lifelong humanist
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Anyone here have any experience of moving to a liberal Muslim country?
by lifelong humanist ini'd like to move in the next year or two to turkey - a huge, self-supporting country at the far eastern end of the mediterranean.
i want to retire at 60 - my wife will then be 61. due to the local economy in turkey, this could just be a practical possibility, not just a pipe-dream.
although we'd prefer italy, which we've visited far more often, the costs there are just too expensive for our restricted budget!.
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Saying 'grace' at meal times
by lifelong humanist inlong before i dad myself in 2003, i used to feel really bad offering up 'grace' prior to eating a meal with family and/or friends.
it felt totally weird.
i never quite understood the concept.
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Children Learning to Think Critically Aged Six!
by lifelong humanist inyesterday, i started a thread about learning how to thinking critically.. so, imagine my surprise when last night my eldest son phoned to say that his son, my grandson, wanted to speak with my wife and i about a project he had to do at his school.
he has just turned 6 years old.
the project involved asking his parents and then grandparents questions about how things when they were a similar age.. i said that i'd be happy to speak with him, and answer his questions as best i could.
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Is this why the WT always has to have an answer?
by lifelong humanist ini was brought up to reply to a question that i didn't understand, or know the answer to, in a modest, humble manner - true, sometimes it was embarrassing, but if i didn't know the answer, i'd (usually) admit it, and then start trying to find the answer.
this was time consuming, and required work - sometimes, a lot of research.
but, it has usually stood me in good stead.
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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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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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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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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.