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  JW's one of the Most Dangerous Religions?

  by Mindchild in

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  skip starbuck aka mindchild .

  many years ago on a spring day to pleasant to be outdoors pioneering, something strange happened to two jehovahs witnesses.

  have you ever wondered exactly what it was inside religion that makes people kill each other?

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  Mind,

  That was a reasonable post.

  But I think in your conjecture you make some faulty assumptions and forget about alternatives to your senerios.

  Example:

  What is it that the virus doesn’t want you to discover?
  In the last ten thousand years since first contact something remarkable has happened. Humans have developed skills that communicate, process, and store the virus with greater efficiency. First there was spoken language that allows us to organize our thoughts and name things. Then came written language that allowed us to pass our thoughts through time and space. The result of both of these is that the store of human memes and beliefs has virtually exploded.

  This may or may not be true.

  And this:

  As the memes thrived, we thrived. The parasite allowed us to develop technology and sciences that extended our lives and gave us material goods that made life worth living. We returned the favor for the virus by increasing the growth of the memes. When the Industrial Revolution came along though, we humans started to become a risk to ourselves and to the virus. We became capable of wholesale destruction that could bring down civilization and all the memes that made it up. Remember what I said earlier about what parasites do when their host is threatened with destruction?

  Do all viruses act to preserve the existence when danger threaten?
  And you postulate that a virus knows it is threaten and knows it needs to act to preserve its existence.

  I didn't know all viruses respond this way when threatened with destruction:

  They reproduce massively.

  So what will these memes do now?:

  Do you think it is a coincidence that right after we developed nuclear weapons we entered into the Information Age? It was after we developed the tools to destroy ourselves that we developed the Information Superhighway and the global village that it created. In the late 1980’s there was a milestone. It was then that the total storage of knowledge contained in computers exceeded the amount stored in human brains. Does this make this human memes or just memes? The virus perpetuates itself through its hosts, and soon the new hosts will be computers that effectively foster reproduction of the virus much faster than humans ever dreamed possible.

  Are you implying the memes will switch hosts and leave the human brain and find space on some hard drives to survive?

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?
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  Tooting my own horn

  by WildHorses in

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  ok, since i have to be 39 years old.

  i want to hear lots and lots of happy birthdays.. you can send money too if you want.

  lol a cool million will do.

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  Happy birthday Lilacs

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?
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  Creative Disassociation

  by hillary_step in

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  well, you have to admit it most da letters are boring.

  especially so are the ones that contain 15-20 pages full of quotes from the golden age of march 15th 1917, or an obscure reference to a slip of the pen made by some overworked and knackered out member of writing.. lets be honest, most xjw's do not read past the first few paragraphs, but we all expect our letters will be read by the wts or its representatives, analysed and then responded to.

  the reality is that they are rapidly scanned for 'juicy bits' and dumped into a bin marked, 'oh, god not another one!..

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  Anothe DA letter:

  Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day
  Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day
  Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day
  Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day
  Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day
  Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day Oh happy day

  You can't make me stay.
  I'm really going away and you can make me stay.
  Please,.. oh please disassociate me today!

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?
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  JW's one of the Most Dangerous Religions?

  by Mindchild in

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  skip starbuck aka mindchild .

  many years ago on a spring day to pleasant to be outdoors pioneering, something strange happened to two jehovahs witnesses.

  have you ever wondered exactly what it was inside religion that makes people kill each other?

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  MC,

  So you are saying both atheist and belevers in god have memes and these memes fight to survive by killing those that disagree or challenge.
  And that when killing those is not an option ridicule and other means are used.

  So are you saying that evolutionist who are not open minded to new ideas that run contrary to their beleifs have this infection just as much as beleivers in creation?

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?
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  Creative Disassociation

  by hillary_step in

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  well, you have to admit it most da letters are boring.

  especially so are the ones that contain 15-20 pages full of quotes from the golden age of march 15th 1917, or an obscure reference to a slip of the pen made by some overworked and knackered out member of writing.. lets be honest, most xjw's do not read past the first few paragraphs, but we all expect our letters will be read by the wts or its representatives, analysed and then responded to.

  the reality is that they are rapidly scanned for 'juicy bits' and dumped into a bin marked, 'oh, god not another one!..

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  DA Letter:

  Dear Brothers,

  First let me say I hope you all are doing well.

  Now! lets skip all the formalities and get right to the point.

  I think I was an asshole for being a JW for___ years. Not that everything the WT teaches is stupid just the better half is.
  So if you don't mind,... just take my name off your stupid idiotic membership role.
  I'd like to get the rest of my friends and family out, so I'll be exposing the WT any chance I get.
  Oh and don't forget to watch Dateline they're going to do a nice expose' on child molesters inside the organization, that get treated a lot better than the victims by the elders and WTBTS.

  And BTW can you renew my subscription for the WT and Awake?
  I'm using them to get a good laugh when ever I feel a little low.
  And please send me the latest CD rom they make exposing the WT as easy as clicking a mouse.

  Your friend and exJW.

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?
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  JW's one of the Most Dangerous Religions?

  by Mindchild in

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  skip starbuck aka mindchild .

  many years ago on a spring day to pleasant to be outdoors pioneering, something strange happened to two jehovahs witnesses.

  have you ever wondered exactly what it was inside religion that makes people kill each other?

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  Mind child,
  Can you give a very very short version of what you just posted.
  say 50 word or less.

  For those of us who don't particularly care for complicated conjecture, because they are prone to error.

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?
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  Jesus never existed!!

  by jw_uncovered in

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  buddha of india .

  he performed miracles and raised one man, el-azar-us, from the dead.

  the sun is the "light of the world.

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  hello out their?

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?
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  Your ideas about a disaster at WTS headquarters

  by Mindchild in

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  for the last few days i've been involved in putting a post together for this board that has been growing and growing because one idea led to another, etc.

  (i really got to stop drinking so much caffeine) anyway i'm at a point where i would appreciate some feedback.. the sept 11 terrorist attack got me thinking about what would happen if there was a major physical disaster at either ny headquarters or bethel.

  i'm talking about say a horrific accident or terrorist act that leaves many witnesses dead and injured.

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  Lets look at this senerio.
  A GB stops taking his medication and realizing that they are not God organization, plots to kill the whole bunch on their wednesday meeting and so straps on 20 stixs of dynamite and pushes the button and blows them all up.

  What do you think would be the effect of the death of the entire GB on the R&F?

  For sure there would be changes in policy with all those old farts gone, and just like when Russel died the Lawyers would sieze control.
  They will probably keep on going just as if nothing happened.

  I betcha they would even come out with some new dates.

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?
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  Your ideas about a disaster at WTS headquarters

  by Mindchild in

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  for the last few days i've been involved in putting a post together for this board that has been growing and growing because one idea led to another, etc.

  (i really got to stop drinking so much caffeine) anyway i'm at a point where i would appreciate some feedback.. the sept 11 terrorist attack got me thinking about what would happen if there was a major physical disaster at either ny headquarters or bethel.

  i'm talking about say a horrific accident or terrorist act that leaves many witnesses dead and injured.

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  Outlaw,

  If you see possible danger in Mc thread, how do you feel about TV shows, or movies with a terrorist plot that some demented fool might get the wrong idea?
  Do you feel they are bad and should be watched or discussed?

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?
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  Your ideas about a disaster at WTS headquarters

  by Mindchild in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for the last few days i've been involved in putting a post together for this board that has been growing and growing because one idea led to another, etc.

  (i really got to stop drinking so much caffeine) anyway i'm at a point where i would appreciate some feedback.. the sept 11 terrorist attack got me thinking about what would happen if there was a major physical disaster at either ny headquarters or bethel.

  i'm talking about say a horrific accident or terrorist act that leaves many witnesses dead and injured.

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  I think the thread is harmless.
  BTW if someone starts to post in a way that indicates they intend to do harm many here will admonish such a poster.

  And I'm sure Simon would take appropiate action.

  I think Mind child meant no harm and is being taken the wrong way by people who are prone to quickly see thing in a paranoid way.

  If someone lived a trillion X longer than you, and had a billion X more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?