Posts by cofty

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Do you have a favorite picture?

by Iamallcool in

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it can be beautiful landscape, etc... share it with us!

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cofty

This is Hagar by the Scottish painter Andrew Geddes.

I first saw it hanging in the National Gallery in Edinburgh many years ago when I was still a JW. I had heard the story many times but never stopped to see it from Hagar's perspective. This work stopped me in my tracks. Look in her eyes and tell me you can still view Abraham as a model of faith.

I bought a postcard of it from the gallery shop and stuck it on my desk from then until long after I left the cult. It would be a gross exaggeration to say I was awakened by a painting but it definitely affected me.

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'Jehovah's Witnesses' Label Added to Trolley

by cofty in

yesterday i noticed on four trolleys i passed (and had a long useful conversation at one but more on that later) they had added a label identifying themselves as jehovah's witnesses.

it was just a simple printed piece of white card stuck on next the logo.. is this a new requirement?

was it a directive from hq or i wonder if the local council require it..

cofty

I don't think it would be a decision of a local body of elders as the trolleys came from various congregations.

The local council probably would need to grant permission in city centre bit I'm not certain.

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'Jehovah's Witnesses' Label Added to Trolley

by cofty in

yesterday i noticed on four trolleys i passed (and had a long useful conversation at one but more on that later) they had added a label identifying themselves as jehovah's witnesses.

it was just a simple printed piece of white card stuck on next the logo.. is this a new requirement?

was it a directive from hq or i wonder if the local council require it..

cofty

As in a label with " Jehovahs Witnesses" written on it?

Yes exactly, just made up on somebody's inkjet printer and stuck on - on all four trolleys in Edinburgh city centre yesterday. I doubt if they would do it unless they were told to. It's hardly going to increase interest in their literature.

I'm wondering if the council require them to make it clear who they represent.

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'Jehovah's Witnesses' Label Added to Trolley

by cofty in

yesterday i noticed on four trolleys i passed (and had a long useful conversation at one but more on that later) they had added a label identifying themselves as jehovah's witnesses.

it was just a simple printed piece of white card stuck on next the logo.. is this a new requirement?

was it a directive from hq or i wonder if the local council require it..

cofty

Yesterday I noticed on four trolleys I passed (and had a long useful conversation at one but more on that later) they had added a label identifying themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses. It was just a simple printed piece of white card stuck on next the logo.

Is this a new requirement? Was it a directive from HQ or I wonder if the local council require it.

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Spike in data use by smartphones

by mikeflood in

like since three months ago, my smartphone's data is reaching the 35 gb mark.

!!!

never watch movies in it, and beforehand used to be like 5 or 7 gb, any thoughts?.

cofty

Wow! You can look in your settings to see which app is using the most data.

I think it's Snapchat that is very greedy.

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Those who want to believe in god

by JimmyYoung in

i find it funny how many people want to broad cast their religion on fb then whine whine when others critique it.

its like the ny times saying no one has a right to criticize its oped.

don't put it on the world wide web if you don't want others opinion on it.

cofty

DD - Pentecostals are fundamentalists. In every post I have made in this thread I have been careful to make a distinction. Fundies reject science and the results of the enlightenment. We need to oppose the dogma of fundamentalist christianity.

Millions of mainstream christians, such as Anglicans, Episcopalians, Congregationalists and Universalists, do not claim the the bible is infallible. They accept evolution, in fact some leading scientists are christians of this sort. They don't need to do mental gymnastics to accommodate reality.

I'm wondering if the problem in communication here is because fundamentalist christianity is almost universal in the USA and the opposite is the case in the UK and Europe.

I think we need to make a distinction between a Salafist Jihadi and the elderly lady shuffling off to her parish church.

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Those who want to believe in god

by JimmyYoung in

i find it funny how many people want to broad cast their religion on fb then whine whine when others critique it.

its like the ny times saying no one has a right to criticize its oped.

don't put it on the world wide web if you don't want others opinion on it.

cofty

Absolutely. Especially if it’s harmful and an impediment to advancement. - DD

If you look at my first post on this thread you will that I am making a distinction between fundamentalist christianity and mainstream christians who accept the facts of science and scholarly criticism of the bible. My criticism of Jimmyyoung is that he attacks an easy target and tars all believers with the same brush.

In what ways do you think Anglican Christianity or Universalism is an impediment to advancement?

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overpopulation

by JimmyYoung in

i am seeing a lot of videos and articles on this issue.

that its a myth the idea of overpopulation.

i was listening to a talk radio speaker ben shapiro i like to as i work through the day.

cofty

The Roman Catholic church needs to repeal its dogmatic objection to contraception.

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What Do We Know for Certain?? Experts, Authorities, Scientists are often Dead WRONG

by Terry in

do i know anything for certain?yes!when so-called "authority" predict the future - they are wrong.and yet - we always believe them.

examples:________.

2912 mayan calendar apocalypse1910 : halley's cometa worldwide panic ensued, stoked by the media and such newspaper headlines as “comet may kill all earth life, says scientist.”1831 the great disappointmentwilliam miller began preaching in 1831 that the end of the world as we know it would occur with the second coming of jesus christ in 1843. he attracted as many as 100,000 followers who believed that they would be carried off to heaven when the date arrived.

cofty

Are you not conflating knowing things with certainty and predicting the future?

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Those who want to believe in god

by JimmyYoung in

i find it funny how many people want to broad cast their religion on fb then whine whine when others critique it.

its like the ny times saying no one has a right to criticize its oped.

don't put it on the world wide web if you don't want others opinion on it.

cofty

Xian Religion definitely has utility. It’s an excellent tool for dulling the mental capacity of any given population. - DD

I'm not sure. It definitely causes a logical blind spot in matters directly connected to their faith but there are a lot of very intelligent xtians.

When I was a xtian for 9 years I didn't find my fellow believers to be any less intelligent than my secular friends. I don't think I was any less clever as a xtian than I am now. I'm just better informed about a lot of stuff now.

Do you accept that religion had utility in the history of our species? Should it now be entirely consigned to the past? If so what do we replace it with? Currently society is rallying around the secular religions of environmentalism and identity politics.