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Posts by Vidiot
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26Is the USA gradually moving to a majority of citizens being non-religious
by Reasonfirst inthis is a topic discussed in a current article in the hongkong based asia times*.
find it at: https://asiatimes.com/2023/09/nones-still-no-match-for-us-christian-nationalism/.
the claim is made in the article, that near 30% of americans are non-believers, and that this number is increasing.
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Is the USA gradually moving to a majority of citizens being non-religious
by Reasonfirst inthis is a topic discussed in a current article in the hongkong based asia times*.
find it at: https://asiatimes.com/2023/09/nones-still-no-match-for-us-christian-nationalism/.
the claim is made in the article, that near 30% of americans are non-believers, and that this number is increasing.
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Vidiot
Probably for the best, all things being equal.
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Vidiot
“On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?' Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers'…” - Matthew 7:21-23
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Could this be the end of JWs? What are the consequences if it is?
by Teddnzo inmultiple very serious allegations against tony and then huge efforts to remove him from all pictures and videos, have to admit it doesn’t look good.. once the pennsylvania investigation becomes public knowledge and front page news it will be very very hard for 8 million pimis.. is it possible that this could be the largest problem the branch has ever faced?
larger than 1975, the overlapping generations or any other ‘test of faith’.
many will feel heartbroken and betrayed.
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Recent circumstances suggest that the “multi-billion” label is debatable, and just because they’re tax-free now, doesn’t mean they’ll always be.
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Could this be the end of JWs? What are the consequences if it is?
by Teddnzo inmultiple very serious allegations against tony and then huge efforts to remove him from all pictures and videos, have to admit it doesn’t look good.. once the pennsylvania investigation becomes public knowledge and front page news it will be very very hard for 8 million pimis.. is it possible that this could be the largest problem the branch has ever faced?
larger than 1975, the overlapping generations or any other ‘test of faith’.
many will feel heartbroken and betrayed.
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pontoon - “The all-in-it-for-life will just say ‘praise Jeh for keeping his organization so clean’.”
Yup.
Right up until the very last one of ‘em dies of old age.
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Mandated Shunning is a Crime
by Lee Marsh inmandated shunning is on the rise around the world with devastating effects on millions of people.
shunning that is mandated by organized groups to its members is a form of both physical and psychological violence against those people being shunned and cut off from their family and life-long relationships.
mandated shunning means that the shunning is ordered from the top down.
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Vidiot
Fine.
They can go find some other authoritarian high control group, for all I care…
…as long as the one they were in is no longer around.
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JW org fighting Royal Commission of Inquiry 3 years, article by Anusha Bradley, RNZ
by EasyPrompt inhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497240/jehovah-s-witness-church-spends-3-years-fighting-scrutiny-of-royal-commission-of-inquiry.
jehovah's witness church spends 3 years fighting scrutiny of royal commission of inquiry.
from article by anusha bradley, rnz.... .
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Diogenesister - “I'm so glad Barbara Anderson is around to see the seeds she sowed and all her hard work grow to fruition.”
Thirty-odd years of blood, sweat, and tears.
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What is Self-deception?
by Kosonen ini googles about self-deception and found many articles about it.
it is a thing reseachers in psychology have studied.. here is a quote from an article that describes it.
and it is interesting because of so many ideas about how to understand the bible.
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Kosonen - “What is self-deception?”
Identifying as “God’s Exclusive Earthly Organization”?
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JW org fighting Royal Commission of Inquiry 3 years, article by Anusha Bradley, RNZ
by EasyPrompt inhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497240/jehovah-s-witness-church-spends-3-years-fighting-scrutiny-of-royal-commission-of-inquiry.
jehovah's witness church spends 3 years fighting scrutiny of royal commission of inquiry.
from article by anusha bradley, rnz.... .
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Micky mouse - “If only they expended the same effort fighting child sexual abuse within their ranks.”
If the inquiry’s findings are any indication, they wouldn’t have enough “qualified brothers” left to keep things running.
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Chessa Manion: When A Victim Becomes The Perp
by NonCoinCollector inthis is a hard one for me to write and words can't describe my frustration in seeing this.
from wbko news: .
bowling green, ky. (wbko) - bowling green police have arrested two people on multiple charges following a rape.. police say the victim told them she was kidnapped, raped, and assaulted.. police also say the rape was recorded by a man named colton hogendorn, who was arrested after police found him on 25 chestnut street.. hogendorn is charged with rape first degree, kidnapping, strangulation, assault, sodomy, and video voyeurism.. police also arrested chessa manion, who was present during the events, and arrested and charged with complicity to the same charges.. both were taken to the warren county regional jail.. .
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I’ve given this subject some thought, lately, and I’ve come to suspect that the victim-to-perp phenomena is a direct result of the older - and entirely inadequate - mentality and methodology of keeping shit like that quiet.
Civilized society doesn’t really do that anymore… awareness of the problem is now par for the course, we’re figuring out ways to actually deal with the problem, and most importantly, we actually make an effort to help the victims recover from the trauma, rather than pretend it doesn’t even happen.
And the ones that recover from that trauma seem far less likely to perpetuate the cycle.