I posted this in another thread, but it should rather be under this thread. I have been wondering: Is it possible for a (pedophile) sexual predator to be repentant? Sorry I did it. I will never do it again. Isn't that the reason why they are put in prison, to take them out of circulation, to protect the population at large, especially the children? Usually in a Court of Law, judges, lawyers, criminologists, psychologists, pediatricians, etc., give their input. When the judicial committee of JWs sits, three amateur novices decide. No wonder the victims suffer. Suffer the little children.
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Circuit Assembly Confronting Apostate Challenge
by watson inwell, i sat thru day 2 of the latest circuit assembly.
instead of having the co or do re address the "generation" confusion, they had a couple of brothers do a demonstration.
mocha break out in service, weaker brother mentions he's tired....all of the changes lately, the confusing new understanding of that generation, et al.
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Vidqun
Just one question: Is it possible for a (pedophile) sexual predator to be repentant? Sorry I did it. I will never do it again. Isn't that the reason why they are put in prison, to take them out of circulation, to protect the population at large, especially the children.
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Evolution disproved by 11 year old niece
by StopTheTears inmary: what's evolution?.
me: well it's kinda complicated.
they think plasma gave birth to monkeys which gave birth to humans.
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Vidqun
Here's an interesting article. I always thought this was the case. Now it has been researched. The 11 year old went along with her gut feeling, that's all. And that is exactly what all of you are doing, exercising your "gut-feeling".
Belief in evolution boils down to a gut feeling
How we feel may trump facts as well as religious beliefs, research suggests
Gut feelings may trump good old-fashioned facts, and even religious beliefs, when it comes to accepting the theory of evolution, new research suggests.
"The whole idea behind acceptance of evolution has been the assumption that if people understood it, if they really knew it, they would see the logic and accept it," study co-author David Haury, an associate professor of education at Ohio State University, said in a statement.
But, he noted, research on the matter has been inconsistent. While one study would find a strong relationship between knowledge level and acceptance, another would not. Likewise, studies have contradicted each other on the relationship between religious identity and acceptance of evolution , he said.
Haury and his colleagues figured that another unexplored factor must be at work. Previous research has shown that the human brain doesn't judge the merits of an idea solely on logic, but also on how intrinsically true the idea feels: Could this process of intuitive reasoning help explain why some people are more accepting of evolution than others?
To find out, the researchers recruited 124 pre-service biology teachers at different stages in a standard teacher preparation program at two Korean universities. They chose to look at students in Korea because teacher preparation programs in the country are quite standardized. "In Korea, people all take the same classes over the same time period and are all about the same age, so it takes out a lot of extraneous factors," Haury explained.
Moreover, about half of Koreans don't identify themselves as belonging to any particular religion, he said. In the U.S., only about 16 percent of people are religiously unaffiliated, according to the Pew Research Center. (Religion can be a reason for not accepting evolution, as some think it goes against a god as a creator.)
The researchers first asked the students a series of questions to measure their overall acceptance of evolution, teasing out whether they generally believed the main concept sand scientific findings that define the theory of evolution . Next, they tested the students on their knowledge of evolutionary science with questions about various processes, such as natural selection. For each question, the students wrote down how certain they felt about the correctness of their answers — an indicator of their gut feelings.
They found that intuition had a significant impact on what the students accepted, no matter how much they knew and regardless of their religious beliefs. Even students with a greater knowledge of evolutionary facts weren't more likely to accept the theory unless they also had a strong gut feeling about the facts, the results showed.
The study has important implications for the teaching of evolution, the researchers said. Informing students about this conflict between intuition and logic may help them judge ideas on their merits.
"Educationally, we think that's a place to start," Haury said. "It's a concrete way to show them, 'Look, you can be fooled and make a bad decision, because you just can't deny your gut.'"
The study was published in the January 2012 issue of Journal of Research in Science Teaching.
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Vidqun
Think now, you have adopted 12 wild cats, and 3/4 have moved in. Some serious trouble in store for my space-time continuum.
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Dear WTS, if higher education is a waste of time, don't eat the fruit it bares
by arko_n9ne init's 9pm over here, so good evening to those without the sun, and good morning to those who just got it from us.. i've been pretty aggitated with the needless demonizing of higher education from the wts.
they make subtle gestures but their lawyers are too clever to let them say it directly these days.. but i was rereading the february 2011 awake magazine.
i use my watchtowers and awakes for giggles on the can these days.
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Vidqun
A pioneer sister (an elder's wife) commented in the Watchtower study a while back that she heard a stat at the assembly that only 2% of young Witnesses taking up secular studies remain Witnesses. I wonder how many young Witnesses remain Witnesses [fullstop]? Is it not true that JWs have the highest turnover rate of all the religions? Does anybody have additional information on the subject? I would like to take up the point with her.
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What is theocratic warefare according to the watchtower bible and tract society?
by koolaid-man inhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120120184445aag4gsd.
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Vidqun
Excuse the spelling. To add: I real "opening of the eyes"-moment for me.
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What is theocratic warefare according to the watchtower bible and tract society?
by koolaid-man inhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120120184445aag4gsd.
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Vidqun
Good points, Trueone. I love reasoning on "confrontational and objectionable" questions. In the end, that's how one gets to the bottom of things, i.e., to the truth. Unfortunately that won't allow you to win a popularity contest amongst the Witnesses. Back to the thread, I always believed in time of persecution, you do not reveal the location of your family and friends by saying not sayng anything. What would be the purpose of lying?
I remember in the original Guardian-article on JWs being part of the UN, an internal document the WTBT describes its policy as a "theocratic war strategy." It claims: "In time of spiritual warfare it is proper to misdirect the enemy by hiding the truth. It is done unselfishly; it does not harm anyone; on the contrary it does much good." This is evil, bordering on wickedness.
So in this way you are allowed to sell your birthright for a pont of lentil stew, I mean a library card.
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What is theocratic warefare according to the watchtower bible and tract society?
by koolaid-man inhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120120184445aag4gsd.
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Vidqun
I always thought lying is wrong (according to the Bible). The only two options one has: Speak the truth, or say nothing. The one quote: Throwing your pearls before the swine, has absolutely nothing to do with lying or speaking the truth.
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Is Iran the new Iraq?
by Justitia Themis induring the bush years, i tried to discuss the inaccuracies, errors, and misinterpretations in the bush administration's iraq intelligence that was used to rally the nation and march to war.
but most people's eyes would glaze over and they would mumble some comment about foreign policy being too hard and too time consuming to understand.
as a nation, we failed in our duty to check our leaders, which led to the iraq war, which deleteriously diverted our attention from afghanistan, and has contributed greatly to our financial demise.
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Vidqun
As another thread suggested, Iran is very far removed from Iraq. Iran is in bed with both Russia and China. If the US is stupid enough to become involved with Israel in a conventional war against Iran, they will go the same way as the Costa Concordia. It will be the final straw that breaks the camel's back.
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Is there one Bible Prophecy.....
by Phizzy inin the form of a prediction, that can be proven to truly be a prediction,i.e written before the event, and it came true ?.
it would be good not to have time wasters on this thread in the form of the common ones that are brought up to demonstrate the bible's prophetic prowess, like cyrus being named , these have been debunked already.. but does there seem to be a genuine prophecy in there somewhere ?.
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EP, no I won't go so far as to say no prophecy came true. Seeing that most prophecies were fulfilled in the past, there is no way one can prove that they came true or not. I believe in the benefit of the doubt until proved otherwise. As one scholar puts it: "For the critical scholar, however, the issue is one of probability." I think it highly improbable that the Bible, all the Bible characters, their stories, the prophets, and their prophecies, are the figments of a person's imagination. If it is all just another great con, it is certainly a most brilliant deception, worthy of intense scrutiny.
I respect the Bible as a remarkable book, and worthy of study. Yes, it is very difficult to prove the authenticity of prophecy from secular sources. But how certain are those of their facts when they shoot it down? Unfortunately no firsthand information exists, so we all are dependant on historical sources.
You might be surprised to know that "China" do appear in Lamsa's version (based on Aramaic texts) of Dan. 11. However, that is not the reason why I emphasize the role of China. I look for a fit of prophecy in history as well as current affairs, firm in the belief that God will point the way for his people during these difficult times.
China do have an awesome GDP, 4 times higher than the USA. The IMF predicts that China is going to surpass the economy of the US in three years time. Then it will be the number one economy in the world. Now, being the number two economy, they are already calling the shots. Like PacMan they are gobbling up European companies because they have the cash.
Dan. 2:28 and 11:40 mention "the latter part of the days" and "the end time" respectively. These do not fit the reign of Antioches IV Epiphanes at all, as modern scholars contend. I give you an interpretation which you can test by keeping up to date with the news. I have watched this phenomenon (called China) for over two years, and so far my observations have proved to be accurate. On the economic front, the China-Russia combination have already done a lot of damage to the West. Now the prophecy says the King of the North is going to "rule over the hidden treasures of the gold and the silver and over all the desirable things of Egypt," i.e., the world (Dan. 11:43). No, it's not another conspiracy theory, it's really happening. Time Magazine has a few interesting articles on the subject.