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  WHY MONOTHEISM WINS the historical competition among gods and beliefs

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  among the hundreds (if not thousands) of competing religious beliefs, practices, rituals, and faiths in the developing years of early christianity--and arguably against all odds--christian monotheism won.

  for awhile, the thoroughly pagan roman empire became officially christianized.. why?.

  could it be a simple fact?.

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  TerryWalstrom: "SCARY THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Jehovah's Witnesses' extreme evangelizing and exclusions border on the pathological. Could this strategy be the sole reason such cults as JW's, Mormons, and the phobic Islam, are growing like weeds in an untended garden?"

  Terry, I haven't checked the stats lately but I believe that JWs are not really growing that much and their numbers are fudged.

  Mormons are growing but Islam is not so much growing - it has no evangelists - but radical Islam is growing within it's own not so radical ranks.

  If you want to see something real scary research the New Apostolic Reformation. That is a growing cult of hyper-charismatic Christians that has been growing enormously within ordinary Evangelical ranks. They were the ones that sponsored Rick Perry's "The Response". and have made inroads into Republican politics in general.
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  Stephen Fry on God: What would you say to him if he did exist?

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  great answer to a stupid question - what would you say if you're wrong, if god does exist and you go to meet him when you die?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwnysqo.

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  I think he better be careful where he says that. There are blasphemy laws where you least expect them. Like Canada.  

  Other than that, I agree with him completely.
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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

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  2. current

  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  Simon: "I can't believe anyone ever opposes such a thing."

  This might seem hard to believe, given the present state of things, but there was a time, back in the 1980s, when the NRA was in favor of a background check. The situation was this, Liberals wanted a traditional background check - which in those days involved bureaucrats and filing cabinets - but the NRA wanted a computerized background check which involved computers which were relatively recent technology.

  The Liberal media actually opposed the computerized background check because they said it was too expensive. Back then computers up to the task would have had some expense but not enough to justify the Liberal position, especially in contrast to an archaic bureaucracy with paper records.

  I know this because I was there witnessing the issue unfold from both perspectives. 
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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  I believe that the Swiss example is a good one to follow. Gun ownership is actually required for some. This is how it works.

  Every man of military age goes to boot camp and after training goes back home with his full auto rifle. Then he returns every so often for a week or so to practice army stuff.

  The logic behind this is that in an emergency an armory would be the first place that's taken thus they should have their rifle in hand, at his home. When he's no longer in service he gets to keep his rifle under condition that it would be permanently altered to be a semi-automatic instead of the army's full auto. Shooting for target practice is encouraged by the Swiss government so that the citizen soldier can maintain his skill.

  All other type of weaponry as well as non army gun owners are required to have an intensive background check before buying a weapon.

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  Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Walmart

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  a woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a wal-mart store in idaho.. .

  the 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead.. initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said that this is as yet unclear how they are related.. source; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/toddler-accidentally-shoots-woman-in-idaho-walmart-9950847.html.

  i've nothing to add to my past comments on americas psychotic relationship with guns.

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  What anyone who keeps a loaded automatic pistol nearby should do is to keep the gun unchambered and on safety. A child could easily take the safety off but will not be able to 'rack' the slide to chamber the weapon. That takes knowledge of firearms and some strength to do. Even then such a weapon, if it is not being kept in storage, should be in a man's pant pockets - unchambered not in a purse where she can be fumbling for the keys or something.

  It takes discipline and responsibility to own a weapon. I believe that couple should be ordered by the court to take gun safety classes while the firearm is held by the courts until their completion of the classes.  
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  The Fear mongering of this weeks WT study!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you all read this weeks study article?.

  oh my word it is full of fear inducing tactics....doom and gloom outlooks.... anxiety inducing methods to develop absolute control over witnesses and cripple them in any attempt to think for themselves!.

  (notice i am saying "themselves" rather than "ourselves"?!

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  flipper: "If the grid goes down, there ain't gonna be NO communication from the WT..."

  Sure there will be communication, they'll just get creative like...

   
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  French article on JW brain washing brain

  by wannaexit in

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  http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/01/24/le-cerveau-lave-par-les-temoins-de-jehovah.

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  Je Ne Parle Pas Francais!
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  21 Years as an Elder, 5 as an MS, I will never be that guy again.

  by James Jack in

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  2. experiences

  i was deleted as the cobe after i let my adult child move back home and he admitted that he fornicated under my roof while my wife and i where away on a rbc project.

  of course the elder mode in me kicked him out of the house.. the elders moved quickly to remove me because i was too involved in "theocractic activities", i had neglected my adult son.. i accepted this primarily because i didn't want to serve with a boe that did not want me.

  i was devastated however because it was the only life i knew.

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  Village Idiot

  Pioneering and elder responsibilities? You must have been a glutton for punishment. Welcome to the forum.
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  The Fear mongering of this weeks WT study!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you all read this weeks study article?.

  oh my word it is full of fear inducing tactics....doom and gloom outlooks.... anxiety inducing methods to develop absolute control over witnesses and cripple them in any attempt to think for themselves!.

  (notice i am saying "themselves" rather than "ourselves"?!

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  konceptual99: "I downloaded the latest New Scientist and read that instead."

  I hope that was an article on evolution.
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  Born in apostasy?

  by woodforde in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  a woman has a blood transfusion during pregnancy.

  this blood, obviously, now constitutes the unborn child's circulation.

  kid gets born, becomes of age and wants to become a jw.

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  Village Idiot

  The child might as well been an infant or toddler when transfused. No point in emphasizing that.

  By the way, welcome to the forum.