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  Why are people racist?

  by MrMoe in

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  something on the song thread that i posted, song by tu pac, got me to thinking about racisim.

  why do people discriminate against people that have different color skin?

  i understand it is a learned response, but my "elder" father is very racist... and this is how i was raised.. i don't get it.

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  Racism, claiming that the content of a man's mind is determined by his ancestors, is a doctrine for brutes. Theories of "bad blood" and "good blood" in relation to morality and intellect, lead to bloodshed in practice. The reason this happens is that men who "regard themselvs as mindless aggregates of chemicals" are only capable of brute force. "Just as there is no such thing as a collective or racial mind, so there is no such thing as a collective or racial achievement."

  Racism has only one psychological root: the racist's sense of his own inferiority. It is "a quest for automatic self-esteem, and for automatic knowledge"
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  HAVE you CHANGED???

  by minimus in

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  after reading so many comments about our collective personalities, i wonder how we were percieved by the congregation in general.

  some of us on the board seem to be shy, others appear to be stronger type personalities.some stories that i have read, suggest that when you left the organization, either nobody was surprised or everyone was shocked.

  do you think that you are basically the same type of person , now, as you were when you were attending meetings?

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  I don't think I was regarded as anything but 'weak'. After our congregation split up into different territories and was left with noone but geriatrics, odd introvert bible studies, and snobbies to talk to, so I just stopped talking. Talks were frequently cancelled, service hours came to a screeching halt, meetings skipped for photograhy opportunities, I just faded away, and am sure I was looked down upon to some stupid degree.
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  beer better than women?

  by kat7302 in

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  http://expage.com/page/dumbpage6

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  Beer better than Women? No. Don't need to read the 50 reasons. Just plain, no.
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  Too wierd to be true... but it is... Elders???

  by Lapuce in

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  well yesterday i go the visit of two elders of my congregation, my wife told them that i was acting like an apostat as i talked two days before to two mormons, yes i told them that that they were in a cult like the jw's and they couldn't think for themselves like us, boy i got a real sermon from them, my wife told them that i was on anti-depresants and that they made me ack a bit crazy sometimes, well i know one thing, it wont be the last time i will here from them.

  i know 3 years ago i got a talk by the elders but that time it was for buying lotto tickets, again my wife found a ticket in my pocket that i forgot when i put my cholths for washing.

  i got the talk, but no sanctions again.

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  Go to the Watchtower Study, sit in the front row and quietly read your copy of "CoC" in full view of the elder conducting the study. Just before the study is over, raise your hand as if to answer a question and say, "I've been reading this great book by Ray Franz called "Crisis of Conscience." I brought an extra one that I'd be happy to share for a $20 "donation."

  Laughed my ass off
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  album cover art!!!

  by Incense_and_Peppermints in

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  prime time.

  i'll give you my prime time.

  i'm saving my prime time for you.

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  I always liked the cover of The Weeping Song by Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld

  Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

  Remission by Skinny Puppy

  Any album covers from Throbbing Gristle

  Kraftwerk - Autobahn
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  Lance Bass N'space (In Installments)

  by pale recluse in

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  part i - the prequel .

  watch this space for further installments.

  netx: part ii - "stardate 10:12:02

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  Extremely creepy.
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  Seeking your opinions on contacting relatives

  by Swan in

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  it's been eight years since i have spoken to any of my relatives.

  some (cousins, nieces, nephews) were young children at the time; now some are 18 and older.

  they are not allowed to speak to me, but of course those rules don't apply in the reverse.

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  I'd just call.
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  Why do the Governing body remain unknown?

  by sleepy in

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  why do the governing body remain unknown to witnesses in general?.

  i used to think that the fact that the gb promote themselves (personnaly by name) in the magazines and don't name writers of watchtower articles, was a sign that the governing body was humble and meek.. but why did they take this policy?russel and rutherford were certainly not unkown.when did the transition happen?.

  my theory is that this annomimity is use to make the magazines look like they are not aurthored by men.if an article appeared with the writers name , witnesses may choose to reject what is writen as they can see it was writen by a man.but not nameing the writers makes it hard for witnesses to identify the writers as just human like them, and gives the impression the magazines and books have a divine source.. any other ideas?

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  When I am 130, I probably won't know who I am either.
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  Did you want to live in paradise?

  by haujobbz in

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  say you didnt want to be in paradise would that mean you were anointed,because i never liked the idea of living in parklike surrounds,singing birds,waterfalls,etc.

  i mean i have grown up in the city and thats were i wanted to stay,so say didnt want to live in paradise what then.i remember someone thinkin that they were anointed because they had this feeling that they werent meant for the earth huh?

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  No.
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  worldly music

  by SoulJah in

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  lot's of good worldly music at: http://www.winmx.com/

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