Posts by Riley

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Memory and memorization

by Terry in

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3.1415926535807932384626433i used to be able to go to a hundred from memory.

my son and daughter can do so.age 75 has cheated me a bit in this regard.what sort of things have you memorized (whether useful or useless)?i can recite the entire rime of the ancient mariner to this day, btw.there are many so-called tricks for remembering things that can be easily learned and i've read all or most of those books.the amusing thing about such memory is this: nobody cares!

"why do you need to memorize when you can just use your iphone?sigh...i memorized the periodic table of elements one day at work.

Riley

Has anyone ever noticed that the meetings are literally designed to not remember anything that was talked about.

I read somewhere that humans only really learn in a class setting for about 45-60 minutes at time and usually the only things that are really remembered are the first and last five minutes. JW meetings are too long and too disorganized to really have any real academic value. I can't even begin to describe how pointless an assembly is.

I really believe they design the meeting structure to do that.

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Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

by slimboyfat in

have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

have you got any views on the information?

i find it worrying at least.

Riley

LoL

The only thing Jehovah Witnesses and ex members are conditioned to do is to believe some kind of special knowledge that been bestowed on them. You have to be a narcissistic half wit to get involved with the religion to begin with.

I didn't realize till the pandemic how widespread this phenomenon was. We literally have people were not even capable of passing high school biology and chemistry going on speaking tours on giving lectures about infectious diseases. It is laughable.

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What decade or era in human history do you like the most or would have liked to live during?

by Fisherman in

in the us, the 60s and 70s was a great time to be alive except for getting drafted if you wanted to be that age.

they were music years, greatest movies, fun, simpler and enjoyable days—also except for the d&ugs.

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Riley

I would have loved living in the 1960s. My grandparents ( RIP) had a stack of National Geographics and Life magazines in the basement and I use to love reading them as a kid. Just like little time machines.

Vietnam War

Hendrix/ The Doors.

Hippies

Muscle Cars.

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Watchtower/GB use Memorial to do SATAN'S work!

by BoogerMan in

the cult's dogma claims the exodus foreigners were not participants of the law covenant and use it is an antitype to prove the “other sheep” are not participants of the new covenant - wt 98 2/1 p.19, par.

6. their demonic dogma is then enforced annually via the org's anti-christ ritual - the memorial of christ's death - to compel jw's to reject christ and the new covenant.. deuteronomy 29:10-15 screams “liars” & "offspring of vipers" at the watchtower hierarchy!.

are jw's too blinded to read and understand the bible for themselves????????????.

Riley

I always thought the so called memorial is some what of a mockery. I never really could put my finger on it till I learned the doctrine of grace and what the gospel message was.

JW basically take the new testament, apply it to only 8 magical men in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the rest of us suckers are left working for our salvation thought our obedience and works. What a rip.

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Religion vs. The Gospel

by Chalam in

hello jwners,.

the jw i chatted with recently directed me to matthew 24 with regards to the witnesses and highlighted matthew 24:14. i asked him what "this gospel" is.

the only answer i got was "i'm not sure what you mean".. .

Riley

The Gospel message is there is no work that needs to be accomplished or that can be accomplished for salvation. It is finished. Nailed to the cross with Christ. Believe what he did sufficient and live your life not being a jerkface jerk and you will be saved. It is called grace.

Jehovah witnesses are just like every other false religion of the world. If I do this, I will be rewarded with that. That is not how it works according to the bible.

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114,000, Literal, or Symbolic?

by Wonderment in

a poster wrote to me privately, and brought to my attention the following comment below i made a while back in regards to the 144,00 number of revelation.

i had casually conjectured that this number was likely symbolic in line with the book of revelation being mostly symbolic in kind.

he brought up this juicy source:.

Riley

The way I have had it explained to me was the book of revelation has a pattern.

John would hear something - Old Testament Imagery

John would see something - New Testament Imagery

The premise is Jesus defeated his enemies by dying for them.

John hears the calling of the 144,00- Old Testament military census from the book numbers.

John sees a great crowd no one could number - Gods final convent is open to all those who believe.

It doesn't really matter much to me anyway. Eschatology is the playground of cults and false religions anyway.

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Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

by slimboyfat in

have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

have you got any views on the information?

i find it worrying at least.

Riley

Yet

You still post here.

Be gone

The world needs you.

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Is the tide turning against covid vaccines?

by slimboyfat in

have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?

have you got any views on the information?

i find it worrying at least.

Riley

Some people say Jehovah Witnesses are poorly educated gullible marks. Actually the least educated of all religious sects in North America if not the world.

Not from what I see here. The shear brilliance of the posts in this thread sure proves this otherwise. I can't believe Ivy league medical schools are not recruiting from this very board. The research and grant money being left on the table must be in the hundreds of millions if not billions.

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Covid virus transmission NOT tested in Pfizer trials

by BoogerMan in

why isn't the world's media covering this revelation?.

if i'd lost a job, business, or reputation for refusing to "get jabbed and save other people's lives," i think i'd be demanding to know what "science" enforced some of the draconian laws & punishments on those who declined the "offer.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6vbi8gonum.

Riley

https://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download

Page 48 paragraph 2

Both Pfizer and FDA reported prior to emergency FDA approval that the main premise of the vaccine approval was to prevent death and serve disease. It was clearly stated little was know about transmission or even how long protection lasted.

This entire story is some news media outlet not understanding the limitations of phrase three trials , mixed with bullshit and half truths.

After my JW upbringing and all the scripture twisting nonsense I had to put with, I have no patience for this hack journalism.

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Covid virus transmission NOT tested in Pfizer trials

by BoogerMan in

why isn't the world's media covering this revelation?.

if i'd lost a job, business, or reputation for refusing to "get jabbed and save other people's lives," i think i'd be demanding to know what "science" enforced some of the draconian laws & punishments on those who declined the "offer.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6vbi8gonum.

Riley

If people thought getting vaccinated was about protecting other people and it turns out it was more about protecting themselves, it all becomes a moot point. Who cares what the premise was if in the end it saved people from entering the healthcare system.

My six year ended up in the hospital with covid and there was a lot of other children in there with him. Please shut the fuck about how harmless pediatric cases are. You don't work in the hospital, you don't conduct clinic trials, like shut the fuck up.