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  Huffington Post: When Is A Religion 'Extremist'? [Food for thought!]

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/when-is-a-religion-extremist_us_590de8e3e4b046ea176aeb98.

  tim rymel, m.ed.. governments who support “religious freedom” over the equal human rights and dignity of others condone, and even endorse discrimination.. 05/06/2017 11:27 am et | photo – flickr/ justin kern .

  government endorsement of any religious ideology creates religious extremism.

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  I think on some level you have to think about "what if's" If I take my point alone I could argue about what would happen if the US banned a religion, what could they ban next? Its human nature to question. At the end of the day though you have to deal with the reality that we live in.
  

  I would agree that you need to punish actions. You cannot ban ideas no matter how extreme because at the end of the day what are you really banning? People are still going to think about crazy shit. Its a lot better to allow jdubs to prance around from door to door or sit at a corner stand selling flowers so that they can be questioned and have their crazy ideas out in the open.
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  Huffington Post: When Is A Religion 'Extremist'? [Food for thought!]

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/when-is-a-religion-extremist_us_590de8e3e4b046ea176aeb98.

  tim rymel, m.ed.. governments who support “religious freedom” over the equal human rights and dignity of others condone, and even endorse discrimination.. 05/06/2017 11:27 am et | photo – flickr/ justin kern .

  government endorsement of any religious ideology creates religious extremism.

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  Not allowing children life saving medical treatement... I agree, lock up the idiot parents.
  

  Catching people not reporting child molestation..... Discipline the parents and lock up the elders.

  Enforce behaviors not ideas.

  How in allah's green earth can you agree that a person's ideas for shunning another person are in the scope of the federal government?

  Outright banning a religion is idiotic. Ideas need to be tested and questioned in the public square, not by legislative mandate. History has shown that the heavy handed force of government is not the way to beat down ideas. Good ideas will eventually beat down bad ideas. Ideas may not take root as quickly as we would sometimes like but human progress is slow.

  Picking up one end of the stick means picking up both ends......

  I have a choice of what religion I want to be in. I chose to leave (one end of stick) and therefore lost 98% of my family and friends(other end of that same stick) If I chose to stay in the religion I would keep my friends but would lose all my self respect and dignity. Very simple choice for me.

  By the way... I still have the stick... am running with the stick... and no one will ever take it away from me!
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  Huffington Post: When Is A Religion 'Extremist'? [Food for thought!]

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/when-is-a-religion-extremist_us_590de8e3e4b046ea176aeb98.

  tim rymel, m.ed.. governments who support “religious freedom” over the equal human rights and dignity of others condone, and even endorse discrimination.. 05/06/2017 11:27 am et | photo – flickr/ justin kern .

  government endorsement of any religious ideology creates religious extremism.

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  AMEN! You pick up one end of the stick and you pick up both ends.
  

  My government in America is not telling me that. The government in Russia is telling its people their thoughts are now illegal. That is EXTREMELY dangerous. It floors me how so many people think that is a good thing.
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  Huffington Post: When Is A Religion 'Extremist'? [Food for thought!]

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/when-is-a-religion-extremist_us_590de8e3e4b046ea176aeb98.

  tim rymel, m.ed.. governments who support “religious freedom” over the equal human rights and dignity of others condone, and even endorse discrimination.. 05/06/2017 11:27 am et | photo – flickr/ justin kern .

  government endorsement of any religious ideology creates religious extremism.

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  Like I said, slippery slope. So you now want to legislate what groups I can or cannot join?

  Fuck you! (not literally you but anyone telling me what group I can or cannot join)

  I spent 30 years of my life getting marching orders from this group. It was not until I started thinking for myself that I got out. When I realized that there was indeed NOTHING keeping me inside, the only walls keeping me in were in my own head.... walls that I could knock down ANYTIME I wanted to. Did I suffer consequences of making the decision to take my life back? Sure... welcome to the real fucking life.

  I can concede that certain actions are asinine or maybe even extreme but individual liberty is worth the price of having certain individuals or even groups with ideologies that are "extreme"

  Choosing who I want talk to or do not talk to or what medical treatment I want is a personal decision that I want to be allowed to make for myself.

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  Huffington Post: When Is A Religion 'Extremist'? [Food for thought!]

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/when-is-a-religion-extremist_us_590de8e3e4b046ea176aeb98.

  tim rymel, m.ed.. governments who support “religious freedom” over the equal human rights and dignity of others condone, and even endorse discrimination.. 05/06/2017 11:27 am et | photo – flickr/ justin kern .

  government endorsement of any religious ideology creates religious extremism.

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  Edenone,

  I am never going to message you directly again. If I were to see you in person I, I would never talk to you. You may want a reason or may try to reason with me to change my view but I have the right to not converse with you for whatever effing reason I want. Does that make me extremist? Maybe, but it does not give my government the right to make my beliefs (read.. thoughts) illegal.

  The slope that these rusky apologists are walking is a slippery one indeed.

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  Huffington Post: When Is A Religion 'Extremist'? [Food for thought!]

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/when-is-a-religion-extremist_us_590de8e3e4b046ea176aeb98.

  tim rymel, m.ed.. governments who support “religious freedom” over the equal human rights and dignity of others condone, and even endorse discrimination.. 05/06/2017 11:27 am et | photo – flickr/ justin kern .

  government endorsement of any religious ideology creates religious extremism.

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  “It effectively means that holding their beliefs and manifesting them is tantamount to a criminal act in Russia. They risk new levels of persecution by the Russian authorities,” said international legal counsel, Lorcan Price.

  Totalitarian thought police. Do dubs THINK that I am an apostate and therefore not talk with me? Yep..... They have every right to THINK what they want. They have every right to not talk to me. The beauty of it is I have every right to THINK they are fucking nuts and I have every right to talk to whoever I want.

  POS propaganda piece indeed.

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  Do you have enough guts to play the Ouija board game???

  by James Mixon in

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  if so you are now free!!!!!!!!

  i could sit in a secluded cabin, in a thunder storm and no lights, all alone with no fear of demons jumping out of the woodworks....evil spirits can play hell in your life, what a relief......

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  I could never play the ouija board game!! IT IS SOLD RIGHT NEXT TO MONOPOLY AT TARGET for $19.99!!!

  If that doesn't scream "evil spirits", I don't know what does!

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  Your opinion is watchtower extremist?

  by poopie in

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  court gave 4 reasons you agree disagree.

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  Orphan... I agree 100%.... What good is religion?

  "And why should the rest of society be burdened with task of fighting against the barbaric practice of child sacrifice?"

  I hope that I will always live in a society that is not only burdened with the task of fighting against barbaric practices against children but will never rest in that fight. Can you think of anything more important then fighting against these practices??

  Why do parents still refuse to provide these blood treatments?? Because they value belief and obedience to their god more then their own children's lives. The dubs have indeed adjusted their teaching... not because they thought it was the moral thing to do but kicking and screaming because we have a vigilant society that is burdened with protecting our children.

  At the end of the day, these are personal beliefs. Fucked up, short sighted personal beliefs. Fucked up, short sighted personal beliefs must be allowed in a free and open society.

  If a parent refuses treatment, grabs the kid and runs from he hospital or does not take the kid to the hospital in the first place then he has broken the law and needs to be punished.

  It is in fact a costly burden but one that is of vital importance.

  Human progress is sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowww.

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  Your opinion is watchtower extremist?

  by poopie in

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  court gave 4 reasons you agree disagree.

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  It is absolutely not a myth. I realize it is anecdotal but that is exactly what was going to happen in my case.

  What good is society if it should not be burdened to protect its children, especially when that child's idiot parents will not? I would argue that is precisely why we need "society"

  I say "all right with the world" slightly tongue in cheek.

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  Your opinion is watchtower extremist?

  by poopie in

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  court gave 4 reasons you agree disagree.

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  Jw beliefs are extreme. So what?

  When their beliefs turn into actions that harm other people they will be held accountable in our justice system. (USA)

  Individual freedom of thought is paramount to any society. Having a minor share of the population with kooky ideas is part of the price of that freedom.

  The ever popular "jw's will let their children die rather then give blood transfusions" has turned into a moot point here. The state will take temporary custody of a child for the length of time it takes for the treatment to happen. Kid gets treatment, parents save face and all is right in the world.

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