I had afriend who went across to Romania to work in the orphanages and she said that many of teh kids had had minimal human contact for most of their short lives and they didn't show any emotions, didn't talk and didn't respond to other people. Language is only useful if theres someone to talk to. On the flip side I did study language formation at university and found that children are the prime creators of languages - for example they created creole which their parents could not understand , also new words and their meanings are actually introduced mainly by children with some artificial additions by adults creating buzzwords. The reason children can create language is that they have an inbuilt organising principle that is looking for order and leeds to common mistakes that children make (i.e. feets instead of feet) as they find a language rule and quite correctly apply it to everything. Children are also not averse to making words upif they cant say teh adult version (my sis used to to say fullahs instead of flowers) and these often get adopted by the adults!
Posts by Qcmbr
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by onacruse inok, so since sng suggested this (in the "intelligent design" thread), let's take a shot, eh?.
take a human baby, immediately from the womb; provide every physical need, but absolutely no direct contact whatsoever!
no faces, no voices, no sounds, no other humans, no animals, no trees and leaves and flowers--just a pure and simple newborn, clean slate.. would this baby naturally develop a language, some language, any language?.
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Is Baptism a contract?? If so, are minors able to give legal consent??
by coult9056 indear friends,
i believe the judicial committee wheels are starting to turn.
let me explain why.
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Qcmbr
You guys out there - be glad they didn't do circumcision (fairly irreversable)- oops you guys are mainly US hehe!!
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So what's up with Bethel?
by Qcmbr inhaving just been through an interesting set of posts about artwork in bethel its got me intrigued.
what is bethel, how do you go there and what do you do there?
i know i could find out with a bit more research on the net but its far more fun to read posts:)
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Qcmbr
You are joshing me right! I read the books that were made into that series - one of my fav authours by the way - John Christopher.
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So what's up with Bethel?
by Qcmbr inhaving just been through an interesting set of posts about artwork in bethel its got me intrigued.
what is bethel, how do you go there and what do you do there?
i know i could find out with a bit more research on the net but its far more fun to read posts:)
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Qcmbr
I like th eunderground tunnel thing! Does anyone fancy sneaking a camcorder in and giving us a video tour of the secret bits:)
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How do you deprogram a JDub? Is it even possable?
by MarkAnthony ini have a 25y/o coworker who seems to fit the typical mold of a jw:
born in 25 years ago.
father is an elder.
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Qcmbr
I'm constantly trying to deprogramme myself from all sorts of stuff - I have a maxim that I use in my business, religious and social life. If after I give something my best shot it doesn't make me and my friends happy then I stop and do something different.
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What's With the "Tattle Tale" Mentality?
by beebee inadmittedly i'm an outsider but i do not get why witnesses feel so darn compelled to "tattle" on each other?.
i do remember my friend telling me (as justification for the shunning) that when a witness is baptised, they understand that they are accepted into a special society that requires a commitment to the "rules.
" she went on to say that those that don't follow the rules are well aware of the consequences.
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Qcmbr
I agree with the bit about nobody being perfect. I once baptised a guy who was a recovering alcohloic who had little money was still struggling with smoking , he swore all the time and wasn't the cleanest person. I worked to get to know him and I learnt a big lesson in the time we had together about what was really important. I was gutted when a few members turned their noses up and said that we shouldn't be baptising people who clearly couldn't keep the commandments. I was ballistic and felt like I should kick their royal heinies but I contented myself by asking if anyone in that room had kept all their baptismal promises 100% since baptism - yea that showed them.
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So what's up with Bethel?
by Qcmbr inhaving just been through an interesting set of posts about artwork in bethel its got me intrigued.
what is bethel, how do you go there and what do you do there?
i know i could find out with a bit more research on the net but its far more fun to read posts:)
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Qcmbr
Is it also considered the headquarters or are they somewhere else? Kudos to the org for buying in such a lucrative place when property was cheaper!!!!!!!
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So what's up with Bethel?
by Qcmbr inhaving just been through an interesting set of posts about artwork in bethel its got me intrigued.
what is bethel, how do you go there and what do you do there?
i know i could find out with a bit more research on the net but its far more fun to read posts:)
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Qcmbr
How do you get there - is it an application / reward / lucky dip etc..? Can anyone who is a JW go ?
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So what's up with Bethel?
by Qcmbr inhaving just been through an interesting set of posts about artwork in bethel its got me intrigued.
what is bethel, how do you go there and what do you do there?
i know i could find out with a bit more research on the net but its far more fun to read posts:)
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Qcmbr
Having just been through an interesting set of posts about artwork in Bethel its got me intrigued. What is Bethel, how do you go there and what do you do there? I know I could find out with a bit more research on the net but its far more fun to read posts:)
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Big Brother
by MAHABA inabsolutely scandalous!
anybody on the net can have access to all the data written on your passeport!
http://www.scrolllock.nl/passport/
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Qcmbr
Doesn't have any UK info:(