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An 11-year-old boy is in custody for murder for shooting and killing an eight-year-old neighbour girl with a shotgun . . .
by nicolaou in
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because she would not show him her puppies.. nobody has to tell you what country this happened in, you already know.. source.
cappytan

I'd happily give up my firearms right this second if doing so would stop the madness of human-on-human violence I see.
Same here. Sadly, it would only cut it by a percentage, at best.
The US has mass shootings, yes. But those tragic mass shootings are a very small percentage of the overall number of deaths by firearm.
Most of the firearm related homicides come from inner city violence. The US has more heavily populated metropolitan areas, the areas where most gun violence takes place, than the other countries mentioned above.
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An 11-year-old boy is in custody for murder for shooting and killing an eight-year-old neighbour girl with a shotgun . . .
by nicolaou in
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because she would not show him her puppies.. nobody has to tell you what country this happened in, you already know.. source.
cappytan

look at the price your country is paying.
What would you like to realistically see happen in our country to solve this issue?
Idealistically, I'm guessing a total gun ban. But let's be realistic. That's going to be a hard sell in this system of government.
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Still cannot post from iOS device
by under the radar in
1. forum
2. tech-support
hello simon.

first off, let me thank you again for all your time and effort in maintaining this site.

i really appreciate it and am a frequent visitor.
cappytan

Is your iOS device jailbroken?
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An 11-year-old boy is in custody for murder for shooting and killing an eight-year-old neighbour girl with a shotgun . . .
by nicolaou in
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2. current
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because she would not show him her puppies.. nobody has to tell you what country this happened in, you already know.. source.
cappytan

I'm sure that would be a great comfort to the victims family.
There may not have been a victim's family in this case if the laws and penalties regarding properly securing fire arms were stricter.
can you explain your comment [regarding being attached to guns] to someone who just doesn't get it?
In the same way I'm attached to my fly fishing equipment, I'm attached to my guns. I enjoy fly fishing and I enjoy shooting sports and hunting for wild game. I don't want to see either go away.
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An 11-year-old boy is in custody for murder for shooting and killing an eight-year-old neighbour girl with a shotgun . . .
by nicolaou in
1. social
2. current
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because she would not show him her puppies.. nobody has to tell you what country this happened in, you already know.. source.
cappytan

Most of you know, I'm very attached to my guns. So I won't comment on whether bans should be in place or whether more guns is better, etc.
But there needs to be some serious penalties for parents and other gun owners that fail to secure their fire arms. I think we can all agree that regardless of whether guns are legal or not, an 11 year old should not have unrestricted, unsupervised access to a fire arm. And that if that 11 year old DOES have unrestricted access to a fire arm, there should be some serious consequences for the negligent gun owner including wrongful death civil liability and criminal manslaughter charges if the unthinkable should happen.
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Does Anyone Still Believe in God?
by LaurenM in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.
cappytan

Here's what you said:
It's okay to say you simply lack a belief, but one must then avoid making claims like: "Your god is just make-believe", this is a claim of the falsity of the god.
So, when talking about the Abrahamic God "El" (who has been combined with the Canaanite God Yahweh), there is evidence that he is make-believe. I was just responding to that comment you made about avoiding making claims like that. Claims like that CAN be made once the theist defines which God they're referring to.
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Does Anyone Still Believe in God?
by LaurenM in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.
cappytan

stuffwotifink
There is plenty of evidence showing that the Abrahamic god Yahweh is make-believe.
Read: A History of God - The 4,000 Year old Quest of Judaism, Christianity & Islam.
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1914 'Big A' WT Retraction/Apology?!
by lurkernomore in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i just met with an old 'friend' who wanted a 'chat' after no contact for the best part of 4 years.

she obviously heard about the wonderful news of my abrupt fade :d. i guess i wanted to prove to myself that any future meet ups/chats with jw's would be pointless.

needless to say i proved myself right.
cappytan

Why would a spirit directed organization need to apologize for anything? After all, if God's spirit directed them in a certain direction, there is no need to apologize. That's like asking God to apologize for killing all those innocent children in Egypt.
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Mass disassociation pact...
by freemindfade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
any takers?

we can pick a date and pull the plug?

lol .
cappytan

December 10th it is!
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Give Blood!
by Laika in
1. jw
2. friends
looking for a way to stick two fingers up to the watchtower and do something useful?.

well, ever considered giving blood?

if you're eligible to do so i would encourage everyone here to go for it, the world needs more blood donors, it's always nice to help out and given our history i find there's something very enjoyable about it.
cappytan

I want to so badly. But I have extreme anxiety and phobia with needles...so every opportunity that has come up since I mentally left the organization, I have tried but chickened out last minute. Because of this stupid organization, I don't even know my blood type.