for nobody who has heard of it, it would be a huge post to explain the whole thing, but i was just curious of the thoughts of anybody who has learned about it.
since consciousness is very debateable and still unknown this theory based on what is known so far sounds very plausible.
for those who don't want to look it up, here is an attempt to very quickly summarize the theory.
The best talk I ever heard on the subject.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness
From what I've learned about memory, we don't record our entire life experience like an old-time computer. The brain is constantly either refreshing or pruning memories.
How could a select set of memories be kept stable outside the framework?
so i was visiting my older cousin who has been out of the jw's for many years but is still favorable.
to the whole nonsense and seems to be on the fence still after 35 years and she asked me "have you ever.
thought about going back?
Hubby was never disfellowshipped, simply faded away. When he came back it took more than two years to be approved for field service. Now, there was some complicity on my part. I made sure the elders knew about at least one of his indiscretions when they were on the verge of approving him the first time. They were so ticked off he had to change congregations to get approved.
So yes, grovelling, very human and humiliating grovelling is involved. No Holy Spirit discernment in sight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/religion_in_the_democratic_republic_of_the_congo#kitawala.
a much more radical product of the synthesis of african and christian elements is the kitawala movement or so-called "watchtower movement", which appeared in katanga province during the 1920s.
influenced by the black american missionary activity in south africa of the watch tower bible and tract society (jehovah's witnesses), the movement converted miners who then spread elements of the movement northward from their south african base into the katangan copper belt.. the british "reverend" james booth and his african associate elliott kamwana, both black, used watch tower publications but did not limit their preaching to the bible students message of charles taze russell (it does not seem that russell understood this at the time).
Ah, yes, there is no other organization as happified and as unified as the Witnesses. Not counting the discards of course.
so the watchtower says they don't teach children to shun their df'd parents if they are not living in the home per their custody packet.. so what happens once they turn 18 and are no longer legally bound to court orders for visitation?.
does anyone have any experience with this.
did your child begin shunning you once they turned 18. curious how to disucss this topic with your kid before it gets to that point..
Dad's first date:
this thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.
just to point out that there is no difference between those who are in an organization or church and those who are not.
it rains on us all.
the mistake some make is to think some people are more righteous than others.
You'd think, JB, that all that preaching would have more of an effect on people's actions.
i mean there are some great debates running on this forum :-.
what is spirit exactly?.
what is love?.
I would suggest that those who give their entire lives to a cause are being selfish in their own way:
Those who love a cause are those who love the life which has to be led in order to serve it. - Simone Weil
I think we are all happier with a healthy dose of hedonism thrown in for good measure. It's not EVERYTHING to live for; it pays to plan and play with the grandchildren too.
just to point out that there is no difference between those who are in an organization or church and those who are not.
it rains on us all.
the mistake some make is to think some people are more righteous than others.
I like cruising Barna surveys, which make it clear that self-professed evangelicals live the same as their "worldly" contemporaries.
It makes one wonder, what difference does a profession of faith make?
how is the org really run?
what goes on behind the scenes?.
i just read an older post on this site that was recently bumped (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/6600/1/don-adams-biography) the post mentioned the adams brothers don, karl, & joel and how influential they are/were at headquarters.
It's a three-way triangle, unbreakable. No one side of the triangle can operate without the other. Let's see if I remember this right. There's the GB, the printing arm, and the congregations.
The GB holds copyright.
The printing arm prints, of course.
The congregations are legally separate.
The GB are nothing without a "voice" (print). The printers can't print without the GB. The congregations distribute the printing and feed funds back in to the system. Without funding, the GB and the printing arm are dead in the water. I ask you, what is a Witness without a publication?
So NOBODY IS IN CHARGE. This is a self-perpetuating entity (corporation) with no "off" button.
i am still in, and as my name says "stuckinarut"...now i know it is not the truth, i know it for a fact...but im so messed up with a wash of hundreds of thoughts that i cant seem to get my head in order.. i thought i had my head clear and my 'sh1t together' so to speak....but ..... im sure you know what i mean?
when there are so many reasons and facts proving ttatt, but if asked to make a list in bullet points now, i would get so overwhelmed....i just dont know where to start.
i feel like i would be like a balloon let go flying around the room in all directions trying to 'spew' out the facts!.
I know from past conversations that you see no opportunity for a gracious exit (it's your elderly parents, right?). I still think it would pay to develop some sort of exit plan just so your mind and your body can have some relief.
