simon.
this is your forum.
for the rc have it all wrong.. i am wrong to follow the accurate guidance of these commissioners.
Was wondering the same thing, found it here:
Looks like a misunderstanding that escalated with lots of hurt feelings as a result :/
I did not read the whole thing so I might be wrong.
My advice: both of you can just take the high road, forgive and forget. It seems like such a petty thing to argue about. (please don't attack me for expressing this opinion :P)
Hope this can be resolved in a loving manner :)
hey!
i've been hanging around her for a while.
this is the third attempt at my 'hello'.
researchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.
a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.
the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.
The fool is the one that hangs on to a superstition and calls it faith.
Is there a distinction? :P
researchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.
a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.
the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.
Sometimes missapplied, the quote in context:
"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people"
researchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.
a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.
the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.
Interesting!
We who consider ourselves logical, rational thinkers should try this.
That way we can find out a lot of our biases and our ideological thinking that we are unaware of.
We humans like to think that we base our decisions and beliefs on rational thinking. But this is often not the case. We commonly resort to "lazy" thinking unconsciously. (cognitive shortcut that usually involve feelings instead of facts)
i made a medium level mistake at work today, and when i make mistakes it really shakes me up and takes me a long time to recover.
it completely rattles me, makes me feel awful about myself.
my mind keeps going back to the mistake reliving how i could have let it happen.
none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.
just found out this morning.
That is horrible!...
My condolences Perry
do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?
even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.
the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.
I believe that the Universe is full of order and disorder but not intelligence nor, by my definition, "design". Why would a creator god smash two galaxies together with the horrific results that occur? It makes sense when you use non-anthropomorphic terms. It's spontaneous order and disorder that makes our Universe.
Why would a creator god smash two galaxies together with the horrific results that occur?
Not a very strong argument. It is similar to these;
Why would a creator start a forest fire? Hurricane, or any other destructive fenomenen in the universe?
A simple explanation would be that it is the cycle of creation, destroy and recreate.
If you know how the universe started you would also know that these systems are a driving force in the creation of the universe we have today.
However, to say that all these complex systems and galaxies where created for us humans in our small corner of the universe is quite ridiculous and arrogant...
With my use of "creation" I am not implying a creator, it is just for lack of a better word.
do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?
even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.
the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.
I have no interest in arguing against deism. It seems like such a vacuous position it isn't worth bothering about.
Except Gnostic Deism that is? ;)
do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?
even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.
the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.
