Posts by Xanthippe

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Jim Holt: Why does the universe exist?
by Brokeback Watchtower in
1. watchtower
2. bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoruuqjd81m
Xanthippe

I don't think that's technically correct. From what I've read and seen, many physicists believe the math points firmly in that direction, but there has been no observational evidence confirming these ideas. Until string theory is able to make predictions that are confirmed by observation, these ideas remain firmly in the hypothesis stage.
Really NEJ, that's interesting. So why did he put it in a pop physics book I wonder? I'm just reading The Grand Design at the moment. A bit misleading isn't it?
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Prince Charles, Cameron and Obama on their way to Saudi
by Xanthippe in
1. social
2. current
what do you think of royalty and premiers going to pay their respects at the death of saudi's king abdullah in light of the human rights abuses; public executions and people getting a hundred lashes for criticising islam?

a hundred lashes!

wouldn't that kill someone!
Xanthippe

Oil my friends oil.. - Zeb
Indeed!
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My mother says I should just DA already.
by Julia Orwell in
1. jw
2. experiences
cut the cord.

sever all ties.

start new.. and she's right.
Xanthippe

Julia your art is beautiful. Fur and feathers are so difficult to paint. You are very talented. Maybe you should just stick with your art at the moment as it is working for you.
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My mother says I should just DA already.
by Julia Orwell in
1. jw
2. experiences
cut the cord.

sever all ties.

start new.. and she's right.
Xanthippe

I am sorry but I could not disagree more. As a former behavioral health clinician, I know this to be totally untrue. This 'forgiveness' thing is a religious teaching, not something required for mental health.
Acceptance is needed. Moving on is needed.Those are the only aspects that affect mental health.
Forgiveness is separate from that--forgiveness means you're saying what happened is ok. Not only is that untrue in the case of jw/wts, it's unhealthy to pretend it's true -rebel8

Thanks for this rebel. It's something I have thought for a long time and I've said so on this forum. I did wonder what mental health professionals thought about it because it was just my opinion from experience. Thanks.
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My mother says I should just DA already.
by Julia Orwell in
1. jw
2. experiences
cut the cord.

sever all ties.

start new.. and she's right.
Xanthippe

If it helps when my husband and I DA'd we didn't think of it as following their rules we thought of it as resigning, I think that's what we said in our letter. We simply left an organisation we worked for / belonged to and no longer wanted to work for or belong to.
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Jim Holt: Why does the universe exist?
by Brokeback Watchtower in
1. watchtower
2. bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoruuqjd81m
Xanthippe

Stephen Hawking says,,
'According to M-theory, ours is not the only universe. Instead, M-theory predicts that a great many universes were created out of nothing. Their creation does not require the intervention of some supernatural being or god. Rather, these multiple universes arise naturally from physical law. They are a prediction of science.'
The Grand Design, p.18
The first time I read something like this it was in a Robert Heinlein science fiction novel about 30 years ago. I knew scientists have been knocking this idea around for many years but I had no idea it is now totally accepted by physicists.
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Why are JW talks & publications never uplifting?
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was sitting at the meeting the other night and for the first time it hit, jw talks or magazines are never uplifting!

i rarely, if ever hear a talk or read a magazines and have it give nothing but praise to jehovahs servants or just praise jehovah and jesus throughout it.

they never just a read through the bible or just a bible story explained or told.
Xanthippe

It's a form of terrorism with the threat of violence (Armageddon) being the power base of this religion. If you don't think this is true read the posts of people on this forum who know the TTATT and who still have fears about the big A.
When fear is used as the motivation for so-called morality it is going to be depressing.
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Prince Charles, Cameron and Obama on their way to Saudi
by Xanthippe in
1. social
2. current
what do you think of royalty and premiers going to pay their respects at the death of saudi's king abdullah in light of the human rights abuses; public executions and people getting a hundred lashes for criticising islam?

a hundred lashes!

wouldn't that kill someone!
Xanthippe

It's a thousand lashes plus prison is it? Oh God it's like something out of the Middle Ages.
Love Uni the Queen is the head of the Church of England.
Well yes we all need to put petrol in our cars but I'm all for public comment, debate and polemical journalism. Without it even men wouldn't have the vote in this country and the aristocracy would still be in charge as they were 100 years ago.
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Prince Charles, Cameron and Obama on their way to Saudi
by Xanthippe in
1. social
2. current
what do you think of royalty and premiers going to pay their respects at the death of saudi's king abdullah in light of the human rights abuses; public executions and people getting a hundred lashes for criticising islam?

a hundred lashes!

wouldn't that kill someone!
Xanthippe

What do you think of royalty and premiers going to pay their respects at the death of Saudi's King Abdullah in light of the human rights abuses; public executions and people getting a hundred lashes for criticising Islam? A hundred lashes! Wouldn't that kill someone!?
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Your first time on this forum. What were your thoughts and feelings?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hey all,.

i was just thinking back to the first time i found this awesome forum...years before i eveni joined up and starting posting myself.. i was so encouraged and happy to see that i was not alone!

i was not the only one who was observing the org, and all of its aspects and thinking "seriously?
Xanthippe

I came on here to find out if anything had changed in the Borg after more than 20 years out. I loved the way people laughed at the religion. I associated it with the terrible pain of losing my faith and family but the guys here who make fun of it helped me to lighten up about it which felt great.
I was a bit shocked at how rude some people can be to believers when it was not so long ago that they tried to shove a cult down strangers' throats. I suppose it takes all sorts.