how can we maintain.
a waiting attitude?
article,,just to wait and wait and wait.
Often a change in perspective allows things to be seen a lot clearer.
At that time, the lifesaving direction that you receive from us may not appear practical from a human standpoint. All of you must be ready to obey any instructions you may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.
how can we maintain.
a waiting attitude?
article,,just to wait and wait and wait.
I thought this part of the magazine was pretty scary (page 20, par. 17):
Elders who are reading this article can draw some useful conclusions from the account we have just considered: (1) The most practical step that we can take to prepare for the coming attack of "the Assyrian" is that of strengthening our faith in God and helping our brothers to do the same. (2) When "the Assyrian" attacks, the elders must be absolutely convinced that Jehovah will deliver us. (3) At that time, the lifesaving direction that we receive from Jehovah's organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint. All of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not. (4) Now is the time for any who may be putting their trust in secular education, material things, or human institutions to adjust their thinking. The elders must stand ready to help any who may now be wavering in their faith.
Kool-aid, anyone?
Did they actually print that? I seriously just got a cold chill run down my spine.
rob waugh yahoo!
news .religious people are less intelligent than non-believers, according to a new review of 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades.. .
a team led by miron zuckerman of the university of rochester found a reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity in 53 out of 63 studies.
An article on mistaken notions and myths about scientists: http://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2013/mar/04/myth-scientists-religion-hating-atheists
Thank you for posting the link. As the article pointed out, it's very important to note that not all scientists are atheists. Although it does come off as somewhat of a straw man argument, i.e., have you ever actually heard someone make the claim that all scientists are atheists? I certainly never have.
What the Guardian article failed to address is that there is a massive difference in the percentage of scientists that do not believe in God compared to the general public.
41% of scientists do not believe in God or a higher power compared to only 4% of the general public, according to the PewForum. That's not myth, it's scientific evidence. How that data makes us feel is somewhat irrelevant to its validity.
rob waugh yahoo!
news .religious people are less intelligent than non-believers, according to a new review of 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades.. .
a team led by miron zuckerman of the university of rochester found a reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity in 53 out of 63 studies.
Nearly 50 percent of them [scientists] are religious.
Sounds quite similar to what the pewforum reported.
Have a look at the link above. It's an easy short read. This is just one study that disagrees with the link you posted.
I'm not sure I follow. Specifically how does it disagree with the survey conducted by the pewforum?
Admittedly without knowing how Ecklund determined what constitutes "religious" we really can't say if her findings agree with or disagree with the findings from the pewforum. If she defined religious as believing in God or a higher power than her findings are almost identical to the one I posted.
"Indeed, the survey shows that scientists are roughly half as likely as the general public to believe in God or a higher power. According to the poll, just over half of scientists (51%) believe in some form of deity or higher power. By contrast, 95% of Americans believe in some form of deity or higher power".
rob waugh yahoo!
news .religious people are less intelligent than non-believers, according to a new review of 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades.. .
a team led by miron zuckerman of the university of rochester found a reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity in 53 out of 63 studies.
Well that's a group of studies that are sure to rub a few people the wrong way.
FlyingHighNow: A significant percentage of scientists believe in some kind of higher being.
It's true that there is a statistically significant number of scientists that believe in either God or a higher power, however, it should be noted that religiosity among scientists pales in comparison with the general public.
http://www.pewforum.org/2009/11/05/scientists-and-belief/
"A survey of scientists who are members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press in May and June 2009, finds that members of this group are, on the whole, much less religious than the general public. Indeed, the survey shows that scientists are roughly half as likely as the general public to believe in God or a higher power".
the crooks have come up with a scanner that reads your keychain remote locking code.
when you walk away from your car and lock the doors theives sitting nearby capture the code and can then unlock your car while you are shopping.. lock your car the old fashioned way, with the lock button before closing the door..
Source? I see a pattern developing in your posts Glander. Haven't you been called out for not providing sources for some of your more dubious claims?
Did you hear this from a friend who heard it from their cousin who heard it from a coworker who posted it on Facebook?
lately, even late night comedians are starting to make fun of the president.. i hear more negatives about the president than ever before---even from his own voters.. (i had high hopes for him when he beat mccain but since then, i believe the president has been a huge disappointment)..
When Obamanation took office, he was given a one trillion dollar deficit.
That is mostly correct. It was actually closer to $1.4 trillion.
http://www.cbo.gov/publication/24992
Half of that was caused by George W. Bush.
Wait, what? Who do you believe is responsible for the other half?
Nearly 5 years later we have a 17 TRILLION dollar deficiet.
That is simply incorrect. The Congressional Budget Office forecasts a deficit of $642 billion this year.
http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44172
You've combined your facts into some weird amalgamation of the US "debiciet".
if one were to poll present day jehovah's witnesses, what kind of a timeframe do you think they have for armageddon?.
do they still discourage higher education despite the fact they've been wrong so many times?.
one more thing about armageddon...how do they think it's going to start?
If one were to poll present day Jehovah's Witnesses, what kind of a timeframe do you think they have for Armageddon?
I would suspect that most would say 5-10 years if they had to cite an actual number. More often it's described vaguely as "soon" or "right around the corner".
Cold Steel, what would the average Mormon say if asked the same question? I heard they're required to have several months of supplies in preparation for Armageddon, is this correct? Serious questions, I'm not trying to be patronizing.
http://freeminds2.org/the-theocratic-life-and-times-of-theodore-jaracz/.
i was reading the above article by barbara anderson and was struck that, rather than knowing better, the governing body actually believes in this shadowy organization of former members who are out to attack them.
[jaracz] said that the governing body had been preparing for much longer than anybody could guess for an attack by apostates.
I've often wondered about the benefits vs. costs in feeding the paranoia of those with power in the Watchtower cult.
Increasing the paranoia is surprisingly easy. One way is to feed their fear of having "apostates" in their midst. They clearly do have people on the inside that are no longer loyal, as demonstrated by leaks of sensitive material. It's one thing to fear the boogeyman when he's outside the walls of the city. Believing that the enemy has breached the defenses of the group and now walks among them is a whole new level of fear.
I feel that stoking the leader's paranoia could create a positive feedback loop whereby the leadership becomes more authoritarian and heavy-handed. This slow but noticeable change in the control exerted by those in charge could be the wakeup call that many of the more moderate followers need. The more "sane" members will be marginalized, even pushed out by the increased pressure for loyalty to the edicts of the exalted Governing Body. The demographics of the group slowly shifts, until the more extreme members become the majority.
However, those who can't see a way out of the group are then subjected to the increased control over every minuscule detail of their behavior and emotions. It's admittedly a dangerous gambit, one that I somewhat troubled by. If the end result were decreased membership or a decreased growth rate, and therefore less people ensnared in the cult, than the ends could justify the means.
today's high school students in the usa:.
less than 1/2 of them cannot identify the century when our civil war happened.. one in four thought columbus discovered america sometime after 1750.. one in three cannot name one right enumerated in the bill of rights.. three out of four cannot name the first us president.. two out of three do not know the length of term of a member of the house of representatives.. half cannot find britain on a map.. one out of four cannot find america on a map.. when my oldest daughter, who is now a physician was in 9th grade in this once-great state of california, i asked her about the three branches of our federal government.
she was clueless and told me she would take civics in her junior year in high school.
Studies have shown that younger people are actually smarter than previous generations, as demonstrated by the rise in IQ scores over the last few decades.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=will-we-keep-getting-smarter-flynn-effect-says-yes
There is also currently a higher percentage of educated Americans than at any other point in U.S. history. As measured by the percentage of Americans with four year college degrees.
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/education/cb12-33.html
"In March 2011, for the first time ever, more than 30 percent of U.S. adults 25 and older had at least a bachelor's degree, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. As recently as 1998, fewer than one-quarter of people this age had this level of education".
If we're serious about stressing the importance of education, than we need to be giving more respect to the teaching profession, not less. Bashing teachers by calling them "bottom of the barrel" is absurdly counterproductive. We need a cultural shift, one that raises the value of educators and their extremely important profession. And for the record, I am not a teacher.
We also might not want to alienate the younger generation too much by insinuating that they're less intelligent than we are. Especially if the evidence points to the opposite being true. After all, we are talking about a future generation of voters.
