Posts by SydBarrett

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Tried unwitnessing at LDS carts today

by joe134cd in

i was walking through a market today, and spotted lds cart witnessing.

so i thought, what the hell, i’ll give him a go.

i focused on the character of joe smith.

SydBarrett

"The practice of polygamy is strictly prohibited in the Church, as it has been for over 120 years. In a statement on polygamy they say that "if any of our members are found to be practicing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the Church can impose"."

He's probably thinking of the FLDS, a small split off group that still practices polygamy, sort of. In reality, it seems that it was their leader who was getting "married" to all the teenage girls in the community. He's serving a life sentence now.

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Why didn't God create us to be obviously different?

by SydBarrett in

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a silly question since i'm an atheist but one i thought of as a kid jw.

why weren't human's created to be obviously different from animals?

among believers there is some sort of universal hierarchy.

SydBarrett

A silly question since i'm an atheist but one I thought of as a kid JW.

Why weren't human's created to be obviously different from animals? Among believers there is some sort of Universal hierarchy. God at the top, then immortal spirit helpers, then humans, then animals.

For some reason, humans are a really big deal in the grand scheme since the entire immortal spirit realm is waiting with baited breath to see what choices we individually will make.

As the third rung in creation, why weren't we made to appear blatantly obviously different? Why do we have 5 fingers and toes instead of 7? When we compare our digits to other mammals, something looks awful suspicious. Why do we have the same digestive system or even a digestive system at all? Why do we have to poop and pee and smell horrible if we don't bathe? Why is our reproductive system just a fun add-on to our urinary system?

We could still be mortal and a lower level than angels but he could have created these things completely different if he wanted so that there would be an obvious distinction between humans and animals.

It's just a rhetorical question that I wondered if anyone else ever had as a JW.

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JW current stance on Vaccines?

by lcarter017 in

it came to my attention that the covid-19 vaccine works by editing the genetic code of the mitochondrial dna, using gene therapy.. you should seriously question the moral implications of allowing a part of your dna to be modified.

does anyone have any concerns about this?if anyone has any questions, i can do my best to explain.

i personally find it very suspicious how they chose to word it, and conveniently inform us of this fact "after" people have taken the vaccine..

SydBarrett

"Well, given that it is a sin to harvest blood instead of pouring it on the ground, somebody is directly responsible to God for the sin of not disposing of the blood that is ultimately used to make vaccines and other products."

The idea of an omnipotent universe creator getting his panties in a wad over such minutia is ridiculous.

"These short lived microbes on a tiny rock I created violated my arbitrary rule and I can feel my metaphorical bile rising to my metaphorical throat!"

....because I have nothing better to do with unlimited power and literally all the time in the universe.

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Poor metabolic health increases your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.

by was a new boy in

it’s all a big fat lie.

more precisely a big low-fat, high-carbohydrate lie.. 'it took dr. paul marik 12 weeks to prove that conventional wisdom about dieting is a lie, and that was just to himself.

he lost 35 pounds, and cured himself of type 2 diabetes.

SydBarrett

"Fat is not the enemy. Inuit eat mostly fat and have no heart disease."

It's also been suggested that for them its a genetic adaptation over many generations. But regardless, i eat a decent amount of salmon and stuff like that. I suppose that's not low fat. But it's also not the same as bacon every morning and a ribeye twice a week.

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JWs unrecognisable compared to my grandfathers time

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

my grandfather who has been dead for 37 years would not recognise the borganisation today.

he would turn in his grave if he knew the end didn’t come by 2023.. back in the 1970s he really believed in the 75 thing.

he was so disappointed and almost blamed everyone else why the end didn’t come.

SydBarrett

"Basically grew into a packaged teaching that solidified in the 1920's during the Rutherford area. That alone makes it suspect for being totally wrong."

I thought CT Russell was the brains behind the 607/1914 nonsense...Is that not correct?

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whats reasonable to note on biblical aliens

by Franz in

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there are many types (group) of aliens (and their ufos) , 4 at least .

they (2 types at least) live here (on earth) , by god's permission , long before we are here

1 (at least) type of alien is extra-terestrial by origin

SydBarrett

You may be interested in the other ongoing discussion about aliens.

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Poor metabolic health increases your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.

by was a new boy in

it’s all a big fat lie.

more precisely a big low-fat, high-carbohydrate lie.. 'it took dr. paul marik 12 weeks to prove that conventional wisdom about dieting is a lie, and that was just to himself.

he lost 35 pounds, and cured himself of type 2 diabetes.

SydBarrett

I think the only sensible thing to do without being constantly confused by the latest diet advice is to eat mostly veg, fruit and lean meat like fish or chicken.

I almost never eat bacon, but I do love a BLT in the summer when my homegrown tomatoes get ripe.

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Wimbledon's attitude to Russian/Belorussian players ...

by LoveUniHateExams in

... is absolutely ridiculous.. last year, 2022, russian and belorussian tennis players were banned from wimbledon.

let that just sink in.

if you were a pro tennis player, and happened to be a russian or belorussian citizen, the all england club decided that you could not compete at their annual grass tournament.. let's explore that particular brand of discrimination and lunacy further.

SydBarrett

"Fun fact II: the Nazi party copied a lot of their racist belief system from the US democratic party, but decided to tone it down because they thought it was a bit too strong. Think about that."

And in 1968, the southern democrat wing of the party (the voters you speak of), being angered by the 1964 Civil Rights Act were welcomed with open arms (courted actually) into the Republican Party as loyal voters where they remain.

The south was known as the "solid south" since the civil war, then in 1964 it flipped to Republican. Gee....I wonder why.... ..🙄