Posts by Simon

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An American Religion?

by no-zombie in

i have a question.. have every member of the governing body (past and present) been american citizens?.

while i understand that some may have been born outside of the us, ultimately to serve in the world hq long term, i imagine that they all had to become 'americans'?.

no zombie.

Simon

It's just pure coincidence that Jehovah selects people who are always based in the US ... to operate the mostly US religion.

They just happen to be most righteous people out of all those worldwide.

Unless ... Jehovah is racist?

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An Expert Explains the Beginning of Christianity with Dr Richard Carrier

by Rocketman123 in

here is an interesting discussion about how christianity probably began.

hierarchical political interest may have been involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=civ8gscbo_g.

Simon

Skeptic Scholars (university type, not internet personalities) will concede these points as genuine history

Sorry, but what?

You start with an assumption that Jesus ever existed and the story is basically real.

No one concedes those points, no one with half a brain.

There is zero evidence of Jesus, it starts appearing hundreds of years after his death.

Imagine there was zero evidence or mention of Abraham Lincoln except for stories being written now. How much confidence would you have he really existed? Very little is the honest answer. It would be pure fiction.

We know Abe Lincoln did exist because the stories and accounts were contemporary - made when he lived. Not 100+ years later.

The closer you get back to the supposed time of "Christ", the less mention of him there is, until about 100+ years when the inventions began.

Apparently the most amazing man to ever walk the earth ... and no one thought to mention anything about him in their lifetimes.

Almost like he's made up.

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Are my options closed? Myself and my 2 sisters molested by fellow 19 y/o Jehovah's witness babysitter

by TjHunt in

myself 5 and my 2 sisters 4 and 6 years old molested by a 19 year old babysitter in 1975 and no police called, just elders meeting at home and brushed under the table.

north cape coral florida.

messed up all 3 of us our whole lives in some way or another.

Simon

Probably best to seek some legal advice in your state to see what your options are.

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Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

by minimus in

jw
friends

the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

what’s your view of this?

Simon

They then repeat it

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Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

by minimus in

jw
friends

the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

what’s your view of this?

Simon

Trump and his supporters have made things much worse than they used to be. Racists are emboldened and are more open in acts of racism (e.g., spraypainting swastikas, attacking Asians on the street, throwing around hateful slurs).

Sod off with your BS fake news

Nearly all the racist "nazi swastika" incidents that make the news later turn out to be done by black guys, same with the attacks on asians - those are predominantly being done by blacks but somehow "white supremacist bro".

Sad that some are still suffering from their TDS

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Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

by minimus in

jw
friends

the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

what’s your view of this?

Simon

I will give you an example of Andreas Lubitz a german pilot who purpose crashed the plane Germanwings Flight 9525. He messed up so bad that some airlines put in place new regulatory system and psychology assessment for pilots.

One pilot messed up, they recognized a problem and they put in place procedure to improve the system.

You still don't seem to understand what this topic is even about.

For this to make any sense and have any bearing on this topic, the airline would need to have a systemic problem with hiring psycho pilots who flew planes into mountains.

They don't. They simply took an extreme one-off event and added something to protect against it in future. This is how airline safety works over time to become safer. Same with motor vehicles. Learn as you go and build up rules for safety.

Now something airline related that does have a bearing on the topic is the US airline that declared they were going to make sure they had an equal number of black pilots.

What can that mean other than that they will recruit based on skin color? That one day, instead of the best pilot being given the job, a lesser-skilled black pilot will instead be given the job.

That's an example of systemic racism and bat shit crazy, because everyone in their right mind doesn't give a shit about the color of their pilot but should care about them being one of the best or not.

This is where "systemic racism" claims end up - with real systemic racism!

But then just like individual racism, there simply isn't enough of the real stuff to fill the news so much of it has to be invented and faked and the democrats rely on racism so much they can't risk it ever ending so have to keep it burning. They have always been good at burning things when it comes to black people.

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