Thanks for the update. Look forward to seeing it launched.
Posts by cofty
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7The apostat.es are coming!
by Simon inthe new site at www.apostat.es will provide a few free tools to help us reach out to the jehovah's witnesses we still care about.
podcasts can be hosted for free, as can blogs and articles.
you can create your own store to sell your apostate tee shirts, posters calendars etc.. it will show jw's that apostates are normal, healthy folks who simply changed their minds about their former beliefs.
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“You know how I know that they're finished out there? The carts.”
by Athanasius inthe watchtower's many legal problems and the jws' use of carts in their preaching work, reminded me of a scene and dialog from the film patton.. in a scene where patton is viewing a battle site the morning after, he says to an aide about the nazis: “you know how i know that they're finished out there?
in my dreams i saw the carts.
they kept buzzing around in my head and i couldn't figure out why.
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cofty
PP - I aware of no indications that the WT is moving from cult to mainstream denomination. I do see many signs of the opposite.
The constant ratcheting up of rhetoric about future atacks by security services and armed police is a blatant example.
There is no doubt in my mind that they are heading further along the cult spectrum.
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“You know how I know that they're finished out there? The carts.”
by Athanasius inthe watchtower's many legal problems and the jws' use of carts in their preaching work, reminded me of a scene and dialog from the film patton.. in a scene where patton is viewing a battle site the morning after, he says to an aide about the nazis: “you know how i know that they're finished out there?
in my dreams i saw the carts.
they kept buzzing around in my head and i couldn't figure out why.
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cofty
They will never make the transition from cult to mainstream - if minor - christian denomination as long as they retain the prohibition on blood and the practice of shunning.
If they relax shunning, apostasy will escalate massively.
I think it is more likely they will retreat into an even more hard-line, 'Us verses Them' mentality.
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Candace Owens interviews Douglas Murray
by LoveUniHateExams inyeah, so the candace owens show is apparently in london and douglas murray is the person interviewed.. they cover a range of topics that are current and connected to murray's new book (the madness of crowds: gender, race and identity).. i've not got his new book but it seems to be good.
owens and murray both make good points and it's a joy to listen to them together.. enjoy .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4o9yqrby9q.
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cofty
if you're an apologist then you'll only be able to point out one of them is worse than the other
It is a mystery why communism gets a free-pass for its sins. I saw a man stood at a table in Princes Street Edinburgh below a Soviet flag, handing out communist propaganda.
Between them Stalin and Mao murdered tens of millions of their own people. Their crimes are astonishing in scale and depravity.
If the man had been stood beneath a swastika he would no doubt have been berated by every passer-by. But I was the only person who stopped to tell the communist apologist what a prick he was.
With the complete failure of communism there was a need to redefine the struggle. The proletariat did not rise up against the bourgeoisie - it joined it. Identity politics is the race to find new imaginary enemies.
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Candace Owens interviews Douglas Murray
by LoveUniHateExams inyeah, so the candace owens show is apparently in london and douglas murray is the person interviewed.. they cover a range of topics that are current and connected to murray's new book (the madness of crowds: gender, race and identity).. i've not got his new book but it seems to be good.
owens and murray both make good points and it's a joy to listen to them together.. enjoy .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4o9yqrby9q.
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cofty
It's not about changing the definitions of words. That is trivial.
It's about the denial of objective realities.
Postmodernism is a disease.
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Candace Owens interviews Douglas Murray
by LoveUniHateExams inyeah, so the candace owens show is apparently in london and douglas murray is the person interviewed.. they cover a range of topics that are current and connected to murray's new book (the madness of crowds: gender, race and identity).. i've not got his new book but it seems to be good.
owens and murray both make good points and it's a joy to listen to them together.. enjoy .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4o9yqrby9q.
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cofty
I do think that postmodern instability in gender relations and other kinds of deconstruction are a result of the material conditions of late capitalism. - SBF
How so?
The most active proponents of identity politics are not victims of capitalism, they are over-privileged beneficiaries of it.
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Candace Owens interviews Douglas Murray
by LoveUniHateExams inyeah, so the candace owens show is apparently in london and douglas murray is the person interviewed.. they cover a range of topics that are current and connected to murray's new book (the madness of crowds: gender, race and identity).. i've not got his new book but it seems to be good.
owens and murray both make good points and it's a joy to listen to them together.. enjoy .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4o9yqrby9q.
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cofty
PP - You are so far off the mark. That was a very disingenuous summary.
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Candace Owens interviews Douglas Murray
by LoveUniHateExams inyeah, so the candace owens show is apparently in london and douglas murray is the person interviewed.. they cover a range of topics that are current and connected to murray's new book (the madness of crowds: gender, race and identity).. i've not got his new book but it seems to be good.
owens and murray both make good points and it's a joy to listen to them together.. enjoy .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4o9yqrby9q.
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cofty
Really excellent conversation between two intelligent and intellectually honest people.
I look forward to reading Douglas Murray's new book The Madness of Crowds.
One of the key points that came out of the the conversation was the critique of the belief in the 'perfectibility' of humans and of society. This is the foundational error that lay behind communism and every other crazy utopian ideology including the Watchtower. It is a main theme of Pinker's The Blank Slate. If you haven't read it yet do yourself a favour.
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Candace Owens interviews Douglas Murray
by LoveUniHateExams inyeah, so the candace owens show is apparently in london and douglas murray is the person interviewed.. they cover a range of topics that are current and connected to murray's new book (the madness of crowds: gender, race and identity).. i've not got his new book but it seems to be good.
owens and murray both make good points and it's a joy to listen to them together.. enjoy .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4o9yqrby9q.
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cofty
Thanks. Two of my favourite minds having a chat. Will have a listen later.
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Where is the site that deals with the blood subject
by Tameria2001 ini have looked through all my bookmarks but i just can't seem to find it.
a while back i came across a site that discusses the blood topic.
does anyone know what link would get me there?.
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cofty
Have a look at these threads too.
The Watchtower are Right About Blood...
My Explanation of Why They Got it Wrong About Blood Using Only the NWT