Posts by avishai

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There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

by avishai in

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there are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything.

both ways save us from thinking.alfred korzybski.

read this phrase today.

avishai

There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

Alfred Korzybski

Read this phrase today. Loved it, and applies to the JW's, but many of us as well. I've tried to say the same thing in the past, but never have been able to sum it up so well. Whether it's our new religion, athiesm, left or right politics, conspiracy theories, etc., I've noticed that many of us on here are still just as dogmatic as if we were JW's. Including, occasionally, me. You'd think after our experiences in the JW's we'd have learned this lesson. It's one I struggle with.

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Australia rocks!

by JimmyPage in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x80qjh9yivs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkl7v3tbrze.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp7kpyxbmyw.

avishai

Brinjen, I LOVE TISM

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Was There a Fictional Work Helped You Realize the Truth About the (T)ruth?

by BabaYaga in

the pen really can be mightier than the sword, and even fiction often carries much weight and powerful messages.. did you read a book or watch a movie that made you think?

did an "entertaining" work plant a seed of doubt?.

the first one i can remember making a definate comparison to the witnesses in my mind was ray bradbury's martian chronicles.

avishai

Robert Heinlein Job : a comedy of justice, Time enough for love, and all his other works to a degree. Frank herbert's Dune series.

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RE: blood issue and media.

by avishai in

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please send letters to stephen bates requesting an article on this issue.

many of you may not see immediately how important this matter is.

beyond the other legal ramifications, i.e, the wts lying about secular info., intentional deception, etc., the blood issue is a huge one.

avishai

Thanks, babayaga. How about a traveling exibit, our own wall of dead, interactive media, Dramas....

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JONESTOWN CULT

by billie jean in

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please excuse my english ways but i've just watched a documentary on the jonestown cult and i was struck by the similarities between this cult and the the organisation.

i know this has most probably been discussed a lot but i was just wondering, for my own reasons what other people think about this ?

and if there are any similarities ?