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  My Prediction: Trump Wins Big

  by minimus in

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  a month ago it might have been questionable.

  not now.

  after bader’s death and biden’s inability, this shouldn’t be close.

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  cofty

  I resent YOUR smug attitude (probably dripping with white, male privilege too) that my escape didn't have any suffering involved in it - Carmichael

  'White, male privilege' is a myth. People who indulge in that sort of identity politics use it as a lazy way to attack their interlocutor rather than deal honestly with the topic of discussion.

  I never at any time even suggested you did not suffer as a result of your time with the cult. Maybe you could read my comments more thoughtfully instead of resorting to ad hominem replies.
  
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  My Prediction: Trump Wins Big

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a month ago it might have been questionable.

  not now.

  after bader’s death and biden’s inability, this shouldn’t be close.

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  cofty

  you can look in other threads here where you speak about people feeling they have to join religion after leaving the exJWs as a sort of crutch or something to that effect

  No you can't and that is not my position.

  In fact I have threads that extol the value of religion even if the content of the faith is not objectively true.

  There are of course exJWs who are looking for something to fill the void, that is true. What I am railing against is the endless accusations by people on very side that exJWs they disagree with are behaving 'like a JW'. THAT is smug and lazy.

  By the way, just for the record, I think Trump is unfit to be president (faced with the choice Americans have in November I would vote for him)
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  My Prediction: Trump Wins Big

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a month ago it might have been questionable.

  not now.

  after bader’s death and biden’s inability, this shouldn’t be close.

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  cofty

  I really detest when people accuse exJWs who have suffered to escape the cult of behaving like a JW.

  It is smug, lazy and cowardly. It ought to be taboo in an exJW community.
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  The Power Of Unconditional Love

  by 1234 in

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  the most powerful love in the universe is unconditional love.. a love that has no requirements or conditions.

  no actions are necessary to receive it.. this love is all around us and can be easily seen.

  watch any mother with its new born baby.

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  We are spiritual beings having a physical experience

  Prove it.
  
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  Belgium: Jehovah's Witnesses will be tried for hate crimes on February 16.

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  belgium: jehovah's witnesses will be tried for hate crimes on february 16.. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20200915_93224449.

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  Of course a court can't tell anybody who to be polite to. That isn't the issue.

  The practice of enforced shunning - including close family - might just be something a court can take action against.

  The defense that JWs make their own personal decision to shun won't hold up to the most cursory examination.

  The Closed Brethren got into some difficulty with the Charity Commission in the UK for similar policies.
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  Is There a Higher Conscious

  by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

  1. watchtower
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  most of the individuals here from what i have read have gravitated to believing in evolution for various reasons and no longer have a belief in a creator.. the questions begs though, is there a higher conscious in the universe than mankind's.

  i am sure everyone agrees that animals are conscious, but to what extent can they reason?.

  here is the link to dr. rupert sheldrake's - is the sun conscious.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhsobpja8a.

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  LTTBK - You are confusing having an open mind with a head that is so open your brain fell out.
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  BLM ambush two police officers sitting car. Then try to storm hospital saying I hope they die. This is the new left.

  by mickbobcat in

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  https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-hospital-los-angeles-sheriffs-deputies-ambushed.

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  Anders - You know you have offered a nuanced response when you get +4 and -4

  IMO the liberal left are not 'woke' they are sound asleep to the real danger to liberal values. They are going to have to seek common-cause with conservatives if the neo-Marxists are to be defeated. There is an existential danger to liberal democracy.
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  Is There a Higher Conscious

  by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

  1. watchtower
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  most of the individuals here from what i have read have gravitated to believing in evolution for various reasons and no longer have a belief in a creator.. the questions begs though, is there a higher conscious in the universe than mankind's.

  i am sure everyone agrees that animals are conscious, but to what extent can they reason?.

  here is the link to dr. rupert sheldrake's - is the sun conscious.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhsobpja8a.

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  That is literally insane.
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  What’s up with the modern Nation of Israel?

  by DATA-DOG in

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  being raised a dub i never voted.

  i’m not a republican or a democrat, not a liberal or a conservative.. i’m pretty middle of the road.

  i want everyone to have a fair shake if possible in this life, but i definitely don’t believe in forced equality, that’s just not possible.

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  There was a compelling case to create a homeland for Jews, even more so after WWII. They were persecuted everywhere.

  Palestinians have been intransigent at every turn.
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  Is There a Higher Conscious

  by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  most of the individuals here from what i have read have gravitated to believing in evolution for various reasons and no longer have a belief in a creator.. the questions begs though, is there a higher conscious in the universe than mankind's.

  i am sure everyone agrees that animals are conscious, but to what extent can they reason?.

  here is the link to dr. rupert sheldrake's - is the sun conscious.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhsobpja8a.

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  cofty

  And your definition of morality is your own not God's.
  

  If morality means anything it involves concern for the needs and well-being of others.

  Slavery - the ownership of another human being to be used as chattel - is immoral. Your god approves of slavery.

  Kidnap and rape is immoral. Your god approves of kidnap and rape.

  Infanticide is immoral. Your god approves of infanticide.

  Therefore your god is immoral and so must his son be too.