against our wishes she got baptised at 16 because she got brainwashed by her cousin.
the last year or so she hasn't been so gung ho about the "truth".
anyway the elders came down on her for not getting her time in the last couple months because she absolutely hates zoom letter writing.
Wow! The J-Dumbs at the trolley cart while a homeless person huddled nearby... You can’t make that up.
The sad thing is that the R&F would probably learn to run soup kitchen and would be glad to help people. Shit, they could even count that time. Sadly the idiot GB don’t really care about anyone or anything except their delusional future positions as Super Heroes.
DD
most of the individuals here from what i have read have gravitated to believing in evolution for various reasons and no longer have a belief in a creator.. the questions begs though, is there a higher conscious in the universe than mankind's.
i am sure everyone agrees that animals are conscious, but to what extent can they reason?.
here is the link to dr. rupert sheldrake's - is the sun conscious.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhsobpja8a.
We could very well be part of a vast multi-verse. Quantum Entanglement appears to be true. Light can be a particle and a wave at the same time. Reality is affected by observation. There’s Dark Matter, Worm Holes, Oceans under the Ocean... Ancient and mysterious Civilizations being found with Laser Radar in Rain Forests. There’s Fungi that appear to attract animals ( Humans too ) so they can spread their spores. Plants are conscious although not as we traditionally view consciousness. We could be controlled by tiny organisms that make us want to eat certain things. AND...this could be some kind of a simulation..
In short, their is some weird and amazing things out there. Is there a collective consciousness? Maybe...
DD
being raised a dub i never voted.
i’m not a republican or a democrat, not a liberal or a conservative.. i’m pretty middle of the road.
i want everyone to have a fair shake if possible in this life, but i definitely don’t believe in forced equality, that’s just not possible.
Carmichael,
That was very informative. Thank you.
It is a mess, and it seems Religiousity is interwoven throughout.
DD
being raised a dub i never voted.
i’m not a republican or a democrat, not a liberal or a conservative.. i’m pretty middle of the road.
i want everyone to have a fair shake if possible in this life, but i definitely don’t believe in forced equality, that’s just not possible.
Being raised a Dub I never voted. I’m not “political” really. I’m not a Republican or a Democrat, not a Liberal or a Conservative.
I’m pretty middle of the road. I want everyone to have a fair shake if possible in this life, but I definitely don’t believe in forced equality, that’s just not possible.
Things seem a mess and there is no good choice to vote for. Trump and Biden... Yeah... neither is good, but I digress.
So, my GFs family are die hard Pentecostals ( UPC? ) Down with UPC?? Yeah you know me!! I couldn’t resist... Anyhow, they are ate up with the idea that the USA is God’s instrument to protect Israel. Lots of Christians seem to believe this and its nonsense in my opinion.
Where did this idea that Israel matters even come from? Seems like the idea is kept alive by old, white Xians. I wonder what they would all say if Israel was hit by a meteor and wiped off the face of the Earth and there’s not rapture or end of the world?
Has anyone researched this subject? Any websites I can go to? What do you think about it? I think the idea of protecting Israel has to be one the dumbest, progress limiting wastes of time and money ever conceived.
DD
imagine you have a spoon and you dig out one scoop of soil from the ground in central new york.
then you put that soil in a bag and carry it with you as you travel from there to the grand canyon.
you repeat these steps until you have created another grand canyon in new york and filled the original one in arizona.
Imagine paining the Universe with a two inch paintbrush...
DD
the britain branch has called a confidential meeting tonight with a controversial announcement.
the message is of such import that it was transmitted by word of mouth only, nothing in writing, ears only.
a decision made by the governing body of jehovah's witnesses and transmitted orally down the chain of command, a decision proving the leadership of this spirit lead body.. the gdpr laws in the uk have been interpreted by wt lawyers so that all record keeping relating to the public has been banned, telephone witnessing and letter writing also, forbidden.. now in a show of supreme bravado the publishers are to be informed that if they wish to, if they dare, they may write to people at their own risk.. bear in mind, nothing is in writing.
Get caught, go to jail, pay a fine, go to prison.. Get hit by a car while manning a trolley cart, you’re on your own.
What a great Cult!
DD
the subject is searching for lost sheep.
how do the congregation view the inactive ones who no longer associate?
not with disdain, we are told but as lost sheep “still our brothers “ it is said that god loves them and they too must do what they can to help them.. why have we strayed ?
Hold on... So Tomo was wrong when he said inactive ones deserve death at Armageddon??!? What if the Big A comes and the Organization that can make errors in procedures and understandings haven’t found a sheep?? Jeehoober wants them back, but Tomo’s views are correct and Jeehoober’s is wrong??
Is Tomo going to publicly admit that he was wrong, and that all the CO’s who were parroting his sentiments were wrong??
DD
the watchtower—study edition | august 2020. study article 32. walk humbly and modestly with your god.
jesus is depicted in the heavens.
next to him stand some of his co-rulers.
Not an Alpha Male in the bunch.. The GB themselves are effeminate, afraid of being real men, men with testosterone coursing through their blood! Men who won’t hesitate to slay all pedophiles and then go chop some wood, bathe in the river and then go home to sweep their woman off of her feet and kissing so passionately that she literally swoons before cooking some steak for dinner!
DD
the fault lines that have always existed in america were laid bare with the current multiple crises facing our nation.
this explains in part the polarizing tribalism that cannot get the horse back in the barn of decency and common sense.
if you want to read up on this history check out this article .
Well, being raised a Dub I never voted. Now that I can vote, there’s no one to vote for. This has to be the worst election as far as choice is concerned. I can’t vote for either of them.
DD
fermented foods may lower your risk of covid-19 death.
countries that consume higher amounts of traditionally fermented foods have lower covid-19 mortality rates.
according to german researchers, significant changes in the microbiome caused by modern life and low fermented food consumption may have increased the spread or severity of the disease.
Twitter actively censors information, so does YouTube, ect. You have to be careful about what you say lest you awaken the wrath of the SJW’s and their handlers. 1984, here we come...
DD
