Posts by Razziel

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Is it ethical to confess extramarital sex to your spouse

by Most Noble in

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durex's global sex survey has found that 44% of adults worldwide have had one-night extramarital sex and 22% have had an affair.according to a 2004 united states survey, 16% of married partners have had extramarital sex, nearly twice as many men as women, while an additional 30% have fantasized about extramarital sex.

there were also studies that have shown rates of extramarital sex as low as 2.5%.as many authors conclude, these kinds of estimates are probably understated because extramarital sex is commonly disapproved.. .

what do you think is it ethical to confess an extramarital affair?.

Razziel

Well, whomever shouldn't have screwed up in the first place.

But if you have, an older gentleman passed along some advice to me once on a completely unrelated subject that seems apt here. Whenever you are about to stir the hornet's nest and kick over the ant hill, ask yourself, "What exactly, am I trying to achieve?"

If you honestly ask yourself that question in regards to infidelity, most of the time it has little to do with honesty or your relationship. It's because you feel guilty, or you feel the need for absolution or forgiveness. You feel like a horrible person. Confessing is less about consideration for the other party, and more about selfishness in the need to assuage your conscience and make you feel better.

And selfishness is what got you into this predicament in the first place.

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Obama ignores subpoena in CA- he is in now default

by moshe in

u.s. district court.

central district of california.

southern division.

Razziel

I don't know about subpoenas but president's aren't immune from civil suits while they are in office. President Clinton was sued and he claimed immunity while in office and it went to the supreme court. He lost. Can't believe everybody has forgotten that.

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Is Pacifism Ethical?

by cofty in

in another thread about things the watchtower got right two posters have expressd agreement with the fact that the wt refuses to take part in war.. i don't want to derail that thrread so what's your thoughts on pacifism?.

personally i think there are times that killing your enemies is regrettably the lesser of two evils.. .

edited to add - this link may help in defining various shades of pacifism.

Razziel

Absolute pacifism is immoral. You are no better than the person squeezing the trigger.

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I have a girlfriend now and "me so happy"

by RayPublisher in

here is my sweet survival plan, post jw life!

...yet another part of my healing process...yes healing is g o o d.... .

btw, it feels so great to not have to hide and to able to put my picture up anywhere i feel like!.

Razziel

Congratulations! Isn't it amazing how easy it is? I've found we're often our own worst enemy. Life will go on and get even better, if we simply allow it do so. Simply let go of the bonds of the past... So difficult, yet so simple.

We can be slaves to the past, or get caught up in the future, but always remember, the only time in our lives that actually exists, is the present!

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Jwfacts, Why Do You Equate Miracles With Magic?

by Recovery in

i have a question for the author of the website jwfacts.

as i was reading the sparlock article, i couldn't help but notice something seriously wrong:.

"the bible abounds in vivid fantasy, such as its many celestial descriptions, or the portrayal of warring kingdoms with imaginary beasts.. the sparlock message is confusing, as much for an adult as for a child, as the bible shows that god's followers practice magic, even if they are usually referred to as miracles.

Razziel

This is like arguing over what the definition of is, is. Bill Clinton would be proud.

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Jwfacts, Why Do You Equate Miracles With Magic?

by Recovery in

i have a question for the author of the website jwfacts.

as i was reading the sparlock article, i couldn't help but notice something seriously wrong:.

"the bible abounds in vivid fantasy, such as its many celestial descriptions, or the portrayal of warring kingdoms with imaginary beasts.. the sparlock message is confusing, as much for an adult as for a child, as the bible shows that god's followers practice magic, even if they are usually referred to as miracles.

Razziel

This is also a misleading and inaccurate representation of what was demonstrated in the video. In fact, the mother encouraged the child's critical thinking when she asked him who it would be pleasing to and who it would not be pleasing to.

I suppose you think the questions in the Watchtower study are thought provoking and encourage critical thinking too.

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Very Good News Regarding Inexpensive Green Energy That Can Drastically Change Our World

by JamesThomas in

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i, like many of you, love science and the new breakthroughs that are happening on almost a daily basis.

i particularly am enamored by new nonpolluting energy technologies.

technologies that can put a halt to our co2 emissions and also be used to easily scrub our atmosphere and waters clean.

Razziel

JamesThomas, I will continue to read the latest and greatest as you do. And as a matter of fact, I work with PhD's day in and day out. My company has a joint research facility with MIT in Cambridge as well. They do some great work. And they do a lot of dead-end work. Don't put too much faith in someone simply because they have a PhD. Many are geniuses. And unfortunately, many are morons. The vast majority fall somewhere in between. Just like the general population.

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Very Good News Regarding Inexpensive Green Energy That Can Drastically Change Our World

by JamesThomas in

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i, like many of you, love science and the new breakthroughs that are happening on almost a daily basis.

i particularly am enamored by new nonpolluting energy technologies.

technologies that can put a halt to our co2 emissions and also be used to easily scrub our atmosphere and waters clean.

Razziel

I invite you to research the concept of Exergy. This is the amount of useful energy that can converted to work given the ambient environment. Let's say I'm able to build a cold-fusion reactor that is able to create a thermal gradient of 2 degrees. Yay, I had a net energy gain! Unfortunately, this is utterly useless in the real world for providing power to the masses.

For comparison, an ocean water power plant in the tropics using a thermal gradient of 20 degrees celsius between the warm surface water and cool deep water would have to pump over 12 million gallons of ocean water per minute to create 100 MW of power.

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Very Good News Regarding Inexpensive Green Energy That Can Drastically Change Our World

by JamesThomas in

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i, like many of you, love science and the new breakthroughs that are happening on almost a daily basis.

i particularly am enamored by new nonpolluting energy technologies.

technologies that can put a halt to our co2 emissions and also be used to easily scrub our atmosphere and waters clean.

Razziel

This is a fancy term for cold fusion, which we've discussed ad nauseum here.

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Do you think our society is on the verge of collapsing?

by jam in

not to sound like the gloom and doom cult we were apart,.

but are we heading for an collapse in our society?.

iam sure we all are familiar with the signs that bring about.

Razziel

Well uh yeah, they really thought the socialist revolution could bring down the West. The Red Scare may have been overblown, but there were a LOT of communist sympathizers in the West. Particularly before WWII, it was en vogue in many elite circles in the US.

Hell, even George Orwell had trouble finding a publisher in the West for Animal Farm because it was a satire on Communism, which was popular in the West at the time.