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  JW Stumper Questions - List You Best Here

  by pale.emperor in

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  hi guys.

  sooner or later we're going to get a jw knocking on our door.

  just like when we were jw's doing the knocking, it's good to have a question prepared to get them thinking about their own beliefs.

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  cofty

  Are there any questions your religion does now allow you to discuss - SBF

  That is excellent.
  
  
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  JW Stumper Questions - List You Best Here

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi guys.

  sooner or later we're going to get a jw knocking on our door.

  just like when we were jw's doing the knocking, it's good to have a question prepared to get them thinking about their own beliefs.

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  cofty

  I don't think there are any questions that could not be dealt with to the self-satisfaction of an informed JW.

  I do think it's worth challenging JWs as it may have a cumulative effect over time but there are no magic bullets. If a JW is reasonable it's probably better to try to reach the authentic self behind the cultish facade.

  It really doesn't seem right to any decent human being to shun a family member because they have different beliefs about supernatural things. It isn't right that a child should die for lack of a transfusion. It can't be a moral good that they pray every day for the destruction of 99.999% of the earth's population, and so on.

  I sometimes adopt the role of sympathetic confessor and watch their discomfort.

  Of course they won't agree with you in public but you might trigger an internal struggle.
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  A Korean Tragedy

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the modern history is full of deep, dark tragedies.

  and, my intention, as i sat down to write of those tragedies for a fb page i look after for a macquarie university student society, was to tell the story of these very dark contemporary events.

  but east asia history is complex and i think its helpful to try to have an overview of that history to understand what has happened in the recent past.

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  Marking
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  Human Origins

  by cofty in

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  fantastic graphic produced by the smithsonian institute illustrating human origins.

  click on any of the group or species labels for more detailed information.. meet your ancestors here....

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  cofty

  No you won't.
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  Why the NFL Protest Is a Massive and Insulting Failure

  by freemindfade in

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  i think everyone has the freedom to protest, they also have freedom of speech, these are two fundamental things that make america amazing.

  but thinking rationally about what is going on with the nfl, therefore, i have an unfavorable opinion of the league, and the players, not their right to free speech, but their motive and execution of it.

  constitutional freedom to protest ends at the workplace door too.

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  I would recommend doing some research from unbiased sources to try to find the answers

  I did. The facts do not seem to support the narrative of racism.
  
  
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  Why the NFL Protest Is a Massive and Insulting Failure

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  i think everyone has the freedom to protest, they also have freedom of speech, these are two fundamental things that make america amazing.

  but thinking rationally about what is going on with the nfl, therefore, i have an unfavorable opinion of the league, and the players, not their right to free speech, but their motive and execution of it.

  constitutional freedom to protest ends at the workplace door too.

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  cofty

  Why is police brutality against African-Americans more worthy of attention than police brutality against white Americans? The USA seems to have a problem with too many unsuitable police officers in general.

  Can you imagine the outrage if the nurse who refused to take a blood test without consent had been black!
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  Why the NFL Protest Is a Massive and Insulting Failure

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  i think everyone has the freedom to protest, they also have freedom of speech, these are two fundamental things that make america amazing.

  but thinking rationally about what is going on with the nfl, therefore, i have an unfavorable opinion of the league, and the players, not their right to free speech, but their motive and execution of it.

  constitutional freedom to protest ends at the workplace door too.

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  Nothing but virtue signalling by some of the most privileged black men in the USA.
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  A Korean Tragedy

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the modern history is full of deep, dark tragedies.

  and, my intention, as i sat down to write of those tragedies for a fb page i look after for a macquarie university student society, was to tell the story of these very dark contemporary events.

  but east asia history is complex and i think its helpful to try to have an overview of that history to understand what has happened in the recent past.

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  cofty

  Thank you.
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  DPRK Asserts that USA has Declared War

  by cofty in

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  north korea has taken president trump's recent statements as a declaration of war.

  pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down american planes even if they are not inside their airspace.. i listened to trump's speech to the un with dismay.

  it demonstrated a total lack of understanding of his enemy and the inevitable consequences of inflicting personal insults on kim jong-un.

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  Hothead well done in hijacking a serious discussion on a potential world crisis into your personal platform to act out.
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  DPRK Asserts that USA has Declared War

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  north korea has taken president trump's recent statements as a declaration of war.

  pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down american planes even if they are not inside their airspace.. i listened to trump's speech to the un with dismay.

  it demonstrated a total lack of understanding of his enemy and the inevitable consequences of inflicting personal insults on kim jong-un.

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  You believe the thing to do is to ask china to fix this problem and I don't think so. - Hothead

  I never said that. Do you actually read what other people say?

  I DO find it funny you bring up how much you read in nearly every post.

  I never do that. Very occasionally I will mention a book I am reading if it is relevant to the topic. I prefer facts to opinions. I really appreciate others who bring facts to a discussion.

  You can carry on getting your opinions handed to you by loud-mouthed talk radio hosts and living in a thought bubble. In ten years time you won't be ten years more experienced - you will have had the same experience ten times.