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  Political Correctness

  by snugglebunny in

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  i think i'm just ornery when it comes to equality.

  ever since i can remember, i've always believed that all people were created equal.

  the colour of a person's skin is irrelevent to me.

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  truth_b_known

  Division and narrative control. That's what political correctness is about. There is a war for the minds and hearts of people in an attempt to force change through guilt.

  I cannot speak for the rest of the world, but it seems something that exists mostly in the United States. I am sure it is found in other first world nations.

  One of my favorite examples of how ridiculous it is was during an interview on ESPN with an NHL player who played for the Calgary Flames. He was asked by the ESPN commentators what it was like to be one of the few African-American players in the NHL. The player responded - "I don't know. I'm not African or American. I am Canadian."

  The hyphenated world is divisive.

  Another example in the United States is replacing "Illegal Alien" with "Undocumented Immigrant". The latter term is used by those who feel it is less offensive. That's like calling a murder a "non-consensual assisted suicide" or a theft a "non-consensual co-ownership of property" or trespassing as "non-consensual co-habitation of property".

  Political Correctness is similar in Orwellian double-talk.
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  Racial Insensitivity

  by Coded Logic in

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  "blue" lives matter!

  - sheriff david clarke at the rnc.

  this bs really makes my blood boil.

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  truth_b_known

  There are three types of lies -

  1) Lies

  2) Damn Lies

  3) Statistics

  Numbers means nothing if not provided in full context.

  The word "unarmed" is misleading.

  As a police officer of over a decade I have come close to shooting an unarmed person. In my story, the suspect had a felony warrant for aggravated assault. We Identified ourselves as police and the suspect ran. We chased him into his ex-wife's house and into a small room just inside the entry way.

  Once inside he kicked my partner, threw a loose interior door at him and then grabbed my partner's gun. Fortunately for the suspect, I subdued him before he could gain control over the weapon. The suspect went to jail and eventually pleaded guilty to all charges. Everyone else went home safe.

  Unarmed does not mean incapable of causing serious bodily injury or death. It just means a person is not in immediate possession of a device which is specifically designed to cause injury or death.

  Can you pick up an object and bash a person's head in causing death?

  Can you kick a person in the head so hard it causes serious bodily injury or death?

  Can you choke someone to the point of causing serious bodily injury or death?

  Can you ram a person's head into the pavement until you cause serious bodily injury or death?

  etc.

  What I tire of is a society that wants immediate action and results. Everyone gets due process, but police officers. A grainy cell phone video showing only a part of an incident played non-stop on social media and big 24/7 cable news networks is all that is needed to convict a police officer. Everyone else is givev the right to a full investigations, due process in a court of law, and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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  Life On Mars?

  by metatron in

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  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-finds-evidence-of-life-on-mars-9929510.html.

  perhaps life in mars would be more accurate.

  also, recent study of martian meteorites have yielded organic material.. .

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  Back in 2006/2007 I read a book dealing with possible life on Mars. Not little green men, but life none the less. This was one contributing factor that lead me down the path of finally getting out of the Watchtower cult.

  At this point data is showing signs of water and methane on Mars. Imagine if fossils of advanced lifeforms (i.e. animals) were found on Mars. I wonder how the Watchtower would try to spin an explaination around that.
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  Stop BREATHING you SINNER!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  (this may offend some sincere 'christians'.

  can you, as a human, stop yourself from breathing?.

  i have always thought that one of the basic teachings of 'christianity' is the concept that we are "mere sinners"...riddled with guilt and not worthy of god or life...undeserved kindness has been shown to us etc.... but, we have no control over that, just as we have no control over breathing air!.

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  truth_b_known

  This is the underlining theme of Christianity that bothers me the most. The idea that we as a race of beings are unworthy of life due to the actions of 2 people. That is why I like the words of a commentator who practices the old ways:

  "I pity the Christian. He begs his god in pray. I honor my god with deeds".
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  After Years of Silence My Father Reaches Out to Me

  by truth_b_known in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  brief history:.

  i was a born in.

  my parents were uber-dubs, but never worshipped the organization.

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  truth_b_known

  Brief history:

  I was a born in. My parents were uber-dubs, but never worshipped the organization. It was always about Jehovah, Jesus, and the brothers. In other words; my parents are real christians. My father was an elder for years until we moved and he was persecuted for professing to be of the annointed.

  I faded in my thirties and moved to another state. Two years after I invited my parents out to visit my family and I. It ended in a train wreck because my father tried guilting with the scriptures to get us to go back. After my parents left I believe I spoke to my father twice on the phone. Both times it was Memorial week and his tone was that of a Witness trying to encourage an inactive Witness to go back. That was 2010. We never spoke again...until recently.

  My father has called me twice in the past two months. Each time he never spoke once about Witnesses, the Bible, religion, or anything related. He simply wanted to talk. He wanted to know how my family was doing. He asked me to e-mail photos of my kids.

  I was floored. I believe in his old age he is realizing that family is more important that a publishing company in New York. I'm sure the recent changes in the religion have had some effect on him. How could they not? Since day one in the religion my father professed to be of the annointed, making him part of the Faithful and Discreet Slave Class and now he's just rank and file. Don't misunderstand me; he never boasted of this or expected special treatment. In fact, he was always very humble about of the subject. I didn't even know until a friend's mother told me when I was 12. That was because A) He never told me and B) he always partook very discreetly so as not to make a scene.

  I don't see my father just leaving like I have because he has spent the past 4 decades in. However, I get the impression that he is no longer going to let his choice of religion get in the way of having a relationship with his kids.
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  A day in the life of a Cop...my story. The truth.

  by Witness 007 in

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  i work for a mental health unit with 2 police officers we deal with people who have drug and mental health issues.

  at times over the last 10 years we have "taken down" some large drug affected men, mainly "ice" these days which is epidemic here, and let me tell you even with three of us it is a huge struggle.

  sometimes back up is needed or mace spray which is aweful stuff!

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  truth_b_known

  I'm a police officer. I just wanted to point out that "shoot to wound" does not exist. Never has. Never will be. It cannot exist.

  A firearm is deadly force. To discharge a firearm at a person is deadly force. To intentionally shoot someone is to legally state you intend for that person to die regardless of where you are aiming. To shoot at someone and completely miss is still deadly force.

  The number one cause of death as a result of being shot is bleeding out. You can bleed out from a leg wound, arm wound, shoulder wound, etc.
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  Voting and elections

  by Powermetal4ever in

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  i've been thinking about the fact that jws dont vote in elections.

  the main reason for this, i guess is that they shall not be a part of this world and so on.

  there was no election in the times of jesus, so yes i understand that it needs an intepretetion, but why is that intepreted that they shouldnt vote?

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  truth_b_known

  Romans 13:1-7 states that the earthly authorities are God's ministers. Doesn't that make the people we elected ministers of Jehovah?
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  JDubs and home schooling

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

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  recently i had a conversation with a close witness friend.

  i have always viewed him as moderate.

  not full j-dub nut bag witness style.

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  truth_b_known

  Is there vocational programs for this JW Home School? You know, Window Washing 101 and Advanced Janitorial Services.
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  The Watchtowers obsession with positions

  by usualusername in

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  auxillary pioneers get mini praise.. .

  regular pioneers are an exampe to follow.. .

  half useless men are recommended as ministerials servants.. .

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  truth_b_known

  My father once told me the 3 things that motivate most people are wealth, power, and glory.

  You put together a large number of men who all have a high school education or less and barely make a living washing windows or some other manual labor job, power and glory become your only two motivators left.
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  JEHOVAH WITNESS PEDOPHILE COVER-UP ON CNN SUNDAY NIGHT! FREDRICK MCLEAN!

  by BucketShopBill in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hi everyone, this has been what i have waited for, fredrick mclean is up next on cnn's "most wanted" and "hunted show", so far two of their topics are dead!.

  last sunday's "the hunt" blew his head off monday morning!

  let's hope cnn get's jehovah witness fredrick mclean!

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  truth_b_known

  I use this case as my one-liner as to why I am no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

  "I cannot belong to a man-made organization that actively protects pedophiles and puts children at risk."