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Once you learn that parables may exist and are never literal, but can still impart wisdom, it makes more sense.
Religion wouldn't be a problem if people understood the difference between descriptive and prescriptive text. Churches don't teach this.
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>In many places it is just a pure scam Seems a pretty overly strong statement, no? Is there any research in to percentage of non profit efforts that are/aren't legitimate? Can you elaborate on "what I saw then" that made you think it was indicative of the entire idea of volunteer work? I have had the opposite experience. All the best people in the world I've met have been volunteering for one thing or another. As a y…
> Can you elaborate on "what I saw then" that made you think it was indicative of the entire idea of volunteer work? Yes, I was looking to do international volunteer work and used the internet to search for opportunities, since I knew nobody with experience. Fully willing to pay for my own travels of course. All I could find was programs where you had to pay thousands of dollars, your own food and your own board in o…
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>In many places it is just a pure scam Seems a pretty overly strong statement, no? Is there any research in to percentage of non profit efforts that are/aren't legitimate? Can you elaborate on "what I saw then" that made you think it was indicative of the entire idea of volunteer work? I have had the opposite experience. All the best people in the world I've met have been volunteering for one thing or another. As a y…
>Seems a pretty overly strong statement, no? No. You're assuming every place and organization on the PLANET is like the one where you volunteer at. it's not.
Not really, but I did, perhaps naively, think at least a better percentage as earnest than the other commenter was giving credit for. You're right though, after reading his detailed response I do realize now I've been very lucky in how I came to do what I do with who I do it with.
It’s not been mentioned yet, but if you play music then going to jam sessions is a great way to meet people. You’re all on a journey together toward improving as musicians which helps things to gel. As a jazz musician I can find a jam session in pretty much any city I go to. If you don’t play you can always go just to listen, watch and be inspired
Not a jazz guy, but open mics are a good way to meet people
I was never much interested in pubs when I was younger, but in my mid-40s working at home I found myself a place where everybody knows my name. It's not about the alcohol - most of the time I'm driving and therefore drinking non-alco beer
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Yeah, like a room in the back specifically for crying babies (and their families).
How much extra per long-haul airplane ticket would you pay for this? I'd gladly add 20% minimum.
I love the sound of crying babies. It means they're okay enough to cry.
Same with cycling - I started cycling a few years ago and meet up with some cycling groups and we do rides together.
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Based and grill-pilled. We've been doing the same. I recently have gotten into brisket smoking, and for the last few weekends, my wife and kids have been out in the yard every Saturday all day smoking meats. At night we offer some to everybody who walks by. It's really been nice.
Ah hell yea, smoked meats. Are you a fellow enjoyer of Sweet Baby Rays too?
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Religion wouldn't be a problem if people understood the difference between descriptive and prescriptive text. Churches don't teach this.
The fundamentalists don't teach it, many do.
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Would JW like to outlaw transfusions? Like, do many of them believe it should be illegal, like many catholics believe birth control should be illegal?
No, we don't impose our beliefs on others, and we stay out of all politics. We respect everyone's right to choose for themselves.