hi, for over a year, i stopped attending meeting and field service.
actually, passively disassociated from the congregation.
but i did not stop reading and doing my own research.
I have worked in the same school district for nearly a decade. When I started working there I was still an elder (this was at the end of my waking up to TTATT period).
Now, nearly six years since my leaving the religion, several people--none of whom know about my JW past--have commented on how much nicer, more relaxed and easy going I am.
Go figure.
By their fruits you will recognize them: It's a cult!
according to a pew research survey ... and it has evolved little since 2007.. eden.
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.. ...
LUHE: As Talesin said, education should be about teaching people how to think, not what to think.
"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." - Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist
"THERE is a difference—a big difference—between education and propaganda. Education shows you how to think. Propaganda tells you what to think." - Awake!, June 22, 2000, p. 9
mir, a participant in german board http://www.infolink-forum.de reports that he contacted the dag-hammarskjold-library and got the following reply from [email protected].
1. can anybody - following a request and explanation as set out above - use.
the library?
One of the large university libraries that our researchers use ...
They are against US getting an education at a university, but they themselves use their libraries for "research"!
What hypocrites.
Let's review: It's a cult!
questions from readers .
say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?
from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.
What would you like to call us?
How 'bout: Humans.
BTW, aren't you from Cleveland?
the punchline is awesome.. from the oatmeal (but i couldn't find the link to it, image from facebook).
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Xanthippe: they brought that up last time, they thought they were making fun of philosophy.
Who "they"?
What is this "last time" you mention?
https://www.facebook.com/themapstories/videos/1665500500401993/?theater
the punchline is awesome.. from the oatmeal (but i couldn't find the link to it, image from facebook).
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Simon: Does that mean you think you found the cat?
Yes. And it was both dead AND alive at the same time!
