Afterburn

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  The idiots Hollyweird destroys the Bond Franchise

  by rockemsockem in

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  99% of the people who go to bond films want a straight white english bond with a bit of light sexism and some bond girls thrown in.

  they do not want a tranny bond or a gay or lesbian bond.

  and they do not want a black woman bond.

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  Afterburn

  "007" was always intended as a numeric designation for a specific active MI6 Agent In Her Majesty's Service. "007" was never intended by Ian Fleming to be James Bond (a name he selected because he thought it was the most dull and uninteresting name he could think of).

  If we cannot allow room for a female to be a specific active MI6 Agent In Her Majesty's Service, or for her numeric designation to be "007," I wonder why we can't do that? What does that say about us?
  
  I, for one, welcome the reimagination of boundaries for these worn out roles where straight white males get to be cast as the heroes women swoon over. These fictional characters are also the men that incels envy and slaughter innocents over.
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  Profile BOE Arrived & Couple More!

  by Atlantis in

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  2019-07-09-new features on jw.org.

  https://docdro.id/zrl1ojx.

  instructions for congregation secretary.

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  Afterburn

  Busy work, of some variety, that either will directly save the Corporation money or will shield the Corporation from direct liability to lawsuits. Guaranteed. It really doesn't matter in the long run; that's what they always use volunteers for. Including the elders.
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  The site that shall not be named ...

  by Afterburn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know people are concerned about adding positively to jw stats on the site that shall not be named, but i don't think the argument is a valid one, because they are going to see cause to brag on themselves whether the stats rise, stagnate, or fall.

  it's built into their self-conceits.

  here's the menu you get when you create a user account on that site.. .

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  Afterburn

  Ambiguity is common among high-control groups. It allows for cover from civil torts while leaving the door wide open for sticklers for "righteousness" (whatever the group has branded that to mean) to be as Draconian and as Machiavellian as they please in their pursuit of that conceptual ideal.
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  More political leanings

  by scary21 in

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  just wondering how many here have read "atlas shrugged" by ayn rand, and what you thought about it ?.

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  Afterburn

  Thank you, blondie. I agree. I summed up that analysis with, "Galt does not care what would happen to other humans as a result of his professed "Objectivism" which is actually only a piss-poor mask for selfish vanity. He lacks the perspective required for valid Objectivism, as does every human."

  Since an objective perspective is utterly impossible for humans, Objectivism, as a philosophy that relies upon a capacity humans do not possess, is mortally invalidated as a suitable philosophical model for the species, as a whole, to adopt or subscribe to. It proves most useful as an excuse for the wealthy and the vain to confirm their preexisting biases and to comfort themselves with the utterly false, and easily disproved, notion of their own capacity for objectivity.

  The entire fictional model of thought is founded upon the fundamental flawed premise that humans can be objective.
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  One simple photo to sum up the heartless and hypocritical attitudes of many Jehovah's Witnesses

  by nicolaou in

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  this was taken in london yesterday by a twitter user still managing his fade so i can't be more specific than that.

  disgusting.

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  @ Giles Gray

  Your points have already been covered and debunked in my posts to flipper.
  

  False.

  @ Drearyweather

  but then you write a 12 paragraph essay telling why my opinion was wrong.
  

  You're being ridiculous. I criticized your condescending judgment of others and your having put false words in my mouth, and I also disagreed with your opinion ... I wasn't telling you why your opinion was wrong, I was telling you why I disagreed with it.

  Perhaps you confused the two? Maybe you felt personally attacked by normal civil discourse?

  As to photos being published (anywhere in public), if the photo is taken in a public place the persons in the picture have no expectation of privacy.
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  More political leanings

  by scary21 in

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  just wondering how many here have read "atlas shrugged" by ayn rand, and what you thought about it ?.

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  Afterburn

  At no point in the book was Galt at any risk at all of being "left with less than" those benefiting from his hard work, other than the risk he himself intended to create for everyone, and, by extension, for everyone's "hard work."
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  More political leanings

  by scary21 in

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  just wondering how many here have read "atlas shrugged" by ayn rand, and what you thought about it ?.

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  Afterburn

  Charity is all well and good, however, "earned income" does not always equal "income," no one "earns" an annual in excess of $1,000,000.00 USD, and yet, many people do receive incomes far and away in excess of this.
  
  Does the fact that they receive this wealth mean they are the ones best suited to determine how it is spent, or should they only have that liberty with money they have actually earned?
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  Just in case you were having a bit of trouble...

  by JayDubyaDotOrg in

  1. watchtower
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  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/videos/tutorial-making-donations-electronically/.

  now available.. a how-to guide to help remove that pesky money from your bank account.

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  Afterburn

  I ran across that same video while finally touring the site, today!
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  The site that shall not be named ...

  by Afterburn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know people are concerned about adding positively to jw stats on the site that shall not be named, but i don't think the argument is a valid one, because they are going to see cause to brag on themselves whether the stats rise, stagnate, or fall.

  it's built into their self-conceits.

  here's the menu you get when you create a user account on that site.. .

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  Afterburn

  sbf, the question and response both clarify that the context is "apostate or disfellowshipped."
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  2019-New Files Just Arrived!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
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  2019 application for prison minister.

  https://docdro.id/dxusjmu.

  2019 brd visitor center newsletter.

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  Afterburn

  ... publishers should refrain from posting messages to guest books or online obituaries unless they personally know the deceased or the family of the deceased.
  

  Translation: We are fully aware that this cult has trained you to be calloused, insensitive, socially maladjusted, and opportunistic, and you are all doing very well, however, this one even squicked us a little bit, so ... just ... just, no.