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  I finally get why people like to shun.

  by poopie in

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  it finally hit me today.

  why do religions enjoy shunning.

  because many people feel like being close to god makes them special however just being special is not enough for many religious people that shun they must feel extra special how?

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  They shun because they feel betrayed by the person who has left the religion. Abandoning the religion is, in their eyes, abandoning them.
  
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  NYTimes Article - Russia Moves to Ban Jehovah's Witnesses as 'Extremist'

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/europe/russia-moves-to-ban-jehovahs-witnesses-as-extremist.html?_r=0.

  vorokhobino, russia — a dedicated pacifist who has never even held a gun, andrei sivak discovered that his government considered him a dangerous extremist when he tried to change some money and the teller “suddenly looked up at me with a face full of fear.”.

  his name had popped up on the exchangalee bureau’s computer system, along with those of members of al qaeda, the islamic state and other militant groups responsible for shocking acts of violence.. the only group the 43-year-old father of three has ever belonged to, however, is jehovah’s witnesses, a christian denomination committed to the belief that the bible must be taken literally, particularly its injunction “thou shalt not kill.”.

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  ...the group’s absolute opposition to violence, a stand that infuriated Soviet and now Russian authorities whose legitimacy rests in large part on the celebration of martial triumphs, most notably over Nazi Germany in World War II but also over rebels in Syria.
  

  Obviously, the writer did not know the stand that JWs take. No stand at all, absolutely neutral in political matters. Some confuse that for pacifism. I remember hearing from a brother that they were not pacifists because they were preaching about the greatest war on earth.
  
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  Mormon Baptizing the dead??

  by James Mixon in

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  why the big controversy over baptizing the dead, they are dead folks..i know it's a quirky practice but jewish leaders are up in arms because the lds leaders are baptizing holocaust victims..what harm is it??

  ?hell jw's are preaching everyone will go up in flames no one believe that crap except jw but no one is up in arms, they know they walk a different step....the lds leaders agreed to halt baptisms specifically of jews holocaust victims in 2010 but they are at it again, baptizing jews.

  this is funny as hell to me.

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  Baptize us!
  

  
  
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  Test yourself...Which Religion Best Suits You, what non religion best suits you.

  by Giordano in

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  since we have had so many joining up while others have changed their thinking it doesn't hurt to see where we stand now .. this 20 question test is not the definitive test but it may be revealing or affirming....... find out where your religious or nonreligious comfort range is.. i just took it and my #1 choice was that i was a secular humanist.

  being a jw was #24........ way way down the list.. www.playbuzz.com/benjaminbirely10/which-religion-best-suits-you.

  you start by clicking on the general statement that is closest to how you think.

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  Error 404: God not found.
  
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  Elder doesn't know difference between new moon and full moon

  by hoser in

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  today at the service group the elder leading couldn't figure out which was which.

  he was trying to convince us that the memorial was at the new moon.

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  He should have asked this relative of his:

  
  
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  1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

  by Village Idiot in

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  just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

  former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

  it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

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  Simple questions Simon: Who's the worse of the two? Who would you vote for if you were an American?
  
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  1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

  by Village Idiot in

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  just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

  former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

  it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

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  Simon,
  

  Even if he shot someone on 5th Ave ... she'd still be just as awful.

  So you equate a Trump murder with Clinton's issues? Logic would dictate that Clinton would be just as bad as Trump if they both shot someone in 5th Ave.
  
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  1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

  by Village Idiot in

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  just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

  former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

  it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

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  VI,

  Just to let you know, Trump uses his personal phone ignoring the pleas from the Secret Service to use a secure one that they would provide.

  Simon,
  

  I fail to see how that makes Clinton's failures OK in any way.
  

  I fail to see why you say that I'm OK with her. I'm making that contrast because it gets tiring to speak of Clinton as if she's worse than Trump.
  
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  1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

  by Village Idiot in

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  2. current

  just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

  former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

  it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

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  Simon,

  ...it shows how utterly insecure they were which is what the issue was all about.
  

  Just to let you know, Trump uses his personal phone ignoring the pleas from the Secret Service to use a secure one that they would provide.
  
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  1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

  by Village Idiot in

  1. social
  2. current

  just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

  former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

  it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

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  Simon,
  

  I doubt any mention would be made of Russia if Clinton had done a less pitiful job

  Trump is much more pitiful than Clinton. Trump is an authoritarian demagogue; Clinton is just a mediocrity.

  With her we could have expected more of the same. With him we can expect worse.