The big question is,
Who has their hand up hs backside?
Posts by sleepy
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7Cool Picture of One of the Sharpest Legal Counsel at WTS Headquarters
by hawkaw in.
hi john burns!!!
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Is Relgious belief a trick of the mind?
by sleepy in.
what is it about our brians that drives people to religious beliefs that are so obviously nopt founded in fact or reason?is it an inherant founction of our tiny brians or is it in fact our brians going wrong in trying to make sense of the world?
maybe its the psychological equivelent of an optical illution were your brain in trying to make sense of what it sees constructs an impossible reality .like say when you draw a "3-d" box on a flat piece of paper and the brain tries to work out which face is on the front , but it can't, as none is, but the brain will put one in front whatever.maybe religion is what the brain makes to explain the world and uses it so the weiredness of reality makes more sense.
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What is it about our brians that drives people to religious beliefs that are so obviously nopt founded in fact or reason?Is it an inherant founction of our tiny brians or is it in fact our brians going wrong in trying to make sense of the world?
Maybe its the psychological equivelent of an optical illution were your brain in trying to make sense of what it sees constructs an impossible reality .Like say when you draw a "3-D" box on a flat piece of paper and the brain tries to work out which face is on the front , but it can't, as none is, but the brain will put one in front whatever.Maybe religion is what the brain makes to explain the world and uses it so the weiredness of reality makes more sense.
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just how many X-jw's are there
by sleepy ini havent been on this site for a while (and its changed a bit) there are so many new people here.x-jw's seem to crawl out of every corner.just wondering is there any accurate or nealy there ,way that we could calculate just how many x-jw's there are in the world.any guess's
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sleepy
I havent been on this site for a while (and its changed a bit) there are so many new people here.X-jw's seem to crawl out of every corner.Just wondering Is there any accurate or nealy there ,way that we could calculate just how many X-jw's there are in the world.Any guess's
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sleepy
Just wondering.
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The internet, really a good place for information?
by sleepy in.
is the internet really a good place to find information?a lot of people have learnt the truth about jehovahs witnesses through the internet, via web sites that proclaim to expose the truth about them.. but is the internet a safe place to gather information on important subjects?grated its very easy to find what you are looking for most of the time,but just how trust worthy is the information found within?often when i look at sites that discuss subject i have a good knowledge of there is a lot of nonsense talked by people who havent got a clue but just want to have a say.it is not always easy for the "novice" to determine who is the "expert" and who is not.. the internet suffers from this problem more than say books, because it is so easy for just anyone to write what they want, whereas to make a book you have to go through a lot of effort and it will have been read and checked by other people.. i tend to treat the internet like i treat people.i only listen if people can give a good explaination as to what they are saying or believe, if none is provided i will ignore the information whethr it is correct or not as there is no basis for me to trust it.. so in order to give good information we must always try to explain why we belive something to be the case.. dont just trust what you read (most people dont anyway)always look for the reasons why, and think of counter arguments , only then except what is writen and still be a little sceptical.
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sleepy
Is the internet really a good place to find information?A lot of people have learnt the truth about jehovahs witnesses through the internet, via web sites that proclaim to expose the truth about them.
But is the internet a safe place to gather information on important subjects?grated its very easy to find what you are looking for most of the time,but just how trust worthy is the information found within?Often when I look at sites that discuss subject I have a good knowledge of there is a lot of nonsense talked by people who havent got a clue but just want to have a say.it is not always easy for the "novice" to determine who is the "expert" and who is not.
The Internet suffers from this problem more than say books, because it is so easy for just anyone to write what they want, whereas to make a book you have to go through a lot of effort and it will have been read and checked by other people.
I tend to treat the internet like I treat people.I only listen if people can give a good explaination as to what they are saying or believe, if none is provided I will ignore the information whethr it is correct or not as there is no basis for me to trust it.
So in order to give good information we must always try to explain why we belive something to be the case.
Dont just trust what you read (most people dont anyway)always look for the reasons why, and think of counter arguments , only then except what is writen and still be a little sceptical.
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IF.....?
by not interested intoday had been a bad day, i realy dont know why, it just has been.
and before i get into this i have to say im on a bit of a bender tonight.
i find myself wondering alot about "what if's"... you know "what if" i had or hadn't done this or that, .
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sleepy
What if I never read this post...?
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Things We Are Unlikely To See On watchtower.org
by Stephanus in.
1. a link to jw.com.
2. an apology of any kind
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sleepy
May I add,
Intelligence.
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How much money is rich?
by freedom96 ini was just reading a posting blasting president bush for being rich, and therefore not looking out for the average american.
that is another issue, not for this thread.. my question is this: what do you consider rich?
how much money?
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sleepy
Depends where you live too.
In Britian there is a large difference in house prices according to the area.Where I live in Newport wales a 3 bedroom terrace houses costs around 70,000 about twenty miles away in Bristol England you would pay 170,000 , on the outskirts of London this would be around 250,000 Central London and you,re talking 500,000+ .
So to have a good quality of life were I live costs far less than in london, of cource there are less things to see and do here, so you have to choose ease of life over a more exciting but probably stressful life.
Were did all my pound signs go?Edited by - sleepy on 23 January 2003 14:10:40
Edited by - sleepy on 23 January 2003 14:11:31
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HILARIOUS!!!
by josephus ini just wanted to tell you all how things are going in my old hall.. last thursday there was a part on the platform about the creation book.
they dragged up two brothers to chat about it, one of whom studied the book and became a witness.. everything was great, right up to the point when the one who studied the book said how glad he was he read it, because "since all darkies look like monkies" he used to beleive in evolution!
this was received with silence, especially by the black bros and sisters in the hall.. its good to see people putting on the new personality isnt it ?.
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sleepy
Why so uptight?
You're suppossed to laught at it not with it.
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Is there any thread that connects JW's together
by sleepy in.
is there any common thread that connects jw's together because as far i can see jw's come from all types of families, backgrounds , races and such.. in my congregation there were many types of people,although there were quite a few dpressives and others with mild mental diseases.but there is nothing i find in common through jehovahs witnesses except their belief in that religion.there must be some common personnality types in the organistation, maybe a few dominant reoccouring ones, but i would need a bigger picture to see that i suppose.. what are your thoughts?
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Is there any common thread that connects JW's together because as far I can see JW's come from all types of families, backgrounds , races and such.
In my congregation there were many types of people,although there were quite a few dpressives and others with mild mental diseases.But there is nothing I find in common through Jehovahs witnesses except their belief in that religion.There must be some common personnality types in the organistation, maybe a few dominant reoccouring ones, but I would need a bigger picture to see that I suppose.
What are your thoughts?