what does the evidence show?.
"...two distinguished scholars have tried to introduce a little reality into the debate about the world's trajectory.
swedish intellectual johan norberg and harvard university's steven pinker provide a persuasive antidote to the apocalyptical school of journalism.
We are worse off. The end is coming. Humanity has reached its lowest.
Here's my evidence: 20 years ago someone broke my truck's small window and stole the cd player...and, and, and, and I am sure there's something else, Oh I remember now, three years ago, one of my neighbors ignore my "good morning" greeting. Definitely the end is near.
confidential items are of most interest of course, just curious what they're talking about there in general and what are the newest things everyone is being warned about, etc.
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@Slim: "...said patriotism is the biggest religion of all."
Amen to that brother. And yet, do we want to go the John Lennon way? I guess we need the patriotic religion just in case other countries' patriots want to kick our asses.
confidential items are of most interest of course, just curious what they're talking about there in general and what are the newest things everyone is being warned about, etc.
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@steel:"Which new testament gossip..."
The gossip that Jesus begot a child with Maria Magdalene.
as information floods the airwaves and available at one's finger tips in privacy.
thanks to incognito browsers one can do a search and keep it from family members with ease.
pretty soon one should be able to go to any kingdom hall and see very few youths only long time older ones.
Freddo,
You have a way to make my heart happy!
i have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.
in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.
of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.
@Earnest: "But I have a huge respect for people who swim against the tide because of their beliefs"
Let us only hope that they have the right set of beliefs. Pol Pot, Hitler and Stalin are people who swam against the tide because of their beliefs. Are they in your list of "most admired"
so i'm at work and go to my vehicle parked outside the empty property i'm working at and an elderly man comes out of next door and we recognise each other from when we were elders in the same circuit.
he is early 80's in age, a jw since the 1960's and so the next generation in age up from me.. he's an outwardly jolly sort and asks how i am etc.
(knows i'm not an elder but thinks i'm pimi) and asks if i want a cup of tea so i go in and sit in his kitchen for my lunchbreak and have a chat.. i have a little fish around and ask about how jw's in his hall are.
Wasanelderonce,
I don't think JP wants to put the old man in prison, or torture him. He is only saying, or at least I am saying, he is responsible for his decision, for his life, and ultimately for the misery of his own children whom he indoctrinated. Let that serve as a lesson to those who are not JW's. And yes, treat the old man with compassion.
We have to stop the "justification game" at some point. We can go back to the beginning of time and end up with "It's the fault of the creator", or bacteria (suit your belief)
i have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.
in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.
of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.
Yeah. It always bothers me how pacifists take a free ride. Someone else gets killed and suffer for their benefit so they can have the freedom to brag about their pacifism.
many people of all denominations are beginning to believe that hell does not exist - but the bible supports the claim that it does.
examine this verse, one under nkjv and the other nwt:.
nkjv - matthew 25:46, "and these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.".
Of course Jehovah is very loving to mankind, the evidence is everywhere in the Bible
Jehovah may not love womankind, but he certainly cares for mankind.
The truth???!!
Never understood what people really mean by that.
I only try to accumulate knowledge to understand better the world in which I live. That by itself makes me happy and satisfied. Favorite subjects are: evolutionary biology and all the facets of human history.
If what you mean by "the truth" Is some sort of "true religion", the answer is a resounding NO, I never even started looking for it. As far as my early teens, I stopped believing in silent, invisible things, unless it is gases, magnetic forces and gravity.
hi i've been a jw for 12 years and got married 2 years ago.
i'm now separated.
my husband hid from me that he suffered from depression, extreme anxiety issues and a personality disorder.
"Its confusing coz the only grounds For divorce..."
if you exit the misogynistic and controlling religion, the main grounds for divorce are that you are not happy in the relationship. (period, end of story)
