i live with my parents in law and yesterday, my mother in-law was very nervous about an email she got from the brothers in her congregation.
it was asking if she would be able to receive people over at our house should there be a catastrophe.
so, she asked me if i would agree with this.
If shit hit the fan, wouldn't it be wiser and safer to stay locked up at home with a refrigerator full of food instead of running outside with a bag small enough to carry just a few items??
The bag might last a day or two, maybe a little bit more if you have enough can food.
Staying at home you might have enough T-Bone steaks to last a month.
The GB is really stupid.
see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .
i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.
i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.
IN-PERFECT SOLUTIONS
I meant IMPERFECT!
A good example of humans being flawed is perhaps comparing it to a brand new vehicle. I've seen some people who have a truck they bought in their teenage years, and they still have it at age 80s.
The Truck had some minor problem but nothing serious. At least not serious enough to get rid of it.
Others bought a new truck and it was stolen and damaged. No matter how much the person tried to fix it, something always seems to break. The only solution in this case if you don't want any problems, in your life is to Get Rid of the Truck.
The same with humans. Some humans, though no fault of their own are either born defective, become defective because of the environment they were born into, or because of some BAD experience, they become DAMAGED in one way or another and cannot be rehabilitated.
The Person now is a danger to innocent men, women and children in the Society he lives in.
The Damaged person has to be put down as sad as that is.Otherwise we endanger the innocent.
https://www.history.com/news/8-of-historys-most-notorious-serial-killers
see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .
i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.
i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.
What do we do with a 16 year old like that? You tell me!
The key is to acknowledge that we do not live in a Perfect World.
That being said, we should not look for a Perfect solution.
Humans are flawed from birth. Including Good Honest people who can turn in an instant, for whatever reason, Your example shows how this is possible. (The Kid changed when he lost his father.)
The same thing happens over and over. Some Good people change to complete opposite when something drastic happens in their life.
A man trying his best to be a Good Human suddenly loses his wife and children to a heinous murder. How can he not help but to be angry at the World----at God---at life!
His mind goes through a physical change. He becomes a sociopath, then a psychopath, then he takes his anger out at other humans because it was a human that killed his family and changed his life.
He starts killing other humans, including innocent ones who haven't experience the reality of this life.
With that in mind, we seek IN-PERFECT solutions to a CURRENT PROBLEM.
Those IN-PERFECT SOLUTIONS are many times DEATH --no so much to punish the man, but to remove the danger to the innocent people that could become his victims.
Is it fair?
NO!
But that's the wold we live in and we have to accept that.
That's why religion was Born. It was humans trying to make sense of it all and give some measure of hope to those innocent oneS who experience the grief of losing the ones you love---FOREVER.
i been seeing several experiences by jws who are waking up very quickly.
not years, not months, not even days-----but minutes.
it seems that all the hypocrisy of the watchtower is becoming more obvious to the members.
What's really exciting about their experience is they are only 32 years old!!!
Yea that's pretty cool. There are also tons of experiences of 12- and up - years olds waking up an asking for direction on how to get out as soon as possible.
Just last week a 12 year old girl popped up on reddit exjw and was asking for help on how to leave the jw religion because she read on the internet about all the child abuse. At 12 years of age she figure out the Watchtower couldn't possible be God's organization.
Tons of posters immediately went to her rescue and explained to her that she needed to delete her post because she posted her full name and the congregation she was attending. Her father was an elder and mother a pioneer.
The posters explained to her to come back with an alias and don't mention the Congregation. And they would be more than happy to help her.
She agreed and said she would come back as a middle age women and ask for help.
There are tons of these kids asking for help to escape. They won't have their life ruined like many who didn't have access to the internet.
i been seeing several experiences by jws who are waking up very quickly.
not years, not months, not even days-----but minutes.
it seems that all the hypocrisy of the watchtower is becoming more obvious to the members.
I been seeing several experiences by Jws who are waking up very quickly.
Not years, not months, not even days-----but MINUTES.
It seems that all the hypocrisy of the Watchtower is becoming more obvious to the members.
Here is the experience.
see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .
i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.
i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.
Then I got older and wiser. Some people are just evil and their only goal in life is to destroy others too
I feel the same way. And I would have no problem injecting, pulling down the lever to let the voltage run, or just plain shooting evil people in the head.
i have to share.
i went to the supermarket last night and got one item.
i placed the 10 dollar bill on the item.
He knew who the person was based on my description and said she will be talked to so that doesn’t happen to any other customer.
wise words from sir anthony hopkins.
′′let go the people who are not prepared to love you.
this is the hardest thing you will have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing.
Most of what he says is bang on, but there's an underlying message that unnerves me.
Could it be because his real self is coming out;
it looks kind of suspicious that everlasting life- death - paradise earth - heaven - salvation - angels - god- jesus -sin-the devil-the truth came from only this location.
(see the circle on the map).
https://twitter.com/godless_mom/status/492027134177579009?s=21.
It looks kind of suspicious that Everlasting Life- Death - Paradise Earth - Heaven - Salvation - Angels - God- Jesus -Sin-The Devil-The Truth came from ONLY this Location.(See the circle on the map)
https://twitter.com/godless_mom/status/492027134177579009?s=21
If the God of the Bible is the God of all Humankind, shouldn't he of been performing miracles and powerful works in all the nations to make his name known instead of using a different Christian groups who can't agree on anything to spread the word of who God is.
he seems to me to be the angriest and most ill-tempered of all the wt presidents, especially after his stint in prison and failed prophecies.. “regarding his misguided statements as to what we could expect in 1925, he [rutherford] once confessed to us at bethel, “i made an ass of myself.”” watchtower 1984 oct 1 p.24.
rutherford died at beth sarim on january 8, 1942, at the age of 72.
[220] cause of death was...carcinoma of the rectum..."[21] .
it is very possible that the cat was framed. It would be very easy for someone who hates the cat to have torn up the roll of toilet paper, then placed it in front of the cat, and then made the photograph. Just saying.
The Case is going to Court
