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  2018 JWBroadcasting "Higher education is useless" video CLIP

  by Not_Culty in

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  sept 2018. https://vimeo.com/288327363.

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  The Value of Higher Education

  Why you should seriously consider the merits of a college education:
  
  A 2013 study based on Labor Department statistics showed that Americans holding a four-year college degree made 98% more per hour on average than those without a degree. - (CNN Money)
  
  More recently, according to 2015 data compiled by the Economic Policy Institute, "college graduates, on average, earned 56% more" than those who only have a high-school diploma (USA Today).
  
  

  • Employment Projections (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)

  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  While we are at it, let's take some time to think about finding a career or vocation that is more than just work, but is actually meaningful and rewarding in more ways than just monetary:
  
  

  • 7 lessons about finding the work you were meant to do - Kate Torgovnick May discusses Dave Isay’s new book, Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
    

  See also:
  

  • College Graduation: Weighing the Cost … and the Payoff - The issue of costs and rising student debt have have touched off a national debate about the cost and value of a college education. Surveys by the Pew Research Center present a portrait of the views of the general public and college graduates.
  • Can We Learn from How Other Countries Empower Their Educators? - Education Next: Chester E. Finn, Jr., President Emeritus at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, discusses five key lessons that US educators should learn from high-performing educational systems shape teaching quality around the world.
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  2018/19 new light

  by Ray Frankz in

  1. watchtower
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  hi guys, long time without paying a visit to this site.

  today i returned to check a 'gossip' that is running around in brazilian exjw forums.. they are stating that is almost certain they will make a big change in their doctrine maybe this year yet in the annual meeting.

  they say people in warwick were commenting on this.

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  Armageddon is coming ... SOON!

  What ever it is, it won’t undo all the damage this cult has done to countless millions of people — adversely harming their lives and destroying so many families.
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  Bumped Into One Of My Best Friends On The Carts This Morning

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so this morning i'm walking to my office and there's the jws on their carts outside as usual.

  and old sister, a brother in his 20s and an elder i instantly recognized from my jw days.

  one of my best friends of about 20 years.. i genuinely just wanted to say hi as i havent seen him in 3 years.

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  One of the most surprising things I learned after leaving the JW religion is that many cults refer to their particular belief system as “The Truth.”

  It’s a cult thing.
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  The Longest Goodbye Of John McCain

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  can you believe it?

  this funeral arrangement goes on and on and on.

  if the people loved him so much he would have been elected president.

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  If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. Sheesh, quit whining for chrissakes!
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  Intellectual Diversity > Cultural, Ethnic & Linguistic Diversity

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  yeah, this thread's title is self-explanatory and self-evident: intellectual diversity is greater than all other types of diversity combined.. when i was a uni student i noticed posters that were put up all over my uni.

  they said embrace diversity, with the context clearly being cultural and racial.. obviously there's nothing wrong with people coming from different backgrounds and i said this to my colleagues.. but what's better than all that is intellectual diversity.

  i said to my colleagues that, as uni students, we should discuss and evaluate diversity rather than blindly embrace it.. i wish i'd have added that intellectual diversity trumps all other kinds..

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  Diversity of all types -- intellectual, cultural and viewpoint -- is an important part of any collaborative endeavor.

  The opposite is to work in an echo chamber. In that event, you might as well be alone. It would be more efficient if nothing else.

  I'm a big fan of both Steven Pinker and Jonathan Haidt's work in this area. Thanks Cofty for mentioning them.
  
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  Healing & Rebuilding Your Life - Feedback Wanted

  by jp1692 in

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  2. experiences

  i have been invited to speak at an international cultic studies association workshop this fall.

  i could use your help in focusing on my presentation subject.. these workshops are for former members of any cult or other high-control, authoritarian group, not just jehovah's witnesses.

  last year, i spoke at one of their larger conferences in europe.

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  The program has been confirmed and I will be presenting at this upcoming workshop for former cult members.

  Thanks again to all of you that responded. You really helped me to focus on the most important topics.

  Although the presentation isn't until October, I'm planning on spending some time this weekend to review everyone's comments and start solidifying my presentation.

  I will definitely follow-up afterwards and let you all know how it goes.

  If any of you want more specific details, please send me a PM.

  Thanks again,

  jp
  
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  New JW.org Logo

  by Not_Culty in

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  Love it!
  
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  Do You Think President Trump Will Be Impeached?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  whether you like him or not.... it doesn’t matter.

  do you think he will be impeached?

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  Trump broke the law - he should be impeached. Period. He should be held to the campaign laws of our nation regardless if he conspired or didn't conspire with Russia.

  ^^^ THIS ^^^

  No one is above the law. No one.

  I predict that most Trump supporters will find ways to rationalize away his illegal behavior rather than admit they were wrong.

  It's what humans do. It's a serious personality flaw. It's the kind of mental defect that keeps people in cults.
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  Beautiful Photo - Anyone Know Where it Was Taken?

  by The Fall Guy in

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  i came across this on a google-linked site and would love to know where this location is.. i'd hazard a guess it's on a greek island, but if it is, which one?.

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  According to this website, it's Corfu:

  • The Best Travel Destinations for Beach and Culture Lovers
    
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  Broadcasting august, clown Lett about painting the K-hall

  by Gorbatchov in

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  did you see the performance of stephen lett on august broadcasting?.

  the illustration of painting the kingdom hall?.

  used for explaining that you have to listen to elders even when they are totaly wrong?.

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  LoisLane: All those older people in the video above are DEAD!

  Exactly!

  I noticed this particular bit of WT theology was notably absent from that opening "historical" montage:

  
  

  Or this one:

  
  

  Gee, I wonder why that might be?

  Sanitized, historical negationism (revisionism) is morally, ethically and intellectually dishonest.

  If anyone needs to lie or distort the facts of their beliefs, then their beliefs are not worthy of defense.

  Let's review: It's a cult!