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  Things you KNOW, don't know and don't know you don't (know)

  by Terry in

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  the contents of your mind consist of:.

  1.the things you know.

  2.the things you know you don't know.

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  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Probably the greatest thinker of our time.

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  SURVEY: Is a JWN members post count a reasonable indicator of their theist/atheist position? If so what can be learned from that?

  by nicolaou in

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  i've done no research on this but i suspect that a members belief or absence of belief in god may have some correspondence with the number of posts he or she has made.. my tentative suggestion is that members with fewer than 500 posts are mostly believers while members with more than 3000 posts are mostly non-believers.

  of course there are exceptions, maybe quite a few, but i'm only dealing with generalities here.

  so how about a survey?

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  My question is: Why the obsession?

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  We've all been damaged, make sure your kid's don't suffer as you did

  by Star tiger in

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  the borg has made our previous lives so unbelievably bad we are damaged people who were hurt by seven old twats, who raped the minds of their followers, the best we can hope for is that our kid's have as little knowledge of old men in power sitting pretty in their position of absolute power as possible.. .

  star tiger.

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  I hate to break the news to you, but this situation is not mutually exclusive to JW's.

  Everyone on this planet has been raised by parents who were victims of their parents, who were victims of their parents, and so on.

  I suffered alot of emotional trauma when I was a child, and tried to bring my child up in a better way, which I did.

  My child does not see it that way, because she has no reference point.

  In other words, she did not experience MY childhood, so she has nothing to compare her 'better life' to.

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  You think you are no longer being brainwashed and propagandized?

  by Night Owl in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wolo3w2fr60.

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  http://www.examiner.com/social-media-in-national/us-gov-software-creates-fake-people-on-social-networks-to-promote-propoganda

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  You think you are no longer being brainwashed and propagandized?

  by Night Owl in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wolo3w2fr60.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WolO3w2Fr60
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  Which one are you?

  by Night Owl in

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  luke 23:39-42.

  "39 but one of the hung evildoers began to say abusively to him: "you are the christ, are you not?

  save yourself and us".

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  Bad question. You are suggesting that everyone is doing evil. Why should people call themselves evil?

  I didn't suggest anything.

  One did not like what he was.

  One did.

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  Why is it?

  by JeffT in

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  i thought of this while working on my book project, and i realized i don't have a good answer.

  why is the jw leadership so intent on conformity in all areas of everyone's lives?

  lots of things they regulate have no religious significance.

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  It is in the nature of man.

  Think about the different situations that have occured in your life. You were either bullied, or you were the bully.

  There is a line in the movie "The Good, the bad, and the Ugly" uttered by Tuco which sums it up well. "There are two types of people in the world my friend. Those who get hung, and those who do the hanging".

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  For Analysts and counsellors (maybe Docs too)

  by hamsterbait in

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  i am thinking along the lines of socialising:.

  how easy is it for you to "switch off" and just enjoy the evening, without starting to think "okay- she is a borderline alcoholic, he's prolly gay, that one has multiple personality disorder, he is entering a psychotic episode, and she always starts fugueing after too much wine.".

  can you ever see your friends and fambly as just people, or do you have to make a conscious effort to switch off and enjoy yourself.

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  hamsterbait,

  No offense, but all of your comments are judgements.

  Don't judge and just enjoy the company for that moment.

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  Which one are you?

  by Night Owl in

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  luke 23:39-42.

  "39 but one of the hung evildoers began to say abusively to him: "you are the christ, are you not?

  save yourself and us".

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  Luke 23:39-42

  "39 But one of the hung evildoers began to say abusively to him: "You are the Christ, are you not? Save yourself and us". 40 In reply the other rebuked him and said "Do you not fear God at all, now that you are in the same judgement? 41 And we, indeed, justly so, for we are receiving in full what we deserve for things we did; but this [man] did nothing out of the way. 42 And he went on to say "Jesus, remember me when you get into your kingdom".

  Which evildoer's attitude do you have?

  Which evildoer do you identify with?

  Your anaysis is your own. I will not comment.

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  Demons and the WTS

  by brotherdan in

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  2. experiences

  i remember growing up and hearing all sorts of stories about demonic activity from people.

  some would be experiences that people had going door to door and visiting a "witch" or "warlock".

  some would inadvertently go to a fortune tellers door and have a demonic experience.. i was always facinated by all the stories.

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  ziddina and wasblind,

  The more you read of what I say, the angrier you will get.

  Just keep reading, like you can resist anyway.

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