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Intellectual Honesty - What it Means & Does not Mean
by Amazing inrecently, someone whom i said was being intellectually dishonest, took it to mean that i was accusing her/him of being deceptive.
this is not the meaning of intellectual dishonesty.
intellectual dishosesty is about the use of false argumentation styles, something many jws do not spot in wts arguments, and something that a number of ex-jws carry with them and unwittingly employ.. a case example: today, president obama chose to sign a bill that protects 2,000,000 acres, some of which is good for ranching and recreation.. intellectual dishonesty by a far right conservative may see this as a threat to individual rights to own land, farm, and ranch, and may compare such a bill as taking us toward more government ownership of land.
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WTS Explores Adam's Sexuality!
by Amazing inthe all-wise, all-knowing, all-seeing watchtower society peers into and explores all possibilities of thought and logic.
yes, right back to human beginnings they look at how adam needed to determine who or what would serve as his companion!
where did adam search for a companion?.
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J Dubs Coffee Shop
by Amazing inlast october 2008, someone named jim whitney opened a coffee shop named "j. dubs coffee" which we know is slang for jehovah's witnesses.. could it be me?
i am neither confirming nor denying it!
http://www.jdubscoffee.com/j_dubs_in_the_news.html.
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A Secret about DF'ing that Elders will NEVER tell you.
by Amazing inwhen i discussed this with some ex-jws in the past, they have pointed out to me that the following is not done in actual pracrice.
of course it is not done in practrice ... that is why i referred to it as a "secret" because elders do not normally disclose such information, either because they fear its effect, or because they have not thoroughly paid attention to the "pay attention" book.
in this post, i am not arguing about actual practice ... rather what the undisclosed, withheld, secretive information is ... and how being armed may allow """some""" jws to relax their conscience.. a secret that elders will not openly tell you.
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How Public Talks are Done by some Congregations
by Amazing inreading lady lee's post about collecting public talk outlines made me recall the following:.
when i was the public talk coordinator and cong.
secretary, i kept the public talk file.
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Where I've been - and what I've been doing
by Amazing ini have not posted since last may, and prior to that, about a year before.
in july 08 i returned to my engineering career, and now work at a nuclear power station.
life here in wisconsin is very good ... the culture is generaly laid back, but it's colder than hell.
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A kind response to Jim Penton & Ros of Channel C
by Amazing inthe following are transports of postings on http://www.channelc.org/ made by jim penton and ros regarding myself and james caputo respectively.
the reason that i did not post directly on channel c is that ros and many of her board participants do not like to see anything that resembles catholic discussion, even if the responses are done respectfully and in a spirit of clarifying a false claim or misunderstanding.
i too do not like "catholic" discussions on channel c, and have not posted there for 9 months until i recently posted an announcement about tom cabeen's interviews on ewtn and with randy watters.
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Dispelling Watchtower Myths of RC Beliefs
by Amazing inover the last two years, as i moved back to the catholic church, i have been confronted with objections by several people regarding certain catholic teachings.
these concerns are almost always the same, and are founded in mythology created by the watchtower society, and some evangelical denominations.
god can and does use fallible men to do infallible things?
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Notes on Child Abuse Settlement
by Amazing inthe article by silentlambs is somewhat misleading.
yes, the suits were settled with gag orders.
it is customary to do so in almost any settlement case.
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Upcoming final Count-Down postings
by Amazing inin my next two postings:.
count-down 2:best of amazing.
you can click on these and find easily rather than researching my files ... between my two accounts, amazing, and amazing1914, i have posted almost 5,000 times, and of these i started about 700 new topics.