now what is your stance?
TGND: I thought a hypothetical would be good for an exercise in intellectual honesty.
No. You're just muddying the already made-murky ethical waters concerning this issue.
You might as well ask this hypothetical:
Q1: Would you steal a car from a sweet, innocent little old lady? A1: Never.
Q2: What if some thieves stole if from her, would you steal it back? Q2: If I thought I could get away with it, absolutely!
from the guys and girls at "it's ok to be smart".. stay curious!.
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Not only is it OK to be smart, it's an imperative!
Thanks for sharing.
i have a bit of a dilemma that i would welcome advice on from the forum.. a brother in my congregation is giving evidence of having woken up - his comments and talks are usually slanted towards topics discussed here.
he is a former elder and is part of a group of other former elders and ministerial servants who i regularly overhear using terms i would expect to hear from ones knowing ttat.
he is a quite an effective teacher and will probably influence some.. however, in the past he has caused lots of problems for myself and others who i like (including another poster to this site who i have identified) and continues to be someone who i dislike intensely on a personal level.. his comments have been noticed by the body of elders and he is being watched.
That is a dilemma. What you want someone else to do it if was you?
Was he a jerk in the past because of being an uber-elder? That tends to happen when people really put on the "cult-like personality."
On the other hand, if he's caused "lots of problems" for you and your friends, you might just let it go and watch what happens. Karma's a bitch.
Maybe he wants to be outed by the elders.
the noble fir.
the fir tree stands silently in the corner of our living room: proud, erect, strong.
even unadorned, it is beautiful.
Thank you Xanthippe.
You were the first to post a comment a year ago when I wrote this essay and the first to comment again this year when I bumped it. How appropriate!
the noble fir.
the fir tree stands silently in the corner of our living room: proud, erect, strong.
even unadorned, it is beautiful.
BTTT, because it's that time of year again! Time to celebrate our freedom from an oppressive religion.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Season's Greeting everyone!
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http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/v8exeat petra!
Sigh, more control-freakery from the Borg.
Thanks for posting!
i found this to be a thought-provoking film on the trend in higher education.. oubliette drew my attention to a brilliant article recently called "the coddling of the american mind".
please have a look at the film, click the link and check out the links in the article.
i would love to hear your thoughts.. ...
Great short film - kind of a nightmarish version of the issues the authors, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, raise in the article.
Thanks for sharing.
http://www.commentarypress.com/copyright/.
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https://youtu.be/fdzzl453drq.
Simon: Just to be clear so no one get's the wrong impression (given the current climate) - we promoted legitimate purchases of Ray's books (as well as others) without any compensation and have never sold anything on this site.
And that is EXACTLY how I remember it!
http://www.commentarypress.com/copyright/.
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https://youtu.be/fdzzl453drq.
As I remember, there were links to the Commentary Press website where you could legally purchase a downloadable PDF which required a password to open.
Completely legit.
with the christmas almost upon us i would like to share a personal experience with you about drinking and driving.. as you may know the local police are having a serious go at drink drivers this year... well, a couple of days ago i was out for an evening with friends and had a small number of drinks before dinner, followed by some rather nice red wine.
feeling jolly i still had the sense to know that i may be very slightly over the limit.. that's when i did something that i've never done before - i took a taxi home.. sure enough on the way home there was a police road check, but since it was a taxi they waved it past.
i arrived home safely without incident.. this was a real surprise as i had never driven a taxi before, i don't know where i got it and now that it's in my garage i don't know what to do with it.. any ideas?.
You got me!
Great story, I'm gonna share it.
