Posts by nicolaou

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
nicolaou

vienne: if there is no god then there are no moral standards.
Sorry, but I'm never going to let this outdated, patronising bullshit go unchallenged.
Is this your personal opinion or just how you perceive Evans justification of his abusive behaviour?
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
nicolaou

The Repugnant Apostate.
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
nicolaou

I'm so old school. I prefer reading an article to watching a video
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
nicolaou

Finally..
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The infinite loop of resurrection
by Nathan Natas in
1. social
2. humour
scene: the new world, any minute now.... billy bastard, an aborted fetus is resurrected and immediately dies because he is outside the womb of a birthing person.. repeat ad infinitum.
nicolaou

Is this the same god who drowned his own children in a flood?
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Roe vs Wade Overturned by US Supreme Court!
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
i know there was a leak a few weeks back, but this really does seem to have come out of the blue.. the anomaly was the original decision.

it clearly had no basis in law or the constitution, and was a flimsy, ridiculous ruling.

plus the whole thing was based on a fraudulent case in the first place.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61928898.
nicolaou

Simon: There has to be limits, unless you are OK with a 9 month old human being executed.
Of course I'm not ok with that. I'll profess ignorance here, I don't know how late an abortion is allowed in the U.S but in the UK it's only up to 24 weeks unless there's a substantial risk to the Mother's life.

That seems quite sensible to me.
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Roe vs Wade Overturned by US Supreme Court!
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
i know there was a leak a few weeks back, but this really does seem to have come out of the blue.. the anomaly was the original decision.

it clearly had no basis in law or the constitution, and was a flimsy, ridiculous ruling.

plus the whole thing was based on a fraudulent case in the first place.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61928898.
nicolaou

I'll put my cards on the table. I don't like the idea of abortion, I wish we lived in a world where it didn't happen and wasn't needed. Then again, I wish we lived in a world where all children were tucked into warm, clean beds at night by parents who loved them, sadly reality is very different and solutions to some of the most challenging moral issues will be messy and won't satisfy everyone.
So. I'm not in the camp that says a blastocyst or embryo is just a clump of cells, even though materially that's precisely true. That clump of cells is very special. It has the potential to become a unique person or set of siblings. It isn't a person yet but it certainly could become one if nature and the mother allows it. I personally think it's emotive arguing to call the abortion of an embryo baby murdering. I'm not saying it's nothing, something tragically significant has happened but a baby has not been murdered.
For me the whole issue boils down to authority. Who has the authority to make decisions for an unborn and unviable foetus - for arguments sake 24 weeks and younger? I just don't see that it's anyone else's responsibilty other than the mothers. I can't imagine facing a more difficult decision and as a man I'll never have to. Women should be given all the support, information, guidance and counselling they need to make that difficult choice, it's theirs and theirs alone.
Who are you, I or the State to say to woman; "You WILL carry your pregnancy to term whether you want to or not". Does the State OWN women?
Happy to engage in the debate with anyone who can articulate their own thoughts and arguments but not responding to silly memes, this is far too serious a topic.
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Roe vs Wade Overturned by US Supreme Court!
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
i know there was a leak a few weeks back, but this really does seem to have come out of the blue.. the anomaly was the original decision.

it clearly had no basis in law or the constitution, and was a flimsy, ridiculous ruling.

plus the whole thing was based on a fraudulent case in the first place.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61928898.
nicolaou

LUHE: This current decision (scrapping Roe v Wade) gives each individual state a chance to decide what it wants to do re abortions.
It should be up to each individual woman to decide what she wants to do re abortions.
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Lloyd’s new book
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.

this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.

i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.
nicolaou

Simon: It's part of the reason we have this issue in the exJW community.
Prominent voices should never be beyond being questioned or criticized.
Forevermore, June 18th will be 'Tell Simon what you think of him day' 😂
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Joel Osteen
by jhine in
1. social
2. current
i am reading a lot on quora digest about this chap joel osteen.

i and other brits have said that he is hardly known in the uk .

it has been asserted that he is filling stadiums over here.
nicolaou