"Deer Hunting With Jesus", Joe Bageant -- good, but in small doses. I'm crawling through it.
"Next", Michael Crichton -- Good, like anything else he writes. I'm tearing through it.
Dave
AlmostAtheist
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What book are you reading right now?
by Wordly Andre ini am reading buried alive: the terrifying history of our most primal fear, it's really cool
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Very short video, to the point, your thoughts?
by Wasanelder Once inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lylxg9wrbms.
w.once.
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AlmostAtheist
Wasa, your revised version is MUCH better in my opinion. I was afraid you'd made it longer, but it's still short. The text you threw in adds so much value.
Good luck with this, it's exactly what you were trying to make it -- poignant, sharp, clever.
Dave
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Circuit Convention Illustrations
by tooktheredpill inrecently i went to the circuit convention.
an illustration was mentioned that really made me mad.
they said that "you can see a 5 stories high building.
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AlmostAtheist
Imagine a rickety, rotten ladder. Every year out of high school without going to college is like another step up that ladder. Do you really want your children to climb that ladder? Of course not! So send them to college!
I was over a year out of the bOrg before I realized that being able to "illustrate" something didn't make it true! I know that sounds incredibly dumb, but then, I am incredibly dumb, so...
Dave
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Acquire some "common sense" ... the WBTS way
by Frequent_Fader_Miles inaccording to the wbts, common sense is quite uncommon in today's world.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20050515a/article_01.htm.
they then go on to give 3 simple steps to obtaining it:.
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AlmostAtheist
LOL! The poet is Henri-Frédéric Amiel and I doubt he would have considered himself a poet, though surely a writer. It's not surprising they did the ol' "..." clip-job on his actual quote. He said:
"Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life."
Wouldn't want the words "possible" and "calculation" being slipped into the mind of a 607/Noah'sFlood believing dub, now would we? ;-)
Dave
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could it be a coincidence?
by XOCO ini know that i don't created a lot of topics but i've been thinking about my feelings towards jw teachings and what i have learned so far from jwd and a couple of other sites.
i always found it hard 2 dismiss what i have learned from the kh and on apostate sites i feel like i'm in a cognitive dissonance, which means uncomfortable tension that may result from having two conflicting thoughts at the same time.
video: hovah means mischief .
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AlmostAtheist
Sorry I can't find anything better than this, but here's an article that sort of addresses it:
http://www.ccg.org/english/s/p220.html
Essentially, you can't just grab the last few letters from a word and call it a suffix, then find a real suffix and assume they are the same thing.
Like my name for instance is "David". You could assume it's "Dav" and the suffix "id", meaning "in the state of". Then go looking for some prefix or root for "Dav" to figure out what state I'm in. In truth, though, it's derived from Hebrew and doesn't contain the suffix "id".
Dave
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could it be a coincidence?
by XOCO ini know that i don't created a lot of topics but i've been thinking about my feelings towards jw teachings and what i have learned so far from jwd and a couple of other sites.
i always found it hard 2 dismiss what i have learned from the kh and on apostate sites i feel like i'm in a cognitive dissonance, which means uncomfortable tension that may result from having two conflicting thoughts at the same time.
video: hovah means mischief .
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AlmostAtheist
Yeah, I'm pretty sure this one's a coincidence. I'll do some poking about and see if I can verify that, but I'm like 95% certain.
Dave
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NOW what do we called Disfellowshiped ones?? Since we don't use ....
by oompa in...that term anymore, so are not disfellowshipped any more, but just no longer a witness, what is that?
i wonder what word it will become to describe these ones and the action taken?
we don't have one yet, but most dubs i know are still saying "he's disfellowshiped" oooo scary.
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AlmostAtheist
They used the word "disfellowshipped" in this article on their web site just last year:
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20061201a/article_01.htmEdited to add: Ironically, it's called "It Pays to Be Honest"! :-)
Dave
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NOW what do we called Disfellowshiped ones?? Since we don't use ....
by oompa in...that term anymore, so are not disfellowshipped any more, but just no longer a witness, what is that?
i wonder what word it will become to describe these ones and the action taken?
we don't have one yet, but most dubs i know are still saying "he's disfellowshiped" oooo scary.
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AlmostAtheist
>>Now they have created a climate where it is assumed that someone has been disfellowshipped even if they disassociated.
From first hearing about this, I've believed that was the idea. If you suddenly hear that Brother Pillar and his whole family have "disassociated", you may well wonder what they know that you don't. But if you hear that they are "disfellowshipped", well, then it's obvious they got caught up in one of Satan's many snares.
By taking both terms away, it allows the default value of "disfellowshipped" to apply to all. Keeps the "why did they leave?" questions from coming up.
Just a guess, of course.
Dave
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Very short video, to the point, your thoughts?
by Wasanelder Once inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lylxg9wrbms.
w.once.
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AlmostAtheist
No offense, Wasa, but I had the same reaction. I thought, "Man, there is only going to be a tiny group that knows what this is about."
But, if your intent was to "throw it out there" and let the curious do some research, then maybe it's a win. It's super-short, so even if a person didn't care, they'd still bother watching it. And if they get their interest piqued, then they can do some research and discover the rest themselves.
Kinda reminds me of the "607 BCE?!?" billboards.
Good luck with it!
Dave
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Own up time...
by Chalam inwell it looks like this site is a real melting pot, a broad spectrum of views and beliefs.
for sure there are many disaffected ex jws.
so in as few words as possible, preferably not more than one sentence, how would you describe yourself spiritually?
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