John_Mann

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  This is my first post

  by Make Lemonade in

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  i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.

  there are resources here that are deep.

  like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?

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  John_Mann

  Welcome to real (virtual) world, ML!

  Greetings from Brazil!
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  Human Brain And Quantum Physics

  by frankiespeakin in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th4q9r2m8ss.

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  John_Mann

  Why that narrator are trying to copy the Sagan's cosmological accent? What a fail! Just woo woo.

  The mind does not need to be explained through quantum physics.

  The brain it's not a suitable advice to perform any quantum computing.

  The mind probably is under classical computing on a biological substrate, just neurons firing on and off.

  The conscious mind/self it's seriously doubted to even exist, considering the more sophisticated forms os idealism (buddhism) and materialism (eliminative). Maybe the self it's just folk psychology as folk physics (flat earth, astrology) or folk biology (creationism).
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  What is the main "idea" of the bible?

  by KateWild in

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  2. bible

  as jws we were often told what the theme of the bible is, we were taught that it was the promised seed.. i was recently asked the question.... what is the main "idea" of the bible?.

  for me the whole purpose of the bible is about control.

  it features a god that punishes and rewards.

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  John_Mann

  I think you're right about the negative side of the bible.

  The positive side is men trying to give some meaning to a wild and full of terror world.

  As a born-in JW I experienced what is like to have no scientific and philosophical knowledge and still having to get some sense from the world.

  The demons vs angels seemed very satisfactory to me in my not so humble ignorance.
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  How Do You Come to Terms with Being Just One of the 7 Billion?

  by will-be-apostate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  being a jw makes one feel special, no doubt.

  when i found out ttatt i realized i'm not special at all.

  i'm just one of the other 7 billion human beings who will live and die being nobody, the world will forget about them (and i'm not talking about relatives and friend), they didn't make anything special in their life, they didn't change the course of history, were not famous nor rich, didn't invent facebook, google or anything awesome, didn't have an article published in newscientist, had no imdb profil, not even a wiki page, didn't write a book etc.

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  John_Mann

  We are part of an interconnected world. You cannot say you make no difference. You just can help someone who in future will do something big, we never know. Think in the butterfly effect. Just your existence now, make a disturbance in whole universe.

  But I know how frustrating is to start the life in negative score. Every born-in feels the same. But you can always remember no matter how miserable your situation, always will be someone in a worse situation. This thought is a double edge sword, it brings consolation and perplexity at the same time.
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  Critical Thinking from the Wife !!

  by TTATTelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the other day i had a couple of drinks and went off on the gb (again), about how they are just posturing and have no clue.

  i said if they knew what they were talking about we would already be in the new world, but we're not ..so they dont...the end.. well i got some push back as would be expected, but what surprised me was what she said a little later.

  firstly she didn't pay attention to the public talk this past sunday and instead read an article in a watchtower on stress.

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  John_Mann

  villagegirl = feminazi

  The OP it's not about a female who can think great, but it's all about a JW mind who can still think despite all brainwashing.

  There's absolutely nothing sexual in OP, only a feminazi could bring such nonsense to a great thread.
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  Jesus was a False Prophet - But was he deluded or deceitful?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  any objective reading of the gospels makes it plain that jesus believed his parousia would happen within the lifetime of his generation.. his followers believed in his imminent return until the day of their deaths.. his false prophecy damaged the lives of his disciples in a similar way to that done by the lies of modern cults like the watchtower.

  peter and others walked out on their wives, children and businesses to follow him around palestine.

  jesus taught them to put their families and other normal concerns in second place to their task of spreading his message - which turned out to be false.. the question is what he was up to?.

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  John_Mann

  Jesus is a mythological and historical Frankenstein's monster.

  His literary character is deluded I think.
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  What do you think happens when we die?? Is there a heaven, for instance....

  by quellycatface in

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  2. beliefs

  always wanted to ask you guys this question..

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  John_Mann

  (So if we all agreed to not look at the moon it would not exist? Really?)

  If have no subject to know what is a moon, it would not exist.

  What is an object without an observer? Certainly the objects share many universal traits, but they have some traits who just an subject can perceive in a unique way. This trait are located in the object itself?

  Materialism is like classical mechanics, it are very useful in a way, but it can't explain the subject.
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  Jehovah is evil

  by cookiemaster in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  going to the meetings and hearing them say how loving is our god disgusts me.

  jehovah is actually a mass murdered.

  there's an interesting website called evilbible.com, were all god's murders are listed.

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  John_Mann

  There's no god at all. The in bible literature is pure evil. He can stop all suffering now, but he don't want to.
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  What do you think happens when we die?? Is there a heaven, for instance....

  by quellycatface in

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  2. beliefs

  always wanted to ask you guys this question..

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  John_Mann

  Death it's not an event of life.

  You cannot experience death, so in first person your life have no end.

  Like it have no beginning too, or do you remember exactly when you become self conscious? Same thing when your conscience will disappear.

  For you, life has no end and no beginning, enjoy the while.

  Maybe we get lucky and we can live again, who knows? Our existence is possible, and if the universe is eternal we can exist again.

  The subject seems not be part of object world, we can't point to a "thing" in our brain, or even in our minds, and say this is the knower. We identify ourselves with something who knows everything but can't be known.

  It's a very strange world, don't expect to be certain of much thing. Always base your views in doubt.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPhnOKmhbBw
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  Jesus Protect Me From Your Followers

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am getting tired of all the so called jesus followers that simply want me dead .

  w89 9/1 19 remaining organized for survival into the millennium.

  "7 only jehovahs witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the "great crowd," as a united organization under the protection of the supreme organizer, have any scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by satan the devil.".

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  John_Mann

  JW's are christians.

  Deny that fact it's the fallacy of no true scotsman.

  And christianity and islam are sects from judaism.