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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Doubter

  I’m arguing that “dumbed down” is a relative term. It is.
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Doubter

  Morph -

  I can tell you about newspapers I read — they never talk over my head, and I do not have a college education. People with advanced degrees will definitely say it’s dumbed down for me and the dumb masses.
  

  But you’re gonna criticize WT no matter what they do, so why should they care about your ideas?
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Doubter

  I’d argue that society as a whole is “dumbed down” because of how we receive information. We get it quick, fast, and therefore, little thought and effort is required to get it. And even less thought is put into analyzing it. So people are too lazy intellectually to take the time to read a book to find what they’re looking for — just “google” it.

  Who knows? WT is responding to a clear trend?
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Doubter

  Eh, everyone has a different level of intelligence. People smarter than you have to “dumb down” concepts you don’t grasp, and you, for someone else, and them, for another person. So in reality, it’s all relative, and thus, nothing more than childish name-calling.
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Doubter

  I do appreciate your rebuttal.

  But newspapers also talk to everyone. The sports section talks to people who know sports. The business sections talks to people who are into business, and each section uses language and concepts familiar to that target audience.

  Why can’t WT do the same thing?
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Doubter

  lol
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Doubter

  NVM
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Doubter

  Anyone of literally any educational level can grasp the material. Why alienate anyone? Why should they appeal only to people of a certain educational level?

  You write according to your target audience. Their audience is literally any and everyone.
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Doubter

  Morph - “they never claimed at all that god kept him alive”.

  Here they did:

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102016064?q=jehovah+kept+jonah+safe&p=par

  This further alludes to it God intervening:

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2009009#h=42

  But you did say you never read it, so couldn’t have known about these references.
  
  
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  Why aren't the JDubs receiving more bad publicity concerning the abuse cover-ups?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know that the jdubs think that they are the center of the universe and in actuality, no one except ex-jdubs gives a rats ass about these religious crazies.

  my question is i read that as a percentage of pedophiles per members, that the percentage is larger in the watchtower company than in the catholic church.

  i would think that would catch someones attention in the media and make a good story.. what really pisses me off is the watchtower cult is gloating about all of the negative press the catholics are receiving concerning pedophiles not even knowing that the jdubs have thousands of sexual abuse cases that have been covered over.

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  Doubter

  At smiddy

  The ARC did not find 1000 unreported victims. In March 2017, they admitted roughly half of them either already came to the attention of the police or had “insufficient evidence” to warrant a report.

  So we know for sure that a good number of them were unproven accusations.

  Better get to work on compiling these thousands of cases covered up!

  And there’s the fact that the ARC published that number 3 years ago and it’s been covered ad nauseum.

  So it’s no longer “news” to the media. You have to come with something new and substantial.