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  One simple fact about Jesus that MATTERS . .

  by nicolaou in

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  he had a human father.. all those doctrines of redemption, ransom and forgiveness come to nothing in the face of reality.

  we need to look after each other..

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  nicolaou, "If Jesus couldn't even be honest about who he was what moral authority can be ascribed to him?"

  Maybe he wasn't told what his parentage was.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
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  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  wathehadas, "I know injustice happens sometimes and there is racial profiling."

  No, it is not sometimes, it is all the time. Trying to understate the situation by giving the "some are bad apples but the majority..." excuse is not going to fool those who are at the wrong end of a baton.
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  "Christians are leaving the faith in droves" - Pew Research

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
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  according to this article, a recent pew research concluded that until 2050, an estimated cumulative net number of 65.050.000 will opt out of the christian faith, and the trend is accelerating.

  on the other hand, the "unaffiliated" will have a net growth of 61.490.000.. eden.

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  We'd be lucky if we still have a federal government by 2050.
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  75% of Jehovahs Witnesses oppose same-sex marriage? And 12% are in favour of it??

  by defender of truth in

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  www.allgov.com/news/controversies/which-religions-oppose-same-sex-marriage-white-evangelicals-black-and-hispanic-protestants-mormons-and-muslims-150424?news=856319.

  opposition to same-sex marriage is prominent among many religious groups in the united states, according to a new survey.groups with the largest opposition to homosexuals marrying are jehovahs witnesses (75%), mormons (68%), white evangelical protestants (66%), hispanic protestants (58%), black protestants (54%), and muslims (51%), the public religion research institute found in its survey of 40,000 americans.among white evangelical protestants, white baptists are the most opposed (72%).on the acceptance side of the issue, the most supportive are buddhists (84%), jews (77%), americans who select other religion (75%), and white mainline protestants (62%).a breakdown of white mainline protestant denominations shows support is highest among presbyterians (69%) and both episcopalians and congregationalists/united church of christ members (68%).even a majority of white mainline baptists (53%) back same-sex marriages.

  among catholics, 61% of whites and 60% of hispanics support gay weddings.. and the survey is here:.

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  steve2, "If 75% of JWs oppose gay marriage, wouldn't that mean 25% - not 12% - are in favor?"

  Not necessarily. There could be a category of "undecided" included in the poll.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  EndofMysteries,

  "...it's a small number and as many have pointed out, they are resisting or something which added to it."

  It is pathetic to justify murder and grievous bodily harm because someone who is being handcuffed and twitching an arm is considered to be "resisting". I posted a video were a 70+ frail man was slammed to the ground simply because the police couldn't understand him. That is a pathetic excuse to give!

  It is that attitude which contributes to the rage of those who are victimized black or white.
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  75% of Jehovahs Witnesses oppose same-sex marriage? And 12% are in favour of it??

  by defender of truth in

  1. social
  2. current

  www.allgov.com/news/controversies/which-religions-oppose-same-sex-marriage-white-evangelicals-black-and-hispanic-protestants-mormons-and-muslims-150424?news=856319.

  opposition to same-sex marriage is prominent among many religious groups in the united states, according to a new survey.groups with the largest opposition to homosexuals marrying are jehovahs witnesses (75%), mormons (68%), white evangelical protestants (66%), hispanic protestants (58%), black protestants (54%), and muslims (51%), the public religion research institute found in its survey of 40,000 americans.among white evangelical protestants, white baptists are the most opposed (72%).on the acceptance side of the issue, the most supportive are buddhists (84%), jews (77%), americans who select other religion (75%), and white mainline protestants (62%).a breakdown of white mainline protestant denominations shows support is highest among presbyterians (69%) and both episcopalians and congregationalists/united church of christ members (68%).even a majority of white mainline baptists (53%) back same-sex marriages.

  among catholics, 61% of whites and 60% of hispanics support gay weddings.. and the survey is here:.

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  defender of truth,

  "...JW's are becoming world-famous as the most opposing group of religious people towards same sex marriage."

  I don't know why you think they will become world famous (they'd wish) because it is fundamentalist Christians who are the most vocal about the issue to the point of demonization. Just check out http://www.rightwingwatch.org/ on a daily basis and you will see how obsessed these people are, seething in hatred. Their opinions are the ones that count since they are politically powerful. Jehovah's Witnesses don't even dream of politics.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  adjusted knowledge,

  "According to the 2011 FBI Uniform Crime report, Californian with the strictest gun laws in America based on the Brady scoring system , had the highest amount of gun murders in 2011."

  Is that per capita or gross numbers? California is the most populous state in the US. According to the Brady ranking system that you mentioned Louisiana had 8.60 murders per 100,000, Oklahoma 3.43, and Arizona 3.32 higher than California (3.21) and that doesn't count a lot of states.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  Simon,

  It’s been legal to kill a black man in this country

  "That is why pieces like this fail to resonate with the majority who become disengaged and unwilling to listen to what may be valid complaints. Everyone knows that is a ridiculous and untrue statement that is pure hyperbole."

  It's been legal for police to kill, paralyze or brain damage almost anyone black or white.

  "Getting the vote was THE most important achievement and now too many don't use it. Why not?"

  They're demoralized. They turned up in large numbers and voted for Obama. Now what do they have to show for it?
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  HBH

  Rise of the New Black Radicals:

  “In my city every day, police is pulling somebody over, harassing them, extorting them,” he said. “Because that’s what it is—it’s legal extortion. When a government is making 30 to 40 percent of their yearly budget off of tickets, fines and imprisonment, it’s extortion. It’s the same thing the mob did in the ’20s. So we fight. We can’t go back to normal lives. We get followed, harassed, death threats, phones tapped, social media watched, they hack into our emails, hack into our social media account, we all got FBI files. They know we here right now. So I mean it’s not a game, but it’s either continue to deal with not being able to just live like a regular person, and dream, and have an opportunity, or get up and do something about it. And we decided to do something.”

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  “Just envision a debtor’s prison being run by a collusion between city officials, police and court judges, who treated our community like an ATM machine,” Tyler said. “Because that’s all they did. Ferguson is in St. Louis County. It’s 21,000 people living in 8,100 households. So it’s a small town. Sixty-seven percent of the residents are African-American. Twenty-two percent live below poverty level. A total of $2.6 million [were paid in fines to city officials, the courts and the police] in 2013. The Ferguson Municipal Court disposed of 24,532 warrants and 12,018 cases. That’s about three warrants per household. One and a half cases for each household. You don’t get $321 in fines and fees and three warrants per household from an average crime rate. You get numbers like this from racist bullshit, arrests from jaywalking, and constant low-level harassment involving traffic stops, court appearances, high fines and the threat of jail for failure to pay.”

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  “It’s been legal to kill a black man in this country. Just since Mike Brown, 11 more people has been killed by police in St. Louis alone, one being a woman who was raped then hung in jail. But none of the other murders got national coverage. It was just two standoffs with police yesterday. So I mean, we don’t know what that’s going to look like. We know we’re dedicated. We’re going to continue to fight. It’s going to take full-fledged revolution to make a change. The worst of the worst would be civil war. That’s just where my mind is.”
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  cappytan,

  "But also, for all the individuals gunned down by police, beaten up by police, etc. one thing remains constant: 99% of them were in that position because of their actions outside the rules of society."

  And where do you get a 99% figure?

  I have seen videos of an elderly man being slammed down to the ground by a policeman apparently because he did not speak English. He was paralyzed.

  I have seen a video of a 12 year old approached at high speed by a police car and shot for having a toy gun.

  I have seen a video of a man in Walmart holding a toy rifle that was on sale with one hand, muzzle pointing up, while holding a cellphone with another hand talking to someone. Also shot.

  I have seen a video of a woman, handcuffed behind her back getting repeatedly punched in the shoulder by a cop.

  I have seen, with my own eyes, an elderly homeless person, half asleep, getting kicked by a cop.

  I am intelligent enough to realize that what shows up on video - and there's dozens more - is but a small fraction of similar incidents that no one gets to record. And since the incident that I was eyewitness to happened 30 years ago I can tell that this is a systemic problem that has always existed.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3YL1ATsi3M8