It's crazy that kids can't drive until they are 15 or 16, drink until 21, but the law lets them handle and shoot uzi's with no age limit?
Totally agree with you EoM!!
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/26/us/arizona-girl-fatal-shooting-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t2.
"a 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, according to arizona authorities.
another reason to go against those arguing that young children should be taught how to use guns.
It's crazy that kids can't drive until they are 15 or 16, drink until 21, but the law lets them handle and shoot uzi's with no age limit?
Totally agree with you EoM!!
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/26/us/arizona-girl-fatal-shooting-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t2.
"a 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, according to arizona authorities.
another reason to go against those arguing that young children should be taught how to use guns.
Kids don't have the strength to control the kickback. Watch this video that happened before this tragedy.
today's talk was really somethin'.
so much so that i felt compelled to post this during the wt study.... i didn't pay attention to the theme, but where i to title the talk it would be "logical fallacy, scripture out of context, and phobia indoctrination: a case study in cult indoctrination.".
that's certainly a more honest title than whatever they gave, i'm sure.. it starts out by saying that sometimes people are skeptical about things they're told, and feel compelled to look for evidence of the claims.
He closes with some strong phobia indoctrination. He asks us to imagine (a common technique used to bypass critical thinking) being in a storm cellar while an EF-5 tornado rages outside. He asks, "are you tempted to open the hatch and peak outside to see if it's really as dangerous as you're told?" My thought was that of I was born in the cellar, and never heard any wind raging outside, yeah I might be tempted to look out. Not to see if the storm was as dangerous as I was told, but to see if it even existed. You probably know where he was going - we're safe in "the organization" and shouldn't be tempted by anything in the world, no matter how innocent it may seem.
This reminds me the movie The Village (2004).
in addition to the recent thread, "how to shut your mind down .
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" (which is excellent) but there was another thread about the same time i'm searching for and unable to locate.
Ambien is good , but some people do strange things under the effect of it if they stay awake for a while after taking it.
this is what wt has been producing, this had my bottom jaw on the carpet while i was watching (like the footloose one).
and they say there different from other religions yeah right!!.
i hope this link works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vahglagd2i.
spouse said local congregation meeting they attended they were handing out jw.org pins and most of the brothers/ some sisters were wearing them during meeting.
speaker was wearing one.
lol.
Watch this site: http://sjarchiwum.tumblr.com/#sthash.ORMXJYov.dpbs
If doesn't open copy and paste it.
as you know i am still in but have no strong conviction for this cult..but i still go because my wife is still asleep to the false teachings.
for a few months now...when we have family study it is stricly from the bible.
which is great, while we study we are taking the bible as it is, i think it is opening her eyes and how important jesus is.
goingthruthemotions you have a PM.
the boiling frog story is a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive.
the premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
the story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually.
Thank you Phizzy. You got my point
the boiling frog story is a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive.
the premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
the story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually.
Too bad it doesnt work that way. The boiling frog story is just that a story, an urban myth.
I know it's a myth, but the sad thing is that what's happening with the JW's is very real.
the boiling frog story is a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive.
the premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
the story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually.
The boiling frog story is a widespread anecdote describing a frog slowly being boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually. This has been the story behind the old WTBTS and the new JW.org. Jw's are being cooked slowly by the GB.