lifelong humanist
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I think an elder has sussed me out as an apostate. :-S
by slimboyfat inan elder phoned me up the other day to see how i was.
he does this every couple of months, as part of his shepherding routine i suppose.
(at least this elder takes shepherding seriously) i have not been to a meeting for a few months.
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Anything thelpful at this year's DA to help free my wife from the cult?
by lifelong humanist ini haven't posted here for about 5 or 6 months.
i've looked through previous threads in an attempt to find out about the sort of stuff issued at the das this year, but without success.. my wife still attends some jw meetings.
at present she's in attendance at the big da in perth, scotland.. can anyone on this board comment on any talks, demonstrations, experiences, etc.
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I'm back!
by tigeress inih everyone, this is "highdose" i've finaly been able to change my id here.
so i'm abandoing the highdose account.. i should point out that i have finaly managed to come off the high dose of anti depressants that i first took my name from so its wasn't correct anymore anyway.
evil hacker can no longer do damage!
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How Many Humanists in your country?
by lifelong humanist inmany on this forum already know that i'm a member of the humanist society scotland.. at our annual conference last month, i was happy to collect a bumper sticker that had been produced for a special capaign earlier this year to raise awareness of humanism issues within scotland.
our population is very small - just over 5 million people, so the simple message was bound to create quite a stir:.
two million scots are good without god.
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Scientific Blunders in the Quran
by whereami inlooks like muslims and jw's reason in the same way.. .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t_twv5k9q0.
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How Long Before JWs Alienate all Professional Career Counsellors?
by lifelong humanist inplease stop for a moment and think about it - i understand that most 'modern' jws pride themselves that they don't waste any time studying, in favour of doing any mundane job that's available to non-qualified people - they'd probably go so far as to say that this is even a wise decision.
for those with some ability, i'd say, wrong, wrong, wrong!
while i totally disagree with this stance in the present context, i have to concede that in a world of full employment, there's nothing intrinsically wrong with that, unless you have greater skills and abilities to offer.
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List of cult researchers and authors
by besty innot sure if this has been posted before but looks an excellent resource for those wishing to investiage the nature of cults and new religious movements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_cult_and_new_religious_movement_researchers.
there are almost 150 works listed and dozens of subject matter experts including steve hassan.
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Messages for Muslims-Atheists & Agnostics speak out in Arabic.
by whereami intalk about courage.
these people are literally risking their lives.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1a3j3lqhus .
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Do you find it difficult to remain ethical?
by lifelong humanist ini'm about to embark on a new sales career in 2010, working in sales of renewable energy products - wind turbines, heat pumps, solar panels and solar pv electricity.
i've been in sales for almost 40 years, and enjoy the buzz sales can bring.
i shall be self-employed, and have to supply my own vehicle and surveying equipment - there's no basic wage, or expenses - just a fairly high sales commission on 'closed' deals.
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Acquired morality
by lifelong humanist inas a humanist, i meet like-minded people, and accept that they are highly pricipled, moral people, capable of reasoning why they take the stance that they do.
i likewise meet religious people that also fit this description.. most humanists weren't always that way - probably no more than 25% were members of a religion before abandoning it.
those that had a previous religious belief - like myself for 50 years as a born-in, third generation jw, feel that they are now more 'moral' people, and set even higher standards of being honest, fair, reasonable, decent, non-dogmatic, etc.