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  Does anyone here believe that things are worse than they were in the past?

  by Trismegistus in

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  i still hear this crop up every once in a while, so i figured that i'd open it up to a wide audience.. things are looking pretty good to me..

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  This short ted talk is a bit off topic, but illustrates a good point.

  gumballs
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  Does anyone here believe that things are worse than they were in the past?

  by Trismegistus in

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  i still hear this crop up every once in a while, so i figured that i'd open it up to a wide audience.. things are looking pretty good to me..

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  Steve2, I agree, but facts are facts. What I'm saying is the quantity.

  There have never been this many people on the planet, and there have never been this many people suffering.

  HBH
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  Does anyone here believe that things are worse than they were in the past?

  by Trismegistus in

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  i still hear this crop up every once in a while, so i figured that i'd open it up to a wide audience.. things are looking pretty good to me..

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  Oh gawd,

  This was my source showing it now exceeds car wrecks.

  The issue of perspective was mentioned. And is true, but I like Mark Twains' quote about travel.

  "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigtory, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts"
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  Does anyone here believe that things are worse than they were in the past?

  by Trismegistus in

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  i still hear this crop up every once in a while, so i figured that i'd open it up to a wide audience.. things are looking pretty good to me..

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  The question is a little broad.

  In the US, the standard of living is very good. But it would take 4 earths for all to live the way we do. Also, in the

  US, suicide is the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 10 to 50. Also, the factory farming of animals is hidden, as it contains incredable cruelity. It was not like that 50-75 years ago.

  There is also the Malthusian point of view, where the sheer numbers of those suffering are increasing. According the the WHO, every 8 seconds a child under the age of 5 dies, related to the lack of access clean water.

  Aren't I a little ray of sunshine?
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  They are Definitely Attacking "Higher Education"

  by XBEHERE in

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  a friend of mine recently had his co visit and in the elders meeting the co out-right asked the question: how are the friends doing in your cong.

  as regards pursuing higher education?

  the co continued...you know in view of all the counsel from the slave regarding the dangers.

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  I'm not promoting the Borg propoganda, but there is a flip side.

  http://youtube.com

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  Home but hiding ... HBH!

  by Sittingstraight1212 in

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  i was laughing thinking about our response when out door to door, knowing someone was home and pretending not to be.

  this is exactly what witnesses do during halloween !

  i made sure i said something to my family when the doorbell rang, i said "hey this must be what it's like for a householder who doesn't open the door!!

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  You Rang???

  Actually, I bet somewhere there is some die hard giving them tracts instead of candy.
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  A one sentence reply that could jolt a JW

  by HBH in

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  my mind was wandering last night, and i though of this as a reply to a jw.. "oh, your the people who believe 8 men in brooklyn, ny are directing the world's only true religion.".

  the sentence is a fact that they can't deny, but clearly shows delusion.

  any other one sentence "stingers"?.

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  I understand your doctrine changes frequently, that seems unusual.

  You claim your organization is perfect, but with imperfect people as participants and leaders, can you explain that?

  If I had a change of heart after baptisim, would I be shunned by the organizations and it's members?

  HBH
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  A one sentence reply that could jolt a JW

  by HBH in

  1. jw
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  my mind was wandering last night, and i though of this as a reply to a jw.. "oh, your the people who believe 8 men in brooklyn, ny are directing the world's only true religion.".

  the sentence is a fact that they can't deny, but clearly shows delusion.

  any other one sentence "stingers"?.

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  I watched a video of your religious leaders online, and they had expensive surroundings, donned expensive suits, wore expensive watches and jewelry, and were in good heath, how much do they get paid?

  Oh, so your organization in not (financially) transparent. No thanks.....

  HBH
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  A one sentence reply that could jolt a JW

  by HBH in

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  my mind was wandering last night, and i though of this as a reply to a jw.. "oh, your the people who believe 8 men in brooklyn, ny are directing the world's only true religion.".

  the sentence is a fact that they can't deny, but clearly shows delusion.

  any other one sentence "stingers"?.

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  Great stuff, I like the idea of "one shot" that can get the deer in the headlights.

  HBH
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  "Take Me As I Am" (a song by Rumer)

  by Rufus T. Firefly in

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  i was deeply touched by a story titled i escaped a cult, and it ruined my life by rachel mirante saavedr which she posted on facebook.

  in it she makes the point that, to jws, "love is absolutely conditional.

  " it was my experience, too, that the concept of unconditional love is totally rejected by jws, and, thinking back, that may well have been the very first discrepancy i perceived between the christ-like personality and what i observed within the jw culture.

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  HBH

  There's an old gosple hymn by the same title. Nice post.