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  Ferguson Shooting (Is my thinking on this all wrong.......)

  by out4good3 in

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  i think everyone here can agree that walking down the street, even in the middle of the street, is not cause for having a clip emptied in your ass......... i can understand how the black community would be outraged by the injustice of seeing another black man dead in the street at the hands of the police under mysterious circumstances....... i hope that i'm not succumbing to the attempts to assinate the already well impuned character of the dead man...... however.

  i can't help but think that this could all have been avoided by exercising the proper discretion with fore-knowledge of the disadvantages people of color have when they are dealing with law enforcement in the united states.

  it is not as if this disadvantage has only since recently came to light.

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  "non violent protesting has never accomplished a damn thing" - Ever hear of Ghandi?
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  Jehovah's Witnesses are the only people who don't practice war and who preach worldwide!

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is what somebody has been telling me, trying to convince me aside from anything one can say or cause reason for doubt, as the evidence that they are the true religion and true people of god.

  they are convinced because while 'all other' christian and other religions support war, troops, etc, jw's don't and they are the only one's who carry god's name and preach.

  nothing else matters.

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  This is what somebody has been telling me, trying to convince me aside from anything one can say or cause reason for doubt, as the evidence that they are the true religion and true people of God. They are convinced because while 'all other' christian and other religions support war, troops, etc, JW's don't and they are the only one's who carry God's name and preach. Nothing else matters.

  What would be your reply to that?

  Have a list of other religions that don't go to war, or who also preach, etc?

  Or what would you say?
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  Awake January 2015: How did life begin? - More misquotes

  by Designer Stubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  [quote]some might assume that a scientifically-minded person would pick evolution and that a religious person would pick creation.

  but not always.. rama singh, professor of biology at canadas mcmaster university, says: the opposition to evolution goes beyond religious fundamentalism and includes a great many people from educated sections of the population.[/quote].

  end-of-quote in awake.

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  "Jesus has now been ruling for 100 years....."

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that was the comment a family member made to me (one of those period comments trying to get you to come back, etc).

  they claim to be of the annointed.

  i replied, so does that mean there are only 900 years left of his reign?

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  The WT put themselves in a bind on this. I think the WT says 100 years of kingdom rule?

  It should have said 100 years of Jesus presence lol.

  For anybody interested in exactly how this doctrine really developed, it began when Rutherford took over. Russell taught that people could get holy spirit and instruction from that. Rutherford taught that sometime between 1914 and 1918 Jesus returned, and when he returned holy spirit was no longer needed because Jesus would direct everything. That Jesus chose the WT, and by effect, Rutherford himself to dispense his orders. That's why early magazines about pioneer hours claim that if those weren't directly from the lord, they wouldn't be on there, but the lord picked those numbers of hours. Rutherford taught the holy spriit was gone and salvation was by obeying Jesus's commands through those he picked to carry out his orders. Rutherford also taught that it was nobodies business how Jesus issued those orders but it could include using angels and even the dead bro. russell to transmit information. When Rutherford died, it was between 10 and 20 years later that knorr reintroduced 'holy spirit' to be a force that was being used to direct. However, convieniently, the holy spirit didn't return freely to everybody in the world allowing anybody to understand the bible, but was limited to only Knorr and the so called governing body. So they did away with Rutherfords doctrine of holy spirit being gone since Jesus return, but then taught that nobody except them could get it, so people still had to obey them.
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  "Jesus has now been ruling for 100 years....."

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that was the comment a family member made to me (one of those period comments trying to get you to come back, etc).

  they claim to be of the annointed.

  i replied, so does that mean there are only 900 years left of his reign?

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  That was the comment a family member made to me (one of those period comments trying to get you to come back, etc). They claim to be of the annointed. I replied, so does that mean there are only 900 years left of his reign? When you go to heaven, are you ruling for less than 1,000 years then? I thought the scriptures said the rule begins after ALL anointed are taken to heaven, and if any are still alive, they are transformed to spirit creatures to join the rule?

  Their reply, "eh eh eh eh :brain fart: that's not really known right now".
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  Does money buy happiness and a longer life? You decide...

  by Brock Talon in

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  2. current

  i poured over time magazine's sep 8-15 2014 edition article "who we are" and put together this spreadsheet on the results from their poll.

  i found the statistics quite fascinating.. most people would say that "money doesn't buy happiness", but this poll seems to me to indicate the exact opposite of that.

  it also correlates education levels with higher earning that result in that happiness.

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  I think we should all consult the bible on this matter.

  In Ecc 10:19 it says, " A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything."

  So there you have it, money is the answer for EVERYTHING! :)
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  Is there a comprehensive list of all public JW sex abuse cases/coverups?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  here and there we are always finding news reports.

  if talking to somebody they may claim it's only one or 2,etc.

  i was wondering if anywhere a collection of all cases has been posted?

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  Here and there we are always finding news reports. If talking to somebody they may claim it's only one or 2,etc. I was wondering if anywhere a collection of all cases has been posted? Being able to present a big list could be very effective vs just naming 1 or 2 cases, etc.
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  What is the perfect product to sell to a JW?

  by usualusername in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the perfect product to sell to a jw?.

  cheap?.

  exclusive?.

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  Confirmation of the evi-ahem I mean faithful slave. A chatty cathy doll that says the governing body is the faithful slave that they can play for those moments they have doubts.
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  A picture paints a thousand words, but ...

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  while i appreciate people like to post funny pictures from time to time i think it's sometimes gotten a little out of hand and has had a detrimental effect on some of the topics.

  while many of the pictures are humerous this isn't intended to be a meme site and there's a tendency for pictures to keep pushing the line and becoming more crude, gross or shocking.. i'd like to request people think twice before posting things like this.

  i'm not saying they are outright banned but please think twice before posting them - do they really futher the discussion any or do they detract from the conversation?.

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  Incase you're thinking of stopping all of outlaws posts from here one, I like seeing them. I'm always curious with interesting topics what sort of joke and pictures outlaw can possibly come up with for them. I haven't noticed excessive picture/meme posts unless it's the past week or 2.
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  For fans of older PC games

  by glenster in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  for fans of older pc games:.

  http://glenster1.webs.com/freepcpinballmodsforlo.htm.

  it includes carmageddon 1 and 2.. http://www.carmageddon.com/.

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  Never heard of them. I agree that list sucks.

  Here would be my list of older PC games to update.

  Gothic series.

  Balder's Gate 1 and 2.

  Torment

  Thief 1 and 2.

  Morrowind.

  Dungeon Keeper

  Wing Commander: Prophecy (keep the videos/movies and update the game graphics)

  King's Quest Series