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  If we evolved why is the brain more than we need?

  by cyberjesus in

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  i dont believe in creation anymore.

  according to the evolution theory we adapt based on our needs.

  but the human brain is far superior than our needs.

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  HappyGuy

  I don't think the brain is more than we need.

  I think that we don't know how to fully take advantage of it.

  As far as we can tell the brain has an infinite capacity.

  If we knew how to do it we could learn in a way that we could stress the brain's capacity.

  I think there is evidence that the ancients had this capability.

  The great polymaths of history, people like Da Vinci, Hidegard of Bingen, Leon Battista Alberti, Thomas Young, et al were they born that way or did they learn how to be polymathic?

  Baldassare Castiglione wrote a guide on how to become a polymath, The Book of the Courtier.

  I helped develop a methodology for problem solving based on knowlege theory and we came to the conclusion that anyone can achieve Masters level competency in pretty much any topic if they know how to do it in about 3 months.

  So, perhaps the issue isn't that we have capacity that we don't need, but rather we have capacity that humans have forgotten how to take advantage of and put to use?
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  If we evolved why is the brain more than we need?

  by cyberjesus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i dont believe in creation anymore.

  according to the evolution theory we adapt based on our needs.

  but the human brain is far superior than our needs.

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  HappyGuy

  cyberjesus,

  When you say you no longer believe in "Creation" are you talking about the Bible's version, the JW version, fundamentalist nujob Christian version, or what?

  Or are you saying you do not believe that there was a First Cause and that the material universe and everything in it is just a result of random chance?
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  Are these things still frowned upon/banned?.

  by zzaphod in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  thinking back, there were a few things i was told then, that now seem rather odd and petty.

  i was wondering if these thing are common in the wts or was it just that my girlfriend at the time was a pioneer, and her father was an elder.

  (so perhap a bit more "enthusiastic" than others).

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  HappyGuy

  ^ I am not a Christain and I love Christmas and I have no problem with people saying "Merry Christmas". I also don't have a problem with people saying "Happy Shiva Day", things like that are not offensive to me.

  I work in professional world too and I have never heard "have a good holiday". And I work with people from all over the world. I guess you are just more uptight than I am. And easily offended.
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  Are these things still frowned upon/banned?.

  by zzaphod in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  thinking back, there were a few things i was told then, that now seem rather odd and petty.

  i was wondering if these thing are common in the wts or was it just that my girlfriend at the time was a pioneer, and her father was an elder.

  (so perhap a bit more "enthusiastic" than others).

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  HappyGuy

  I sometimes get sneezing fits. People have heard them and thought that a bomb went off, seriously. They come on unexpectedly and there is nothing I can do to stop them, they stop when they stop.

  I HATED when this happened in public when I was a JW. Because everyone would say "Bless you" or "God bless you" and I could not reply and the person's face would turn from a smile to a glare (with the person thinking 'gawddamm jerkoff can't be civil and say thank you to a bless you?').

  We were told that this was a religious rite blah blah blah.

  Now I realize that it is just people being nice to cover up an embarrassing attack with a bodily function. Its perfect. The person who is sneezing doesn't have to feel embarrassed and the person saying "bless you" doesn't have to feel irritated.

  But the WTBTS has to turn this act of kindness into a doctrinal issue. I hate the GB.
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  Does the organization still police people when it comes to saving seats at conventions?

  by Magwitch in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was a huge source of contention between me and my ex.

  my parents were in the same district as us; i always thought it would be nice to sit together especially when i had two daughters in one year.

  my ex rufused to sit with my parents if they saved us seats and he would never allow me to save two seats for them.

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  HappyGuy

  The problem isn't with people saving seats. The problem is always some jerkoff saving the CHOICEST seats with masking tape or rope or something to make it look like an "official" set aside. And the jerkoff ropes off an entire row or section. usually the front row or a few rows back, I never saw anyone do this in the nosebleed seats.

  Instead of chastising the few idiots who do this the WTBTS overreacts and chastises everyone, and the same jerkoffs rope off whole sections of seats at every assembly.

  I remember one ciricut I was in, every assembly you would see the same seats roped off by the same jerkoffs.

  And these jerkoffs were always elders and always the most holier than you and I.
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  Is regularly texting/phoning someone (not your partner) cheating?

  by sacdfan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello - can i ask you all for your opinions?.

  if your partner (husband/wife, gf/bf etc) was phoning and texting someone approx 20 times per day,would you find it unacceptable?

  for example, if your wife was texting/phoning another brother (also married) 20 to 30 times a day, would you get suspicious?

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  HappyGuy

  I asked my wife about 20 texts to a woman and she just looked at me with that "have you been smoking crack again" look and said PLEASE, the next text that man makes is going to be to a divorce lawyer.
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  How old was God when he made the earth?

  by Paralipomenon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in all, i enjoy numbers and math.

  as such i can see problems from a mathmatical basis where they exist.. this thought came to me last night.. 1 in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth.. 2 now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of god was hovering over the waters.. 3 and god said, "let there be light," and there was light.

  4 god saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

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  HappyGuy

  Paralipomenon,

  Sorry, but your calculations are wrong.

  I don't believe in "God" as explained in the Bible, but I do believe that there is a First Cause. Sorry, but I am not smart enough to explain what the First Cause is, so I will not call it "God", I will simply call it First Cause.

  We know that the material universe had a beginning, a definite point in time, before which the material universe did not exist, after which the material universe did exist.

  Prior to that there was what? nothing?

  There cannot have been nothing. Existence cannot come from non existence. Modeling reality as a state machine we have:

  Existence --> Non Existence

  Existence --> Existence

  There can be no transition arc from Non Existence to Existence.

  So, the First Cause cannot have had a beginning. The First Cause has always existed. Prior to the material universe there was the First Cause, which must be pure energy. Using the theory of relativity and solving for M (Mass at the point of the existence of the material universe) we get E/C2=M, or mass can be obtained from Energy.

  The First Cause is thus pure energy, an energy which has always existed. What the nature of this energy is can only be pure speculation.
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  Borg cubes inbound!

  by sd-7 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, as my suspicious side suspected, my wife has rather suddenly flipped the script on me.

  she got confused after i explained reality to her, and by coincidence the elders are now going to do a shepherding call on us.

  after having read my e-mail (see 'drawing disciples after myself?

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  HappyGuy

  I would call them out on the carpet for usurping your role as head of your household. You are responsbile for our wife's spiritual welfare. The elders have taken it upon themselves to convince your wife that she is being spiritually damaged by you. I would make this the focal point of the meeting and refuse to move on to any other issues until they resolve that one satisfactorally, which they won't.

  I would have my Bible handy and answer everything they ask from the Bible and insist that they do the same. When they refer to "The WTBTS says.."I would say "excuse me but I am interested in what the Bible says, not what men say, please show me what the Bible says on that ...".

  The NWT is a horrible Bible. I would find where the WTBTS commends some real Bible and use that one.
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  Is regularly texting/phoning someone (not your partner) cheating?

  by sacdfan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello - can i ask you all for your opinions?.

  if your partner (husband/wife, gf/bf etc) was phoning and texting someone approx 20 times per day,would you find it unacceptable?

  for example, if your wife was texting/phoning another brother (also married) 20 to 30 times a day, would you get suspicious?

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  HappyGuy

  Here is the rule I use on this type of thing. Would I care if my wife read it? If I don't care then it probably isn't 'wrong'. If I would care or have something to hide or believe that her reading it will result in claw marks on my face then there is something 'wrong'.

  I think no matter what is the content in 20 text messages per day that my wife reading them would result in claw marks on my face.
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  "This generation" a never ending saga

  by MacHislopp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  matthew 24:34; luke 31:32 .

  *** w84 5/15 4-7 1914-the generation that will not pass away ***.

  (matthew 24:21; revelation 16:14, 16) .

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  HappyGuy

  Mac,

  Is there any way you can repost this without all the loud colors, huge fonts, jumbled up formatting, etc.?