Posts by rebel8

presenting the order of parental gloryon the eve of international children’s day, vladimir putin presented the order of parental glory to parents of large families.

the recipients included families from astrakhan and yaroslavl regions, the republics of karelia, buryatia, north ossetia-alania, perm and primorye territories, and khanty-mansi autonomous area – yugra.the order of parental glory was established by a presidential executive order signed in may 2008 and is awarded to parents (or adoptive parents) raising 7 or more children and ensuring due care for their health, education, and physical, spiritual and moral development.

rebel8

omg this is SO BIZARRE

A family obeying the edict to not procreate--to an extreme degree

story posted on jay dubbie dot borg

I give up again

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Why does this forum tolerate Cold steele and his mormonism beliefs ? Who`s next ?

by smiddy in

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i thought this forum was for people who were ex jw`s and pro jw`s and the like to debate ,discuss and reasonably talk about our differences ,and sometimes drift off into politics world events and whatever.. however over a period of time i have come across cold steel `s many posts which are nothing more than promoting his mormon religions point of view./beliefs what has that got to do with jehovahs witnesses and the concerns many have with the jw religion.?.

it seems to me he is using this forum to promote his religion and is getting away with it over a long period of time.. how long before other cult religions see this as a springboard for promoting their own religion such as .

sda`s ,christian scientists , christadelphians ,beroean bible students ,etc.etc.. where will it end if he is able to keep doing this ?.

rebel8

Anyone who comes on an ex-cultists' forum and evangelizes about any religion is either sick or brainwashed.

However, I am going to agree with the 'echo chamber' comment. People do need to recover from culty beliefs and ways of thinking. Unfortunately, there is no safe place on the planet devoid of such things, so recovery has to happen while avoiding, and sometimes confronting those things.

The forum will address it by modeling appropriate responses.

Freedom of speech is a legal right pertaining to certain (not all) speech occurring on publicly-owned property. It does not apply here.

ETA: I failed to read the post about anti-Semitism prior to posting the above.

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Putin presents the Order of Parental Glory to a Russian Jehovah's Witness family

by OrphanCrow in

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http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54643.

presenting the order of parental gloryon the eve of international children’s day, vladimir putin presented the order of parental glory to parents of large families.

the recipients included families from astrakhan and yaroslavl regions, the republics of karelia, buryatia, north ossetia-alania, perm and primorye territories, and khanty-mansi autonomous area – yugra.the order of parental glory was established by a presidential executive order signed in may 2008 and is awarded to parents (or adoptive parents) raising 7 or more children and ensuring due care for their health, education, and physical, spiritual and moral development.

rebel8

This entire thing is implausible, but it's dubs and Putin so I suppose nothing should be implausible.

A dub family takes an award from Caesar that has a cross on it. They are part of the religion that same Caesar is trying to outlaw. Instead he holds them up as a good example of spirituality.

I give up.

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Has This Newspaper Article Been Reviewed Before?

by berrygerry in

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-02-04/ed-1/seq-52/.

one poster's comments:.

nyc was advocating for watch tower to be taxed as a business (legitimate reasons to follow).

rebel8

Interesting article!

I believe the fact that wts had shareholders at one point in time does actually make them ineligible for being a nonprofit. I found the part in nonprofit law where this is prohibited. I tried bringing this to the attention of the State of NY/IRS but I got no response.

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Disfellowshipped Brother Gives Public Talk in Kingdom Hall

by The Searcher in

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absolutely beautiful!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vbmfx4isku.

rebel8

It's so cool that he didn't have to deceive or manipulate anybody to give that talk. He was asked.

I admire his demeanor. I think, inside, I'd be fighting a strong urge to vomit just for being in that building, touching their bible, saying the word jehoopla correctly.

He really didn't go that far off the rails. I am kinda surprised they took him out so soon. If I was in the audience, I'd be thinking he was going to get around to a point that was approved messaging. Seemed that way to me. I wasn't getting the "apostate" tingly sensation at all!

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How can angels be sexually attracted to women?

by Island Man in

the nephilim account in genesis is utterly ridiculous when you consider that angels are sex-less beings and would therefore lack sex-drive and romantic attraction.

think of how difficult it is for humans with a sex drive to be sexually attracted to animals.

now take away that sex drive and it becomes literally impossible.

rebel8

Imagine the fantastical logic dubs use in situations like this....

Satan saw the angels admiring the beauty of the women. He created some testosterone and inserted it into the angels. He then created penises for them.

...or something like that. This is how they rationalize everything.