https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-hospital-los-angeles-sheriffs-deputies-ambushed.
No, this isn't the new left.
This is a horrendous crime and a scrupellous murder attempt.
I hope very much that the 2 police officers survive it.
End of story
I appreciate the simplicity of your statement but I have to ask: doesn't the society that produced those very specific killers (officers in uniform) deserve a look?
What is it saying when someone kills a "uniform"? That is highly different psychology than a spree killer.
As would be the killing of a woman (blinded by the uniform perhaps?)
(as of 10 sep 2020) there's a new caleb & sophia cartoon in which the org puts into the minds of children the idea that celebrating a birthday will cause jehovah to not want to be your friend anymore.. https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/trailer-jehovah-forgives/.
can you imagine being 6 years old and thinking god himself is no longer your friend because you blew out a candle on a birthday cake or wished someone a happy birthday?.
as bad as all this is, the birthday thing is just one of many jw rules that isnt even supported by scripure.
Werent Caleb and Sophia "invented" just after the Mormons came up with a similar pair of children to pitch their ideas?
It seems we had a thread about that once.
The idea of using children, puppets or cute fuzzy animals to promote propaganda is an old one.
many,many years ago i went into a florist shop and ordered a wreath and a sympathy card to be delivered to my home .the sales lady looked at me and saw that i wasn`t very old and offered her condolences to me .. i apologised to her and said oh no ,nobody`s died ,it`s just that my wife has been going off lately about her turning fourty ,so i thought i would commiserate with her by doing this.. on the other hand when i turned fourty i went out and bought myself a pair of ice skates ..
Here in the U.S.there are cards and balloons and such that say "Lordy Lordy Look Whos Forty" and similar such sayings.
Not as creative and spontaneous as your approach but similar I guess
i have always felt trump will win again.
i just don’t see biden winning.. what’s your prediction?.
A year ago I didn't even know who Soros was.
I have been doing a lot of reading in the meantime.
Unfortunately, now I do know who he is.
i was just thinking about a relative who is quite high up in wt world.
she is a university graduated accountant, who i know has worked on various projects for wt around the world.
my question is, with all the goings on in wt world, what must be going through her head.
I wonder if part of it is just simple immersion. The being absolutely soaked in watchtower dogma and the fact that it is served up like an IV infusion, continuously and insidiously, drip...drip...drip...
i just wanted to say hello.
long story short, it was some things that happened one after another over a period of time, right until it was everything all at once.
i guess the first domino was my second spiritual awakening, which tbh mostly had to do with impressing some of the brothers and one particular sister.
Welcome minsky!
A life long learner is a good thing to be!
the other day i went to this farm owned by this jw lady with my wife being a jw and my mother being a non witness.
later taking to my mother she noticed this vibe like this jw lady really hated her.
she just had these little slags like when we tried to pay for the fruit we picked , she looked directly at my wife and said " don't worry about it, i only charge wordly people ".. i also have this aunt who is a jw we are estranged from.
To answer your question in the thread header - I did not feel contempt, I felt envious.
If I am totally honest, I always felt a little jealous of the freedom to choose their path that "worldly" people seemed to have. At the same time, I felt I had "the truth" and with that came a feeling of superiority. I guess that looks and acts a lot like contempt doesnt it?
i know the usa is not perfect.
there have always been social issues and differences.
politics has been for many people divisive.
What a varied background you have LV101.
I can definitely see why it seemed so obvious siding with the Dems regarding Vietnam - especially given the area of San Francisco.
I see a lot of good on both sides. I am pro choice for example but I am not in favor of willy-nilly mass immigration without a controlled and measured plan. I am also not in favor of huge government or half our country being on disability - many also addicted to prescription drugs (dont even get me started on my thoughts about big Pharma and how it is eroding American society) and with relatively minor problems that they could work if it were not so easy not to.
I have taken some of the tests on here that help a person define their political views and they keep evolving as I evolve. It helps that I have 2 children, both former pioneers who have left the JWs also and one of them embraces Buddhism and the other is a Libertarian.
I am currently reading the book "The Art of War" and while watching the news (as you mentioned above) I am looking for the principals in the book as they are being applied in the campaigning. Makes it more enlightening for me!
i know the usa is not perfect.
there have always been social issues and differences.
politics has been for many people divisive.
Thank you LV101.
Raised as a JW I wasnt exposed to politics much and it was considered a bad thing in general as you all know.
In addition, my parent worked at a university and it was not uncommon for me to hear many ranges of thought around the dinner table as guests from many different countries (especially India for some reason)exchanged ideas over dinner.
While I reject the whole JW concept of "replacing ones natural family with a 'worldwide' brotherhood" as a cult move on the JWs part, I do still embrace the idea that on this planet we are all a brotherhood of humanity and that the average person gets that regardless of their country.
Now that I have left the JWs I am trying to form a political opinion so I'm light years behind in that regard, I realize that. I usually don't make political statements on this forum because I am aware I am a novice.
One thing I have noticed is that people who hotly criticize America on this thread are careful not to state what country they think is better.
The exception being lastmanstanding and the thoughts on Canada - Canada is a beautiful country with much to recommend it.
i know the usa is not perfect.
there have always been social issues and differences.
politics has been for many people divisive.
If it is true that the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still function is a sign of first-rate intelligence then I tip my hat to the U.S.A.
