Village Idiot

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  World becoming more religious not less

  by Stealth in

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  this is bad news for the evolution of humankind.

  even worse, islam is the fastest growing religion.

  http://www.livescience.com/50370-worlds-religious-population-will-grow.html?cmpid=nl_ls_weekly_2015-04-03 .

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  Village Idiot

  Heaven,

  "I think people seek religion when their world fails them in some way."

  Heaven, religion loves misery. It provides people with a thought process that fantasizes about a good life beyond their current one and keeps them from despair. One thing to know is that we have evidence of religion, or magic, from prehistoric paintings dating back to 35,000 years ago. It must be hardwired in our brain.

  LoveUniHateExams,

  "I've read that Islam had a medieval heyday, too - there was relative tolerance of 'the other' and a thirst to acquire knowledge. We must ask why Islam is apparently regressing, not progressing."

  Good point Uni. I believe their religiosity is enhanced by the poverty of their lives which in turn is the result of their arid environment. It must have taken a wise and strict ruler to, temporarily, civilize them.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses Happy?

  by minimus in

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  i know of the local congregation's issues, per an elder i know quite well.

  he has said that nearly everyone in the congregation is suffering emotionally and mentally.

  he said he has never seen so many witnesses with so many problems.

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  Village Idiot

  On a personal note, I was having crying fits in the Kingdom Hall and anxiety attacks out in field service. Happy as can be.
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  What Exactly Is The JW View of Physical Discipline, Corporal Punishment?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i believe that since it is not politically correct to spank your child, the watchtower doesn't push parents anymore in that direction.. years ago, elders would sit a parent down and tell them that they needed to discipline their kids and if needed, give them a spanking, since the bible says, they won't die if you give them a beating.. what is the watchtower's view on this subject now?.

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  Village Idiot

  I don't know what their current stand on that subject is but many years ago it was a forthright "spare the rod spoil the child". I doubt they've changed.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses Happy?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know of the local congregation's issues, per an elder i know quite well.

  he has said that nearly everyone in the congregation is suffering emotionally and mentally.

  he said he has never seen so many witnesses with so many problems.

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  Village Idiot

  "Are Jehovah's Witnesses Happy?"

  Only if they're sociopathic.
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  Last chance to make an impact! Help me please....

  by Anon_SA1 in

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  2. friends

  so tomorrow is going to be my last encounter with a jw friend of mine for various reasons on her side.

  (long story).

  i have spent a lot of time discussing various concerns about the jw teachings, but havent been able to make any progress in helping her to question or doubt the teachings.

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  Village Idiot

  If you could tell us a little bit about her it might help.

  I personally would tell any JW something like the following:

  Whatever happens no matter how bad it gets is not going to be anything like what the Watchtower predicts and you'll be wasting your time being in it.

  They used to say that the end times was between 1799 and 1914 and that 1914 was going to be the start of the Millennium with Armageddon being a 40 year period between 1874 and 1914. Then when that failed they started saying that 1914 was the beginning of the end and that the end would end within the lifetime of those who were then alive. Now they make some incomprehensible statement about 1914 and "overlapping generations".

  Don't waste your future with people who can't understand what their future is going to be like.

  Keep it simple and short otherwise she won't remember what you said later on. No point in trying to deluge her with information. It won't make a lasting impression to make more than two or three points. Just stick to that one and elaborate on it.
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  Tsarnaev guilty - should he get death or not?

  by Simon in

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  i think he probably will (it is the us after all) but i hope he doesn't.

  he caused incredible pain and suffering to men, women and children who had never done anything to him.

  many died in unimaginable agony, others are disabled for life.

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  Village Idiot

  American laws prevent "cruel and unusual punishments". The purpose of prison is to separate criminals from society not to have them torture each other.

  As far as the death penalty is concerned, the problem I have with it is not that it's morally wrong - I would gladly kill someone who presents himself as a mortal danger - but that it inevitably will be used against those who have been wrongly accused or condemned.
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  Questions about Non JWs attending a JW baptism

  by TTWSYF in

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  i attended my brother and sister in laws' baptism at a kingdom hall a number of years ago.

  i was [am] not a jw so when i arrived i was bombarded with attention from the flock to which i politely stated that i was there to see my brother and his wife.

  it seemed like the distraction was intentional.

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  Village Idiot

  I knew a woman who wasn't able to squeeze through the crow to witness her daughter's baptism. She was crying.

  No, they didn't do that on purpose.
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  Recycled WTS beliefs

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know the wts abandons and invents beliefs faster than apple can churn out new shiny stuff.

  but have they ever abandoned a belief and later picked it up again?.

  i remember many years ago we had one of those post-district-assembly review parts (part of the service meeting) where they were discussing some "new light".. there was some confusion about which was the "new" and which was the "old" and a semi-discussion ensued with people commenting.

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  Village Idiot

  Oral sex between married couples.
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  1 Meeting for each of your fingers ? ? ?

  by william draper in

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  anybody remember how this became a doctrine , years ago , we were at the meetings so that out fingers would be learning something .

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  Village Idiot

  And where are these fingers supposed to go?
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  Thought provoking articles / videos

  by Simon in

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  i came across this site and love it, just full of interesting things to read.

  this one is particularly good about whether we are alone in the universe (as intelligent life) and what different scenarios could play out:.

  http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html.

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  Village Idiot

  Thank you Simon. I was familiar with the Fermi Paradox rare earth theory (book) but there's a lot more on that site that is, as Spock used to say, fascinating.