did being a witness hurt, hamper, or help your dreams?
did you want to be a dancer?
an actor?
Did being a witness hamper my dreams?
Well, YEAH.
Did anyone leave that org without it leaving some permanent scar?
I've narrowed them down some, I suppose. I guess I could maybe achieve some small part of what I had wanted. If circumstances changed, it's possible.
*sigh* Ah, well. It's my own damn fault, I suppose. It's not like people didn't TRY and help me see how ridiculous the JWs were. I was just too arrogant to listen. I knew *I* had the truth. Blahblahblah.
a friend asked me to accompany him to the district assembly held this past weekend in our area.
in the talk at 11:40 am sunday, entitled be like jeremiah--fearlessly proclaim the word of god, as others have posted on this board, a reference was made about the dateline program, but no specifics were given.. from the meagre notes and memory, i will try and paraphrase the argument the speaker read from his pre-packaged discourse.
he quoted the text from 1john 5:19, ....the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.
What comes from the news media, is misinformation and propaganda from Satan
Oh, good. So, when the news media declares 'true peace and security', that means....??
Or, wait, what about when the media is reporting on wars and reports of wars, or earthquakes in one place after another, that's all misinformation and propoganda from Satan? Then, we must NOT be living in the time of the end???
Edited by - Xander on 17 June 2002 19:23:59
ok, now before you read this and speculate please note i knew very little if any of mayan culture or pink amazon dolphin.
some of you here on the board know about my dreams but i feel it is time to get some feedback from the rest of you.
i have other dreams, but am far too lazy to type them up.
@ SYN
Yes, I follow what you are saying and understand why you stand behind the reasons you cite.
HOWEVER, the analog/digital+electrical/electrical+chemical differences don't add up to explain sentience.
I fully understand that computer chips, as they sit today, are not as complicated as the human brain. You'll note I mentioned that, and asked what happens when they are?
The greater number of possible signal between 0 and 1 analog (theoretically infinite, of course, but in fact limited by the detection threshold of the receiver) and 0 and 1 digital is meaningless if the digital processor can sends 10 trillion times as many signals in that interval as the analog system (for example).
Unless you are arguing it is the amount of information transferred at once that creates sentience?
Basically you are arguing it is the complexity alone of the human mind that makes sentience. Which is a troubling position. Because, what with quantum computers only decades away at best, computers are going to rapidly eclipse the human mind in complexity. I don't think that will bring them sentience, however.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2049000/2049048.stm
wow, i can remember reading some of the original research in 98. kinda lost track of it over time, neat to see how far it's progressed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2049000/2049048.stm
Wow, I can remember reading some of the original research in 98. Kinda lost track of it over time, neat to see how far it's progressed.
please note the article is on "right side" with a "tan coloured background".
this is page 81 of the june 24, 2002 edition (on sale now - as of june 17, 2002).
it's a small article but .....!!!!!
I think newsweek picked a MUCH better 'soundbite' of Bill's than Datelines 'Pedophile Paradise' one,
"Catholics only protect the priests. Jehovahs Witnesses do it for any member of the church."
That's just perfect for this article, as well. REALLY brings it home to the average reader. It's like "Hey, you know that scandal going on in the Catholic priesthood? Well, the same thing could be going on with that very JW standing on your doorstep!"
*ouch*
Moe: you really think? Something I had written up some time ago and saved. Seemed appropriate to the thread is all...
what brings a smile to your face?
i cant help but smile when my wife laughs, or when my kids play outside.
i also smile when my boy, who is 15 wants to talk to me.
*sigh*
You all have such sweet answers. Makes me glad to read them. But, smile? Hmmm...well, I DID get a couple grins out of the picture thread.
Otherwise, not so much lately...
I sought the sage for his renowned wisdom
A glimmer of hope, for my life to be led.
"There is no light at the end of the tunnel
No light at all ahead
Just the flickering candles of eternal torment
Harbingers of everlasting dread
There can be no hope for our brief lives"
The wise man lifted his eyes and said:
"For, you see, THIS is Hell
and, my friend, you're already dead."
does every issue of morality have to be compared with the thinking and teaching of jehovahs witnesses?
simply because you are no longer jehovahs witnesses does that mean that you flaunt all moral authority and engaged in any perverted pleasure that you have a mind to?
because your morality is no longer legislated by a pseudo religious organization does that give you license to engage in all acts of "immorality" and refer to it "as just having fun.
You know it's bad when naebs does his best Capt. Kirk impersonation.
So many....changes....so...fast....Sulu....fire the.....phasers.....
Edited by - Xander on 16 June 2002 14:55:17
does every issue of morality have to be compared with the thinking and teaching of jehovahs witnesses?
simply because you are no longer jehovahs witnesses does that mean that you flaunt all moral authority and engaged in any perverted pleasure that you have a mind to?
because your morality is no longer legislated by a pseudo religious organization does that give you license to engage in all acts of "immorality" and refer to it "as just having fun.
do you have a weak moral code if you
Thanks, that was exactly the point I was trying to make. Nothing immoral happened or was going to happen. Unless you define 'moral' more strictly than modern society does. But, whose fault is that, then?
