Posts by Village Idiot

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Apostates on the loose? Glasgow Convention 2015

by 88JM in

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friends

so each of the attendants at the glasgow convention this weekend have all been handed a photo of some guy that has been disrupting conventions in the uk.

(the same one as in london i read about a couple of weeks ago?

apparently he was sighted at the glasgow convention today, though there was no disruption as far as i know.. has anyone else ever heard of photo i.d.

Village Idiot

"Oh and growing a beard totally didn't work - they still recognized you."

That was dumb. Growing a beard will make you stand out even more.

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Friday 7 August 2015 - Regional Conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses start today in Australia

by jwleaks in

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friends

the first round of the "imitate jesus" regional convention series has begun in australia.. australia: dates and locations.

download program.

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Village Idiot

Imitate Jesus! What would Jesus do to pedophiles?

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From 1788 to 2015. How Australia has changed.

by Esse quam videri in

january 25, 1788 - .

- the first 9 ships to carry prisoners from britain arrived at port jackson.

nine ships carrying 759 convicts and their guards left portsmouth on may 13, 1787, and arrived at what would be the first penal colony in australia, new south wales.

Quality Thinking - Warning: Long Post Ahead

by Viviane in

recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.

i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.

first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.

Village Idiot

Ayn Rand:

"No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the total sum of his knowledge.

"Logic is the art of non-contradictory identification."

Let's see. She accepted Social Security payments and Medicare benefits even though she was opposed to those programs.

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I wonder with all this sex abuse drama if Wt would ever apologize to Bill Bowen and Barbara Anderson.

by joe134cd in

wt obviously must realize now the value of those that tried to enforce change on them.

i think if it wasn't for these people doing what they did wt would be in even more drama now.

so my question is do you ever think wt would voluntarily reinstate and publicly apologize to bill bowen and barbara anderson for all their hard work in bringing reform.

Village Idiot

Just walk up to one of them and request an apology.

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Quality Thinking - Warning: Long Post Ahead

by Viviane in

recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.

i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.

first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.

Village Idiot

I have to share this jewel from the Texas Republican Party platform of 2012. When you link to the PDF you can find this quote in the document by searching under "critical thinking".

Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

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Could this be the future for the Watchtower?

by C0ntr013r in

been researching the mormons a little since they are quite similar to the jws.

they have a similar webpage and many videos to "help" the mormons in their faith.

i found this video done by abc4 news:.

Village Idiot

The increase is smaller, but they are not losing members are they? 8,2M was the last figure I heard

I don't have the figures handy but I've heard that there are almost as many inactive/df'd members as there are active ones. Articles have been written on them having the greatest turnover than any religion.

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