researchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.
a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.
the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.
Vidiot:
"So, we've got a "God particle", The God Delusion, and now...
"...a "God switch"."
Don't forget the "God helmet" which breakfast of champions alluded to when he mentioned experiments done to induce religious experiences and yes, that's Richard Dawkins:
when i was less experienced in chinese ways, i used to think that chinese people couldn't drink (low tolerance to alcohol).
not so, last trip i tagged along on a night out, a friend put on for his staff.
after a long dinner of many dishes, cooked specially by a 5 star hotel chef hired for the occasion, lubricated with many bottles of wine, we finished up at a nightclub on the edge of a lake, where they continued drinking shot after shot of tequila.
witnesses on facebook are salivating over this atlanta-journal constitution newspaper article.. http://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-atlanta-journal-constitution/20151015/281479275254108/textview.
what will be the end game whether in a few years, our lifetime, or hundreds + years from now.
bible prophecy did say israel / jews would be scattered then eventually brought back.
russell was declaring that and it was believed before being changed shortly before it happened.
Removed comment because I did not carefully read Bonsai's post. Sorry.
what will be the end game whether in a few years, our lifetime, or hundreds + years from now.
bible prophecy did say israel / jews would be scattered then eventually brought back.
russell was declaring that and it was believed before being changed shortly before it happened.
if so why?
What Morpheus said.
It is in part a personal account which is still relevant nowadays because the organization still treats people the same. It also exposes their manipulations of doctrine (not simply doctrine change) which stays the same even as the doctrines change.
what if by inheritance, winning the lottery or any other way, you suddenly got your hands on $150m after tax.
you maybe would spend a third of this giving your extended family financial security for life.
you maybe would buy a boat and a few investment properties.
cappytan:
"I wouldn't start a campaign with it.
I'd set up a charity/scholarship to help youths that want to escape the cult get a college education and provide some living assistance while they go to college."
Like the old saying goes "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". There will always be a fresh crop of JWs needing help but preventing members of the public from becoming one of them would best be handled by a public campaign.
what if by inheritance, winning the lottery or any other way, you suddenly got your hands on $150m after tax.
you maybe would spend a third of this giving your extended family financial security for life.
you maybe would buy a boat and a few investment properties.
Interesting thought experiment.
If I were to get 150 million dollars I would not spend two thirds of it on JWs. Important enough as it is there are other issues of equal or greater importance that could use such funds. Oh maybe I might spend a million just to be a thorn on their side but it would be more of a game to me.
As for specifics:
1. Hire the best lobbyists in the world to question and possibly stop WTBTS charity status in as many countries as possible.
Nope, there are other religions which are just as bad and present an even greater threat to the public's well being. For example, Fundamentalist Christians and their infiltration of government.
2. Advertise against WTBTS shunning policies in national newspapers. I would hire the best advertising agencies in the world.
Hardly anyone reads the newspapers any more. Television yes. I would also hire a good marketing agent for advice. I have some pretty good (and dirty) ideas for such commercials and shunning is not one of them. The public couldn't care less.
I would make a TV commercial where a young girl answers the door to a JW pedophile. That is something the public could relate to.
3. Give a million each to well thought out 'apostate; websites such as jwsurvey, jwstruggle, jwfacts, this forum, etc
A little too much even if I were to spend 100 million. More like $100,000 each.
4. Pay for an all expenses paid holiday and accept to be charged at premium senior counsel rates (via my charity of course re tax deductions ), for Angus Stewart (Australian RC) to consult with my team on my new ship for 2 weeks.
Interesting. A market consultant would be more helpful. Angus Stewart might be limited to knowledge of Australian laws and it's the US where most of the action is at. I would give it a try though. Maybe, if he could learn US law,I would use him in a class action suit.
5. Lobby and eventually teach, via charities I would control, to inform pre teen school kids why they should wait until late teens to get baptized.
You're supporting religious beliefs by doing that. Why?
6. Use private detectives to follow GB members and Helpers, to see what they get up to.
Make them paranoid, heh?
what will be the end game whether in a few years, our lifetime, or hundreds + years from now.
bible prophecy did say israel / jews would be scattered then eventually brought back.
russell was declaring that and it was believed before being changed shortly before it happened.
i was going through a few websites and isolating text of the 'deuteronimist history' for my channel on youtube today when i opened a tab to jw.org to see if they had actually dome anything in a few days.
to my surprise up popped the new bibles.. no for many year the only one they had was nwt 1984 and as of 2 years ago the rnwt with audio coming in slowly.
(the guys that do ezra are crap and lett ruins mark) a week or two ago they started adding a study bible starting with matthew.
Biblegateway.com is the way to go. They have over 50 different English translations. They'll never be caught dead with the NWT though.
As for me, I used to use the American Standard Version when I was in the Witnesses which was actually printed by the Watchtower. It was identical to the NWT in size and onion skin pages but had a brown cover (instead of the green). And no, they did not change any of the text (Like John 1:1).
