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  Hard Headed.

  by Daunt in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since i've opened up to my parents more about how i really feel and think, i feel that it has become somewhat easier in some areas yet harder in others.

  now that i've totally said that i do not believe in their religion and their pressuring me to be a part of it, they have been somewhat afraid to make me too angry at them.

  i have stayed out late a few times with friends (not that they know i was with friends) and have come home to nervous grins and standoffish gestures.

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  Turbulent times hard to deal with.

  by Daunt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have to go to the district assembly or convention or whatever its called this weekend.

  it's just crippling to my naturally good mood to think about the multiple hours of bullcrap i will have to endure.

  do you guys have any tips or experiences to help me pass the boredom without getting into too much trouble?

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  Battle Royal.

  by Daunt in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i told my mom and dad that i did not believe in the truth, i was jumping into unknown territory.

  it has just never happened before.

  now my parents are trying harder than ever to bring me back into the ranks.

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  Texas Hold em'

  by Daunt in

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  2. friends

  http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524 .

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  not trying to get into deep politics, but i do not know if many people know about this.

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  Study in the Creator book.

  by Daunt in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  after my whole little ordeal with my parent's hearing about how i am atheist and the truth about how i feel about the truth, my dad suggested that we study later on the creator book ("is there a creator who cares about you?

  ") he has told me a few times that if i have any objections to it i can freely point them out.

  well, at first i saw this to be the opportunity to do research, back track the numerable names that they drop in this book, and show the logical fallacies used to support the prevailing theme of intelligent design in the book.

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  The most monumental conversation with my mom and dad.

  by Daunt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at the meeting today, me and my family were sitting in the back.

  i've been heavily emotional lately because of the katrina disaster and my temper and sadness and all emotions have just been on a rise lately.

  well my dad was noticing that i was frowning so my father got sort of angry with me and demanded that i stop.

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  Houstonians being affected by the Hurricane.

  by Daunt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the different houstonians i talk to, many of them are showing some hostility towards the new orleans refugees.

  many of my associates say that many businesses are being bought out and being replaced with new orlean ran businesses, and many other people worry about new orlean's crime history and how that would affect houston.

  i'm trying to volunteer at the astrodome hopefully (parents are jws so everything volunteering for a group is terrible) but i was just wondering how other people felt about the raised emotions of the refugees from new orleans and how that will affect other people.

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  Appealing to our Fears.

  by Daunt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  appealing to fear is a classic logical fallacy that has been used to justify things from killing jews to preaching door to door.

  an appeal to fear (also called argumentum ad metum or argumentum in terrorem) is a logical fallacy in which a person attempts to create support for their idea by playing on existing fears and prejudices.

  (from wikipedia).

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  Pat Robertson in the news again.

  by Daunt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.cnn.com/2005/us/08/24/robertson.chavez/index.html

  this is robertson's explanation for the comments he made the other day.

  first he blatantly lied about what he said, then he gives a crap appology.

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  The Lucipher's Principle.

  by Daunt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have just begun reading this book by howard k. bloom and i have to say that just the first few pages are giving me a totally new way to look at things.

  it's mostly a book about the evolution of human morals and politics and religion but it goes a lot deeper.

  it concretely explains how we came to be who we are, personality wise, within society all using aspects of evolution to rationally explain itself.

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