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Have you ever had a premonition ?

by troubled mind in

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i think i have a few times in my life, but the one i had most recently really shook me up.

it was really a re-occuring thought and feeling more than anything else .i preceived it as something happening to me when in reality it happened to some one close to me.

it sounds stupid , doesn't it ?

osmosis

You want my theory?

My theory doesn't exist. I don't believe that the future has happened yet, therefore it cannot be known.

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New WT publication encourages "questioning"

by Smiles in

many here have been reproved or disfellowshiped for asking questions about the bible and the jw interpretation of it.. after encouraging the asking of questions, one of the newest wt publications states: "others worry that asking questions could lead to shame or embarrassment.

and some decide that such questions are best left to religious leaders and teachers.

that quote is found in the first chapter of the new publication that all congregations will begin studying each week at their congregation book study.

osmosis

Typical, it's the exact, diametric opposite of reality.

Interesting, though, I wonder if the fact that so much of this stuff is the opposite of truth, does that mean the writers know the real truth and deliberately say the opposite for appearance's sake, or are they in a powerful collective denial themselves, actually believing what amounts to the farthest from the truth.

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Brain teaser

by osmosis in

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here is a question that actually makes my jw aunt feel uncomfortable.. er, rather, she admits that this question makes her uncomfortable.. a very prevalent argument for the existence of god is the apparent complexity of the known universe.

this complexity, believers say, is proof positive that the universe was created.

we couldn't just appear out of nowhere, the big bang can't actually explain things.

osmosis

Here is a question that actually makes my JW aunt feel uncomfortable.. er, rather, she admits that this question makes her uncomfortable.

A very prevalent argument for the existence of god is the apparent complexity of the known universe. This complexity, believers say, is proof positive that the universe was created. They ask, where did we come from? We couldn't just appear out of nowhere, the big bang can't actually explain things. Things can't spontaneously increase in complexity, everything has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere has to be at least as complex as the known universe.

I say, then, if "everything has to come from somewhere", where did god come from? In arguing that angle, you have implicitly presupposed a "creator of creators" and also a "creator of creator of creators" and so on, each preexisting and more complex than the one after it.

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Have you ever had a premonition ?

by troubled mind in

jw
friends

i think i have a few times in my life, but the one i had most recently really shook me up.

it was really a re-occuring thought and feeling more than anything else .i preceived it as something happening to me when in reality it happened to some one close to me.

it sounds stupid , doesn't it ?

osmosis

Just wondering if you folks have any theories regarding how information about the unknown future gets into your brains as electrical stimulus..?

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To Snitch or Not To Snitch and HOW?

by Inquisitor in

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i was happily day-dreaming the other day.

and somehow i thought of the witnesses i've personally known who've gone to china to spread watchtower propaganda.

and then this absolutely malevolent thought struck me.

osmosis

It's not the term used that I take issue with, it is your idea.

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dammit sass, you were right

by osmosis in

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bah.

bah i say!.

after talking with the jw aunt yesterday and feeling extremely frustrated at her ability to twist logic and not see things that are right in front of her, i started feeling kinda down.. dammit, sass was right, i worked myself into a depression over this.

osmosis

Bah. BAH I say!

After talking with the JW aunt yesterday and feeling extremely frustrated at her ability to twist logic and not see things that are right in front of her, I started feeling kinda down.

Dammit, sass was right, I worked myself into a depression over this. BAH!

At work today I couldn't get this song outta my head:

All alone, or in twos
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall

Some hand in hand
Some gather together in bands
The bleeding hearts and the artists take their stand

And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall
After all it's not easy banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall

It's been years since I've had a full-on Pink Floyd depressive episode. Gave my head a shake, feeling a little better now, just thought I'd share the song which seemed very apt.

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