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  Where to draw the line: how Platonism haunts our discourse and the search for exorcism

  by slimboyfat in

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  in the discussion about race i adopted a position i am not entirely comfortable with.

  i think there is a sense in which it is useful to distinguish categories of description that can be fruitfully defended (apples and bananas) and those that cannot (caucasian or other racial descriptions for example).

  but there is a more fundamental sense in which i believe that everything is socially constructed, every single line you can think of.

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  On what basis do you claim the perspective of the spaceman or physicist is superior to the worm?

  I see the 'human superiority' stance as the greatest conceit, and trace it back to Genesis. Science has only recently (2014, I believe) officially declared that mammals, pets, have feelings and actually 'think'. Of course, that's had to admit, when we use them for experiments to benefit the 'human race', and torture of livestock is the norm.

  "What if" questions are those of the true scientist - forever challenging the status quo. Anyone can be a technician - but to dream .... string theory! Look up the tale of a dreamer, who was recognized posthumously. : )

  
  
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  ELDERS, ha ha ha ha....!!!!!

  by brandnew in

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  so as many know....ive been df'd goin on 19 years already.

  i drive pops to meetings, and drop him off on saturdays for fs.. well yesterday, the elders ask to speak to me, and tell me that if i plan on returning to jehovah, i had better shave my beard off..

  omg!!!!!!

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  Kim and mikeys chanel on YouTube they uploaded a video of more singing and dancing

  by Crazyguy in

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  on their chanel they are showing a video of a special assembly day in belgium i believe.

  the jws are dancing dressed in black and red, satanic colores.

  singing and playing worldly songs and kingdom melodies.

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  joe134cd ... intro comments are this:
  
  

  Published on Jan 1, 2016

  2015 Belgium Concert for Delegates

  that's it. : )

  EDIT: I would guess a 'not on the program' special event for delegates, locals and special invites. xx tal
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  New York Times article Dec 31 2015

  by Gayle in

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  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/nyregion/stalled-brooklyn-park-exposes-rift-with-religious-group.html?_r=0.

  jehovahs witnesses have been criticized by community leaders for not fixing up parks in dumbo, brooklyn, as promised.

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  “They are the biggest land tycoons in my neighborhood,” Doreen Gallo, the executive director of the Dumbo Neighborhood Alliance, said. “They got to flip commercial manufacturing land for residential developments and now they are flipping it again and leaving.”
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  Nevertheless, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses pack up to move to Warwick, N.Y., some neighborhood advocates, like Tucker Reed, the president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, are demanding they do more than just spruce up the park. Mr. Reed said they should give the city a percentage of whatever their real estate reaps. “These sales windfalls — and resulting development — make clear that it’s time for the Witnesses to give something back to the neighborhood that fostered their growth and bankrolled their future,” Mr. Reed wrote in an opinion piece in Crain’s New York.

  
  

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  "It's in the New York ***king Times!"
  
  
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  10 Years On...

  by done4good in

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  just a note that 10 years ago, (christmas day, 2005), was my last time inside a kh.

  a lot has taken place for the better in those 10 years:.

  1. met the love of my life and happily married for 9 years, two days ago.. 2. completed a master's degree.. 3. work at senior management level in the it field.. 4. have a savings and retirement, and no debt outside of a mortgage and 1 car loan.. 5. lots of travel to several places that i never would have done as a jw.. 6. contribute to what i believe are meaningful causes.. 7. read, think, and meditate for myself.. 8. have a great extended family i inherited from my wife.. 9. lots of other great stuff, too much to list.. none of this is intended to be boastful.

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  Well done! I'm happy for you. You will be missed. May for Force be with you! xx
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  ....2016....

  by zeb in

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  with this year all about done i wish you all a healthy and safe 2016.. live long and prosper.

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  zeb Live long and prosper! : )
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  Next year will be a very tough year for me

  by never a jw in

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  my new year resolution is to invest more of my time with my family and friends.

  also, as i approach retirement ( i am 50), i need to make sure there's enough to keep me and my wife going beyond our eighties.

  i want to thank all of you because my time here, posting and reading, have been a great learning experience.

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  All the best! We have learned from you, too. You can make a big difference to your retirement if you start now - 15 or 20 years left. It's never too late. xx
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  Predictions for 2016

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  so, it's that time of year again.

  here's a few of my predictions.

  ) no armageddon.

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  1. I will remain an atheist, and fail to return to the 'one true God'.

  2. There will be zero miracles in 2016.

  3. New light will shine, and Jah's people will need to strive even harder, give even more ...

  4. Armaggedon will continue to be 'just around the corner'.

  5. Pigs will NOT fly.

  : )
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  Why do girls have a hymen?

  by JWchange in

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  if you believe humans evolved, and were not created, why would having a hymen help, especially as no other mammal has one?

  if you believe humans were created by {a} god, or intelligent beings with advanced technology, what was the reason for a hymen?

  i'm interested to hear your thoughts on this unusual subject, not many people talk about..

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  Unlike you I never make personal attacks

  

  The use of absolutes, such as *always* and *never*, often denotes intellectual dishonesty, as absolutes can rarely apply to human behavour and therefore, are innately false and/or gross exaggeration. ; )
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  Do you play?

  by talesin in

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  this song reminds me of childhood, and kitchen parties........... do you play?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11buattuxk.

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  This song reminds me of childhood, and kitchen parties........... do you play?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11BuatTuXk