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I don't want to be right!
by cognisonance inor judging by the url, the alternate title would have been: why do people persist in believing things that just arent true?.
key snippets:.
one thing he learned early on is that not all errors are created equal.
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I sometimes feel like I'm in the twilight zone
by cognisonance inbeing out of the cult that i spent the first 3rd of my expected life span in, now on the outside i keep having this amazement that i was actually in a cult!
what we were told was the "real life" now seems so surreal and dreamlike that i feel like i lived an episode of the twilight zone.
i also feel like.
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How good are we at spotting propaganda and logic fallacies outside the religion of the JWs?
by cognisonance inin the book take back your life, recovering from cults and abusive relationships, i think it mentioned that many often jump from one cult (or abusive relationship) to another, not being able to see the tell-tale signs with foresight, only hindsight.
therefore, i encourage everyone to take at least a cursory look at this report.
what are your thoughts?.
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Campbell Biology - An Awesome Textbook!
by cognisonance ini just finished a general biology course at my university (covering cellular/molecular biology, function, and structure).
also, received an a+ too!
:) our textbook was campbell biology.
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Ancient Confession Found: 'We Invented Jesus Christ'
by cognisonance inbiblical scholars will be appearing at the 'covert messiah' conference at conway hall in london on the 19th of october to present this controversial discovery to the british public.. http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11201273.htm.
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Watch Tower Fallacies - 4/2/2013
by cognisonance inin another thread a poster, oubliette, asked to share logic fallacies we spot in wt publication.
that is a great idea and thread to which i've already contributed.
i'll also the contents of this post to that thread, but thought that it's easier to discuss a particular fallacy (or fallacies) in use in wts publications if we consider one quote at a time.
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Trying to read snippets of JW literation now is like trying to read random text
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Peter and Rosemary Grant's Research on Darwin's Finches
by cognisonance inso i'm taking a college general biology course this summer and came across this chart:.
the interesting thing about the above chart is that this was talked about in was life created (p. 21).
the writers conclude that "prestigious scientific academies are not above reporting evidence in a biased manner," as it to imply the watchtower is not.
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JWs Teach Their Children to Lie (or at least unwittingly accept and spread lies)
by cognisonance inso i was curious what they are saying about evolution in recent years.
i found this:.
[t]he july 2009 awake!