Hi Matt welcome to the forum.
The flaw in your position is that you know literally nothing about the organisation apart from what they have deigned to reveal to you as an outsider. You are now in the company of experts. Listen and learn.
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51I am a proud Jehovah's Witness Defender
by Matthew Jefferson inmy name is matthew j and i have just ended my study with the jehovah's witnesses.
no, i did not stop studying because i believe the jehovah's witnesses are a 'cult', i left due to the minor beliefs that i hold that remain separate from the organization.
i called my elder who is still an amazing man and great counselor, affirming that i do not wish to continue my studying.
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Anyone know of elders talking private KH matters to wifes?
by Tobyjones262 ini knew of several elders who would tell their wife's everything that happened in a committee meeting.
he is still and elder and very old but i doubt he has changed.
we used to call him.
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cofty
Yes we had a very prominent elder who shared all confidential matters with his extended family and saw no problem with that. He was later deleted leading to all-out civil war.
There are still things I haven't told my wife even though we have been out more than 24 years.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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Has there been a published scientific rebuttal to the APA's study? - unsure
Yes. The vast majority of peer-reviewed studies contradict the paper's foundational position that gender differences in personality traits are social constructs.
I listed some accessible books on the topic earlier.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
Any idea of what percentage of the population this applies to? - Snuggleb
1.7% According to the Williams Institute with a similar number identifying as bisexual
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
Crofty?????? The Patriarchy is a myth? What are you smoking? - dog
It's Cofty.
What is this thing you call the 'patriarchy'? Despite the shrill slogans of third-wave feminism it does not exist in the western world.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
Your opinion of Pinker's personality could not be less relevant or interesting.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
em - Twin studies show beyond all doubt that so much of our interests and abilities are down to our genes.
Have a read at 'The Blank Slate' by Steven Pinker; Nature Via Nurture by Matt Ridley; 'We are our Brains' by Dick Swaab. They are all on my library shelf. None of them are the opinions of one scientist; they all describe a wide range of studies and deal with objections to the hard science by ideology-led academics working in humanities.
Another book on the topic that I haven't read yet is 'Blueprint, How DNA Makes us Who We are' by Robert Plomin
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Why HADRIAN built a wall to M.R.G.A. (Make Rome Great Again)
by TerryWalstrom inwhy hadrian built a wallto m.r.g.a (make rome great again).
it was and ever will be known as hadrian's wall.. hadrian’s wall stretched across northern england, cutting britain in two.built in the 120’s a.d.. the dimensions of hadrian’s wall are staggering.hadrian’s wall was more than just a “wall”.
it was a complex of forts, lookout towers, and castles.. when new, the height of hadrian’s wall reached 20 ft. (6.096 meters).. the wall was 10 ft. thick (3.048 meters)._____background.
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I would love to but they don't do that anymore. Actually Mick died a few years ago. I have been talking to an archaeologist about it.
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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?
by minimus inso much is said regarding men , in a negative way.
shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.
men should be less masculine.
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cofty
fulltimestudent - You are correct. An understanding of sexual differentiation in embryonic development is crucial. The formation of the male brain and the male body do not trigger at the same moment, leading to all sorts of anomalies. The complex cascade of genetic switches do not always perform perfectly.
It would be very strange indeed if hundreds of thousands of years of evolution had not shaped male and female brains for the roles they needed to fulfil on the African savanna. Those distinctions are still shaping the minds of boys and girls in the modern world. If we want to make positive changes to society we first need to get a grip of reality.
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Why HADRIAN built a wall to M.R.G.A. (Make Rome Great Again)
by TerryWalstrom inwhy hadrian built a wallto m.r.g.a (make rome great again).
it was and ever will be known as hadrian's wall.. hadrian’s wall stretched across northern england, cutting britain in two.built in the 120’s a.d.. the dimensions of hadrian’s wall are staggering.hadrian’s wall was more than just a “wall”.
it was a complex of forts, lookout towers, and castles.. when new, the height of hadrian’s wall reached 20 ft. (6.096 meters).. the wall was 10 ft. thick (3.048 meters)._____background.
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It's amazing how ancient structures still shape the physical landscape, even with years of ploughing - Simon
It is. This ancient enclosure predates the medieval ploughing patterns. Possibly Roman or Iron Age. My house is the bright one bottom-right. One day we will get the evidence for what it is. The Roman road runs left-right in the foreground. It originated at the Roman town of Corbridge which is on the Stanegate - later the line of Hadrian's wall - and ended at a harbour on the Tweed at Berwick.