JonathanH
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A holistic approach to human civilization, opposed to the blame game. It's not conservatives or liberals.
by JonathanH inreading political threads on this site (and really any site for that matter) is incredibly frustrating.
namely because they all boil down to the same argument.
who is it that is fucking society over?
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A secular website/podcast interviews an ex-elder
by JonathanH ini just stumbled onto this by accident.
i was reading pz myer's blog, and just on a larf clicked on a link to another blog.
one of the first entries was "view from the watchtower" in which an ex-elder is interviewed about his past experiences as a jw.
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After one semester it's very easy to see why the society is so afraid of university education.
by JonathanH init is so antithetical to their way of doing things, and forces you into a state of mind they hate.
it gets you out of whatever bubble you live in.
you're expected to be an adult, which is the exact opposite of what the society wants from you.. in my english 101 class we have watched r rated movies, talked about religion, learned how to recognize and dissect propoganda and my professor openly states that his goal is to challenge our prejudices and ways of thinking.
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Getting back little pieces of your life that they took from you.
by JonathanH ini sometimes feel like i lost so much because the first two plus decades of my life were spent in that stupid cult.
but occasionally i find a little piece of something they took from me, and i get to keep it so it's like they never took it from me at all.. tonight i got out of class (i'm in college working towards a b.s.
in engineering and/or mathematics), and it was a chilly autumn night so i decided to go to a little coffee dive downtown i hadn't been to since i went out in service and would go there for coffee breaks.
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Can you prove God isn't evil? The omnimalevolent god hypthothesis.
by JonathanH in(1) there exists an omnipotent, omniscient and maximally good god.
but the behaviour of such puppet beings lacks the dimension of moral responsibility that makes our actions genuinely virtuous.
but these evils are more than outweighed by the important such as possibility of genuinely virtuous action.
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Beware the educated, they are mentally diseased.
by JonathanH insaw this poster on a website and i had to post it here.
i think it really shows the twisted way of thinking that witnesses have cultured into them.
they turn virtues into vices, and vices into virtues.
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Two more youths get kicked out of the organization, also kicked out of their house.
by JonathanH inso i used to work with these two younger gentlemen back when i washed windows for a local elder's company.
good kids, sons of an elder, responsible and hardworking.
i ran into him the other day briefly and he said him and his younger brother moved in together (they are about 19, and 18, maybe 20, and 18), and i was surprised.
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My first English Essay for college, I wrote about my experience as a JW.
by JonathanH inso i am in my first semester of college, and i'm really enjoying it.
i am already tired since i work full time in addition to going to school full time, but i will get over that hump eventually.
anyway in my english 101 class our first essay due was to be a personal narrative, 4 pages(ish), in mla format using microsoft word.
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Started college this week, and I am a happy but busy camper.
by JonathanH intoday was my third day of school, first two days was just meeting teachers, going over class schedules and syllabus, and telling us how to do and find our homework.
now the real fun begins.
i already have alot of homework, and i'm scheduling time into my busy schedule to get it done, it's not too bad....yet.
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Why I am afraid to admit to being and atheist in real life in the US.
by JonathanH ini live in the bible belt in the us, atheism is a major taboo.
on the internet i occasionally feel like atheism is normal and just another accepted demographic, but that's largely because i hang around places with lots of atheists.
then i see the other side.. this is an op ed article that atheist jerry coyne wrote today, it's on how you don't need god to be good.