In my opinion the main reason these cults form is because there are people out there who don't want to live in this world for what ever reason. It is this sense of doom, that life is too difficult and that a super parent is needed to take life's responsibilities away that is the fuel that a psychopath can mould into a mindless following.
doofdaddy
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How do apocolytpic cults start?
by EntirelyPossible ini was doing some reading on jonestown recently, which led me to some reading on the branch davidians and the heaven's gate folks.. it seems to me (and this is the part i want to discuss) doomsday or apocolyptic cults all share some common characteristics:.
- secret knowledge of am impending disaster.
- their survival if they follow the messages from a higher source that their leader receives.
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If you drink coffee . . .
by compound complex indo you prefer regular brew or the fancy offerings?
can you drink it -- the leaded stuff -- any time, night or day?.
no survey here, just curious.
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doofdaddy
" But I do like many south american varietys, and Indian Monsoon Malabar, Papua New Guinea Waghi."
2+2=5
Have you tried Buttercup Gold? Never tasted robusta so smooth but still with that major kick.
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If you drink coffee . . .
by compound complex indo you prefer regular brew or the fancy offerings?
can you drink it -- the leaded stuff -- any time, night or day?.
no survey here, just curious.
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doofdaddy
Oh and I prefer double shot restritto or long black but will usually start the coffee day with a flat white....
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If you drink coffee . . .
by compound complex indo you prefer regular brew or the fancy offerings?
can you drink it -- the leaded stuff -- any time, night or day?.
no survey here, just curious.
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doofdaddy
I start the day with a pot of tea, then move into coffee. I live next door to a roasting business (LOL) so fresh coffee in abundance. Local Australian, Columbian, Yemen but the finest I've tried is an original Arabica root stock discovered in Sumatra. The Dutch planted them 300 yrs ago and they were forgotten/lost. So smooth and little bitterness. Also some very nice Robustas, Queen of the Nile and Buttercup Gold from South India.
Oh yeah I have drunk Kopi Luwak numerous times and yes there is a major difference in flavour but not worht the US$50 the Japanese pay per cup!
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doofdaddy
Hey nice work. I had a 10" Bowie made a number of years ago. Gets a lot of work as I live in the bush.
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Have YOU Had a SUPERNATURAL Experience?
by Cold Steel inregardless of your religious background, how many of you have had any type of a paranormal or supernatural experience, good or bad?.
i've known a number of people who have tried ouija boards.
most had just creepy feelings, but one had a nasty experience.
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doofdaddy
Yeah I've had a few. Some I have written about here previous. As to the cause now that is the part that is open to conjecture.
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Would Elders You Knew Have Ordered Stonings If They Could Have?
by Cold Steel infor those of you who used to be jws, or who are active, if the society was in charge of the earth, how many people do you think you would have seen stoned during your lifetimes?
i realize some elders can be zealous about their work, but if they'd actually had administrative authority to have kh members stoned to death, how many elders did you know who would have been zealous enough to really order them?.
did you know any elders who would have ordered stonings, even if the condemned people had been willing to repent?.
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doofdaddy
As I have mentioned in an unrelated thread I attended a congregation years ago where one of the elders was one of Hitler's elite guards during WW2. He was a Nazi through and through taking delight in overlording the people and going out of his way to create situations where he could throw his weight around. In my opinion his behaviour more than bordered on sexual. Too right he would have stoned people if given the chance and he would have done it with a gleam in his eye and a smile on his thin mouth. A war criminal who got away with it....
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Impossibility for the Garden of Eden, the rivers do not match up.
by jam ingenesis identifies four rivers that went out of eden, pishon,.
gihon, tigris and euphrates.
clearly known to us, but the gihon is described as being in.
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doofdaddy
Yep quite a country Tibet (well China if you like). Also strange that it is so dry and arid! If it wasn't for the politics I would be there in a flash. Mt Kailash is the traditional home of Shiva a very powerful sacred Hindu spot.
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Impossibility for the Garden of Eden, the rivers do not match up.
by jam ingenesis identifies four rivers that went out of eden, pishon,.
gihon, tigris and euphrates.
clearly known to us, but the gihon is described as being in.
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doofdaddy
Also the mighty Mekong river has its source in Tibet. Strange when travelling it to realise that this is snow water when the temperature is tropical. Wikipedia tells us that Mekong id the Thai/Lao name for mother, so it is also called the Ganges when translated into Sanskrit...
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Jan. 1 WT, Their confession for given incorrect dates for the end.
by jam inhave jehovah,s witnesses given incorrect dates for the end?.
jw,s have had wrong expectations about when the end would.
like jesus' first-century disciples, we have "sometimes" (lol).
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doofdaddy
The sheer arrogance of this organisation to belive that they have unique communications with god and the sheer arrogance to not admit error(s). Really, to believe that god told "us" special dates and no one else is kinda egocentric to say the least. Humility is not a shining quality in jwland.