I don't think I've ever been consciously "motivated" by DNA genetics per se.
I take your point, however.|
The urge, the instinct for sex is not a choice in humans any greater or lesser than animals. It can be moderated through force of will and indoctrinations, of course. Especially if you manage to sleep without a pillow between your knees :)
What we WANT is mysterious.
TerryWalstrom
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Big Questions
by TerryWalstrom inbig questionslook at the entire history of humanity on earth and ask:"what is it people really want?
"on the flip side: "what is it which keeps holding us back?
"______no matter how bad or good our life is at any one moment we can imagine a better life.we can imagine a place "over there" greener, more beautiful, with rivers of purest water; a land of milk and honey.but wait--before you turn away with a yawn.... one more thing.. that gap--that space--between here and there, demands of us an irresistible passion to cross over.. we seek: a better life.. we find a "bridge" to buy which promises us a guarantee: whether it is god or utopia or diet and meditation--we each, in our own way, find: the answer.. the lowest form of human consciousness?.
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What’s with Pastor Russell and Miracle Wheat ?
by CovertsadJW ini have researched pastor russell and miracle wheat , has any one found out some interesting information?
it seems he sold the wheat at a premium and promised 5 x yield ?
he denies selling - as he did not know , but he is a snake oil salesman.
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The famous PYRAMID tombstone for Pastor Russell was designed by the same Brother Bohnet who conducted the funeral. It is Bohnet who offered to donate the famous wheat to the Watch Tower.
In 1905 a Watchtower booklet called "Features of the Plan of God" is written by J. A. Bohnet.
Bohnet's 1910 letter to the Russell in the Watchtower:
The Watch Tower, October 1, 1910, page 307
MIRACLE WHEAT AND MIRACLE RYETwo grains of this wheat were given to the Editor, who, in turn, handed them to a brother in the Truth, who reported that the two grains produced 1,312, which, planted, produced five pounds -- one grain having fifty stools of well-developed stalks or straws. The brother planted the miracle wheat alongside of some ordinary wheat, and reports that the miracle wheat heads are from three to five inches long and from three to five grains to the mesh, whereas with the common wheat the heads are from two to three inches in length.
Another brother obtained some of the miracle wheat and, out of the first crop, presented the Editor a peck of the same. This was entrusted to another brother, a farmer, who has just handed the Editor $100 proceeds therefrom, with the following report: --
As you remember, I secured also a peck of the miracle wheat from a brother in the Truth as a donation to yourself (because he first heard of the miracle wheat through THE WATCH TOWER).
Brother Kuesthardt advertised the wheat in his paper, and the money sent you is the result of the sales at $1 per pound.
Your brother in Christ,
J. A. BOHNET
____The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, located at 25 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn, New York was incorporated in 1909 in the State of New York as a Private Company, by Charles Taze Russell and several of his followers.
Previously they incorporated as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society under the laws of Pennsylvania as a Nonprofit corporation under the date of December 15, 1884.The United States Investment Co. Ltd. was incorporated June 24, 1896, in Pittsburg, PA.
From the records in Pittsburg:
"'Article 1. Names of Subscribers: John A. Bohnet, Ernest C. Henninges, Chas. T. Russell.
"'Amount Subscribed by Each: Bohnet $5.00; Henninges $5.00; Russell $990.00.
"'Article 3. For purpose of buying and selling real estate, patent rights, stocks, bonds, and other securities, merchandise, building homes, etc.
"'Article 4. Name of Association is U.S. Investment Co., Ltd.
"'Article 6. Officers--… C. T. Russell, Manager.'
Russell needed two "straw men" to make up the required number of three for incorporation. One would assume he would choose two men that he could trust. Note the name John A. Bohnet and the date of 1896.(Note: the 3rd man in the above document ended up marrying Rose Ball and moving her to Australia before the famous divorce trial in which Maria Russell claimed her husband had been intimate with the young woman.)
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What’s with Pastor Russell and Miracle Wheat ?
by CovertsadJW ini have researched pastor russell and miracle wheat , has any one found out some interesting information?
it seems he sold the wheat at a premium and promised 5 x yield ?
he denies selling - as he did not know , but he is a snake oil salesman.
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Adjusting for inflation (buying power is the key valuation for money)
Sixty Dollars per bushel back then is approximately the same as
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What’s with Pastor Russell and Miracle Wheat ?
by CovertsadJW ini have researched pastor russell and miracle wheat , has any one found out some interesting information?
it seems he sold the wheat at a premium and promised 5 x yield ?
he denies selling - as he did not know , but he is a snake oil salesman.
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http://rlctr.blogspot.com/2016/12/mw01.html
A Pastor Russell apology article
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Big Questions
by TerryWalstrom inbig questionslook at the entire history of humanity on earth and ask:"what is it people really want?
"on the flip side: "what is it which keeps holding us back?
"______no matter how bad or good our life is at any one moment we can imagine a better life.we can imagine a place "over there" greener, more beautiful, with rivers of purest water; a land of milk and honey.but wait--before you turn away with a yawn.... one more thing.. that gap--that space--between here and there, demands of us an irresistible passion to cross over.. we seek: a better life.. we find a "bridge" to buy which promises us a guarantee: whether it is god or utopia or diet and meditation--we each, in our own way, find: the answer.. the lowest form of human consciousness?.
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BIG QUESTIONS
Look at the entire history of humanity on earth and ask:
"What is it people really want?"
On the flip side:
"What is it which keeps holding us back?"
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No matter how bad or good our life is at any one moment we can imagine a better life.
We can imagine a place "over there" greener, more beautiful, with rivers of purest water; a land of milk and honey.
But wait--before you turn away with a yawn...One more thing.
That gap--that space--between HERE and THERE, demands of us an irresistible passion to cross over.
We seek: A BETTER LIFE.
We find a "bridge" to buy which promises us a guarantee: whether it is God or Utopia or Diet and Meditation--we each, in our own way, find: THE ANSWER.
The lowest form of human consciousness?
We sleep. We wake. We toil.
Little by little, we find ways to dull the pain of longing.If you convince yourself--you set about convincing others.
If you stop hoping and believing there is a
"way across the gap"
what then?Look out.
Look around you.
Who is on a golden rat wheel of frenzy?Distraction. Entertainment. Sex, drugs, politics.
Some of us become fanatics selling a brand name dream.
Others shrink into the smallest space possible: despair.BIG QUESTIONS
"What is it people really want?"
On the flip side:
"What is it which keeps holding us back?"No matter who you ask--you will get an answer.
Isn't that amusing?Everybody has an answer.
"KEEP MOVING"
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Dead Wrong (A Tolerance for Ambiguity)
by TerryWalstrom inwhat is your level of tolerance for ambiguity?.
ambiguity is a clunky, uncomfortable word, imho.. .
ambiguity means "open to more than one interpretation".
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President Bill Clinton:
Contending that his statement that "there's nothing going on between us" had been truthful because he had no ongoing relationship with Lewinsky at the time he was questioned, Clinton said, "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is. ... If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement"
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Dead Wrong (A Tolerance for Ambiguity)
by TerryWalstrom inwhat is your level of tolerance for ambiguity?.
ambiguity is a clunky, uncomfortable word, imho.. .
ambiguity means "open to more than one interpretation".
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There is a trap.
Language creates it.
We use our senses to explore real things and our imagination
mocks up sensory sketches of those things--detailed sketches--so we can label our environs. Very useful when communicating with words.
There is--that trap, however.
We can confuse our sketch with the real thing.
Also...
My sketch and your sketch maybe don't quite match.
The innocent party may look like the guilty party and vice verse.
Semiotics is actually a rough sketch of reality USED like a police sketch artist does, to apprehend the suspect.
(We can all say "chair" and be confident. But there are thousands of different kinds--each distinctly different--within that concept).
The potential breakdown comes when we must INTERPRET.
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Perry:
"In 1972, when she was 22 years old, Vesna Vulović was working on a flight that was over the (now) Czech Republic when a bomb explosion in the baggage compartment caused the plane to break apart. The bomb was claimed by a Croat that was a member of a nationalist group, but no official confirmation has been made.Vesna was the only survivor. She fell freely, without a parachute, from a height of 10,000 meters (33,000 feet). The impact got her many severe injuries (fractured skull and vertebrae, as well as broken legs). She also became partially paralyzed and went into a coma for almost a month. She fully recovered from these injuries though and switched to a desk job with the same airline.
Unlike many others who have been through such experiences, she hasn’t developed a fear of flying and has no issues watching movies with plane crashes.
In 1985, she was awarded the Guinness Record title for the highest fall without a parachute."
(https://www.huffingtonpost.com/quora/what-is-the-farthest-some_b_6187372.html)
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I cite the above example not to rebut your reasoning, only to represent the nature of "grayness" in outcome possible in black and white reasonableness.
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As a former Jehovah's Witness, I make much more room for Black Swan events, singularities, and grant the wide berth to "impossibility" without going (I hope) too far in the process.
Religious thinking--when it is most confident in absolutes--is most (potentially) destructive.
Why?
Fanaticism.
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The glass-half-full half-empty scenario is said to REPRESENT
Optimism vs Pessimism but it really is only partially true.
That is a convenient opportunity for analogy and doesn't
NECESSARILY mean anything even remotely connected to our
expectations about life in general.
The same amount of water cannot MEAN (essentially) anything connected to life in general by way of a sign or omen.
We FORCE interpretations.
Eisegesis and Exegesis are exercises of the mind both artificial
and practical.
When employed with care, interpretation is one tool among many.
The Holy books are only what somebody INSISTS they are.
Bibles and Korans and such take on numinous power only if semiotic mumbo jumbo stuffs the turkey with glow-in-the-dark dressing...and a willing (prepared consciousness) is hungry and indiscriminate for the feast. -
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Dead Wrong (A Tolerance for Ambiguity)
by TerryWalstrom inwhat is your level of tolerance for ambiguity?.
ambiguity is a clunky, uncomfortable word, imho.. .
ambiguity means "open to more than one interpretation".
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This is why the issue of FRAMING a context for argument is the wheelhouse of the rhetoriticians.
Propaganda is largely a matter of framing which issues will be discussed and which are marginalized or ignored.
Jehovah's Witnesses put human salvation on the back burner by framing it in terms of an end result of SANCTIFYING the "Jehovah" brand name.
The Governing Body pretends to sidestep interpretation of Scripture by framing the issue in terms of OBEDIENCE and LOYALTY to God's duly appointed "slave."
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Dead Wrong (A Tolerance for Ambiguity)
by TerryWalstrom inwhat is your level of tolerance for ambiguity?.
ambiguity is a clunky, uncomfortable word, imho.. .
ambiguity means "open to more than one interpretation".
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What is your level of tolerance for ambiguity?Ambiguity is a clunky, uncomfortable word, IMHO.Ambiguity means "open to more than one interpretation"Too vague?We all know the "Glass half empty VS Glass half full" scenario.AMBIGUITY, in this case, can be solved.If you began with a full glass of water, it is now "half-empty".If you began with an empty glass, it is now "half-full."
Easy peasy.But that's not my question. What was my question?What is your level of tolerance for ambiguity?DO YOU INSIST ON ONLY ONE interpretation?Seeing the world as Black OR White ignores all the grayness in between.
We have been brainwashed since childhood that everything in our world is EITHER / OR. (Note: funny enough, the Nelson Mandela quote is a basic statement too.)Black / White True / False Up / Down Life / Death etc.In a Court of Law, you must swear 3 things to give testimony.1. To tell the Truth2. The Whole Truth3. Nothing but the TruthWhy?To eliminate AMBIGUITY.The LAW cannot abide more than one final verdict/interpretation.The Judge and/or the Jury give an opinion (VERDICT)eliminating all alternative ways of seeing the facts.Judges, Courts, and Jury verdicts CAN BE IN ERROR. (O.J. Trial)Reality is mostly gray and open to opinions, bias, prejudice, intolerance.How you think, observe, and opinionate is largely the answer to the question: How much ambiguity can you tolerate?When I was one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I was taught there was only ONE WAY of interpreting Scripture: OUR WAY.I wasted 20 years of my life intolerant of ambiguity.This is why I daily ask myself over and over:HOW MUCH AMBIGUITY can I tolerate?What is at stake?I would assert it is impossible to make real choices, sane decisions, by being intolerant of the gray area.Is it easier? Yes. But, when you are wrong with matters of life and death, you are DEAD WRONG. -
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First girlfriend-first Kiss
by TerryWalstrom infirst girlfriend first kiss.
the first girl i took notice of in any real sense of "notice" was a brunette named robbie.. .
i was in first grade, so i must have been six-years-old.. .
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How did this script for the Andy Griffith show get on here?
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Pretty innocent stuff, eh?
Jehovah's Witness indoctrination came along in my life at an amazing time in American history and it either CHEATED me or PROTECTED me when free sex, drugs, and Rock n' Roll were taking over culture.
I was such an innocent fool.
Am I lucky or horribly unlucky? I don't really know.
I remained a "virgin" until I married a JW girl at age 23.
Yipes!
This is my life and memory. Make of it what you will. :)
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