http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/choice-supportive_bias.
in cognitive science, choice-supportive bias is the tendency to retroactively ascribe positive attributes to an option one has selected.
it is a cognitive bias.. what is remembered about a decision can be as important as the decision itself, especially in determining how much regret or satisfaction one experiences.
frankie...I read that whole thing!
interesting.
It is really easy to understand and recognize that we all are subject to staking out a decision and then sticking with it rather than going back and questioning or even changing it.
Applies to life in general, thus the old expression "set in ones ways" usually referring to mature people.
seems that over recent months that jw's were being forbade to participate due to interaction with mentally deseased apostates.
has this been softened?
i have a reason for asking.. i use the word "current" because it seems the watchtower "use by" dates are getting shorter all the time.
Seems that over recent months that JW's were being forbade to participate due to interaction with mentally deseased apostates. Has this been softened? I have a reason for asking.
I use the word "current" because it seems the Watchtower "use by" dates are getting shorter all the time. Like last weeks Dow Jones averages.
i remember when i was a "devout" jws i could not wait to get the new watchtowers and awakes from the wednesday nite theocratic ministry school.
i would actually salivate thinking of the new information jehovah had in the magazines for us.
i was "franatical" and i would go home still in my three piece suit and devour the magazines that very nite.
Some of us are beyond needing a deconstruction of the Watchtower. We know very well it is a big confidence racket and always has been.
But there are many who come here who need the clarity and clear viewpoint that Blondie provides.
It's called "food in due season".
pope urges followers to drive 'humble' cars.. .
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/09/pope-urges-followers-to-drive-humble-cars/.
bangalore.
Probably the most ostentatious religion in the world, Cathedrals, ermine robes, jewel encrusted crowns and other 'real' bling, golden scepters, etc.
That's not the rank and file Catholic, that is the Church.
this is something i heard an elder say... .
is this possible?.
how many were baptized in all of 2012?.
Farkel beat me to it. How many of those were underage children of JW families?
That, minus the number of existing JWs who are disappearing for various reasons and you realize how shaky the org is.
This is 2013 for crying out loud. The dogma bears scant remblance to the "truth" when I shook the dust off my feet 30 years ago.
The significance of 1914 doctrine being abandoned doesn't mean much to children and newbies but there are thousands of older witnesses that feel they've been had. They only stay now because their religion has turned into a tar baby that has them in a predicament.
i remember when i was a "devout" jws i could not wait to get the new watchtowers and awakes from the wednesday nite theocratic ministry school.
i would actually salivate thinking of the new information jehovah had in the magazines for us.
i was "franatical" and i would go home still in my three piece suit and devour the magazines that very nite.
Blondie provides the meat and potatoes on this site. She dissects the main WT study with real knowledge and insight. She offsets a dozen threads about masturbation, Obama or chicken recipes.
She is a treasure.
PS Reading the current Watchtower study articles is something I wouldn't be able to do.
Thx B.
personally, i respect that everyone has choices to believe whatever they want to believe.
i have no interest in joining another religion....what about you?.
You tickled Farkie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ozdyn287a.
http://boingboing.net/2006/07/23/albert-einstein-sexf.html.
the letters reveal how einstein lost most of his nobel prize money in bad bond investments on wall street, and provide details of how he was showered with affection and gifts by his many mistresses.... he became involved with elsa, a cousin, in 1912 when he was still married to his first wife mileva, a fellow scientist with whom he had two boys, hans albert and eduard.
Might have been that bushy flavor saver 'stash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ozdyn287a.
http://boingboing.net/2006/07/23/albert-einstein-sexf.html.
the letters reveal how einstein lost most of his nobel prize money in bad bond investments on wall street, and provide details of how he was showered with affection and gifts by his many mistresses.... he became involved with elsa, a cousin, in 1912 when he was still married to his first wife mileva, a fellow scientist with whom he had two boys, hans albert and eduard.
Good one!
E=MC-2
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/witnesses_knocking_on_bldg_sale_dgtqywmep5qqbensqrcocn?.
anyone keeping track of these sold brooklyn properties?
how many left there?
What a racket. Build a billion dollar real estate empire with money supplied at no interest and you don't pay it back.
