i am interested in the approach this forum takes to money.
apart from sex, (which i am quite relaxed about) it seems to me that wealth is the surest divider between those who are moral, and those who are not.. it seems jesus thought so, also.
luke 16:19-31 kjv describes well enough his dusty attitude to the rich who do not succour the poor.. and this world has many poor: so many, it might seem that we can do nothing about it, and twist his words; 'the poor ye shall have always with you, but me, ye shall not have always.
any moral statement is a matter of opinion, rather than a matter of fact. Unless, that is, one believes one's own moral understanding to be equivalent and identical to that ideal morality sometimes called 'God's Will'.
That isn't true.
In fact it is only possible to discern objective morality by first excluding god from the conversation.
maga hat...make america great again .
guy wears it in nyc bar and gets thrown out.
manhattan court throws out the case citing that since its not religious discrimination, it’s the bar’s right.. what so you think about this?
Of course it's the bar's right to refuse service.
Many city centre pubs in the UK don't allow people in wearing football colours. It helps avoid conflict.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maenrmttb-u&list=plj1cxa6hnc11blsv8iz9lzlux_zz6onyd&index=109.
go to minute nine for the third clip.
what is up with that hair???
Who is that nutter? He has a restraining order that prevents him from going into churches? WTF?
i know we often talk of the mind control and how jw's believe what they are taught because they are controlled as to the information they receive, but i think the mind control goes frighteningly beyond simply keeping information away from them.. the jw mind is in lockdown.
it simply cannot accept facts, evidence, reasoning or whatever that goes against what they believe.
they cannot assimilate and consider an argument, it is not that they are being awkward, or willfully blind, their minds are so shut down they are incapable of taking in what is being presented.. i am aware of how, in common with other cults and high control groups the j.w org achieves this state among its members, but how on earth do we open such a solidly closed mind ?.
One of the problems you are up against is that JWs will always assume that unloving actions are the fault of 'imperfect' elders. If only the GB knew what was really going on they would put it right.
The same thing happened under Stalin. He was personally behind the atrocities committed in the USSR but the people blamed lesser officials and wrote letters of appeal to him.
That is why I think both emotional appeal and facts are important. When bad things happen the mental shields come down and doubts flourish.
i know we often talk of the mind control and how jw's believe what they are taught because they are controlled as to the information they receive, but i think the mind control goes frighteningly beyond simply keeping information away from them.. the jw mind is in lockdown.
it simply cannot accept facts, evidence, reasoning or whatever that goes against what they believe.
they cannot assimilate and consider an argument, it is not that they are being awkward, or willfully blind, their minds are so shut down they are incapable of taking in what is being presented.. i am aware of how, in common with other cults and high control groups the j.w org achieves this state among its members, but how on earth do we open such a solidly closed mind ?.
It's not that you have ever presented a 'fact' I couldn't deal with, it's sometimes that I just can't be bothered responding to your bullshit.
Now stop hijacking an excellent OP.
i know we often talk of the mind control and how jw's believe what they are taught because they are controlled as to the information they receive, but i think the mind control goes frighteningly beyond simply keeping information away from them.. the jw mind is in lockdown.
it simply cannot accept facts, evidence, reasoning or whatever that goes against what they believe.
they cannot assimilate and consider an argument, it is not that they are being awkward, or willfully blind, their minds are so shut down they are incapable of taking in what is being presented.. i am aware of how, in common with other cults and high control groups the j.w org achieves this state among its members, but how on earth do we open such a solidly closed mind ?.
by the avoidance of facts - SBF
This from 'po-mo man' who rages against the 'tyranny of facts' and proclaims that there is no such thing as a fact.
how on earth do we open such a solidly closed mind ? - Phizzy
I think you go on presenting facts. Don't underestimate the cumulative effect. Often it's when the individual is offended by the cult that those facts become meaninful.
facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
Does anybody think the U.N. could be that big stick?
No. Russia has the power of veto which it uses every time the Security Council tries to pass a resolution against her evil cronies such as Asaad.
The U.N. has shown time and time again to be a toothless tiger. How many times have U.N. 'peacekeepers' had to stand by helplessly and watch tyrants murder helpless victims?
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-sexual-abuse-children-beliefs-rules.html.
Brilliant article!
facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
Brexit represents the struggle of a people to declare a limit to being absorbed into a large nation/state, the EU
It's a vote FOR the nation state and against the tyranny of a supranational bureaucracy.
facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
The nation state gives us stability, it puts a lid on tribalism and has allowed e.g. us Brits to advance culturally, economically and advance our technology and knowledge ...what I want is for nations to have mutually beneficial relationships and business deals. - LUHE
This is beyond sensible dispute.
That sounds religious or from spending too much time on a bnp site - Ruby
This is outrageous.
Ruby do some research on levels of violence and in pre-state societies.
