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  Drinking during Prohibition

  by Davros in

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  2. friends

  during a recent conversation i had with someone, a question came up that i really don't know the answer to.

  did jw's still drink during prohibition in the us during the 1920's until it's repeal in 1933?

  was alcoholic beverages considered forbidden and possibly subject to disfellowshipping?.

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  The 18th Amendment forbade the manufacture, sale, importation and transportation of intoxicating liquors.

  It did not forbid their consumption and it was actually still legal to make wine at home for your own personal use
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  The Trolley Problem

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so you've probably heard of the ethical dilemma question which is a thought-experiment where you imagine there is a runaway train-trolley, a junction with a lever that you can pull and two tracks - one with 5 workers on it and another with just 1, but no way to warn them.. all you can do is pull the lever, or not, thus allowing 5 people to die or through your direct action sacrificing 1 to save them.. what should you do?.

  this sort of thing may seem silly but it comes up in real life.

  should a self-driving car for instance, faced with a certain collision, chose which pedestrians to run over?

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  ROFL

  Not sure where that was going....
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  If only someone had kicked my a$$.. (This is post is not for theists)

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i think back on the 30+ years of bs as well as my fading almost a decade and even now being low key in person to hopefully save my nieces from the wt.

  i'm a wreck in some ways.

  i'm other days i'm stable however when it comes to theism i depart quickly and with anger!

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  I think what you're really wishing for here is a chance to speak to your younger self.

  Nobody else could have pulled it off
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  Steve Hassan - politics as a cult

  by Anna Marina in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  see this video at 2:58. sanity4sweden explains that 'cult expert' steve hassan was on cnn giving advice on how to deprogram trump supporters.. https://www.bitchute.com/video/3plguubdsjs/.

  so this must be political correctness on steroids.. i have occasionally heard the name steve hassan mentioned in relation to the watchtower.

  but even watchtower helps people to escape cults.

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  I think Hoffer's The True Believer describes the psychology of mass movements better and without the religious connotation
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  Covid lung damage worse than from heavy smoking

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  we've probably all heard it, "i wish i could get the covid and that way it would be behind me", as if it were some annoying rite of passage.

  "sure, i'll lose my senses of smell and taste for awhile, i'll lose my strength for awhile", etc.. what else could be the reasoning for ignoring the social distancing to attend maskless parties and similar large group gatherings?.

  however, looking at the following xray images of certain lungs may help impress some folks into thinking that there are more serious happenings in the attack progression of this virus.

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  Hadn't seen my neighbor since Christmas. His wife told me yesterday that he passed away from Covid complications.

  Sad... I'd known the guy for 15 years.
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  Well again, a Senate impeachment "trial" is not a criminal proceeding. It is a legislative exercise where what is and what is not heard is almost entirely up to the Senate itself.
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

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  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  Anony Mous

  The Constitution Annotated is the resource provided by the U.S. Government via the Library of Congress for understanding our Constitution. I would agree that it's not the final authority, but it is more than simply "one" opinion published by "a" government.
  

  The characterization of high crimes and misdemeanors with regard to impeachment as fundamentally criminal acts is a misconception commonly repeated in Trump's defense.
  

  This has never been true for judges under Article III, Section 1 of our Constitution which provides that judges of the supreme and inferior courts "shall hold their offices during good behavior."

  It's also not true of the office of President as Deschler's Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives notes with regard to Nixon: "...the grounds for Presidential impeachment need not be indictable or criminal." (I can provide the full quote if context is needed.)

  Article I, Section 2 of our Constitution grants the House sole power in impeachment and Section 3 grants the Senate sole power to try impeachments. There is no Constitutional provision for judicial review and therefore unlikely that the Supreme Court would get involved.
  
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  That is one opinion off course

  You don't appear to have read the article or noticed the .gov suffix on the domain, as you simply repeat the popular layman's misconception of high crimes and misdemeanors.
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  No you don’t what?

  Minimus asked: "Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?"

  Tom answered: "No I don't."

  Unless there is something really serious that the public doesn't know about, it strikes me as mean-spirited at this point.

  I would point out though, that those on this thread and elsewhere who are judging the President's statements through the filter of 1st Amendment protections of speech are out to lunch.

  I doubt if anyone will read it, but here is a decent article on the subject.

  https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2-1/ALDE_00000690/
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  Thoughts on JW funerals

  by Syme in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently had the sad opportunity to attend 2 jw funerals.

  the first was a few months ago and the second today.

  the first was my grandfather's and the second of an old friend back from my jw days.

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  Cannot up-vote or sympathize enough...

  JW services are an absolute abomination.

  People chattering, laughing, discussing sports teams, recipes, their plans for the weekend and other diversions on the way in.

  A noisy, page-rustling bible study explaining JW views of death, resurrection and paradise. The departed loved one and their memory is only a foil in this explanation
  

  People chattering, laughing, discussing sports teams, recipes, their plans for the weekend and other diversions on the way out.

  ---And this is supposed to recommend JW's as a faith to "unbelieving" relatives, who are shocked, saddened and horrified by this behavior.