i don’t remember having any invisible friends when i was a really little boy, i don’t know if such a thing actually exists, i’ve only ever seen it in movies?
of course it might have looked to others like i was talking to someone on occasions, but i’m sure it would have just been me talking to myself.
the thing is though, i got introduced to an invisible friend in my pre-teens, and i kept the relationship going well into adulthood.
When a prayer is seemingly "answered" in a positive way, it is really just a case of confirmation bias.
May I ask: What about a prayer that continues to be answered before all over a long period of time? Time and numbers of people should cancel out a confirmation bias, I would suppose.
This I ask in general, and not of a specific poster as, EdenOne.
Thank you.
i don’t remember having any invisible friends when i was a really little boy, i don’t know if such a thing actually exists, i’ve only ever seen it in movies?
of course it might have looked to others like i was talking to someone on occasions, but i’m sure it would have just been me talking to myself.
the thing is though, i got introduced to an invisible friend in my pre-teens, and i kept the relationship going well into adulthood.
I did put it at the top - in the title! The end was for emphasis!
You did, indeed.
It was my error not to have started with a word of sincere commendation! So I commend again, and appreciate the clarity of your posts.
Thank you.
hi, everyone.. i haven't posted here much in quite a while, but having just been laid low by injury, i'll likely be a frequent visitor for some time to come!.
two weeks ago, i was involved in a workplace accident that left me with my lower l.h.
leg fractured in three places (the tibia and fibular both broken clean through, plus another crack in the "neck" of the fibular for good measure!
I am sorry.
The surgeons tell me that it will be three months before I am able to place my full weight on the leg, and up to six months before I can walk again on it comfortably.
I had managed to last 62 years
Your strength of experience is on your side. May you have rest and patience, one day at a time!
Keep us posted in your enduring spirit of adventure.
by way of a general question: can a system of belief outlive the disintegration of its core ideas?
how and why??.
urge you to reflect, and post freely.. your thoughts are appreciated without bias..
By way of a general question: Can a system of belief outlive the disintegration of its core ideas? How and why??
Urge you to reflect, and post freely.
Your thoughts are appreciated without bias.
That's remarkable.
Are these pictures for sale? Does the tombstone for this GB come with the pictures?
an old jw friend of my wife stopped by here in fla. i knew there would be some subliminal bs.
i had to keep quiet through all the this old system can not go on much longer and are you going to the memorial?
gag.
Good god she's only five years older than me and there's nothing wrong with me, l havn't seen a doctor this year.
Pardon my intrusion. This seems a discussion of a more private nature.
This comment interests me, as one coming from a person that sees both sides.
Thank you, for sharing this perspective!
i don’t remember having any invisible friends when i was a really little boy, i don’t know if such a thing actually exists, i’ve only ever seen it in movies?
of course it might have looked to others like i was talking to someone on occasions, but i’m sure it would have just been me talking to myself.
the thing is though, i got introduced to an invisible friend in my pre-teens, and i kept the relationship going well into adulthood.
we don’t take any real responsibility for our life, or or try to improve the world in any meaningful way,
A simpler life is still recommended. Taking responsibility - yes!
one doesn't fully grow up until one says goodbye to their invisible friend!Any concept of God is a fundamental misunderstanding, if it is rooted in self-centeredness.
I should have put this at the top, rather than the bottom: your posts show lucid thought, and easy to read.
obviously, trump doesn't.
but do you?
do you think that they are generally fair, unbiased and honest?.
May I recommend, The Listening Post with Richard Gizbert, Al Jazeera. It's a 30-minute, weekly show, for those with time constraints? Richard's manner is a lesson in unbiased analysis.
There is something fundamentally wrong with 24-hour/day news! It's unhealthy, to say the least.
i just watched this lovely lady's heartfelt message to the governing body.
i hope that the men she named and all lurkers who have some clout at bethel listen to this message and stop this cruel and divisive shunning policy that has ruined so many family's around the world.
this is just one voice of many many people who feel this way about your (governing body) destructive policy.
The Governing Body don't deserve to have live audience with her. They could though, feel safe and secure with the barrier of a computer screen in between them and Her. May their sense of safety be VERY TEMPORARY!
sometimes theists challenge atheists about what evidence would be required before they would believe.
various unlikely scenarios are offered in reply.
i have taken the bait myself in the past.. i think the correct answer is much more ordinary.
From the OP
There is so much more detail I could add to this
Perhaps working backwards and removing details is a way to find a broader, generalized understanding of "truth" - theistic or atheistic, only remain subjective preferences then! Would any consider this suggestion?
