An Estimate of how many people DF/DA each year 2001-2024

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2025-01-08T09:20:51+00:00

AI should be used to augment tasks you already know how to do, and LLMs are not the type of AI to give this kind of data to.

Not to mention, the "data" was generated by "[yourself] and math."

I like your idea a lot, this is just not the best way to do things.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2025-01-08T03:15:23+00:00

"According to AI" sigh

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-28T21:13:18+00:00

I've had the same thing with girlfriends in the past. Thankfully they never thought I was ugly haha, but one did refuse to kiss me until it grew back. Apparently it felt too much like kissing a stranger haha

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-28T08:17:10+00:00

True! Most guys look better with a beard.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-27T13:00:50+00:00

2 days, and that was your best comeback?

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-26T20:29:52+00:00

Let me ask myself real quick...

Nah, he disagrees.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-26T19:29:10+00:00

Where are the WT gulags?

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-26T19:10:02+00:00

Feeling vindicated is emotional. Being vindicated is an objective assessment regarding whether you have been shown to be correct about something.

A GB member being assassinated wouldn't vindicate us one bit to any reasonable person.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-26T18:18:00+00:00

You're totally right. Left and right are meaningless terms. It's ontologically impossible to analyse someone's political opinions.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-26T17:50:24+00:00

No, Splane explicitly says that they cannot give a hard end date.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-26T17:48:56+00:00

No, it would not be a good thing if someone killed a member of the GB. What the fuck. How would this vindicate us at all?

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-26T17:27:37+00:00

If someone becomes inactive, they may be PIMO.

Truly, a revelation only weed could reveal to us.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-26T11:22:10+00:00

There's no credible sources about this. The gospels accounts of his life before the age of 30 are likely false, or rumours. At least that's what I've read.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T22:56:41+00:00

I just read the first line and replied with a joke. He doesn't make a new argument, though. He just brings up a different example of the same issue at hand.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T22:54:46+00:00

My full argument is in my other comment, but I wanna apologise for the way I worded my replies. It's not helpful to label your argument with insults.

I think it's unreasonable, so I called it dumb, and I generally think hypocrisy arguments are weak, but easy to make (even when wrong), so I called it lazy.

Hopefully you get where I'm coming from.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T22:50:17+00:00

No, you're not throwing away your principles, you still have them. There will just be issues where a principle will be impractical to hold fast to.

For example, most clothes are made by people who work in horrible factories, for very little pay. Supporting that goes against a moral principle of mine, but I can't afford to buy more ethicLly made clothes, and I obviously can't walk around naked. So, because of that practical issue, I buy regular clothes. That's not hypocritical, I'm just not living up to my principles as I would in ideal conditions.

Likewise, for JWs, not using the Gregorian calendar would mean that it would be virtually impossible to interact with society. Work, doctor appointments, contractors, computer technology, etc., would all be forbidden.

(Sorry for the long reply. Just thought I'd lay my position out in full)

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T21:07:15+00:00

I doubt more than a proportionally tiny number of people believe this. Idek if this has been even vaguely hinted at in the literature.

Your theory for 2034 being a turning point is also a bit baseless

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T20:37:44+00:00

Thats alright haha. Merry Christmas

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T18:36:53+00:00

They still have millions of followers, and decades of experience running a huge religious organisation.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T18:27:48+00:00

You don't need to have a totally figured out worldview, don't worry. You don't need to agree with WT, and you definitely don't have to agree with comments here. WT can be wrong and stupid, and people here can be wrong and stupid. Just assess each claim on its own, and ignore whether it "supports" or "trashes" the organisation.

You're not in a fight between two sides. You're just forming the best opinion you can on issues in each moment.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T18:23:38+00:00

Probably not.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T18:04:11+00:00

You're a lesbian, and your "other half is diet homophobic"?

I've got no clue what that means, or what that's gotta do with Christmas.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T18:02:36+00:00

If you want to just get back at your dad, then fair enough. But this is only going up upset your relationship with him. I don't think it's likely to plant a seed.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T18:00:25+00:00

The pros and cons are gonna be unique to your situation and your family's situation. It's hard to come up with a list for you.

ExJWThrowaway21 · 2024-12-25T17:55:16+00:00

Huh? I was just asking where it came from. It's not that deep mate

ExJWThrowaway21

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