So what`s the bloody point of giving the American citizens the right / privilege to vote if the Electoral college can overide the majority opinion of voters?
--From thefederalistpapers.org
Posts by TD
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Re the up-coming American election, a pretty interesting video ...
by LoveUniHateExams inyeah, so this is a pretty good video regarding the up-coming us presidential election.. i'm no expert in us politics, so if this video is a load of crap, please say so .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2fo83cp7vg.
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1914 a doctrinal lie that created an entire religion the Jehovah's Witnesses
by Finkelstein inwhen you think about it the jws was foundationaly created upon a single core doctrine which was created close to a 100 years ago, that is the doctrinal year of 1914 .. the leader(s) of the ibsa in 1919 proclaimed that jehovah had selectively chosen them or him as it were by j. rutherford, they also self identified themselves as the anointed class the faithful slave.. from all of these expressive endeavors a new religion sprung up eventually calling themselves the jehovah's witnesses.
years and decades followed where more and more people were lured into the faith making themselves subservient devoted members as well, some also identifying themselves as the anointed class.
the jws proclaimed through their leaders (gb) that they were true loyal witnesses to jehovah's will and purpose, but were they really ?
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In 1919, the late Russell was believed to be the faithful and wise servant and this was taught at least until 1923.
In 1928, Rutherford claimed that the Society (i.e. The anointed as a company) was that servant and this idea, with minor modifications was taught until fairly recently.
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Anyone seen this? Seems to be a startup JW site for leaning languages
by Funky inscanning thru the usual jw sites, i saw a link to this site:.
https://www.talk2practice.com/.
looks like a standard language-tutoring site, right?.
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It just seems so sketchy, from beginning to end
It does. Or at the very least, unprofessional.
It says you need a basic knowledge of the target language to participate.
Okay, what would that be? A2? B1? B2? Maybe even C1?
The site doesn't use the basic terms of language learning.
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Were JWs Right That There Would Be A Time When Governments Would Go After All Religion?
by minimus inthey have predicted this for years.
religions of the world would become attacked by the governments.
the only difference is when they go after jehovah’s witnesses, then jehovah god will step in and destroy the governments..
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Were JWs Right That There Would Be A Time When Governments Would Go After All Religion?
No.
The JW claim was that governments would turn on all religion, making it "devastated" and "naked."
Religion is too basic a human need for that to happen. Sure there are authoritarian regimes here and there and people who dislike religion in all forms here and there, but the idea of it happening around the world is ridiculous.
Imagine how that idea would play out with any of the three Abrahamic faiths, for example. Christians, Muslims and Jews have happily died for their religions for thousands of years. Imagine how the idea would be received in the Middle East, where the distinction between government and religion is debatable.
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It seems according to this doctor that there was always a cure for Covid 19
by pistolpete inthe media like cnn msnbc, nytimes, etc.
have incentives to scare the public and encourage lock down--blame trump.. democrats also have incentives, to lock down the country—blame trump.
there were incentives for hospitals to report every death as a covid death------30,000 us dollars funded from the government for every covid death reported by any hospital.
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I was talking about other countries. As in Israel. And Germany. And the UK. And Japan. And Canada. And Finland. And France. And South Korea. And India. And China
American politics does not dictate medical practices for the whole world.
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It seems according to this doctor that there was always a cure for Covid 19
by pistolpete inthe media like cnn msnbc, nytimes, etc.
have incentives to scare the public and encourage lock down--blame trump.. democrats also have incentives, to lock down the country—blame trump.
there were incentives for hospitals to report every death as a covid death------30,000 us dollars funded from the government for every covid death reported by any hospital.
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I don't have a closed mind when it comes to alternative treatments, but the tie-in to American politics sounds sketchy.
Surely you realize that every single technologically advanced country in the world is exploring treatment options?
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California to ban sales of fossil fuel cars in 15 years
by mickbobcat inthis will never work but liberals are too stupid to know it.
first off all you have to do is cross the border and buy a car.
if they will not let you license it in the state then many will license it out of state.
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ban private car ownership altogether. limit travel to essential journeys only.
My daily commute is 82 miles (132 kilometers) round trip. Not at all unusual in the U.S.
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Remind re: The "Cult" Label
by Simon inif you accuse people of being stuck in jw mindset or "cult-like" mentality simply because someone has a different view of politics than you, you'll be deleted.. it's insulting and a lazy substitute for having any real argument for a proper debate.. what next ... "you smell" ?.
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It doesn't really matter what the belief is.
If it's coming from a place of emotion rather than reason, there are going to be similarities to the JW's.
This is a human thing that all of us are susceptible to because we're all human,
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Elders accused of playing rape tape to victim, 15; case goes to Utah Sup. Court
by Corney ina woman is suing a local congregation ("kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses, roy, utah, an unincorporated association"), individual elders and watchtower ny after, she claims, a judicial committee forced her to listen an audio recording of her own rape.
the trial court summarized the facts as alleged by the plaintiff as follows:.
at the time of the judicial committee, plaintiff was fifteen years old.
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I would sue the elders for obtaining, having and exposing a child to child pornography.
Right?
Why are there not accompanying criminal charges in addition to the civil suit?
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A Growing Problem for Materialists
by Sea Breeze inthe famous double-slit experiment proves that light travels both in individual particles called photons and also as a mathematical probability wave.
matter itself exhibits this particle-wave duality which allows objects to exist in two different places at the same time, depending on whether of not you are looking (testing) at it.
scientists have recently been able to get molecules as large as 2000 atoms to exhibit this duality!.
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A bifurcation is a logical fallacy when the dichotomy is false or in some other sense, needless. The distinction here is one you've set up yourself via your initial questions, so the difference between data and thought is important.
I think we're veering off from the original question, which was about the origin of information, but in response, I would say that information still exists regardless of whether there is a sentient being to interpret it. As I pointed out, DNA does its thing in the absences of sentience and even were this not the case, tree rings, ice cores and other naturally occurring records of the past would still exist regardless of whether anyone bothered to decipher them or not.