Posts by truthseeker100

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Anthony Morris III goes on an eight minute rant over child abuse

by Richard_I in

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this is in the july 2015 monthly program on tv.jw.org cedars wrote about it too.. starting at around 42:30 in the video, morris talks about the child abuse situation for almost 10 minutes.

link to video.

i'm writing a transcript right now.

truthseeker100

You've got to remember this organization did a lot bullshitting to lure in its devoted adherents, its a religion of pretentious righteous Cognitive dissonance is probably spreading in a vast majority of the membership, particularly in the body of the long time members.

Finkelstein I agree the long time members must feel like their in a real trap. We have all read reports of elders who are members here that were or are long time "members". I can't imagine the feelings that these people must have when they learn TTATT and think of the people and families they successfully brought into this cult and are still in.

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Have Anglosphere (USA+UK) sanctions against Russia failed?

by fulltimestudent in

its fair to say that western sanctions have hurt the russian economy and made life a little more difficult for ordinary russian families, but as far as causing a political/economic collapse of russia - there is not much evidence that the sanctions are causing grief in russia.. and when you examine 'deals' that russia has made since the sanctions were authorised, it may be that russia is ahead of the game.. it can be suggested that sanctions are a very weak tool.

famously, sanctions have not worked against china (back in mao's time), cuba or north korea.

they weakened iraq, but caused the 2nd world economy then operating, and helped push iraq back into anarchy.

truthseeker100

If the Chinese the Russians the Indians and Saudis strike many more of these deals and use their own currencies for their trades it's not going to be pretty picture in the Anglosphere. That's If they can learn to trust one another and that's a big if!

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Have Anglosphere (USA+UK) sanctions against Russia failed?

by fulltimestudent in

its fair to say that western sanctions have hurt the russian economy and made life a little more difficult for ordinary russian families, but as far as causing a political/economic collapse of russia - there is not much evidence that the sanctions are causing grief in russia.. and when you examine 'deals' that russia has made since the sanctions were authorised, it may be that russia is ahead of the game.. it can be suggested that sanctions are a very weak tool.

famously, sanctions have not worked against china (back in mao's time), cuba or north korea.

they weakened iraq, but caused the 2nd world economy then operating, and helped push iraq back into anarchy.

truthseeker100

It's very difficult to impose any effective sanctions on a country with so much natural resources. History tells us that the Russians themselves are their own worst enemy. The sanctions imposed are probably just window dressing to make a few politicians feel better about themselves.

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Independence Day

by rebel8 in

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happy independence day to those in the usa.

i can't help but think of our own personal struggles for freedom today.. "question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."1.

--thomas jefferson.

truthseeker100

Happy independence day Rebel8. Nice quote from TJ . As far as separating politics and religion, you can't, they are the same thing.Their adherents are either bible thumping proselytizers or godless atheists. Given the times they lived in your founding fathers were wise men.

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What percentage of the population are gay?

by fulltimestudent in

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during the long debate on the question of gay marriage, there have been many competing answers to the question of, "how many people are gay?".

a very anti-gay christian minister in sydney, the reverend fred nile, (who is also a member of the state parliament) claims that the percentage is as low as 1%.. some university (u.of new south wales) research in sydney has suggested 5%, but the authors of the study cautioned that there was a problem in the fact that an unknown number of respondents would likely not admit to being gay.. there are other problems in asking the question.

for example, what does being gay mean?

truthseeker100

Village Idiot

I'm sure the governing body are already aware of it.

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What percentage of the population are gay?

by fulltimestudent in

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friends

during the long debate on the question of gay marriage, there have been many competing answers to the question of, "how many people are gay?".

a very anti-gay christian minister in sydney, the reverend fred nile, (who is also a member of the state parliament) claims that the percentage is as low as 1%.. some university (u.of new south wales) research in sydney has suggested 5%, but the authors of the study cautioned that there was a problem in the fact that an unknown number of respondents would likely not admit to being gay.. there are other problems in asking the question.

for example, what does being gay mean?

truthseeker100

Village Idiot

This preacher would make a wonderful addition to the governing body. I don't go to star bucks either! I go to Tim Horton's instead. LOL

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How are the JW's reacting to the new USA gay marriage laws?

by purrpurr in

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personally i think this is wonderful.

i have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.. but of course i'm in a minority of one, the jw's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable.

a lot of them are even saying that it's the start to armageddon!!.

truthseeker100

but I don't see how it supports your argument that the purpose of marriage is the "procreation of the species".

Sir 82

The Inuit in Canada's far North for example have treated their marriages as venues for survival and procreation of the human species for thousands of years. It's part of the culture. It was not dreamt up by some crazy adam and eve story either.

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

truthseeker100

we have been wondering for a long time who the real movers and shakers are behind the Governing Body.

I think OrphanCrow is showing us one of them.

I agree Millie. I don't think the present governing body could organize a trip to the bathroom. I've been looking into this in a little more detail lately. One question I have for anyone out there is this. Have you ever met or sat beside or seen any voting member of the "Society"? All the average person knows about are the governing body!

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Revelations monsters and beasts just a retelling of the monsters of Tiamat?

by Crazyguy in

in my studies i have found that much of the bible is a retelling of older stories from babylon, sumerian, and egypt.

it's starting to look to me as though the writer of the book of revelations may have used the idea of tiamat 's monsters as his templet when writing about the beasts in this book.

one similarity is the scorpion men or the men depicted as having scorpions tales that will ride around and kill a third of the earth.

truthseeker100

It's been a hundred years or so but I do remember studying about Marduk and Tiamat. I lost interest in these stories long ago.

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

truthseeker100

I agree Orphan should publish this when Orphan is ready. Orphan is the very epitome of what investigative journalism should be. I always look forward to and read Orphan's posts carefully.