Posts by tornapart

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Spreading the "Religion of Peace" in Europe

by freemindfade in

so sad.

i love europe.

i love going there not as a tourist, but just blending in and spending time with locals in non-touristy local gems.. islam seems to be spreading their religion of peace throughout the continent.

tornapart

Freemindfade... but it isn't... Europe is huge. Paris has had a couple of attacks and Brussles one, last time London had one was several years ago. How many aeroplanes land every day in European airports, how many people every day take public transport?You are far more likely to have an accident in your car than be a victim of terrorism. The effect it's having on you and others is just what these terrorists want.

I live in the Uk and am going on holiday to France this summer, do I feel scared? No way!!

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Spreading the "Religion of Peace" in Europe

by freemindfade in

so sad.

i love europe.

i love going there not as a tourist, but just blending in and spending time with locals in non-touristy local gems.. islam seems to be spreading their religion of peace throughout the continent.

tornapart

The media seems to like to create this image of islamist terrorists spreading throughout Europe and taking over. It's not like that. I speak as a European. Yes, there have been terrible tragedies in both Paris and Brussels. But what about Yemen? Afghanistan? Pakistan? Iraq? Syria? Turkey? They have far more terrorism in their countries than any European country, Back in the 70's and 80's the UK was a target for the IRA... terrorists under a different name.

Europe is probably a far more peaceful place than the US. Take a look at the statistics.

Rural areas of Europe are wonderfully peaceful. Don't be afraid to come. It's what the terrorists want. Don't let them win!

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Confused: What does the overlapping generation really mean?

by MicaSmith in

can someone help me understand how the wt came up with the overlapping generation theory?

i just don't understand it even though i read the information several times.

it's bewildering.

tornapart

MicaSmith, you might find this of some help from jwfacts overlapping generation

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Confused: What does the overlapping generation really mean?

by MicaSmith in

can someone help me understand how the wt came up with the overlapping generation theory?

i just don't understand it even though i read the information several times.

it's bewildering.

tornapart

It was this teaching that finally did it for me... I could see it was totally bizarre and the only reason for coming up with it was to prop up their teaching of 1914. I realised it couldn't prop anything up and for me the rest came down like a pack of cards.

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Muslim Shopkeeper Murdered for Wishing Friends a Happy Easter on Twitter

by cofty in

horrible crime in glasgow on thursday evening when a well loved muslim shop keeper asad shah was stabbed to death by at least one other muslim man.

mohammad faisal, a family friend, said a bearded muslim wearing a long religious robe entered mr shah’s shop and spoke to him in his native language before stabbing him in the head with a kitchen knife.. mr shah had posted the twitter message ‘good friday and a very happy easter, especially to my beloved christian nation’.

residents of shawlands in glasgow say he was well respected and had been known to hand out christmas cards to neighbours despite being of a different faith.. hundreds have turned out in a vigil near the crime scene....

tornapart

I would just say that one was a decent human being and the other a brainwashed fanatic.

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GB member in Brussels

by tornapart in

don't know if someone else has posted about this but apparently mark sanderson was in brussells for the memorial, someone on fb with a public profile posted some pics and said he'd turned up in brussels, that a guy who had been sent to the bethel there had just got off the metro when the bomb went off.

don't know how true it is but there was a few ooohs ahhhs .. how wonderfuls .... photo.

tornapart

Don't know if someone else has posted about this but apparently Mark Sanderson was in Brussells for the memorial, Someone on FB with a public profile posted some pics and said he'd turned up in Brussels, that a guy who had been sent to the Bethel there had just got off the metro when the bomb went off. Don't know how true it is but there was a few ooohs ahhhs .. how wonderfuls .... photo

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Muslim Shopkeeper Murdered for Wishing Friends a Happy Easter on Twitter

by cofty in

horrible crime in glasgow on thursday evening when a well loved muslim shop keeper asad shah was stabbed to death by at least one other muslim man.

mohammad faisal, a family friend, said a bearded muslim wearing a long religious robe entered mr shah’s shop and spoke to him in his native language before stabbing him in the head with a kitchen knife.. mr shah had posted the twitter message ‘good friday and a very happy easter, especially to my beloved christian nation’.

residents of shawlands in glasgow say he was well respected and had been known to hand out christmas cards to neighbours despite being of a different faith.. hundreds have turned out in a vigil near the crime scene....

tornapart

I read that article earlier today Cofty and found it really upsetting. He seemed such a well liked and friendly guy and ready to integrate into a community of all faiths and persuasions, he loved the country he was living in. These extremists just can't bear it, they want to spew their evil ideology over everyone and anyone not following their path deserves to be murdered. Sick!!

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My jw friend keeps preaching to me in e-mails

by Queenme in

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friends

dear friends this is my first time posting.

i am not a jw and have never been one but i have a friend who married a jw and converted.

in spite of the bunk barometer going off in my brain over the years and never responding to her efforts to convert me, she just cannot stop preaching.

tornapart

Give her a link to jwfacts.com :)

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Status update and hello.

by Darkknight757 in

i haven't posted here in a few months and to be honest i haven't been lurking either.

i hope everyone is doing well.😊 i wanted to take a minute to let you know how things have been the last few months.. recently the brothers decided to finally consider my letter of resignation.

they met with me alone and i let them know why i have become inactive as a publisher and why i no longer wish to serve as an elder in the congregation.

tornapart

So sorry for your loss Darknight. I've been through that myself too, many years ago and you're right, it's not something you ever 'get over'. The pain of losing a child is unlike any other kind of pain and the grieving process takes a long time. I suffered with depression two years later and was told it was 'delayed' grief as I'd seemed to cope quite well at the time, went on and had another child and then 'Bam!' it hit me like a brick. Other people can't fully understand unless they've been through it. Especially as they may never have even seen your child as a baby. I really hope you and your wife find some way of coping with your grief. My heart truly goes out to you both.

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Will the Borg ever do what the WCG did?

by tornapart in

whilst not endorsing any of the beliefs or doctrines of this group i found it really interesting that once herbert armstrong died it had a major overhaul of it's beliefs and practices (very similar in a cultish way to jws).

apologising for it's errors and putting things right.

it became less judgemental, more encompassing of other christian faiths.

tornapart

I think you're right....