Isn't it just easier to not talk to them at all?
Or to put it positively: It is easier to simply not talk to elders.
Oubliette
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Psychology: Sick of Elder Low tone slow paced talk
by Aprostate Exam innow after 21 years in professional psychology/humanities, i love talking to brothers that adopt a slow pace in speech, and low tone of voice when they deal with the rank and cold un-associated ones.
my mirroring their present state in personality seems to psych them out for a bit.
i then tap into my fast injection of logical sense, that throws them off.
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Oliver Sacks on Humans and Myth-making
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4anuxddg2ii
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Oubliette
Great short video. Thanks for sharing.
I too read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
Sacks had a wonderful way of telling these odd stories of people with unusual brain maladies. He could take medical issues and relate them in layman's terms with clarity and compassion.
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A friend of mine recently said (sarcastically), "You don't need to understand it, you only need to believe it!" -
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I've decided to make a difference that REALLY matters
by Mrs. Eden inhello friends!today is a sad day for me, as seven months have gone by since my mother passed away after a decades-long fight with breast cancer..
because the witnessing/preaching/teaching work doesn't make any sense to me anymore; because it's not about any "truth"; and because it's basically useless, i've decided to quit doing it.
instead, i've decided to do something that actually can make a real difference in other people's lives.
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Mrs. Eden: Today I went to the hospital where my mother passed away and enrolled in their volunteer program
Good for you! And good for the people you'll help too.
My wife and I got involved in a program that helps feed the needs. A few times a year we make some food and take it down to the local church and serve our less fortunate fellow humans.
It is so nice to do something that makes an actual, real difference in peoples' lives. True, it's only a small difference, but it is a difference and it is tangible, not something useless like a Watchtower magazine filled with lies and false hopes.
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This week at the meeting elders call friend in the room.
by poopie inok heres latest at kh .i have a friend of mine who is df but trying to get reinstated i know you may ask why but its a free country anyway he is a frienldly chap and likes to say hello to old friends.
he does his hellos very discreetly not makeing a scene.
well the elders have noticed him saying hello to people at hall so they invited him in back room.
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poopie: He doesnt care about reinstatment he cares about showing love.
Maybe, but the elders don't care about "showing love," they care about CONTROL and OBEDIENCE.
Let's review: It's a cult!
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Jehovah's Witnesses want to invite you to their newly refurbished hall!
by username ini just seen this on goggle news.
a report into a hall actually being refurbished!.
http://www.thecomet.net/news/stevenage_s_jehovah_s_witnesses_celebrate_worship_hall_s_makeover_and_invite_public_to_come_along_1_4228859.
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They're very proud of their pretty blue sign:
Nauseating!
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Reflecting on my Disfellowshipping
by kairos intoday is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.
how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.
i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.
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Kairos, welcome to the rest of your life! -
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Interesting Article: New human link found "Homo Naledi"
by Splash inhaven't read it all yet, but 15 skeletons have been found in south africa, near jo'burg... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855405/homo-naledi-a-new-species-of-human-discovered-in-a-cave-in-south-africa.html.
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Saintbertholdt: You cannot distinguish creationist parody from serious creationist reasoning. It looks the same.
You got me!
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Talk with a witness, my " Final Showdown"
by The Rebel inyesterday a witness friend asks why i don't attend the k.h anymore.. me:- " i don't say this often but your j.ws opinion is wrong" .
the end.. my reasons for this simple reply were:-.
a) i have grown tied of reading j.w crap.
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Good for you!
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Interesting Article: New human link found "Homo Naledi"
by Splash inhaven't read it all yet, but 15 skeletons have been found in south africa, near jo'burg... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855405/homo-naledi-a-new-species-of-human-discovered-in-a-cave-in-south-africa.html.
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SB: Yeah but where's the transitional species between homo naledi and homo sapien?
You clearly don't understand how this thing works. No one asserted that there is a direct link, just a relationship.
Seriously, you probably swallowed down the GB lastest 'splaning about the "overlapping generation" nonsense, but you don't have the critical thinking skills to understand REAL explanations.
FYI: A theory is an explanation that is well supported by evidence. You might want to do some studying up about how science is conducted.
In science, knowledge and understanding is discovered. This is different from religious "knowledge" where it is allegedly "revealed" always to some select individual or group.
In science, facts, hypotheses and theories are subject to intense peer review and scrutiny. In religions, nothing is allowed to be questioned.
In science, people admit error and mistakes. In religion, particularly among the leadership of the WTBTS, they NEVER admit to error or mistake.
Get the clue!
