Posts by Superfine Apostate

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Attn: All Non-Yankee JWDers! Did the U.S. origin of JWs irritate you?

by Open mind in

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just curious.

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open mind.

Superfine Apostate

i always found it interesting that people here (also the "friends", especially elders) would always say "all the bad things come from america" - like disco, pop/rap/metal, promiscuous lifestyle, all the clichees, ya know. when i answered, the JW come from america too... they'd ususally change subject. following the events of september 2001 i noticed how the WT jumped on the terrorism/insecurity... topic. that really bothered me, because i was all fed up with america. while the USA was mongering for war, they'd blockade the austrian government elections, because a small right wing party was included (they sucked, but that's no reason to start an embargo). it was then, when i stopped offering the mags in service. it was then i noticed it was only another agenda.

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Agree to Disagree

by wanderlustguy in

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i knew what i wrote and have written in the past would trigger a lot of different things in a lot of different people.

sometimes the hardest thing to accept is that what someone says is usually true, even if it's just for them.. as a person grows and learns, they draw conclusions about a great many things, from who god is to what kind of car is the best ever made.

it oversimplifies things, saying it like that, but at the same time, maybe it is perfect.

Superfine Apostate

well, we could agree to disagree on that

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Agree to Disagree

by wanderlustguy in

jw
friends

i knew what i wrote and have written in the past would trigger a lot of different things in a lot of different people.

sometimes the hardest thing to accept is that what someone says is usually true, even if it's just for them.. as a person grows and learns, they draw conclusions about a great many things, from who god is to what kind of car is the best ever made.

it oversimplifies things, saying it like that, but at the same time, maybe it is perfect.

Superfine Apostate

the way i understand "ad hominem" is attacking a person for something that has got nothing to do with the topic. for example, if someone makes a point against the death penalty and is attacked by "you're cheating at your wife, don't teach us about morals". even if that guy is "cheating at his wife", he may have made a valid point. an "argumentum ad hominem" is used to distract from the topic by focusing on a person.

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Will Smith and Scientology

by mavie in

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friends

will smith has gone off the deep end.

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Superfine Apostate

that applies to just about any religion.

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The LAND, or The PEOPLE

by Satanus in

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if you could choose where to live, what would influence your decision?

me, i grew up in the midwest of canada.

that's my land.

Superfine Apostate

what about the land WITHOUT the people?

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Jdub deaths in nazi death camps how many

by buffalosrfree in

as per the subject, i am looking for quick references on just how many deaths actuallyh occured during wwii???????

pls need info for book study!!

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Superfine Apostate

hard to tell, as the nazis applied the term "bible students" not only to JWs, but also to adventists, bible students who didn't join the JW schism and other smaller groups/cults.

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Will Smith and Scientology

by mavie in

jw
friends

will smith has gone off the deep end.

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Superfine Apostate

so what? he's just being tolerant.

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Agree to Disagree

by wanderlustguy in

jw
friends

i knew what i wrote and have written in the past would trigger a lot of different things in a lot of different people.

sometimes the hardest thing to accept is that what someone says is usually true, even if it's just for them.. as a person grows and learns, they draw conclusions about a great many things, from who god is to what kind of car is the best ever made.

it oversimplifies things, saying it like that, but at the same time, maybe it is perfect.