Topic by mavie

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I decided not to go back to the KH

by Bucholz in

well, as i mentioned before in one of my few other posts, i've been lurking here for some time now and finally decided it was time to face the facts and take action.. i was raised a jw (4th generation) and my parents were quite zealous when they got married.

mom was a regular pioneer and dad was a ms. i was the little jw 'rockstar' in my congregation, got baptized at 10, was giving talks and serving as an attendant at the hall and at conventions at such an early age.

auxiliary pioneered whenever i could.

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Will Religion Become Extinct?

by satinka in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12811197.

religion may become extinct in nine nations, study saysby jason palmer, science and technology reporter, bbc news, dallas.

a study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers.. the study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation.. the team's mathematical model attempts to account for the interplay between the number of religious respondents and the social motives behind being one.. the result, reported at the american physical society meeting in dallas, us, indicates that religion will all but die out altogether in those countries.. the team took census data stretching back as far as a century from countries in which the census queried religious affiliation: australia, austria, canada, the czech republic, finland, ireland, the netherlands, new zealand and switzerland.. nonlinear dynamics is invoked to explain a wide range of physical phenomena in which a number of factors play a part.. one of the team, daniel abrams of northwestern university, put forth a similar model in 2003 to put a numerical basis behind the decline of lesser-spoken world languages.. at its heart is the competition between speakers of different languages, and the "utility" of speaking one instead of another.. "the idea is pretty simple," said richard wiener of the research corporation for science advancement, and the university of arizona.. "it posits that social groups that have more members are going to be more attractive to join, and it posits that social groups have a social status or utility.. "for example in languages, there can be greater utility or status in speaking spanish instead of [the dying language] quechuan in peru, and similarly there's some kind of status or utility in being a member of a religion or not.".

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"Who else are we to go away to?"

by simon17 in

to the intellectually honest witness, it seems like it often comes down to this principle.

"fine, if the witnesses aren't the truth, then show me the better answer and i'll consider it.

" and how do you deal with that?

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To all lurking JW elders

by Mickey mouse in

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come on in, the water's fine.

you may even realise you have close friends and family here.

.

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Bertrand Russell Quote

by mavie in

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right on bert.as a philosopher, if i were speaking to a purely philosophic audience i should say that i ought to describe myself as an agnostic, because i do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one can prove that there is not a god.

on the other hand, if i am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street i think that i ought to say that i am an atheist, because, when i say that i cannot prove that there is not a god, i ought to add equally that i cannot prove that there are not the homeric gods.bertrand russell, collected papers, vol.

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What books, songs, artists, movies, etc were banned in your JW home?

by serenitynow! in

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my mother was very strict about entertainment.

in school i was doing a project about teen suicide and had checked out some books on suicide and abortion.

i had alot of explaining to do for that.

Inspiring - The Rising @ We Are One Inaugural Concert

by mavie in

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bruce springsteen's performance of "the rising" on the steps of the lincoln memorial earlier today was one for the ages.

backed with a choir, the song became one of hope and new beginnings instead of only a commentary about 9-11. .

thanks bruce..

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What was the most profound spiritual moment of your life?

by cluless in

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mine was simply the realisation that if a person had faith they wouldnt need a religon.. infact not associating with any religouse association is a bit like being on the oceon in a rowing boat.

but the thing is i dont care if the oceon gets rough.

it doesnt matter not having the answers.