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whereami
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Diane Benscoter on how cults rewire the brain
by whereami indiane benscoter spent five years as a "moonie.
" she shares an insider's perspective on the mind of a cult member, and proposes a new way to think about today's most troubling conflicts and extremist movements.. .
http://www.ted.com/talks/ex_moonie_diane_benscoter_how_cults_think.html.
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The trouble with Christianity. TRINITY.
by whereami ingotta love pat.. "ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.
ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity.
it is the mere abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of jesus.
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whereami
Gotta love Pat.
"Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus." - Thomas Jefferson
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Memorial nibbler asked to leave
by MrMonroe inseen this?.
blogger is a partner of an ex-bethelite who attends a memorial after a decade out, takes a nibble and is asked to leave.
photographic evidence provided.. partner, meanwhile (non-jw, smoker, unmarried) is warmly welcomed.. .
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whereami
Loved it.
Screw you Watchtower.
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Diane Benscoter on how cults rewire the brain
by whereami indiane benscoter spent five years as a "moonie.
" she shares an insider's perspective on the mind of a cult member, and proposes a new way to think about today's most troubling conflicts and extremist movements.. .
http://www.ted.com/talks/ex_moonie_diane_benscoter_how_cults_think.html.
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whereami
Diane Benscoter spent five years as a "Moonie." She shares an insider's perspective on the mind of a cult member, and proposes a new way to think about today's most troubling conflicts and extremist movements.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ex_moonie_diane_benscoter_how_cults_think.html
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Watchtowers Judicial System
by Marvin Shilmer inwatchtowers judicial system .
today i uploaded a new article to my blog addressing a central aspect of judicial process and how its lack in watchtowers system undermines justice and confidence, not to mention undermining the honesty of watchtowers presentation of its system.
the article is titled watchtowers judicial system and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/04/watchtowers-judicial-system.html.
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whereami
As usual, spot on Marvin.
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Which one of these men will you kill...if either?
by Terry ini like to perform "thinking experiments" like einstein use to do.
of course, he was better equipped for it than i am.
but, dash it all, i do anyway.. i imagine two men sitting side by side in a train station waiting on a train.. they more are less look like fairly "normal" people.
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whereami
^^^Deputy dog, I was quoting from the link I posted from the Harvard Law School web site. They have an excellent study/lecture on this exact subject.
Did you click the link I provided to see what it's about? I'm sure you'll find it facinating. I know I did. Made me think long and hard on the subject.
Hope you enjoy it. Get back to us with your comments on it.
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VIDEO. Violent bloody protest at the Memorial in Burgas, Bulgaria. 2011
by 3Mozzies inyou will need to be signed in to youtube to see it, or go to the bulgarian website (link below).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mupvrlg-i8g&.
beat the pastors of jehovah's witnesses and wrecked their prayer house.. story from a bulgarian website - google translated.. .
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whereami
This is completely disgusting!!! It's not with violence that you try to get your point across. Completely shameful. I hope they prosecute these animals.
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Which one of these men will you kill...if either?
by Terry ini like to perform "thinking experiments" like einstein use to do.
of course, he was better equipped for it than i am.
but, dash it all, i do anyway.. i imagine two men sitting side by side in a train station waiting on a train.. they more are less look like fairly "normal" people.
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whereami
Terry this has been done before. You might like this: http://justiceharvard.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=9&Itemid=5
THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER
If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did nothing—what would you do? What would be the right thing to do? That’s the hypothetical scenario Professor Michael Sandel uses to launch his course on moral reasoning. After the majority of students votes for killing the one person in order to save the lives of five others, Sandel presents three similar moral conundrums—each one artfully designed to make the decision more difficult. As students stand up to defend their conflicting choices, it becomes clear that the assumptions behind our moral reasoning are often contradictory, and the question of what is right and what is wrong is not always black and white.
This is also a very good one that's also in the link provided:
PUTTING A PRICE TAG ON LIFE
Today, companies and governments often use Jeremy Bentham’s utilitarian logic under the name of “cost-benefit analysis.” Sandel presents some contemporary cases in which cost-benefit analysis was used to put a dollar value on human life. The cases give rise to several objections to the utilitarian logic of seeking “the greatest good for the greatest number.” Should we always give more weight to the happiness of a majority, even if the majority is cruel or ignoble? Is it possible to sum up and compare all values using a common measure like money?
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whereami
I love Mariah. One more for ya.
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whereami
Here you go bud.