Posts by cofty

Yes I'm guessing your username includes your birth year? If so then I am a year younger. My family were quite strict bit fortunately I got to go to concerts at Edinburgh Playhouse and Glasgow Apollo.

No smartphones so you had to look for concert adverts in the NME and local papers and then go to the box office!

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Prog rock

by Fadeaway1962 in

going to see this year .

nick mason's saucerful of secrets.. steve hackett seconds out.

jethro tull the prog years (last time saw them live broadsword tour ).

cofty

A Trick of The Tail is still one of the best albums ever. Saw Genesis live at the Highland Showground in Edinburgh back in the mid 80s. Awesome!

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Circuit Overseer to Answer My Questions + Concerns...or Not

by Research in

hello all, i'm 'researching', a jw who is in the first steps of taking a look at their beliefs.. i've semi-recently (about a couple weeks ago) heard about the sexual abuse cases (pennsylvania attorney general’s investigation request) and then the arc in 2015. this lead to a deep investigation, which lead to many questions arising.

a jw friend of mine suggested i be careful (due to apostates) and ask the brothers.

so i typed up my questions + concerns and emailed an elder my mother has known for a long time.

cofty

Welcome. I wish I could be more hopeful but realistically the CO will make a cursory effort to 'answer' your concerns but will not engage in genuine dialogue. It is even possible that he will decline to meet with you. His main concern will be to discover if you still accept the GB as god's 'channel' of communication on earth. His dialogue will be designed to trap you.

If you fail this loyalty test he will leave instructions for your local body of elders to deal with you via a judicial committee investigation on a charge of apostasy.

You must decide quickly if that is the outcome you want and proceed accordingly. There will be NO satisfactory answers. Accept that fact and decide on your strategy. Only you know your circumstances and whether getting out now as a DFd apostate is the best thing for you at this time.

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Death of NASA Legend Aged 101

by cofty in

katherine johnson passed away today aged 101. she was the subject of the excellent movie hidden figures that told the story of her amazing work as a mathematician calculating trajectories for space flights.. 'ms.

johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space even as she made huge strides that also opened doors for women and people of color in the universal human quest to explore space.

' - nasa .

cofty

Katherine Johnson passed away today aged 101. She was the subject of the excellent movie Hidden Figures that told the story of her amazing work as a mathematician calculating trajectories for space flights.

'Ms. Johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space even as she made huge strides that also opened doors for women and people of color in the universal human quest to explore space.' - NASA

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Believers: How do you know your view of your chosen holy book is the correct one?

by punkofnice in

don't start fighting, darlings.

i am genuinely curious.

after all i was a jobo 50 years and thought the wbt$ was 100% correct.. i ask this because i see that, for example, christian denominations (or whatever), likely have differing interpretations of the same writing.

cofty

religion has no place in society now.

Religion does contribute to the coherence of a community. We seem to have replaced Christianity with identity politics and environmentalism.

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Do you believe the Bible is the inspired word of God ?

by smiddy3 in

if you answer yes to that question ,may i ask which bible are you referring to ?

and why would god have a different number of bible books for different parts of the world.?.

is he partial to different ethnic groups ?.

cofty

Where do they teach you to talk like this?

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Mental Illness among JW's

by Victor in

disclaimer: this article has some broad generalizations that will have exceptions to what is stated.

this is the only way i can even attempt to address the topic.

i've looked for scholarly articles published on peer reviewed journals for years.

cofty

All religion is a form of mental illness!

I'm an atheist but I strongly disagree with your assessment of the cause of religious belief.

See Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind

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Do you believe the Bible is the inspired word of God ?

by smiddy3 in

if you answer yes to that question ,may i ask which bible are you referring to ?

and why would god have a different number of bible books for different parts of the world.?.

is he partial to different ethnic groups ?.

cofty

Personal conviction is all we need. The carnal mind is unable to determine the baboonish concept of truth - Joan

That may well be true of your mind.