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  Stockholm syndrome and religion

  by menrov in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  based on a discussion i had with my wife, i started to compare the situation of people who are a member of a religious organisation or are devout to a belief, to the so-called stockholm syndrome.

  the stockholm syndrome is where feelings of trust or affection is felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim towards a captor.

  in such a situation, the person being kidnapped is not free to leave and is held against their will but over time takes that situation as a "new normal" and even starts to see their kidnapper(s) as normal people.

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  Or as Dolgun said, "People love power in the hope that it will love them back."
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  why did jehovah create corona virus?

  by stan livedeath in

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  2. medical

  why did jehovah create the strains of corona virus ?.

  is it part of the great tribulation that is closer than ever now ?.

  what if lots of his people die from it ?.

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  spanish flu--which didnt originate in Spain..is a strain of corona virus. there are many

  Stan,

  Influenza is caused by an RNA virus (Riboviria) in the family Orthomyxoviridae. The virus responsible for Spanish Flu was a strain of type A (Alphainfluenzavirus) called H1N1

  Covid19 is also caused by an RNA virus, but it comes from an entirely different family. The family is Coronaviridae, the genus is Betacoronavirus and the strain is SARS-CoV-2
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  Noah’s flood

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a few years ago at one of the conventions, there was a talk on gods remarkable creation.

  one of the slides showed a giant sequoia tree, approximately 5000 years old!.

  later another talk was about noah etc.

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  Recorded history (Historical narrative in written form) should not be confused with the history of writing (Language in written form) which goes back to the Neolithic period.
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  Lloyd Evans exploitation videos.

  by phoenixrising in

  1. social
  2. current

  i used to watch his videos on the monthly gb talks.

  he has went over the top a few times doing one video on why being liberal idiot is a good thing.

  he has made comments on the usa not knowing shit about what he was desperately trying to talk about.

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  Forgive me if this is a silly question, but when you say "liberal" what exactly do you mean?

  "Liberals" in the U.S. are the political left. "Conservatives" are the political right.

  There's a saying: "Liberals believe good government produces good people; Conservatives believe good people produce good government."

  It's a little corny, but does capture a little of the ideological divide between the two groups.

  Liberals tend to favor collective rights over individual rights. Conservatives tend to favor individual rights over collective rights.

  Liberals tend to favor larger government and more social programs. Conservatives tend to favor smaller government and fewer social programs
  

  Personally, I think the truth is somewhere in the middle, which tends to anger both sides.

  Libertarians, despite the name, are not liberal. They are an offshoot of conservatism who hold individual rights as paramount. The want the government to stay the hell out of everybody's life
  

  Both sides have their fringe groups. Radical environmentalism is mostly a liberal movement. The Christian Right is mostly a conservative movement.

  Both Liberals and Conservatives characterize each other by their fringe elements, so arguments tend to be about extreme positions that aren't completely accepted by everyone even within their respective groups.

  There's whole books on the subject, so none of us can do much more than scratch the surface here.
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  Lloyd Evans exploitation videos.

  by phoenixrising in

  1. social
  2. current

  i used to watch his videos on the monthly gb talks.

  he has went over the top a few times doing one video on why being liberal idiot is a good thing.

  he has made comments on the usa not knowing shit about what he was desperately trying to talk about.

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  Violent protests reliably turn a population conservative.

  I'd agree that violence by protesters reduces public support for their cause.

  At the same time though, I'm not sure if some of the younger conservatives here understand the militia movement of the 90's, Ruby Ridge, Waco, etc. and therefore don't understand how strongly the right itself is opposed to police overreach.
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  “White Privilege”

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lately that’s all i’ve been hearing about!

  i’m sick and tired of listening to white people begging for forgiveness simply because they are white.

  in a nearby town, a six year old girl asked her mom, “ why don’t we have a black lives matter march here?

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  Harris dislikes Trump's disrespect/distain for facts.

  "He lies more than any person has ever lied in human history" (His words, not mine.)
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  Overlapping Generation

  by pandorasbox1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the september 2015 broadcast had david splane explain matthew 24:34 “truly, i say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place”.

  his explanation of this scripture was by means of a chart to indicate an overlapping generation.. .

  no scripture was used to show the overlapping generation concept, and as a result it makes no sense.. to illustrate how crazy this concept is, look at the lyrics of the song my generation.. my generation.

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  Yes..

  The temporal preposition, "until" demands posteriority of the condition(s) it introduces. When that logic is broken, the only way to salvage the thought is to ditch the proposition entirely, switch from a near to a far demonstrative pronoun, redefine one or more of the other terms, or just rewrite the sentence from scratch.

  Or all of the above.

  It this case however it was the Bible itself they were talking about and that degree of paraphrase would have amounted to an implicit admission that the passage really isn't translated properly in the NWT and that the literal approach to translation, which the JW's are all about, doesn't even necessarily work.
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  Overlapping Generation

  by pandorasbox1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the september 2015 broadcast had david splane explain matthew 24:34 “truly, i say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place”.

  his explanation of this scripture was by means of a chart to indicate an overlapping generation.. .

  no scripture was used to show the overlapping generation concept, and as a result it makes no sense.. to illustrate how crazy this concept is, look at the lyrics of the song my generation.. my generation.

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  They could have just stuck with the 1995 definition of “wicked generation”—at least that made some sort of sense.

  It struck me as a nonsensical tautology:
  

  "The wicked generation who takes no note of the sign will not be destroyed at the end until the entire sign of the end (of which they take no note) has occurred."

  
  
  
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  Would Watchtower Ever Risk Setting Another Date

  by Number 6 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was a 50 year gap between the failed dates of 1925 and 1975.. memories fade, people die, and who cares what was said 50 years ago.. most jw's now in the religion werent there when 1975 was a thing.

  even my mother who was baptized in 1974 who i do remember speaking about it back in the day, can barely remember what the fuss was about.

  for active jw's who are doing all there studying online now, its practically impossible to find any wt contemporary reference to 1975.. i read recently (sorry i cant source it right now) that at the time, even watchtower may have taken the view that even if they knew 1975 was wrong, the short term gains would far outstrip those who left leading to an overall net gain so it was a risk worth taking.

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  I don't think so without a revised eschatology.

  The 1975 date had a very different foundation than the 1925 date, for example

  To set a new date based on the same framework trumpets the previous failure.
  
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  Riots one reason to own an AR15 and several 30 round or 100 round mags.

  by phoenixrising in

  1. social
  2. current

  i hear this from the leftist idiots all the time.

  if someone breaks into your home 6 bullets are enough.

  well if its a one of i would argue that i still my need more round for even just one person.

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  I have both but recommend an AR15. The 5.56 is easy to shoot.

  Maintenance of an AR family rifle is a little over the head of the average shooter in my experience.

  --But then maybe my experience has just been with technically illiterate people