born to be conned - new york times.
when people want to believe what they want to believe, david sullivan, a professional cult infiltrator, told the commonwealth club of california, a public affairs forum, in july 2010, they are very hard to dissuade.
and the reason it happens (and often happens to the most intelligent people) is that human nature is wired toward creating meaning out of meaninglessness..
Yes, this in conjunction with the bending truth video is good, but I really was blow away by a recent program (no pun intended) about the brain. It's on PBS here in the US. Here is a link to watch one episode, things are very well articulated about 40 mins in.Really helps getting over "how could I be so stupid?"
http://offair.xyz/watch-the-brain-with-dr-david-eagleman/season-1/episode-3-who-is-in-control.html
HBH
questions from readers .
say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?
from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.
You may be interested in Morris Berman's writing/interviews especially about authentic life.Goggle for more info.
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so yesterday my mom had be update her tablet and the jw library app (she is technologically challenged).
after i did, she told me if i knew how to get the jw chanel on tv.
(i assume she meant those weird videos the gb has been releasing).
It is the number one religious channel on Roku, next to all the other religious channels for the public to view. It's blatant televangelism, but the more correct term is (image based multimedia) propaganda. Actually, all propaganda is image based.
But in answer, the easiest way to get jw tv is to get a roku.
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https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-jehovahs-witness-leaders-are-responding-to-child-abuse-scrutiny/.
by trey bundy .
december 14, 2015 .
Yes, listen to him. This is an anointed Christian? He sounds like a 2 year old, blaming and complaining, calling the journalist a liar. Well, who has a reputation of lying, cheating, and spending fortunes to keep their name from being besmirched.
The GB deserve Scaphism. (link is a great little read)
HBH
the usa is undoubtedly the strongest military power in the world, and has often been willing to use that power against other nations, some historians count 187 foreign wars in 200 years, and this youtube video lists the wars the us has fought in the twentieth century, most of which, (in the earliest part of the 20th c) it can be argued, were won by the usa.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q51nfakme-g. this is not an argument about the rightness or wrongness of any war.
the argument is why the mightiest ever military power, a political power that controls overwhelming destructive forces, a power that claims to stand on the side of its god, does not win wars?
have you thought about this question?
There is a lot of great writing on this subject (by social critics). Check out Chris Hedges, esp "War is a force that gives us meaning". Also, Morris Berman, Noam Chomsky ect. Your paper might get pretty thick.
https://web.archive.org/web/20151210004420/http://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/united-states/jw-headquarters-peak-construction/.
http://imgur.com/a/dbsqt.
are they just moving the goal posts now that 2016 is almost upon us?.
Wow, is it EMP proof too? That would be the perfect slap in the face. Anyone got an EMP gun? Come on solar storms!!!
that comment about disabled rooms cracked me up
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so what scriptures do you think will never make the cut?i will start off with one to warm you all up.. 1 corinthians 4:6 - do not go beyond the things that are written,.
Good 1 Vidiot..
Matthew 9:13
"Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to show
mercy, not offer sacrifices.' For I have come to call not those who
think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners."
i mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.
im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?
the the bible is word?
I believe in God. I used to think along your lines about JWs being close to the truth, but not any more. They simply don't demonstrate mercy. I stumbled on a statement that sums it up well.
"If your religion, faith, devotion, or self proclaimed spirituality is not directly leading to an increase in kindness, empathy, compassion and tolerance for others then you have been misled. "
I would say that "others" includes nature too.
Also, there was a recent topic that stated "I'd rather have questions I can't answer, then answers I can't question."
HBH
the thread about magazines stopping distribution in india reminded me of a recent conversation.
a local brother said he asked for a copy of the new organisation book for publishers.
the elder told the brother to print it out if he wanted a physical copy.
Speaking on American culture and journalism, Chris Hedges wrote:
“Totalitarian states (societies) are always image based and spectacle driven … the severance from a print-based culture and the infusion of sophisticated forms of propaganda [make] us confuse how we are made to feel with knowledge."
Makes sense with the BORG being an American rooted religion.
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so i had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "we are surely living in the last days right now" while i must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, i don't want to believe that it is the last days.
so question is, how do i face an opinion like that?
The problem I have with the "it's not that bad" (video) is that it marginalizes the suffering component. It's nothing more than intellectual masturbation.
The "last days" argument is broad. For a more specific understanding, it just so happens that Chris Hedges wrote about this week.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_great_unraveling_20150830
