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  143rd Gilead Graduates cRiNGeWoRThY Song

  by pale.emperor in

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  quite possibly the most cringeworthy thing i've seen them do yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tk88rstv6o.

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  compound complex

  I desperately want to put up the dueling guitars of Ralph Macchio and Steve Vai -- Crossroads -- but I would be highjacking this thread, as well as profaning the sacred with ol' Scratch, who has no place here . . .

  Or, does he?
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  Pull the Plug Already...

  by megaboy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  after reading and seeing so many detailings of the dealings with people in this religion, i have to wonder how to get people who are just extremely asleep.

  reasoning doesn't seem like it works, there needs to be some kind of plug pull event, like the leaders doing something so uterly stupid that it causes the immediate downfall of the entire religion.

  but because i am naturally curious i want to know from people who have more experience with jw structure why they seem to have a resistance to an event like this?

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  As to the original meaning of "cult":

  The term "cult" first appeared in English in 1617, derived from the French culte, meaning "worship" which in turn originated from the Latin word cultus meaning "care, cultivation, worship". The meaning "devotion to a person or thing" is from 1829. Starting about 1920, "cult" acquired an additional six or more positive and negative definitions. [bold added]

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_(religious_practice)
  
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  JW's Dancing at a Special Convention in Indonesia

  by disfellowshipped1 in

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  2. friends

  video: jw's dance at the jakarta, indonesia special convention.

  things have really changed over there in jw land...... holding up phones like lighters now?.

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  compound complex

  I could not access link w/o signing up,
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  Need to know the source of a piece of information

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am translating the article of the "last days" in jwfacts.. there is a statement i cannot verify.. between 310 and 312 a.d. plague killed up to 99% of people in the northwestern provinces of china.. it seems to have come from the following book:.

  end time visions: the road to armageddon.i cannot read that book, it seems to be on scribd, but i can´t download it.. https://www.scribd.com/document/287995996/armageddon.

  could someone find that piece of information in the book and let me know in what source i can confirm the information?i cannot find anywhere that states such a thing....

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  The Black Death is usually associated with Europe and the period 1346-1350 but it neither began nor ended then. The earliest records of this pestilence are in China. In 46 AD an epidemic in Mongolia killed two-thirds of the population. In 312 northern and central China became a wasteland and in the province of Shensi, only one or two out of 100 taxpayers survived. In 468, 140,000 people died in the Chinese cities of Honan, Hopei, Shantung and others. During the next 900 years this pestilence traveled slowly throughout China and the Middle East though major outbreaks were not common.

  Bibliography

  The New Encyclopedia Brittanica. Robert McHenry, editor., vol 2. (Chicago; Brittanica Inc, 1992).
  

  Collier's Encyclopedia. Lauren Bahr, Bernard Johnston, editors. (New York; P.F.Collier, Inc., 1993).
  Lecture by Lynn Harry Nelson,Emeritus Professor of Medieval History,The University of Kansas
  Philip Ziegler The Black Death (1969)
  HG Koeningsberger Medieval Europe 400-1500 ( 1987)
  C Warren Hollister Medieval Europe:A short history sixth edition (1990 )
  Maurice Keen The Pelican History of Medieval Europe (1968)

  http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=the_black_plague
  
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  Those of you who can explain mathematical concepts, please reply.

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know who you are; you posted, rather eloquently, on venus' thread regarding a teacher making a mistake in mathematics.. my brain is not wired to explain concepts that come to you naturally.

  certainly, it is a combination of both your innate ability as well as training in a field in which you excel.

  my question centers on those of us who did well in mathematics but cannot explain what we are doing.

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  Thanks, SF!

  Will have to look up those ten people . . .
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  Those of you who can explain mathematical concepts, please reply.

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know who you are; you posted, rather eloquently, on venus' thread regarding a teacher making a mistake in mathematics.. my brain is not wired to explain concepts that come to you naturally.

  certainly, it is a combination of both your innate ability as well as training in a field in which you excel.

  my question centers on those of us who did well in mathematics but cannot explain what we are doing.

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  I knew I could "count" on you, jp!

  THANKS!
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  Those of you who can explain mathematical concepts, please reply.

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know who you are; you posted, rather eloquently, on venus' thread regarding a teacher making a mistake in mathematics.. my brain is not wired to explain concepts that come to you naturally.

  certainly, it is a combination of both your innate ability as well as training in a field in which you excel.

  my question centers on those of us who did well in mathematics but cannot explain what we are doing.

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  compound complex

  I appreciate these comments and would be grateful for more. There are more mathematicians out there, yes?

  THANKS!
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  Those of you who can explain mathematical concepts, please reply.

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
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  i know who you are; you posted, rather eloquently, on venus' thread regarding a teacher making a mistake in mathematics.. my brain is not wired to explain concepts that come to you naturally.

  certainly, it is a combination of both your innate ability as well as training in a field in which you excel.

  my question centers on those of us who did well in mathematics but cannot explain what we are doing.

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  If you have to talk about it in a conversation, searching for words often helps you to really understand things yourself. -- waton

  I haven't taught math in years, but I do teach creative writing classes, my students varying in age from 11 to 76 years old. Your practical method, as shown above, works for me in so many ways, both as a teacher and as an everyday sort of bloke who wants to understand as well as to explain things.

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  As I explain a concept, I give an example, show step by step how to arrive to the solution, explaining in each step what is needed to know from previous math material. And then repeat, repeat, repeat. I give a few classroom practice exercises and discuss them, them leave them on their own and hope I gave a good class. -- scratchme1010

  Well, scratchme1010, you certainly gave a good class here! Your laying a basis first, then proceeding step by step to further levels is key. You have just given this old teacher a master class!

  Thanks, jp, waton, and scratchme!
  
  
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  Those of you who can explain mathematical concepts, please reply.

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know who you are; you posted, rather eloquently, on venus' thread regarding a teacher making a mistake in mathematics.. my brain is not wired to explain concepts that come to you naturally.

  certainly, it is a combination of both your innate ability as well as training in a field in which you excel.

  my question centers on those of us who did well in mathematics but cannot explain what we are doing.

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  In my experience, I've found that it is easier to teach ideas and concepts which only came to me with difficulty in comparison to those which came easily to me. -- jp1692

  In your succinct paragraph, you have given me a basis for an answer to what has long puzzled me. Perhaps, then, I will learn how to explain my work in math!

  Thanks, too, for the science checklist info.

  Best wishes.
  
  
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  Those of you who can explain mathematical concepts, please reply.

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know who you are; you posted, rather eloquently, on venus' thread regarding a teacher making a mistake in mathematics.. my brain is not wired to explain concepts that come to you naturally.

  certainly, it is a combination of both your innate ability as well as training in a field in which you excel.

  my question centers on those of us who did well in mathematics but cannot explain what we are doing.

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  compound complex

  I know who you are; you posted, rather eloquently, on Venus' thread regarding a teacher making a mistake in mathematics.

  My brain is not wired to explain concepts that come to you naturally. Certainly, it is a combination of both your innate ability as well as training in a field in which you excel. My question centers on those of us who did well in mathematics but cannot explain what we are doing. I used to teach algebra and I had one student, who, like me in my school years, always found the correct answer. Always. Even in those trying word problems.

  I can explain matters relative to the arts, in which I am trained, but I cannot explain how I once arrived at correct answers in math. Why, I even showed my work!

  Any thoughts you offer will be appreciated. Why my walk in the rain, meant to clear my head, came up with this, I dunno. Your collective reasoning on mathematics in the above-mentioned thread did make an impression . . .