the occult and made several well researched books on the subject. You may find it interesting reading. Beware though, it may open another dimension to your mind that will not easily close
how can supposedly intelligent adults actually believe (and waste any time) on this astrology crap?
are they mentally handicapped?
is it genetic?
I'll give you the fact that there *appears* to be a certain validity, but controlled expiriments show that the appearence is not reality.
Whose controlled experiments?
Does every aspect of our life only exist through controlled experiments? Like, ahem, a belief in God?
Your experiment to control this thread is beginning to fail
okay, this is interesting to me.. first a little bit of background on me, i was introduced to jw-ism as a zygote, raised in and baptized at the tender age of 12. i got baptized because my beloved grandfather had just passed away and i was told that if i wasn't baptized i wouldn't get to the new order and i wouldn't ever see him again.
no pressure or anything.... i really truly believed everything for the first two decades of my life.
really started doubting at 25, left at 26 (they df'd me even though i disassociated myself in a letter to the elders first).
It sounds more like you have broken the spell that the society had cast over you. I suspect that in your heart you still cherish some of the finer Christian values that guided you?
I know how you feel though - I went through that period of elation myself. Be careful not to spring into another straightjacket existence, feel your way forward carefully and think out your choices clearly.
My 2 pennys worth .. for what it's worth.
how can supposedly intelligent adults actually believe (and waste any time) on this astrology crap?
are they mentally handicapped?
is it genetic?
While not advocating the pursuit of this system, I have to accept that beyond the surface a certain truth lies within. Have you ever had your own birth chart drawn up?
I have and also a selection of my friends have as an experiment, the results were astounding.
Beyond the tabloid appearance there appears to be a certain validity to the claims of the more serious astrologers out there.
according to the dubs, and other faiths, adam was created with no defects of any kind.
he was created with no sin.
then adam sinned.
according to the dubs, and other faiths, adam was created with no defects of any kind.
he was created with no sin.
then adam sinned.
according to the dubs, and other faiths, adam was created with no defects of any kind.
he was created with no sin.
then adam sinned.
What did animals do to get the death sentence?
I'd like to understand that as well. My old cat is on her last legs and I have bonded with her, when she dies part of my life dies with her. The society say it is unnatural to get too close to animals ... maybe so, but I am what I am and feel affection towards many lifeforms that exhibit love towards me that I understand.
according to the dubs, and other faiths, adam was created with no defects of any kind.
he was created with no sin.
then adam sinned.
Another thought for the cosmic melting pot of supposition.
Curiously I was thinking about this subject on the loo yesterday and was reading through Paul's words about his internal power struggle, in the right that he wanted to do he couldn't do etc because there was another force within him fighting against his core righteousness.
It lead my mind back to the garden of Eden and the possibility that when the death sentence was passed, the inherent state of dying creates within the dying organism a profound selfish desire (sin?) to create continual comfort zones for us to exist in mentally and physically - thus the battle ensues!
How the death sentence was carried out is beyond me. As Gumby quipped - probably a switch.
are you an elder in the congregation?
timothy 5:17, ephesians 5:23; hebrews 6:10-12).
yes, an elder needs to ?accomplish his ministry fully.?
Good job that fine lady (stinky apostate? ) ... I seriously could not make it to the end of your study, I managed 2 thirds and then started to recoil mentally into my shell. It just feels like a thorough lashing through and through. There has to be something wrong with the methodology employed by the society!!!
Need to go and lie down for an hour after that. How I managed to sit through the meetings years ago and lap it up is beyond me.