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  JW kids and the national anthem humiliation......

  by kid-A in

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  for me, school was extremely stressful as a jw kid.

  the worst part had to be my morning dose of humiliation being forced to walk out of the room as the national anthem came on the loudspeakers (first god save the queen, then, oh canada).

  the other kids found this completely bizarre, and several of my "patriotic" minded teachers really resented me for doing this (despite the obvious fact i had no choice in the matter but was being forced into this by my parents).. how could anybody force this public humiliation on a small child or teen-ager, already having to deal with the normal stresses of growing up and worrying about their public image with their peers???

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  For me, school was extremely stressful as a JW kid. The worst part had to be my morning dose of humiliation being forced to walk out of the room as the national anthem came on the loudspeakers (first god save the queen, then, Oh Canada).

  The other kids found this completely bizarre, and several of my "patriotic" minded teachers really resented me for doing this (despite the obvious fact I had no choice in the matter but was being forced into this by my parents).

  How could anybody force this public humiliation on a small child or teen-ager, already having to deal with the normal stresses of growing up and worrying about their public image with their peers??? Did you other ex-JWs actually leave the room or just have to "remain seated" when the anthem came on?

  These are some of my bitterest memories of growing up a JW kid.....
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  Why naturalism is irrational

  by Shining One in

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  irrational naturalism (#201) .

  by henry morris, ph.d. .

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  kid-A

  kid-A,

  Not meaning to pick at your post, but aren't you confusing WHO we are with HOW we react, that is, how we respond? And, maybe I'm slow, but how does mapping areas of the brain define what an emotion is? No, because the studies I am describing involve asking the subject to clearly describe the emotion, in the most subjective terms possible. These subjective descriptions are then matched to the corollary neural region or circuit being activated. I would also add that WHO we are, defines HOW we react and vice versa. The distinction is artificial in terms of the totality of the individual. As for the definition of an emotion, we are of course limited to the narrative of the subject and must analyse these emotions within semantic limitations. Nonetheless, it is safe to assume that all humans share the same emotions within reason, as the same neural regions are activated in association with a very circumscribed range of described emotions. If who we are transcends physical reality and the limitations of neurochemical transmission and reactions, then our identities, emotions, memories, thoughts, perceptions would be immune to physical interventions, and they are clearly not. A simple example is schizophrenia. We know of a definable neurochemical aberration leading to the psychopathology in this syndrome. Schizophrenics lose all sense of a "self" connected with reality while experiencing psychosis. However, when dopamine antagonists are administered, the sense of 'self' can (hopefully) be restored to pre-morbid parameters.
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  IS AIDS AIRBORNE??( AND OTHER CONCERNS BASED ON SUNDAY WT.)

  by stillAwitness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wt study article for sunday was: a law of love in hearts taken from jerimaiah 31:33: "i will put my law within them and in their heart i shall write it.

  " (anyone who knows the basis for this scripture please let me know.

  this wt study really intrigued me b/c a lot of the points and even the comments that were made from the congregation a lot of times did not make sense or were just totally out of context.

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  1) It would have to be a huge amount of FRESH blood on that door-knob in order to have enough 'viral load' for effective transmission

  2) It would require the person in contact with the door-knob to have a fresh, OPEN wound for the viral particles to enter the bloodstream.

  3) It would all have to occur within 15 minutes since the HIV virus dies within 15 minutes following exposure to open air.

  Possible? Yes. Its also possible to find a shark in my bathtub, but I dont think its gonna happen.....
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  "Grateful for God's Protection"

  by Scully in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just unsubscribed from a crafting newsletter that i have been receiving for a couple of years.

  all along, i have been willing to overlook the "uber-christian" leanings because they offered some neat things like free fonts and cute scrapbooking ideas.

  but today they had a feature called "customer spotlight" that just irked the heck out of me:.

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  Its incredibly offensive.....I wonder if they are equally willing to curse god for him 'failing' to protect their neighbours? Its as pukey as those celebrities thanking god at their award shows for winning the grammy, immediately before running into the bathroom to snort a line of coke.

  I find it almost as obnoxious as "I will pray for you".......uggggggghhhh.....pass the barf bag!!!
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  ????????? why am i feeling this way????????

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

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  2. friends

  i have wanted one thing for the past month or so...i don't know why i want this or what...but it's driving me crazy!!!!

  ok...ready?.

  i want to get pregnant....... i know that i have no business whatsoever having a child right now.

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  Jojo,

  Seems extremely unlikely this has anything to do with a biological clock, not at your young age! The clock doesnt really start getting loud until about 27 or later for most women. I would enjoy your 20s to the maximum and savour the absolute freedom of the "child-free" lifestyle!!!
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  From Jw to born again .................

  by vitty in

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  2. friends

  when i was "in" the borg ( i love that word) i really , really believed that when ppl left it, they became like the undead.

  with no direction in life and no religion, i felt sorry for them.. i never thought that they became ............born again or heaven forbid catholic !!!!!!.

  when i first started looking at sites on the internet i came across www.jwinfoline.com what an eye opener !

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  Kinda like rearranging the posters on jail-cell walls.

  Perfectly put !! I find it difficult how anybody can buy into the whole religion deal after experiencing the borg.

  Really, its just substituting one brand of psychological anaesthesia for another......
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  ~Your image, reputation here at JWD~

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  2. friends

  what impression do you think you make here at jwd?

  what do people think of you?

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  kid-A

  Is there any chans for spanking nevertheless?

  HEY! You are in line behind me!!!!!
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  Why naturalism is irrational

  by Shining One in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  irrational naturalism (#201) .

  by henry morris, ph.d. .

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  kid-A

  emotions are simply chemical interactions in the brain

  Can you prove that this is all emotions are? I invite you again to do so.

  Yes this can most certainly proven. Placing an individual under an fMRI scanner will reveal ALL of the underlying neural regions that are activated by precise, specific emotions. Neuroscientists have been mapping these brain regions out for years and they all center around the amygdala, prefrontal cortices, ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens, to name some of the more important brain areas.

  We have also identified a long list of neurotransmitters that are involved very specifically in the transmisison and processing of emotions AND motivation : dopamine, serotonin, glutamate, GABA, to name only several. When ANY of these neurotransmitter pathways are altered by pharmacological compounds that interact with these receptors, are emotional experience of the world and our sensory perceptions are completely altered.

  Electrical stimulation of particular brain regions will produce a specific emotion such as pleasure, aversion or bring up specific memories of emotionally salient experiences.

  We all enjoy the comfortable delusion that there is some undefinable "ghost in the machine" but we are gradually learning that this is simply not true. Our minds, our emotions, and the very ESSENCE of who we are as individuals is ultimately reducible to biochemical interactions and bioelectric signalling cascades through highly complex neuronal circuits.

  The very fact that WHO we are can be so easily altered by changing the levels of a given neurotransmitter or throwing the neural machinery off balance, simply testifies to the fact that we are simply highly complex, bio-electric, neurochemically driven machines......
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  JW split in Romania

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  2. scandals

  does anyone have the factual information concerning the jw's in romania?

  i believe there were many witnesses serving under ban in romania for years and years while the communists were in power.

  then in 1989 when the country revolted against ceausescu and communism was overthrown, the ban on the witnesses was lifted and they could now worship freely.

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  This is fascinating, and it has profound implications if it has a ripple-effect throughout eastern europe....reminiscent of the "orthodox" split from mainstream catholicism...lol

  If they hold strictly to Rutherford, what is their position on blood? The blood ban was enacted by Knorr was it not? What about smoking? Another Knorr-ism as I recall.
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  C.T. Russell and the fiery trial of the church in 1910......

  by kid-A in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in thy kingdom come, c.t.

  russell derives 4 dates that he believes correspond to biblical prophecy based upon several pyramid measurements.

  he derived the 1914 (1915) dates from measurements of the entrance passage from one of the tombs to the entrance of the funerary pit, thus on page 342 he states:

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  kid-A

  moderators, please delete the thread, I dont want to waste space on the board!! thanx !