Posts by Riley

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JW Obession with the trinity

by Riley in

so a few years i watched a lecture series by a man named dr. micheal heiser called the two powers in heaven, jesus in the old testament.

funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so i turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

it turns out that the new testament is a hinge point in the bible.

I don't know if there is one god or two gods or one god in two different forms ( nor do I really care ). I just know the new testament is making reference to old testament language when referring to Christ.

i.e ( the word of the lord appeared ).

( I have seen the glory of the lord ).

I just find it rather ridiculous JW can say with such confidence it is all false with having no real understanding of the New Testament narrative.

The whole thing reminds of me of Peggy Hill going eight seasons of King of the Hill without knowing Nancy Gribble was having an affair with John Redcorn.

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JW Obession with the trinity

by Riley in

so a few years i watched a lecture series by a man named dr. micheal heiser called the two powers in heaven, jesus in the old testament.

funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so i turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

it turns out that the new testament is a hinge point in the bible.

Riley

So a few years I watched a lecture series by a man named Dr. Micheal Heiser called the two powers in heaven, Jesus in the old testament. Funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so I turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

It turns out that the New Testament is a hinge point in the bible. First century " Jews " not Christians are just figuring out some of the weird shit that is happening in the old testament. You have this god no one can see but people do see him. Sometimes god is speaking to god. Lots of obscure stuff and you are not sure who is really speaking " The word of the LORD appeared and the LORD said ".etc etc

Readers digest version, First century Christians think Jesus is this other guy. I don't know all the details but when you don't cherry pick scripture , the overview leads to a certain place.

It got me thinking, how depressing it is to spend your entire life trying to disprove this. It literally comes up at every meeting. Over and over and over. It is so weird when you think about it and you no longer really care either way.

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Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

by BettyHumpter in

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as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

it's the republican way.

florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

Riley

So every single republican member of the house of congress from Florida just Voted against additional FEMA funding for Florida ?

Hahahahahaha

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Are Russian sanctions backfiring and US citizens paying the price?

by Fisherman in

so many sanctions against russia but it appears that the us is affected more than russia by those sanctions..

Riley

1942- The axis must be stopped by any means necessary.

2022- Putin threatening to take over Europe.

" Why do I care, give him what he wants, I don't want to pay anymore for gasoline than I have too, modern medicine kills people, electric cars turn people gay........me me me me me ...........about me ".

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Ron DeSantis: "We do not require assistance. The people of Florida will rebuild on our own"

by BettyHumpter in

jw
friends

as if.no, of course he's already asking for federal aid.

it's the republican way.

florida needs the rest of the country to pitch in taxpayer dollars because it's different when it happens to me.

Riley

After that stunt he pulled with flying those illegals to Martha's vineyard, now his state will be relaying on tens of thousands of illegals to help clean up the mess, that is what I call karma.

Oh wait, All those methheads and high school drops will be lining up to fill those jobs. That is what the right wingers like to tell us.

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Incredible News from History

by Simon in

you think you know things, then you come across something that makes you do a double-take.

how was it kept so qiet?.

for instance, how many were killed in the jones-town massacre?

Riley

The Americans and Japanese had some battles in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska during WW2, technically WW2 was fought on US soil.

The Canadians and Americans had a weird fog battle in the Aleutians both thinking they were the Japanese.

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Incredible News from History

by Simon in

you think you know things, then you come across something that makes you do a double-take.

how was it kept so qiet?.

for instance, how many were killed in the jones-town massacre?

Riley

i remember attending one day of the loyalty assembly a few years back just because i heard it was just messed up. It was literally the most cultist thing i have ever been a part of. It was almost laughable.

An elder started taking to me at Home depot a few weeks later and asked me what i thought ? I was like I was surprised it didn’t end in a mass suicide. He was not impressed with that comment .

Too funny.

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A humorous look at the efficacy of the vaccines

by Vidqun in

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/friday-dark-humor-vaccine-efficacy-science-explained.

Riley

Our local health authority use to run the data ( before they stopped reporting to make the conservative base happy ) in cases in the last 120 days. It was further broken down into age groups, number of vaccinations given, cases and cases per 100,000, Hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths. It showed exactly who was ending up in the ICU and dying. The very elderly ( 80 plus ) or people between 50-75 who didn't have three doses. Even if there was a death or ICU admission in the 10-50 range, it as 90% unvaxxed. The really scary part was the amount of young ones ending up in ICU care.

With the data being broken down into 120 day cycles, it really dismissed the idea that data was altered because large numbers of unvaxxed people prior to the vaccine roll out died.

I thought the right wing media loved to tell us more people died under Biden than Trump anyway.

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A humorous look at the efficacy of the vaccines

by Vidqun in

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/friday-dark-humor-vaccine-efficacy-science-explained.

Riley

I had an discussion with a guy the other day who really thought he had a smoking gun. He showed me some data how nearly as many people vaccinated died of covid as univaccinated people ( thus it was pointless to get vaccinated ). He was so proud of himself.

I had to explain to him how you can't use a one to one ratio when 90% of the population is vaccinated and explained some basic mathematics to him and how cases per 100,000 is a much better indicator of how the vaccine works.

Ran the numbers and showed him he was 12 times more likely to die of covid univaccinated. What is what the data you are showing me is displaying.

His face dropped, said " Well, you can't trust the Data, Fake News blah blah " ( which came from his Right Wing website).

It doesn't really matter that this point. Anti-Vaxxers are just fucking idiots. There is no reasoning, no logic. Just fools.

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A humorous look at the efficacy of the vaccines

by Vidqun in

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/friday-dark-humor-vaccine-efficacy-science-explained.

Riley

It saddens me to see people leave the borg and still be gullible idiots.

There are two types of people in the world. The first goes to University from 4 to 12 years and becomes a Nurse, Doctors or Scientists. The other reads facebook and twitter and cover their car with flags and stickers. The seconds believes they are equal to the first.

It is embarrassing.