Posts by Alpaca

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WELCOME, ALL NEW ONES!!!

by minimus in

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i hope you enjoy this place as much as we do!

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Alpaca

Here, Here ...I second fifth the motion!!!!

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Dubs and homeschooling-- coud the BORG begin promoting it for more thought control?

by Alpaca in

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do you guys think the borg will begin to encourage more home schooling of dub kids as a means to control independent thinking?

that's what other fundies do to keep their kids from being exposed to the evils of evolution.. most dub kids who attend public schools (especially the really smart ones) will get at least a modest exposure to critical thinking in their science and literature classes.. with all of the weird changes and tightening of the screws on the dubs being able to think for themselves i could easily see the borg "suggesting" that parents "prayerfully consider" the "spiritual advantages" to schooling their kids at home.

then they would go into a discussion of how the ancient israelites did not have formal schools for their children but it was the parents responsibility to teach them....blah, blah, blah..... when i was still in the borg there were lots of kids who were home schooled and at one point a bunch of dubs from 5 or 6 congregations actually started their own school.

Alpaca

Blondie,

That was the line I remember.

Thanks,

Alex

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Could the Governing Body find their butts in the dark?

by JimmyPage in

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... with a flashlight and a map to guide them?

maybe that's a rhetorical question..

Alpaca

Not even if they were sitting on their hands!!!

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Dubs and homeschooling-- coud the BORG begin promoting it for more thought control?

by Alpaca in

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do you guys think the borg will begin to encourage more home schooling of dub kids as a means to control independent thinking?

that's what other fundies do to keep their kids from being exposed to the evils of evolution.. most dub kids who attend public schools (especially the really smart ones) will get at least a modest exposure to critical thinking in their science and literature classes.. with all of the weird changes and tightening of the screws on the dubs being able to think for themselves i could easily see the borg "suggesting" that parents "prayerfully consider" the "spiritual advantages" to schooling their kids at home.

then they would go into a discussion of how the ancient israelites did not have formal schools for their children but it was the parents responsibility to teach them....blah, blah, blah..... when i was still in the borg there were lots of kids who were home schooled and at one point a bunch of dubs from 5 or 6 congregations actually started their own school.

Alpaca

Sorry, the posting thingamajiggy is acting weird...making double posts

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Dubs and homeschooling-- coud the BORG begin promoting it for more thought control?

by Alpaca in

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do you guys think the borg will begin to encourage more home schooling of dub kids as a means to control independent thinking?

that's what other fundies do to keep their kids from being exposed to the evils of evolution.. most dub kids who attend public schools (especially the really smart ones) will get at least a modest exposure to critical thinking in their science and literature classes.. with all of the weird changes and tightening of the screws on the dubs being able to think for themselves i could easily see the borg "suggesting" that parents "prayerfully consider" the "spiritual advantages" to schooling their kids at home.

then they would go into a discussion of how the ancient israelites did not have formal schools for their children but it was the parents responsibility to teach them....blah, blah, blah..... when i was still in the borg there were lots of kids who were home schooled and at one point a bunch of dubs from 5 or 6 congregations actually started their own school.

Alpaca

So, what do you think Blondie?

Thats 12 years ago and since they have been cracking down hard on higher education recently I could see that attitude spilling over into K-12.

Plus, wasn't it around that time that sort of lightened up, saying that some higher ed was acceptable if it was done with spiritual goals in mind to get a job that paid enough to support oneself while pioneering?

They are just getting so insular. The BORG has changed a lot since I left.

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I Get to Witness About the Witnesses......

by AllTimeJeff in

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for those unaware, this sunday marked the 2nd week i have attended a local unitarian/universalist service.

i have given them a try because i no longer feel that isolating myself from people is good for me.

also, they are creed-less, dogma-less, and liberal.

Alpaca

Good stuff!!!

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People finding this site...

by metaspy in

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it has been a while since i have come here.. i noticed the other day that when i searched for jehovah's witnesses, the first page in google was almost all pro jw pages, or at the very least neutral, stating only non-controversial facts.. it wasn't until page 2 that jwn (is that how this site is reffered to?

or is it still jwd?

) actually showed in the results.. i seem to remember that jwd ranked on first page, as that is how i found it.. is it worth trying to get this site on page 1 for jehovahs witnesses?

Alpaca

Wiz,

That's not going to happen. All of the search engines will always put up an organizaiton's official home page and related pages at the top of the list.

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Dubs and homeschooling-- coud the BORG begin promoting it for more thought control?

by Alpaca in

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do you guys think the borg will begin to encourage more home schooling of dub kids as a means to control independent thinking?

that's what other fundies do to keep their kids from being exposed to the evils of evolution.. most dub kids who attend public schools (especially the really smart ones) will get at least a modest exposure to critical thinking in their science and literature classes.. with all of the weird changes and tightening of the screws on the dubs being able to think for themselves i could easily see the borg "suggesting" that parents "prayerfully consider" the "spiritual advantages" to schooling their kids at home.

then they would go into a discussion of how the ancient israelites did not have formal schools for their children but it was the parents responsibility to teach them....blah, blah, blah..... when i was still in the borg there were lots of kids who were home schooled and at one point a bunch of dubs from 5 or 6 congregations actually started their own school.