my son wrote this about his recent exam experience.
i thought you'd appreciate.
exam: 10:15 am - 12:15 pm.
Ack! You guys with your A+ grades. That used to be me. Since moving up the academic ladder, those have disappeared from my exam scores.
While it's a great feeling to study hard and earn a top grade, for those (now including me) that study hard and still score in the middle (or lower) in your class, don't let it get you down. Keep learning.
there are a couple of long threads going right now about evolution & abortion.. .
if evolution were true, how could there be any basis for morality?.
And according to the OT, a man can have many wives.
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we have been searching the net trying to find the best, most successful way of splitting fire wood.. this guy puts the wood into a small tire, for safety, and it stays in one place.. just lois.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jdr_2zsr40 .
Interesting. Much safer and more productive than the way I used to do it.
I'd noticed that it twisted when he struck the wood. Half-way through the video, there is a closeup on the blade. Interesting design.
well,i have been lurking here for a couple of years.
i was babtized at 16 for all of the wrong reasons and when i moved out after highschool i really never looked back, although i suppose i always thought it was the truth.
at 36 i met the love of my life.
Welcome!
there are a couple of long threads going right now about evolution & abortion.. .
if evolution were true, how could there be any basis for morality?.
shadow: "It seems to me that the "morality" of evolution should dictate that the individual does what benefits self. Why put community above self unless it benefits self? If an attempt were made to apply to a community, then it would make sense to cull the herd of non-producers like elderly or disabled."
"Ethics" or other courses in humanities/philosophy discuss these things with many different points-of-view, and the class discussions range from fascinating to bizarre. Even courses on religion can be enlightening when considering Eastern religions which are more about thinking and actions, but less about the role of God.
In brief, a strong community is a huge benefit to "self". In a society without common or written law and enforcement, nobody is safe or prospers. Sure, you may think you're benefitting yourself when you steal your neighbors stuff, but what about when he knocks you over the head with a rock while you sleep? Did your "taking what I want" attitude really benefit you? I don't think so. Without even introducing God into the equation there is a strong foundation for ethics and morality.
As far as the thought that evolutionists would gladly see the termination of the elderly or disabled, the fact is that evolutionists realize that they could be disabled at any moment and they will become elderly. It would be of little benefit to themselves to endanger their own future happiness and survival. A person doesn't have to be in fear of "god's jugdment" to understand that bad policy that may benefit me today could undo me tomorrow.
Our classes did have some interesting discussions about the development and role of religion on ethics. The part that was of interest to me as an exJW was that religion has been such a powerful force on undermining the seemingly inherent traditions of ethics and morality... (the blood issue, child molestation, and disfellowshipping come to mind as examples where life and family are highly valued and protected). As far as the evolution issues, we have inherited a large and complex herd mentality (such that we're able to wipe out every other species), and we've developed a huge and complex brain.
One of the bizarre things in current US politics is the republican party's pro-Christian posturing, yet they're taking the lead in letting poor children go hungry, live in dangerous neighborhoods, and get inferior educations.
we've all heard the old saying:.
any job worth doing is worth doing right the first time.. but, this would not seem to apply in the only organization on earth claiming to be solely guided by jehovah!.
in the watchtower society, the governing body gathers in a board room and prays, discusses and votes.. presumably the prayer invokes holy spirit of jehovah.
Great analysis. Most JWs, like my parents, know that WT teachings have changed. Of course they use the argument, "we now have new light, our teachings get refined." Rather than argue, I enthusiastically agree, saying, "so it's to be expected that the current teachings will continue to change, often with a single poorly worded paragraph in a WT that directly contradicts everything previously published. So, I won't put you in the awkward position of trying to explain or defend any of the current JW teachings, because they can easily change... just like shifting sands."
Well, if you can't humbly accept the biblical logic that sharks eat flesh because a naked lady ate an apple she got from a talking snake, there's only one reason beyond debate:
Satan did it!
wednesday, december 11. his heart did not prove to be complete with jehovah.1 ki.
will we let solomons course be a warning example for us?
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That is some bizarre writing for that text.
Let's be honest. Solomon was the wisest man EVER. He knew what to go after: riches, sex, power, etc. He was directly given this wisdom by God. And in the end, Jehovah said that he was bad for being "apostate" and doing all those things. So Jehovah was decisive... and punished Solomon's son.
Bible = The Big Book of Jewish Fables
my dad heard from the co who heard from a do that heard from his brother-in-law that heard from the friend of a governing body's wife, that the gb is getting very concerned that "the friends" are losing sight of the nearness of the panda-petting paradise.
many of these friends are also looking too critically at the "spiritual food" provided by the "faithful slave class.".
don't tell anyone else, but i hear that the gb has begun testing something new on some of the sheeple.
Wow ATJ, you have the specs figured out.
Me? I'm still trying to refine my "overlapping glasses" and this is the best I've been able to do:
so i've been going to doctors for years with chronic fatigue, a condition i managed ok but which took a drastic nose dive in late 2011 to 2012 to the point where i could barely function.
work was part of the problem, so at the end of that year i left that stressful environment.
but in the meantime, for the last few years i've been going to doctors, specialists, psychiatrists and psychologists and undergoing every sort of blood test you can imagine and seeing all sorts of medical people.
Julia,
I hope this is encouraging: At least this doctor didn't tell you that you'd feel much better if you spent more time in the ministry and studying Botchtower publications.
Every step may be a struggle, but every step is in the right direction... away from WT slavery.
