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  Enforced shunning violates free moral agency

  by Yomama in

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  what do you think?.

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  Simon

  No, it's the reverse - everyone has free moral agency to shun or not.
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  I have come to the conclusion that a lot of JWs don't care if the end is near.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was in the cult for years about 40. fourth gen born in cult member or for me ex cult member.

  i have seen so many cult members who don't seem to really care if the end is near or not.

  they are much more concerned with the idea that this is their social network and they need and or want it just the way it is.

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  So many come out with things like "even if it isn't true, it's still the best way of life" that it just screams "I don't really believe, but I'm justifying it to myself".

  It isn't even true - there are orders of magnitude more moral and good people who are not JWs than who are.

  The longer people put off leaving, the harder it is to do so. Too many sacrifice their children's future to avoid admitting their own or their parents poor choices.
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  Disfellowship-arrangement of JWs is not from God, but from uninspired writers.

  by Abraham1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1) jesus set the absolute standard on how to deal with the disagreeable or even with those becoming inimical in matthew/5/43-48.

  there he said: ‘don’t behave like pagans who love/greet only those loving/greeting them.

  but be like our heavenly father who loves everyone without differentiating whether one is friendly or inimical towards him.’ this is his eternal standard.

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  Imagining that most of the bible isn't inspired but a tiny sliver is has to be the most bat-shit crazy view of the bible I've ever come across.

  How can anyone believe such utter gibberish.

  BTW: you're still vomiting bible references like you believe it's convincing. I mean, it's convincing me that you shouldn't be allowed to post ...
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  Liberals really are so stupid

  by mickbobcat in

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  2. current

  so the liberals and their useful idiots, want to ban guns but then do the dumbest crap like letting rioters go and just glad handing criminals.

  now crime is being helped along by the left and people are afraid the police can not protect them and the public's desire for gun control is at an all time low.

  they the liberals are dumb as dog shit.

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  Simon

  however there is always some idiot who doesn`t care if they are a threat to the health and well being of their fellow man ,and don`t care if they spread the virus.

  What you are describing is every vaccinated, vaccine-passport-carrying person. Because if you haven't been paying attention, those are the biggest spreaders.

  So your argument is nonsense. It's not about health, it's about control and authoritarianism.

  The situation simply allows people's inherent behavior to manifest itself clearly.
  
  
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  Jussie Smollett on trial

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. current

  there is a trial currently starting - even funnier than the baldwin nonsense.. yes, everyone's favorite actor, singer and hate crime victim is going on trial.. i am, of course, talking about jussie smollett.

  he's going on trial for lying to chicago police and wasting their time.. he's obviously as guilty as hell, but i just can't wait for this to unfold.. it's gonna be hilarious ....

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  He should be locked up.

  Imagine if there had been a couple of Trump supporters who happened to be in the area? Heck, just a couple of conservative white guys.

  Do you imagine he would have said "oh no, it wasn't them, I actually faked it", or would that grinning racist piece of shit have happily seen innocent people's lives ruined?

  Jail him. Fake accusations should face jail time of whatever someone accused of the crime should get.
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  Disfellowship-arrangement of JWs is not from God, but from uninspired writers.

  by Abraham1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1) jesus set the absolute standard on how to deal with the disagreeable or even with those becoming inimical in matthew/5/43-48.

  there he said: ‘don’t behave like pagans who love/greet only those loving/greeting them.

  but be like our heavenly father who loves everyone without differentiating whether one is friendly or inimical towards him.’ this is his eternal standard.

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  Psst. The Bible is not from god either, but is also from uninspired writers.
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  Liberals really are so stupid

  by mickbobcat in

  1. social
  2. current

  so the liberals and their useful idiots, want to ban guns but then do the dumbest crap like letting rioters go and just glad handing criminals.

  now crime is being helped along by the left and people are afraid the police can not protect them and the public's desire for gun control is at an all time low.

  they the liberals are dumb as dog shit.

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  Nearly all of America's gun problems are caused by democrat policies and happen in the cities they control and run. Their policies are nearly always to let of violent and dangerous criminals and to encourage it. They claim prison reform is needed - it is, to stop so many dangerous felons being allowed to walk the streets to re-offend without consequences.

  When you see what is happening now in Australia with detention camps is every reason there is never to give up your arms.

  I'd rather live next door to a conservative American that owns firearms than most other groups. Conservatives are way more law-abiding, which is why the rioters aren't being shot as often as they should be.

  Also, stop pretending that the UK is a bed of roses, there is rampant knife crime in some areas.
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  If Ever GB Members Deserved To Be Thrown in Jail It's When ...

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was when the governing body started to disfellow-ship jehovah`s witnesses from taking blood transfusions in an effort to save their lives .. resulting in many hundreds if not thousands of needless deaths of men women and children who by this coercion died from this doctrine.. and to this day they still go unpunished .

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  Why not jail the parents?

  They are the ones who ultimately made the decision.

  If you follow bad advice and don't look into the qualifications of those giving it, that's on you.

  I know everyone wants to blame the GB for everything but ultimately I think we need to place blame where it lies. If you put blind faith in someone or some belief system and chose to follow it to the point that your child dies, and you didn't bother to put effort into researching things ... that's all on you.

  In the same way that parents today can believe in homeopathy and watch while their child dies. Yes, the advice is nuts, but the parents are the ones who follow it.
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  Jussie Smollett on trial

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  there is a trial currently starting - even funnier than the baldwin nonsense.. yes, everyone's favorite actor, singer and hate crime victim is going on trial.. i am, of course, talking about jussie smollett.

  he's going on trial for lying to chicago police and wasting their time.. he's obviously as guilty as hell, but i just can't wait for this to unfold.. it's gonna be hilarious ....

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  Simon

  Reminder: there are nowhere near enough genuine hate crimes to justify the claims that society is inherently and institutionally racist. Demand really does outstrip supply, which is why they have to invent them.

  The number of fabricated hate crimes is actually astonishing. Anytime now I see a report of some racist graffiti, I expect a black person to be found to have done it - and I'm usually correct. The fake incidents are quite easy to spot, especially if people are interviewed.

  Of course the "correction" never usually gets anywhere near as much media attention as the original "hate crime". This is why this case is so important - because they finally overreached and it was someone with a higher profile and deeper pockets who got caught and high-up politicians and celebrities who were so vocal about the whole thing.

  They should set an example of him (That's how it works right? What people said about the Rittenhouse trial ..)
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  Why some are religious or not?

  by Vidqun in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  time article: several years before pope francis became pope of the catholic church in 2013, psychologists began to debunk the idea that being more educated meant a person was less likely to be religious.

  instead, a new social psychology theoryone that had little to do with education levelarose.

  according to dual process theory, people are either deliberative or intuitive when they make decisions.

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  Simon

  "Follow the science" really means "Follow the scientists ... that we paid for"

  The "hide the data for 55 years" is hardly convincing that things are as safe as they claim (unless you're a grade A idiot).

  Also, remember how anyone who died within 30 days of a positive test was classed as a "Covid Death"? Well the counter to that is completely opposite. If you die within 14 days of a vaccine, not only are you not counted as a vaccine death, you are counted as an unvaccinated death.

  Yes, you heard that right. If you die from a vaccine then you become more evidence of the efficacy and safety of the vaccines.

  The anomaly was picked up because vaccinated people statistically have a much lower death rate for non-covid causes, which caused the dubious statistical tricks to be uncovered.

  So many politicians suddenly getting filthy rich and also news agencies with links to Pfizer.

  It's all lies now, and it's time it ended.