My brother has been talking about the earth being flat...What are people's thoughts on this?
You can't choose your relatives.
I hope you inherited the intelligence genes.
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315Flat earth vs round earth
by Jrjw inmy brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.
what are people's thoughts on this?.
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Merry Christmas to All!
by ttdtt injust wanted to wish all of you the best christmas / holiday / festivus, and a happy new year!only the second christmas i will be celebrating!.
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Pacifism is Morally Indefensible
by cofty ini have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.
in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.
of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.
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Pacifism is Morally Indefensible
by cofty ini have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.
in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.
of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.
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Pacifism is Morally Indefensible
by cofty ini have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.
in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.
of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.
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Pacifism is Morally Indefensible
by cofty ini have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.
in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.
of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.
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Pacifism is Morally Indefensible
by cofty ini have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.
in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.
of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.
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cofty
If Germany had won the war it would have been Britain and Russia that were proved to be entirely wrong - Earnest
So are you arguing that "might is right?".
Who wins a war has absolutely no bearing on the morality of the conflict. The Third Reich was an evil ideology that murdered millions of innocents in the name of Aryan supremacy. The Allies conquered it by the overwhelming use of deadly force. There was no alternative. Even if Germany had won the war it would still have been an evil ideology.
Russia who won the war against Germany represented an ideology that was every bit as evil. History has judged totalitarian regimes regardless of their military success.
it was Britain who was first responsible for concentration camps (in South Africa) in which 20,000 women and children died
What has that got to do with the topic? I'm not representing Britain in the Oppression Olympics.
Let's try again to get back to the actual topic...
1 - Sometimes saving lives of innocents requires the use of lethal force. Whether that is protecting your family from criminals, stopping armed terrorists in a city centre or defeating an army bent on genocide.
2 - The Watchtower forbid the deliberate taking of a human life in all circumstances.
3 - Many ex-JWs continue to view the Watchtower' position as a virtue.
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Welcome me
by natasha inhello brothers and sisters am new here , what is the website all about ?.
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Pacifism is Morally Indefensible
by cofty ini have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.
in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.
of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.
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cofty
Listener - If the same outcome can be achieved by the use of non-lethal force then that is preferable in most instances. That is not what the thread is about.
I am talking about the hypocrisy of the Watchtower who forbid the taking of a human life under any circumstances even when that is necessary to save the lives of others.
That may involve defending your own wife and children from criminals, fighting terrorist, being part of a war against aggressors or defending a population from genocide - as the international community failed to do in Bosnia.
That dogmatic position is moral cowardice. It is not a virtue to insist that taking a life is wrong, if doing so saves other innocent lives. Our national and international laws reflect that principle. JWs are moral cowards and yet many ex-JWs seem to go on supporting this dogma.
Shadow - What has that got to do with the discussion?
I was raised in the cult and had no opportunity to join the military. My son is in the military. I would not hesitate to use lethal force to defend myself or others if necessary - would you?
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Will Artificial Intellegence Make The Human Race Extinct?
by Brokeback Watchtower ini think it is inevitable.
i don't worry about it but it just seems that the human race is going down a road that they can't make a turn off.. they are probing/discovering how the human mind works and produces intelligence down to the individual molecule.
now with the invention of the super quantum computer soon we will be able to build even better artificial intelligence greater than our own, so it will be easily able to out smart us because will we be a bunch of dumb apes first discovering how to make fire in it's eyes.. it will have it's own different agendas than us humans.
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