http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4
Screen clutter. Bertrand doesn't speak for anyone but himself and certainly not me. Empirical evidence is the best we have to follow. Thinking that it is the final unchanging word is what religionists feel and believe. They won't change their minds regardless.
I will. Just give me better numbers. So will all empiricists. Russell is confusing religion and feelings with rational and evidence.
Thanks for the Dislike Clammy. Geesh, ANOTHER stalker. Take a number and queue up CB.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4
SBF,
There certainly can be multiple sources of knowledge. As an empiricist I follow the evidence regardless of where it comes from. When such is presented for the divine, other than via philosophical musings and questionings, I will believe.
I'm not a religious atheist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4
SBF,
I rarely comment on your musings. You often make a lot of sense. I see rationals and those who are striving to live an evidence based life, regardless of the topic, rather than militant atheists with an agenda.
A very few concentrate on these subjects. I typically just read and rarely participate. It isn't a strength of mine nor a particular interest.
Where we always divide is between the evidence based and those ruled by their emotions. On every topic.
Clammy is clearly in the emotional camp. Thanks for the Dislike CB.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4
Clambake,
This site is full of OPs you seek. Get some self control dude. Develop some emotional maturity. Avoid these OPS if they bother you so much. Back away from the keyboard.
And do something about that shrill whine. It's hurting my ears. But thank you so much for the Dislike. I will wear it with pride.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4
Island Man,
Great stuff. Most of this I had read in various places. Putting it all together in this manner makes me even more embarrassed that I ever believed this nonsense.
makes me wonder what "flashed" before his eyes at moment of impact/death.http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/82584838-story
i propose that we make pintrest accounts and start openly challenging this crap.. .
seriously.... any suggestions?
this crap cannot be left unchallenged.
Indoctrinate them at a young age. Baptize them at a young age. Trap them in the cult by the threat of Shunning. It is the trifecta of evil. The Dark Lords' strategy to mitigate THIS:
just a few questions from a newbie.
answer one or as many as you want.
1. why cleaners?
Outsider,
As mentioned, Dubs often clean houses, etc. for a living because they are discouraged from seeking higher education, they bought into the lie that they will soon be living in paradise, etc. As a result, JWs are the religion with the lowest education and family income. As for leaving, yes, nearly 2/3 leave. It would no doubt be much higher if they got rid of the shunning policy. The best research on this comes from the Pew Foundation:
i was raised as a witness and am very thankful that i am out.
having said that, i think my upbringing produced positive qualities in me.
do you believe that anything positive came from your being a witness?
personally i have the same viewpoint of darwin, when he said : " the safest conclusion seems to me to be that the whole subject is beyond the scope of man's intellect".
i'm not trying to convince anyone about the existence or non existence of god.. rather, i encourage everyone to keep seeking.
keep searching for the truth that makes the most sense to them.. darwin is the grand father of evolution, and his findings and life work, did not make of him an atheist.
OTWO,
Great picture; great T shirt. As I've noted before, I try not to "believe' in anything. The only thing necessary to believe is to feel. The sooner we can all evolve to live an evidence based life the better we - and the planet - will be for it.
