The more educated a sociatiy becomes the less evil,.. not in reference to pure knowledge or "intelligence",
any insane external influence is more likely to have an effect on ignorant people.
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39Where do you think evil (or bad behavior) comes from?
by wordlywife inbeing worldly i try to get my head around this sometimes, and wondered what others opinions are.
being that my husband is a long time witness i know what the witness view is, it is all satan's doing.
since most of you are "out", has your view on the source of evil/unacceptable behavior, (whatever you personally find just out-right wrong, for me it is child sexual abuse), changed?
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Breaking ties with toxic people....
by love11 inwhat do you do if your siblings are ex-jw's, but no one is still talking to one another?
i used to live in chicago and i moved back to my home town just to be near my sisters.
my husband had to search high and low for his line of work in this town and loved me enough to move back when he saw how sad i was without them.
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avoid confrontation at all cost, you will never win
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Breaking ties with toxic people....
by love11 inwhat do you do if your siblings are ex-jw's, but no one is still talking to one another?
i used to live in chicago and i moved back to my home town just to be near my sisters.
my husband had to search high and low for his line of work in this town and loved me enough to move back when he saw how sad i was without them.
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"Re: Breaking ties with toxic people...."
been there done that,
are they jw by the way?
dont blame them... what is their level of education?,
it may give you a clue, not that "wordly" education will cure the sickness (toxic) but... at least usually makes it less evident.
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Where do you think evil (or bad behavior) comes from?
by wordlywife inbeing worldly i try to get my head around this sometimes, and wondered what others opinions are.
being that my husband is a long time witness i know what the witness view is, it is all satan's doing.
since most of you are "out", has your view on the source of evil/unacceptable behavior, (whatever you personally find just out-right wrong, for me it is child sexual abuse), changed?
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ww,
I said the answer provided by the wt may be PARTIALLY right, as the source of evil or bad behaivor may be influenced by an external source.
In fact, bad behaivor, in the way i see it, has become an snow ball, partially motivated by materialistic desires, unrelated to the need for survival.
The obvious thing is that we dont know the answer, but it should not be a joking matter, as we ussually do when we can't explain something.
We demand to be able to know everything, when we dont even uderstand the invisible power of so common magnets and electromagnetic waves.
Not only the wt, but religion has provided or adopted an asnwer that so far is the most convincing for most individuals, of course those who try harder see contradictions in the answer provided by religion.
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Where do you think evil (or bad behavior) comes from?
by wordlywife inbeing worldly i try to get my head around this sometimes, and wondered what others opinions are.
being that my husband is a long time witness i know what the witness view is, it is all satan's doing.
since most of you are "out", has your view on the source of evil/unacceptable behavior, (whatever you personally find just out-right wrong, for me it is child sexual abuse), changed?
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Wordly wife,
" Where do you think evil (or bad behavior) comes from? "
That is the most important question that has been presented in this board... it goes to the root of many other topics on this board.
I have been thinking about it for many years.
The answer provided by the WT may be partially right.
I have observed how muliple unrelated/nonconected persons, for no apparent reason, behave or commit evil acts in sync or support of other evil acts, just like a conspiracy in which there is a central control.
In some cases the unrelated/nonconnected persons have a common contact point (another individidual) but in many cases there is not a common contact individual, group or government that can be identified.
A couple of month ago someone started a related thread: "are humans intrinsically bad" or something like that.
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want to get close to people but always back off !!!
by boy@crossroads inhey everybody, .
who has experienced this : ever since leaving the jw's, i've been trying to make "worldy" (i hate that word !!
) associates.
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Let's face it...
Those xjw who have real problem associating with wordly people is just becasue inside xjw know they dont agree with the general way of thinking of "wordly" people.
Been there done that.
For too many wordly people i have known it is the norm to lie, play mind games, curse, smoke, drink a lot and use of drugs etc etc. I for one can't go along with stupidity.
However many xjw are reluctant to do things that they know is not good for their health.
Generally speaking i consider "weak", dont even trust people who smoke too much. To me, I have observed that heavy smoking is just a "sign", a symptom.
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A real hard question.
But what can you expect from a delusioned religious leader such as Freddy Franz? (the latest wt real tacit official prophet)
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JW Lawyers getting fed up with cleaning up after the GB?
by ithinkisee ini hope that those that are jw lawyers get tired of the governing body and quit bethel because of the bull shit theyv'e had to clean up after the gb.
it may be happening right now.
think about it the gb have issued the call for more lawyers to the congregations,, perhaps there is some disloyalty growing towards the gb being manifested in the legal department and the gb needs help desparately.
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The legal "sytem" seem to set fair rules for most cases.
The Judges (mostly exlawyers) are the ones that permit the "lying".
The root. Are humans (including judges of course) intrinsically good or bad?.
Humans seem to be unable to "rule" themselves... look around and see.
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Rip-off of American workers continues
by Simon infiorina walks away from hp/compaq with $42m !!.
no doubt this will be averaged out so that on paper, american workers have a great average pay but in reality, a fat-cat ceo has creamed more off the top and the workers at the bottom get zip.
and all for doing a bad job!
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Even to a dumb user it was evident something was not right after HP/COMPAQ joint... with that kind of CEO contracts, i would not be surprised if she commited a calculated "mistake" to get fired.
By the way HP just came out with a low cost pc with integrated tv, fm radio and removable second hard disk. I am sure Bill is providing the Soft for you to play with all that.
Why did it take so long Bill? keep pushing..
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anyone into FOREX ?
by one in.
how you do find volume and volatility (good for day trading) as compare to securities?.
i dont have the time but last time i checked stocks they were going no where and volatility seemed low, imo.
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simon one more thing regarding stocks, in case you forgot, Microsoft, GE and CISCO are the biggest companois in the stock market. I am sure the first two are part of the prestigious 30 blue-chip.co (dow Jones, DJiA), therefore considered 'pilars' of the economic system, dont be afraid.