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  11th hour...

  by zeb in

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  the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.. "they shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.

  age shall not weary them or the years condemn.. at the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them..".

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  cofty

  That's one of the big drawbacks of the internet. You are forced to listen to ignorant fools you would stay away from in real life.
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  Sam Harris on Trump - The Most Powerful Clown

  by cofty in

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  harris is at his incisive best in his latest podcast.. he likens the situation to being on an aeroplane where the pilot has died and somebody with no experience of flying has grabbed the controls.

  we should all be committed to his success.

  prize for the best line goes to - "caligula with a iphone".. even if you love trump and despise harris you should appreciate his clarity.. waking up with sam harris....

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  cofty

  The content of the podcast is not ad hominem. As always Harris supports all of his criticisms with specific verifiable examples. By all means critique his arguments but at least be honest about it.
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  My gay friend went back to JWs?

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one of my best friends was disfellowshipped several years ago, and word quickly got around that it was because he's gay.

  we lost touch after that because of the disfellowshipping, but since i'm out now, i just found him online and got back in touch with him.

  it was a great conversation, but he said he returned to jehovah.

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  cofty

  A lot of ex-JWs never really make the effort to work out why the organisation - and all other faith-based groups - are objectively wrong. More than wrong: why they are harmful.
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  11th hour...

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.. "they shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.

  age shall not weary them or the years condemn.. at the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them..".

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  cofty

  The respect that is paid to the fallen at the 11th hour of 11th November in the UK every year is outstanding. The Poppy Appeal raises millions for military charities. We wear our poppies with pride.

  Services will be held at memorials in every town in the UK on Sunday. I will be at my local cenotaph.

  England and Scotland defied FIFA to wear poppies on their kit this evening.

  Millions died so that people like Esse quam videri can enjoy the freedom to be an ignorant, ungrateful buffoon.
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  This Is What the Oldest Known Household Objects Look Like

  by Tahoe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this-is-what-the-oldest-known-household-objects-look-like!

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  thought these were pretty cool!

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  Brilliant collection of artefacts. Thanks.

  Here is a neolithic flint blade I found near my house. In fact it was about 50 yards from where I am sitting now. It's around 5000 - 6000 years old.

  I agree though. Human civilisation is surprisingly recent. One minute we are skinning animals with bits of flint and the next we are sequencing our own genome.

  
  
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  Sam Harris on Trump - The Most Powerful Clown

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  harris is at his incisive best in his latest podcast.. he likens the situation to being on an aeroplane where the pilot has died and somebody with no experience of flying has grabbed the controls.

  we should all be committed to his success.

  prize for the best line goes to - "caligula with a iphone".. even if you love trump and despise harris you should appreciate his clarity.. waking up with sam harris....

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  cofty

  Harris is at his incisive best in his latest podcast.

  He likens the situation to being on an aeroplane where the pilot has died and somebody with no experience of flying has grabbed the controls. We should all be committed to his success.

  Prize for the best line goes to - "Caligula with a IPhone".

  Even if you love Trump and despise Harris you should appreciate his clarity.

  Waking Up With Sam Harris...
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  So I woke up and Trump was president

  by notalone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i live in the u.s. i had family that lived in germany when hitler came to power.

  i had family that was in london during the blitz.

  being raised as a witness i was obsessed with everything having to do with the rise of the nazis.

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  This is exactly how France and the U.K. got in the situations they are - Coldsteel

  Germany and Sweden are in a self-made mess over mass immigration. The UK is not. We were never in the Schengen Zone. Our control of our borders should increase further with Brexit.

  
  
  
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  Great Tribulation and Trump

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

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  2. beliefs

  please, let's discuss this subject without attacking one another.. it appears that trump has won a victory that no one expected.

  is it possible that trump may play a part in the great tribulation?.

  there are some who believe trump is one of the most unqualified of men to ever be elected president of the united states.

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  cofty

  There is no such thing as "The Great Tribulation".

  The apocalyptic ravings of a dead Galilean carpenter is not worth getting excited about. The thing that we should worry about is that Trump and his VP actually believe those delusions.
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  What Percentage Of The Governing Body Are Pedofiles?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the reason i ask this is because we heard reports that greenlees was kicked out of bethel because he was one and then we heard reports that another one, jaracz i believe was one all though it sounds kind of iffy to me.. 2 out of i don't how many total gb seems kind of high so i'm thinking that perhaps the percentage is quite higher as this would explain to a degree why the gb have written in clauses to keep the organization from reporting them to authorities.. it is true that part of the reason they remain silent to authorities is because of the reproach it brings to their precious corporation but i think that is only a small part of the reason and perhaps there might be a bigger reason maybe quite a few have been over powered by their darker side and have engaged in this behavior but because of denial and delusion they will not confess and willingly encourage cover ups.. just speculation i know but i'm starting to think that there is a very dark side to all of these guys hidden by their persona(jungian) that is making them stoop so low as to implement these very bad policies..

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  cofty

  we heard reports that Greenlees was kicked out of bethel because he was one

  Really? I thought the report was that he was moved back to London because he was a sexual predator preying on young men at Bethel. Where did you hear he was a pedo?
  
  
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  Org Is RACIST! Towards Sisters Of COLOR In Particular--IMO!

  by HiddlesWife in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm sorry--i'm getting this very sensitive vibe that the org (mainly those at the top) don't have any respect--forget about love--for sisters of color.

  i'm coming to this conclusion from a couple of videos on jw broadcasting about single sisters.. after watching this video: .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnjrbkggp4g.

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  The Watchtower is misogynist but in a paternal way.

  The demands and expectations it puts on men are far more oppressive than the way it patronises women. I see no evidence of racism.