i've always wondered that.
recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.
cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?
Why does it seem that some see emotion as an enemy? - caliber
Just because I don't use emotion to clinically review an unknown subject does not make emotion the enemy. Emotions can be very useful. Not so useful to rocket scientists or nuclear plant engineers.
i've always wondered that.
recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.
cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?
Hey! I resemble that remark! I can assure you my conclusions are painfully clinical, not based on emotion at all. Is not an insistence on an unknown, untestable force, such as spirit, evidence that emotion is at work in the belief?
i've always wondered that.
recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.
cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?
But if a memory is a physical thing, why can it not be observed? - Splash
Ooh! Ooh! I got this! Some things are so small or fleeting, one can only track their effects, or where they have been. To get an understanding of this, set up an ingenious experiment based on your prediction. If the fleeting object leaves a trail as expected, you have "observed" it.
http://home.web.cern.ch/topics/large-hadron-collider
Our capabilities to image the brain - incredible resolution - three dimensionally - IRT - and with new dyes to track pathways, means we are getting a much better picture of how a living brain works.
Saying we can't observe directly because when we cut it open all we see is flesh doesn't count. The stomach stops working when we cut it open, too.
i am from the era of the babylon book, and all the wt predictions that the churches of christendom would "dry up".
the book babylone the great has fallen god's kingdom rules, said people would leave the churches of christendom, in droves and the ministers would have no more people in their churches while "god's organization" would see a tremendous increase, a huge overflowing great crowd, all streaming into the watchtower and coming to the "faithful and discreet slave" for instructions.
thirty years ago there were six million jw's , today after the "great increase", and " great crowd" is now ?
towards the end of last year, the witnesses in scotland had their own assembly hall opened in the town of livingston, near edinburgh the capital.. this was achieved no doubt by blood, sweat, and tears by many over a very long period - as well as by donations of witnesses from all over scotland and its islands, not forgetting the levy per publisher imposed on all the congregations in the guise of "donations"!.
was the org grateful for the sacrifices which were made to bring a great "shout of praise" to whoever?
nope!
The Canadian WTBTS lists education as their charitable work. You know, the free distribution of educational literature. In full,
"The Society works with the Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses to administer a Bible education work. This includes the conducting of special training schools for those who take the lead in the preaching activity of Jehovah's Witnesses. During the 2013 fiscal year, The Society financially sponsored 54 annual conventions in 25 locations within Canada to promote our Bible education work. During the year, The Society's printery, in Georgetown, Ontario, printed material used in promoting Bible education. Included in this was: 164,256,081 copies of the semi-monthly Bible journal The Watchtower; 119,388,344 copies of Awake! (companion to The Watchtower); 14,992,659 Bible-based brochures; and 307,932,710 Bible-based tracts. These literature items were distributed at no charge to the general public and to congregation members throughout Canada, the United States, the Caribbean and Guyana. We financially supported charitable programs in other countries to further the worldwide Bible educational work of Jehovah's Witnesses. We also work with the Order of Special Full-TimeServants in administering an on-going program of constructing and renovating places of worship known as Kingdom Halls."
i've spoken privately with some witnesses over the past couple weeks and it caused me to think about an analogy.
i turn to totalitarian examples because that's the basic structure of the 'truth'.. as nazi germany encountered defeat, several things happened.
some higher ups sought to escape into surrender in the west because they realized defeat was inevitable.
I've often told my hubby that if elders were running the show, no-one would fill in the pot-holes. I tell you, I get a good laugh when I see an evening news article on the ongoing battle against pot-holes. Hubby glares at me, "Don't even say it!"
to start off, i'm not saying this happens, or doesn't.
i'm just a bit confused on the subject, and what you guys are always talking about.
what exactly is it with the wt on the issue of child abuse?
I am against child abuse.
Others have outlined the particular problems with the way the WTS deals with sexual predators. In secular courts, physical evidence is sufficient to prosecute. Wherever possible, child victims are protected from further victimization in the courts. This sort of thing should not be tried in a religious judicial setting, but should be entirely a police/child welfare matter. The WTS inserts itself in the process, which runs the risk of subverting justice.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/manda.cfm
Also, the closed-door nature of the judicial process in the WTS means that congregations may never know what is going on right under their noses. There's a reason the secular courts are open to the public. Justice behind closed doors is not justice at all.
well, it has come to another fork in the road.
i have been going to other meetings and skipping more.
car groups and two bros tried stopping by my house recently but i was not home or gates were locked.
How old are your children?
Are you talking about a separation from your husband by moving yourself for a few months?
Taking care of your health is a first priority now.
my dad came into the jw's because someone studied the "creation" book with him.
it pains me deeply that he sent me an e-mail recently saying that to keep the peace with my mom, he will stop communicating with me as much as possible.
i should communicate with him only if i have an emergency.. it upsets me to no end, but i cannot do anything or much about it.
Smiles, this is about a quote being taken out of context where the author is made to sound that he has an opposite opinion. The scan on the first page is the source of the quote.
was not so publication free.
do witnesses not know how to talk about the bible without a wt pub to guide them?.
fist, she tried to get me to start once again in the bible teach book as if i had never said i didnt want to study from the pubs, so i reminded her.
HeyThere, the work of Steve Hassan, my own exited husband, and recent articles indicates that direct confrontation rarely works against a firmly held erroneous belief. You've seen this in action with your study leader. As soon as the cultist starts repeating "I know it is the truth" or something similar, it is the cultic part of the personality trying to reassert itself.
As counter-intuitive as it may seem, the fastest way to help a person give themselves permission to look at alternative viewpoints is talk about NON-DOCTRINAL stuff. Address their natural selves, remind them of successes and interests in their past, their likes and personality. A confident, relaxed person is better primed to look at new information.
Then, don't force-feed your discoveries. Just insert a question or thought for them to mull over.
I strongly suggest you read Hassan's latest book before you try and sway your husband back out of the Witnesses.
