i think it is reasonable for every leader or head of any organization that has control of peoples thinking and actions should, by law, submit to a lie detector test.
the results would be accessible to any one who had an interest in the matter.this test would be required before appointment to any position and on a yearly basis.
questions could be submitted to a competent and unbiased committee for approval.
Lie detectors are not reliable and can be fooled by certain people.
The best thing to do would be to give them a brain scan. It would not detect lying but it can tell the difference between an average person and a psychopath. Psychopaths have a unique brain pattern which cannot be faked.
This testing should be mandatory for any politician and upper level corporate management.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=B0HMhP4t3as
this photo can be found in the april 15 , study edition article titled:.
why disfellowshipping is a loving provision.
just by looking at this image we can see how quickly the barrier between the congregation and former member is put up, after the announcement that this sister is no longer one of jehovah's witneses.
If we are to imagine things in the background we can see a pair of buttocks from what would be someone bending over and spread eagle. It's right between and above the heads of the two brothers talking to each other.
richard dawkins has said frequently if we don't agree with religious or spiritual people we need to "insult them!
" tell their their out of their "fucking gourds!
" and make sure you really show them how stupid they are for believing in something they can't prove!".
Village Idiot:
"The burden of proof lies with anyone saying this is true or that is true and here's why."
Does that make you an invisible pink unicorn agnostic?.
who among you has ever heard of carnivorous birds, birds of the kind of vulture, increasing in number at lightning speed on some mystery island located on our planet ?
twice in europe before 1975, once through a co talk in a "kingdom" hall and once again by i do not exactly remember who during a jws' convention.
and all this in order to prepare jws to be as fit as a fiddle for an universal carnage orchestrated supposedly by the true god intending to very soon annihilate "worldly" people not belonging to his chosen ones.
I heard of it once from a brother in a personal conversation. I also recall hearing it from a fundamentalist source. According to the fundamentalist source those birds were gathering in Israel which to them was to be where Armageddon is supposed to have started.
richard dawkins has said frequently if we don't agree with religious or spiritual people we need to "insult them!
" tell their their out of their "fucking gourds!
" and make sure you really show them how stupid they are for believing in something they can't prove!".
It is lack of evidence for a god, not evidence for or against a god, that is how atheists reason. As they like to say, the burden of proof lies with the person making the most outrageous statement. The same applies to believing in invisible pink unicorns by a person who's been indoctrinated from child hood into believing in such a thing.
There's no such thing as an agnostic pink unicorn believer.
richard dawkins has said frequently if we don't agree with religious or spiritual people we need to "insult them!
" tell their their out of their "fucking gourds!
" and make sure you really show them how stupid they are for believing in something they can't prove!".
Dawkings did say if necessary they need to be ridiculed with contempt.
As an atheist mine is another approach. I personally don't care what you believe in. So long as you don't try to force your view through public in the public arenas such as schools you could believe in pink uniforms. It's when you try to do that II have trouble with.
PS: Below are my mock gods:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=g1jJ-ttrSd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Rx47qrH1GRs
we just had a hummingbird in our house!
it flew in through an open door.
i had been cleaning my back patio and left the screen open for a few moments when i was putting stuff away.
I've had two similar experiences with birds.
One was a sparrow that I found on the floor of my workplace. I first thought it was a hummingbird but later was told it was a sparrow. I scooted it on a piece of thin cardboard and took to the desk of a coworker. Someone said that it must be cold laying on the desk so my coworker removed a beret that he was wearing and placed the birdie on it. I had to leave the area but later my coworker later told me that the bird recovered after he had fed it some birdseed that our company sold. It flew away well fed I presume. I never would have thought that it was starving.
The other was a bird that flew into my house because I had my screen door open. It was frantically trying to get out without realizing that the door to my bedroom was open. I turned the light out thinking that it would have been attracted to the light through my open door but it was still fluttering around. I then realized it must have been was afraid of my presence so I left my bedroom and it finally flew out through the door that it came in through. A good recommendation to those who experience the same would be not to use a broom but to leave the presence of an open door or maybe window preferably with sunlight.
clarified understandings / new light of the past 7 years or so:.
* the faithful and discreet slave is only the governing body and only since 1919.. * the faithful slave was appointed in 1919 by jesus but it will not receive its greater authority until the judgment of the sheep and goats.. * charles taze russell was not part of the faithful and discreet slave.. * there was no slave for 1900 years before 1919.. * there may not have been any anointed during those 1900 years, but it's possible there were a few.. * 1935 was not the cut-off date for the selection of the anointed-- this selection is still ongoing.
* 1935 has no special biblical significance.. * 1918 has no special biblical significance.. * gog of magog is not satan, but is a coalition of nations, who may be ruled by the mysterious king of the north.. * there is no evil slave class.
as the bad conduct of the governing body becomes widely known to both judge and jury i expect that will make lawsuits more profitable against them and easier wins against them and more plentiful.. i think probably one of the most damming videos out there on the net is the one where the parents show their loyalty to the wt corporation and shun their own flesh and blood in obedience to it cruel directives.
this video truely shows that the governing body don't give a shit about the children who symbolize their dedication to the corporation or their parents.. such a self serving corporation that uses it members for profits only and offer nothing in return no matter how much how much they claim otherwise.
they can't hide this it is plain as day so no matter how much they claim they are concerned about the youth in the organization their action thunder loudly and can not be hiden under a basket.
i'm not naming names, but i just want to encourage people on here or on reddit or twitter, and tell you that you do not have to tolerate people who act like schoolyard bullies in the way they speak to you online.
i think anonymity is a big part of it.
they feel like there is zero accountability so they can be a bully all they want.. i recommend just ignoring or blocking anyone who is verbally abusive or treats you like schoolyard bullies treated you.. life is way too short to spend any time dealing with those kinds of people..
"Jonathan Drake,
"Are you saying that a person must reject faith in order to be a good person or to actively make the world a better place?
"Can you list 5 atheists who changed the world for the better?
"I can name hundreds of theists/deists:"
That is an unfair and arrogant question since atheists only make up 2% of the population which means they're outnumbered 50 to one. If you did any sincere research you would come up with some. And do realize that atheists from the past were unlikely to have made their atheism known to the public because of the social stigma involved.
Some examples of atheists and agnostic humanitarians are:
Robert Wilson who donated 5.6 million dollars to Catholic schools in New York.
Warren Buffett who donated over$40 billion to “health, education, humanitarian causes.”
Bill & Melinda Gates who donated $27.602 billion to “global health and development, education”
You can research the rest.
