i was studying this fascinating composite graph of jw growth.
lots of interesting things there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/demographics_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses#/media/file%3ajwstats1931-2015.png.
I don't know about the 1940's explanation, but I suspect that recent growth of anointed is a clue into the mental health of the membership. As the religion worsens, the smart and mentally salvageable leave, while the depressed, the pessimistic, the misfits of society, and the mentally unstable stay, or even convert into the religion.
Growth of Anointed = Decline of Religion
there doing this right under my nose but i just found out.
not sure what to do but would like your help on getting me wt information on my headship role and how they shouldn't be doing this with out my permission.
also would like some help on showing my son the ramifications on what happens to someone when they get baptized and how they'll expect him to treat me.
EdenOne's son first and now your son. Absolutely wonderful! The Watchtower can keep all the decrepitude and even add more. Just don't touch our future, let the young ones go free.
great news!.
we are free!.
as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.
Smart son you have. You must be proud. He detected the BS at a tender age and acted with integrity despite the immense pressures of a cult. Just in time to enjoy life to the fullest as an independent adult with his own goals and desires, not those of an American corporation
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it is on sale the assembly hall of jehovah's witnesses in mallorca (spain) .
the money from the sale will travel to the heavenly paradise .... http://johnhenrykurtz.blogspot.com.es/2016/05/profecia-cumplida-se-vende-el-salon-de.html.
Stephen Lett never disappoints. I always get a laugh just watching his face. He is a natural comedian.
great news!.
we are free!.
as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.
Freedom at last!
"...three years ago". Did your son start having doubts before you did?
read the news here.
the jehovah's witnesses lost their appeal to the supreme court of russia.
bethel to be liquidated.. i bet the gb saw this coming ... here comes the persecution complex paranoia.
I am quite ambivalent about this liberal stance on freedom of religion. Sounds great and in practice has worked great, but it is time for some fine tuning. It should come with some restrictions that protect children's and women's rights, as well as prevent psychological abuse. So, freedom of religion is fine; worship Satan if you want. But no tax exemptions if you abuse, manipulate and psychologically abuse the individual. No shunning, no distinction between genders in terms of privileges and positions of authority, no discouraging higher education, no denying life saving medical procedures.If you refuse, you can freely practice your crazy and cruel religion, but you pay every penny of tax we can think of.
It's a tough course of action, but one that may have greater benefits than costs.
one sentence answers only.. here's mine:.
jws exist because people want an escape from the modern world and are willing to give up intellectual freedom to get it..
At the very root of the problem, JW's and milder Christian cults exist because Paul and Constantine existed.
sbf you annoyed me enough to deserve this.. gad saad's comments on the nonsensical gibberish of jacques derrida, michel foucault, and jacques lacan.
charlatanism of the highest order.
.... the first quote from derrida starts as 2:50.
Cofty,
I am with you and I am with some of the ideas of the 20th century schools, including the constructivists, for example. I believe Kant was the strongest voice of the idea that objectivity and science are human constructs (I hope I got that right). I agree, but regardless of who were the forerunners of constructivism, My point is that the way we do science and handle social interactions has worked pretty well so far. So, questioning our perception of reality without offering a better method is an effort into futility, especially considering the amazing discoveries and inventions that have not only improved the life of so many, but also are getting us closer to understanding the biggest mystery and the very source of our perception of reality, the human brain.
sbf you annoyed me enough to deserve this.. gad saad's comments on the nonsensical gibberish of jacques derrida, michel foucault, and jacques lacan.
charlatanism of the highest order.
.... the first quote from derrida starts as 2:50.
Slim,
I did some reading on the concepts that you mention and moved me from ignorance to a state of confusion. Possibly my argument, if I had any, is that philosophy in recent times will almost have a null effect in the methods we use to discover and learn, as well as in our ethics and our moral and political philosophy. Roughly, starting with Descartes and Francis Bacon, and ending with the existentialists, the lion's share of philosophical thought that shaped modern western society was done. Anything after this period is so abstract that I hardly believe it will ever be settled in the near future. I am just an average man who finds some of the latest philosophical schools impenetrable or impractical.
sbf you annoyed me enough to deserve this.. gad saad's comments on the nonsensical gibberish of jacques derrida, michel foucault, and jacques lacan.
charlatanism of the highest order.
.... the first quote from derrida starts as 2:50.
A tangential question for those in the know, but first let me preface it.
I can't claim that post modernist are full of themselves because philosophy is not my gig...they do sound like they are full of it though. From my perspective (wow! I am becoming a postmodernist already), starting with the Pre-Socratic philosophers all the way to 19th century philosophers, we can safely say that they have influenced practically every aspect of modern western society: Ethics, Science, Art, Politics, Forms of Government, etc, etc.
What do the 20th century philosophical schools have done to improve our world or our understanding of it? Will they matter in the future?
