Posts by breakfast of champions

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Husband can sit in on wife's judicial committee meeting, but not other way around

by PaintedToeNail in

jw
friends

not long ago, there were comments on this topic.

i cannot find it, i don't know what the actual thread was.

i've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank.

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WATCHTOWERFREE - you haven't been keeping up on your WT study editions:

"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."

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Does anyone here use TVP as a regular part of their diet...

by Gregor in

tectured vegetable protien.

substitutes for meat.

do you like it?.

When I went total vegetarian (essentially vegan, but I wore leather shoes and wool sweaters) years ago, I honestly think that too many soy products (which I believe is the chief component of TVP) did not make me feel well.

So, sure, TVP is a great ground beef correlate in chili and such, but I would limit your intake, esp. if you are male (there's a lot of estorogen in soy which I think was what was making me feel "weird").

I now eat everything, but I do see the benefits to a meatless, dairy-free diet - if it's done right.

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WOW gotta check out this Charles Sinutko talk "Is It Proper to have doubts?"

by BU2B in

jw
friends

so manipulaitve.

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http://www.printcentralandsigns.com/jwtalks/covisits/sinutko%20charles%20-%20is%20it%20proper%20to%20have%20doubts.mp3.

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Will check this out after I've had a few drinks.

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Naïve Realism : To What Extent Are Are We Naïve Realist?

by frankiespeakin in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/na%c3%afve_realism.

for the psychological theory called "naive realism", see naive realism (psychology) naive realism argues we perceive the world directly.

naive realism, also known as direct realism or common sense realism, is a philosophy of mindrooted in a theory of perception that claims that the senses provide us with direct awareness of the external world.

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The realist view is that we perceive objects as they really are. They are composed of matter, occupy space and have properties, such as size, shape, texture, smell, taste and colour, that are usually perceived correctly. Objects obey the laws of physics and retain all their properties whether or not there is anyone to observe them.

I would agree with this except for the "smell, taste and color" part. Objects do not have color or smell, but physical properties like size, shape, mass as well as the fact that they are made of certain chemicals, as well as being able to reflect only certain wavelengths of light and not others. Smell and taste are a construct of the mind related to chemicals; color is another construct of the mind related to wavelengths of light. Size, shape and texture exist whether a mind exists or not (as do wavelengths of light and chemicals).

What this means is that as (what I consider to be) a realist, all I could vouch for is seeing a roughly textured, black-and-white image of a rock being thrown at my head.

Fortunately, I rarely see this.

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Any Suggestions on what to say if elders ask why you stopped going in FS?

by BU2B in

jw
friends

i was curious what might be some good things to say if i am questioned by the elduurs about my decline in fs.

anything too honest may get me a jc (although that would be for the best in the end..) the co visit is this week so they may be getting more agressive than usual.

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"I'd prefer not to talk about it."

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OK..Seriously..Has GOD ever answered your prayers????

by DATA-DOG in

look...i am not an atheist.

even so, i have never had one prayer answered my entire life.

the only thing that would even come close was learning ttatt.

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Yes, absolutely!

At the same exact rate as chance.

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G.B. ARRANGED A MEMORIAL WITHOUT EMBLEMS!

by The Searcher in

weird!.

http://ilynca.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/unforgettable-memorial.html?spref=fb.

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2) The emblems are part of the ritual, one of the most important parts of the whole thing. Other than that, it's like going to another meeting. That's what makes the whole experience unique.- APROCLAIMER

This is absolutely fascinating from a psychology of religion perspective. Someone would study this!

You have a ritual, and then you throw out the ritual! What in the hell is left?! . . . . . Oh yeah, that's right: it's a cult!

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Mark Sanderson is NOT an overlapper..

by DATA-DOG in

i had the opportunity to speak with 5 elders at once recently.

they were all gibbering about jw stuff, so i asked , who was the first fds?!?!

it must have been rutherford, right??

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Yes, that's it! I need to keep up with all this new "theocratic" terminology.

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Mark Sanderson is NOT an overlapper..

by DATA-DOG in

i had the opportunity to speak with 5 elders at once recently.

they were all gibbering about jw stuff, so i asked , who was the first fds?!?!

it must have been rutherford, right??

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From what I've seen of Sanderson in person, his top chin overlaps his bottom chin, and his gut is overlapping his belt line.

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Need articles please? Re 1975, and system ending.....

by stuckinarut2 in

hey all,.

i need help finding articles please!.

discussions have arisen where a bro has firmly stated that "the society has never stated 1975" , and that "we" never said the system would be over in a specific time.. i know there was also the article re education in 1968 ish?.

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ANNOMALY - Thank you for posting the '61 Awake quotes! For as much research as I've done on this subject, I don't think I've ever come across those before. Amazing.

I believe that bound volume is up in the attic. . .