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The Academy of Ideas - "Brainwashing"
by schnell inhttps://youtu.be/8ish2un-b-s. the academy of ideas has got to be one of my favorite youtube channels, and due to his subject matter, he doesn't get a whole lot of views.
but do give his playlists a watch.
above, his video on brainwashing is clearly relevant to this forum about jehovah's witnesses.
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Addiction and Belief: A comment left for me on YouTube
by schnell ini'd just like to share a comment that someone left on my youtube account (which i hesitate to call a channel because i don't upload anything).
theism is an addiction; try talking someone out of a gambling (thought), or drug (chemical) addiction (both involve dopamine).
you will find the same pattern of cognitive biases, and circular logic that of a theist.
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"Satan Did It!" -- Comparative Religion and Religion
by schnell init's been said that as early christians went to preach about christ and his virgin birth, his tests, miracles, death, resurrection, and divine pedigree, the people they were preaching to would essentially say, "oh yeah, we have that too!
it's almost a cliche to point out that mary and jesus resemble isis and horus, that gautama faced his tests as well, that heracles is the son of zeus and a mortal woman named alcmene.
but when this is pointed out, suddenly an intelligent design argument appears to explain it.
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Halloween, Day of the Dead, the Flood, yada yada yada
by schnell inmy local public radio station today had a piece about dia de los muertos, and after all this time, i was surprised to learn that this day was actually moved to november by the spanish from september.
so much for all that "halloween/all saints/day of the dead celebrates the flood!
" nonsense.
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Planning my next steps...
by schnell ini work a little over 40 hours per week, but i recognize that all good things are due to end.
i actually got to meet my company president this week, and she's a very nice lady who is very nicely offering $5000 yearly scholarships to her employees and their families.
i don't have a degree, though i did get a nice college experience before i dropped out, and i'm considering online university.. for starters, i could probably afford the computer science undergrad program at university of the people.
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Invisible Pink Unicorns and Ferris Bueller
by schnell ini've been reading a few articles about parodic religions.
the warning about parodic religions is that they might actually get organized and be taken too seriously.
it might actually become an "ism.
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Lilith
by schnell inso i just learned about adam's first wife, made from the same dirt as him.
some of the google images that came up made me want to hurl.. if you're not aware, there is talmudic lore about adam having a wife named lilith who left him after he wouldn't submit to her, and what's more, she is pictured as the serpent who tempted eve.
a lot of that seemed to develop in the middle ages though.
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Selflessness, Pride, and Awakening
by schnell ini haven't attended a meeting in months and last attended half of a one day assembly because i couldn't take another half.
but truth be told, i have been more intrigued by buddhism since i was a teenager.
in fact, i am finally getting around to reading the dhammapada by gautama buddha himself.
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"There is a friend for everyone in the corporation's clutches"
by schnell in"there is a friend for everyone in the corporation's clutches" -- brokeback watchtower.
i just needed to make a separate thread about this.. forced friends are not friends.
as the great marvin gaye said, "smiling faces tell lies.
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STORY TIME! The Emperor's New Clothes
by schnell ini revisited this story tonight, as i see intelligent, knowledgeable friends toe the jw party line in response to the arc's report and literally any other criticism.
it's a story everyone knows, one that affected me as a child, and here i am, seeing remarkable parallels today.
enjoy.. once upon a time there lived a vain emperor whose only worry in life was to dress in elegant clothes.