Saethydd

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  Does "Hanlon's Razor" apply to the Governing Body?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  i recently learned of the term "hanlon's razor".. wikipedia defines it as: .

  hanlon's razor is an aphorism expressed in various ways including "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

  " it recommends a way of eliminating unlikely explanations for a phenomenon (a philosophical razor).. so could it be said that this applies to the gb / society ?.

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  Saethydd

  @scratchme1010

  Made me laugh out loud with that one
  
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  Do you talk differently now to non-Witnesses?

  by compound complex in

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  you, a jw:.

  "how're you doing, mary?

  " joe witness asks the grocery clerk.. "not so good, joe.

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  Saethydd

  Most definitely, my best friend in the world is my female roommate (scandalous I know), I've wished many people a "Happy Birthday," and will soon be wishing them "Merry Christmas" as I celebrate these things for the first time in my life.
  
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  Today's Text: Draw Close To God And He Will Draw Close To You???

  by Divergent in

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  wednesday, november 22 .

  draw close to god, and he will draw close to you.—jas.

  by continuing to ponder over spiritual things, we will maintain our enthusiasm for the truth.

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  Saethydd

  I have an amusing anecdote attached to this particular scripture. Many years ago when I was a little kid this was the year text. Being a little kid I naturally preferred spending time drawing instead of listening to the boring crap being discussed at the meetings, so when my parents tried to take my notepad away so I'd pay attention I asked, "But mom, how am I supposed to draw close to God if I can't draw?"
  
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  JWs - Liberals or Conservatives?

  by neat blue dog in

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  where they stand is a strange mixture.

  yes, they don't agree with abortion and homosexuality, they believe in the bible and wear skirts and ties to church .

  but in many ways they're liberal.

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  Saethydd

  I know that even when I was still in, I leaned pretty far to the left. I never felt comfortable with the Watchtowers views on women or homosexuals, and even though I was supposedly "neutral" during the 2016 election, I was very much rooting for Bernie Sanders before the primaries ended, and then very much against Donald Trump before he took office.
  
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  Do not think the end will come?

  by Akid48 in

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  thats somthing i see thats asked in my kingdom hall if you want to go get more than 2 years in collage.thing in some one asking that to me or etc i cant say any thing or that would show that i dont believe.. i hate when some one askes me that when i try to plan ahead when it comes to what job i want.what job would help me hold my own but no god will give if you put him first.i dont believe in god even when i did i never buyed into that.. it seems you cant get away from the question im only 13 and i get that question theres no getting away from it..

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  Saethydd

  Don't cave to their illogical demand that you sacrifice your best chance in life to get a college education. In my opinion college is a wonderful experience in and of itself that will change you for the better if you let it. I know for me personally it expanded my ambition, compassion, empathy, and capacity for logical thought, all on top of increasing the knowledge I have in my desired field.

  Do your best to ignore their arrogance that leads them to think they have right to tell you what to do with your own life, because in the end you have to live with results of those decisions, not them.
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  Are We In A Computer Simulation?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  elon musk believes we are and he's a pretty smart guy that runs spacex, a lot black hole physics may seem to present the 3 dimentional space as a hologram of a 2 dimentional sphere.. i think this is open for serious debate.

  what are the pros and cons?.

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  Saethydd

  If I recall the interviews correctly, Elon didn't say we are in a computer simulation, rather he said he considers it to be statistically more probable than not that our reality is some sort of computer simulation based on the idea that the capability of our own technology is increasing at such a rate that it could someday reach the point of creating a simulation that is indistinguishable from "reality."

  That is perhaps a subtle distinction, but I think it is an important one.
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  We missed you at the meetings...

  by punkofnice in

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  how many times have you heard that trope?.

  i found it more irritating than a dose of farmers on the bum.

  i've even said it when i was a brainwashed jobo drone.

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  Saethydd

  I guess one nice side effect of being officially out of the religion is not having to deal with this particular kind of bullshit.
  
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  When God takes a day off!

  by eyeuse2badub in

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  it’s really a bitch when god takes a day off.

  he’s supposed to be watching over all things-except when he doesn’t and he can control any situation-except when he doesn’t.. so he gets all the credit for the good things that are and that happen due to his “dynamic energy”.

  it must be tiring because he obviously takes days off.

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  Saethydd

  Well rain dances always work... except when they don't.
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  The Challenges and Benefits of Home-Schooling

  by pale.emperor in

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  a pro jw forum.

  interesting reading, very one sided of course:.

  https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/23726-the-challenges-and-benefits-of-home-schooling/.

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  Saethydd

  I was homeschooled for the last 6 years of my primary education. I'm regularly, on the President's List at the community college I'm attending before I transfer to a University to study Electrical Engineering.
  

  However, I believe this is despite my homeschooling, not because of it. My parents didn't do much to improve or accelerate my learning, in fact, it was basically my responsibility to teach myself and prepare my own lessons in that time period. My mother did try to use field service as a "class," one which I didn't much enjoy.

  For my high school years, I was given a Penn Foster Curriculum which was incredibly simplistic and didn't challenge me at all. When I did finally start college (of my own initiative and without much help from my parents) I had a lot of acclimating to do. The first thing I had to work on was my math skills, my arithmetic was nearly flawless (which I had learned well in public school), but the algebra that I attempted to teach myself was severely lacking for any college-level course, so I had to go back and relearn most of it

  Two years later I'm finally at the upper levels of Calculus and will soon move to Differential Equations. I'm on track to achieve my goals now, but homeschooling definitely set me back.
  
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  "The battle for your mind" july 17 WT

  by Bad_Wolf in

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  this is such a strange article.

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2017488.

  notice the parts about one won't get truth if it's spoon fed.

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  Saethydd

  I especially love this line.

  Use your God-given thinking abilities and power of reason to make the truth your own.

  Unless, of course, those "thinking abilities and power of reason" lead one to the conclusion that the writers of the Watchtower don't have the "Truth."