Posts by Max Divergent

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Very Sad ... Another Terrorist Attack here in the USA ... and not enough guns to defend us

by RubaDub in

if only there were more people with guns perhaps some lives would have been saved.. it's a sad state of affairs here in the us when enough people aren't armed when there is an attack.. if someone simply had a gun or was wearing a suicide vest to take the perpetrators out, other lives could have been saved.. rub a dub .

Max Divergent

And there's an urgent need for more guns in mental hospitals, prisons and airports to defend against government oppression of the people in those locations, including Congress' specific abrogation of inmates' and passengers' right to bear arms.

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Canada may get a new government today

by Simon in

the us elections suck up all the attention (and it's not even at the candidate selection stage!

) but canada actually has a national election today.. first results are starting to come in and so far it's all liberal party.. i think it's time harper and the conservatives got the boot.

last premiere from the bush era.

Max Divergent

As I see it, there are a some fundamental differences that make the Westminster parliamentary system more flexible and probably more effective (less ineffective?) than the US congressional system.

One is that there is a quick, painful way to resolve deadlocks: if the government can't get legislation though the parliament, it can call an immediate election. So, anyone causing a deadlock needs to do a calculation about their prospects at an election that might be called today for, say, six weeks time. Deadlocks for no good reason are rare.

Another is that the only mandate is for parliamentarians. The person signing legislation into law as the Head of State has no political mandate, so in practical terms bills that pass the parliament cannot be vetoed. They are signed into law on the advice of the government of the day.

Also, every office barer can be dismissed from their office (but not from the parliament) by someone else quickly. That tends to keep people on their toes too.

Further, any of those generalisations can be broken or varied or adapted to local preferences / conditions if it seems the right thing to do since the system is mostly governed by well entrenched 'conventions' rather than codified into rigid rules.

The ultimate arbiter of right and wrong is an immediate election.

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Had an interesting weekend

by iwasblind in

what an interesting weekend.. went to a "worldly" conference for work.

i met the most amazing people with so many different beliefs.

even so i shared and spoke about god freely and without being judged.

Max Divergent

I can't say God and religion or conversation about such have featured much in my work conferences... spirits may have been amongst us, mostly Scottish. And miracles may have been performed with wine that matched Jesus'. While that exhibits ongoing practical adherence to Proverbs 31:6-7, nothing has gotten remotely close to talking God or gifting bibles.

Do you work in a religious sector, is is that just how folks are in your industry / neck of the woods?

But, yep, the world is a much,much more accepting and helpful place that the JW's 'paradise on earth' with the 'gifts in men'.

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How to survive an assembly

by BlackWolf in

jw
friends

hey i was just wondering if you guys had any ideas on how to keep my brain occupied while i'm at an assembly tommorow.

maybe besides tallying the number of times they say jehovah and jesus or counting how many people are wearing red.

i want to keep myself from going insane or having some kind of panic attack lol.

Max Divergent

What would really happen if you just refused to go on the basis going there makes you feel very bad.

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One of my JW friends posted this on Facebook. Totally cringeworthy!

by Divergent in

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friends

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Max Divergent

Yes, I was a JW.

Yes, it has cult features.

Yes, it was one of my poorer choices. Although I didn't have a full appreciation of the alternatives and consequences of joining or not joining at the time.

Yes, I did find restrictive as to my time, my associations, my education and other parts of my life.

I've been the happiest I've ever been in the years since I left the JWs.

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Please change my username, Simon =)

by Divergent in

hi simon, sorry to disturb, but i would appreciate it very much if you could kindly change my username for me - from just kidding to divergent.

i've decided to change my username because i'm not the same person i was when i first joined this site.

back then, a part of me still believed, and i thought that if my doubts were wrong and the religion actually turns out to be true and i posted negative stuff here... hey, i was only just kidding!!!.

Max Divergent

Excellent name.

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New video "Jehovah Has Done So Much for Me"

by NoIdeaWhatToBelieve in

hey all,.

have you seen the new video on http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/living-bible-principles/adult-survivor-child-abuse-video/ ?.

isn't this too much of a coincidence?

Max Divergent

@Max Divergent Do you really think it is filmed in Australia?

Yes. Australian accents too. I think it's Sydney. Someone will know the beach. I can't make out the sign.

I'm sorry for the lady, but the video is an insult.

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New video "Jehovah Has Done So Much for Me"

by NoIdeaWhatToBelieve in

hey all,.

have you seen the new video on http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/living-bible-principles/adult-survivor-child-abuse-video/ ?.

isn't this too much of a coincidence?

Max Divergent

It's even an Australian video. Filmed in Sydney by the look of it.

What an 'up yours' to victims of the Judicial Committee process, using a woman who was abused before she became a JW (according to what she said), thus smokescreening what is being exposed at the Royal Commission at hearings in Sydney.

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