being the society is anti-hypnosis, i know very little about it.
but from what i've observed it often involves willing participants focusing their concentration, usually involving repetition, until the subject is in a state where suggestions can be implanted in their mind.
bite can involve hypnosis, but in many instances it may not.
This is interesting. It is the full article from one of darth frosty's links:
To be clear, I'm not endorsing this guy's far-out religious ideas (that normal healthy people literally hear voices of God for example), just noting that it's an interesting article and the hypnosis stuff might be worth further exploration.
topics will be jwsurvey.org and the role of women in the borg.
for the live show:.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio.
BTTT
mary: what's evolution?.
me: well it's kinda complicated.
they think plasma gave birth to monkeys which gave birth to humans.
The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins is really more the speed for most folks without science background, IMO. I sure liked it and understood it better than some of the heavier books on the topic of science, myth, and reality (which includes evolution).
for active jws, what would happen if they missed the memorial?
guilt-trip from the elders?
why isn't it a disfellowshipping offense since it is stressed to be of vital importance to attend?.
IF you believe the Borg line on exactly what the Memorial is, there is absolutely NO reason for any NON anointed to attend. It is entirely for the anointed and there is no mention of observers in the Bible.
It is yet another control mechanism from the Watchtower.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/22/us/pennsylvania-obit-paterno/index.html?hpt=hp_t1.
It is at moments like these that I wish hell was real.
am i missing any updates.
I found that young JW ladies were every bit as attractive as "worldly" girls. The vast majority didn't gain their extra 100 pounds until after they got married.
topics will be jwsurvey.org and the role of women in the borg.
for the live show:.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio.
Topics will be jwsurvey.org and the role of women in the Borg. For the live show:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio
or
https://www.facebook.com/CultFreeRadio?sk=app_196506863720166
For recorded CFR shows:
I watched the first two or three episodes. I thought it was interesting but could have lived without the gore and overt violence. Gore and violence are neither scary nor interesting to me. I also dislike waiting week-to-week for a continuing story; I prefer to get entire seasons on Netflix. Maybe I'll give it another try. Horror in general isn't my genre.
well the other day we dropped daughter back to her mother, after what was a fabulous whole week with me.. sitting on the verandah of the house is grandpa jw, about 80 and recently widowed.
now, he is my ex father in law and we got on very good back in the day, even helped build his house.. anyway, i drop daughter off and i am looking at the man, who in the whole 10 mins that he sat there, gave one cursory glance our way as i stood on the footpath opposite the house talking to my kids.. this is a guy who will talk the leg off a chair, a guy who will start a conversation with a total stranger in the street, the man is a talker.. i mention to wife as we departed..."poor bastard, not even 'allowed' to say hello the father of his grandkids''.
if i was not d/f i know he would have come over, no doubt whatsoever.
This is actually good news all around, except for the ex-father-in-law. Poor sap.
Glad you had a good week with your daughter and your wife got to see the Borg in action. Does your daughter notice the injustice and idiocy of shunning, too? I'd be interested in reading an update on how your kids are doing. (If I missed a thread, I apologize.)
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.to know that my "worldly" father will die of old age, rather than be destroyed forever at armageddon.
now that you have escaped the twisted jw worldview, what do you find comforting?.
Great post, Flat_Accent. I agree 100%.
