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  Asylum Caravan

  by dubstepped in

  1. social
  2. current

  alright, so what is the deal with the thousands coming to the states right at election time seeking asylum?

  i'm not up on this, usually try not to be, but how can this not be manipulative?

  it's either manipulative in the size of the group and pressure that creates, or in where it started or who started this, etc.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Yes, I can see how living on the ocean would compensate for a lot! 👍
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  Bohemian Rhapsody

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  been to see the new film (movie) tonight.

  outstanding!

  brought back lots of memories.

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  GrreatTeacher

  This must be why Queen has been getting so much airplay recently. My drive to work has been filled with"We are the champions..." 🎶 so much that it feels like a high school football game!

  I was also wondering why Toto was getting so much airplay with "I miss the rains down in Africa... 🎶 " until I realized it wasn't really Toto; it was Weezer doing a pretty damn good cover.

  I'm so slow with pop culture...
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  Vaccine Quotes

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so... two quotes that are just shocking.. paraphrased, both in the golden age, february 4, 1931:"vaccines will be the cause of armageddon".

  "having parents see their child being vaccinated is almost as bad as black parents seeing their child sold into slavery"..

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  GrreatTeacher

  That study has been debunked many times, found to have faulty methodology. Medical doctors, especially pediatricians, are still working hard to educate parents about the effectiveness of vaccines and the nonexistent link to autism.

  Medical research, even peer-reviewed and published research is always subject to further peer review and even debunking. That's how science works.

  Unfortunately, some people who don't keep up with current research will still quote bad studies. It's a problem, and people who do sloppy research and don't check the most recent updates can spread misinformation.
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  Asylum Caravan

  by dubstepped in

  1. social
  2. current

  alright, so what is the deal with the thousands coming to the states right at election time seeking asylum?

  i'm not up on this, usually try not to be, but how can this not be manipulative?

  it's either manipulative in the size of the group and pressure that creates, or in where it started or who started this, etc.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I have no idea how unions transporting people to the polls equals voter fraud.
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  What was the last thing you said to your jw family?

  by caves in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  7 years ago i had my last conversation with the toxic jw that mostly raised me.

  every conversation was toxic for my entire adult life with her.

  the last time we spoke was right before the memorial 7 years ago and she was laying on the usual heavy guilt and fear mongering about how jeho counts his people at the memorial.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Gio, your story is heartbreaking for so many reasons. But, geez, a mother not even thinking of her son and his family, that's just cold. It's inhuman the way some of these family members, especially mothers act. If they only realized how terrible a witness they are giving.
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  Myriads and Myriads of Angels ... What Do They Do?

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i never understood this in my entire life in the borg.. who knows how many angels there are, millions, billions?.

  an angel protected rahab when the walls of jericho fell.

  then one angel killed 24,000 one night.. yet there seems to be this paranoia in the borg like the bunker video and the field video where jw's are under attack and apparently alone or at least it appears alone.. can't a few angels be put on overtime and protect the brothers from the potential "authorities" that wish to harm or eliminate them?.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Course not. They're messengers. It's clear that they work in IT now. More specifically with mobile phones and texting technology. Used to be they had to sing out as a heavenly choir to make known God's messages. Now they just text message people: " Jehovah wants everyone to know that he's the only true God. He also needs your help in getting that message out because he's had laryngitis recently. Please text this message to 10 more people and instruct them to do the same. Thanks, Angel IT Services"
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  The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst -Professor Robert Sapolsky

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting neurological view of things from stanford university.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grycsuylijk.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Loved it. It was rather long, but I listened to it while doing some chores around the house.

  Loved the part about epigenetics. Genes only work within an environmental context. You can have genes that code for negative outcomes, but they are only expressed when activated by stress or other suboptimal experiences.

  Take a listen. It is long, over an hour, but it also makes the laundry go quicker. 🙂
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  Family is now reaping what they sowed and they don't like it.

  by Gemmel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i resigned from the jw's in my 20's over 30 years ago, i was immediately shunned by my entire family and it's remained that way with a few exceptions ever since.

  one of those exceptions was being contacted by a cousin a few years back and during that conversation i discovered that my mother had been and still was the prime mover in my complete and continuing shunning.

  i then used what contacts i had left to confirm it.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Yes, you can't treat someone as if they're dead and then resurrect them when you need their money.

  They don't have that power. Only their God Jehovah does.
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  The effect Crisis of Conscience has...

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  would love to read this book one day and give it to my mum and brother who are both in the organisation.. so many people i see on videos claim that this book was the nail in the coffin.

  but do you know anyone where it had no effect on them?.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I think it has the most effect on true believers who really believe it is God's organization.

  People who are in for other reasons might not find it so compelling.
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  If you're feeling down ... this might cheer you up

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  a us cop ends up arresting a person who describes themselves as a free inhabitant.

  at 4 mins 5 secs: "you're raping me!

  ... this is rape!

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  GrreatTeacher

  Thank you for posting. I got caught up in an internet rabbit hole about sovereign citizens.

  Apparently they think that the government is illegitimate and they have rights that are actually theirs to not pay taxes, not register their cars, not have drivers licenses, and some go so far as to file liens against the property of government workers whom they consider to have violated their sovereign rights, usually police or judges.

  Some of these movements spun out of anti-government patriot groups that believed that the current, especially federal, government is illegitimate because it has been coopted by believers in big government.

  Some movements spun out of the belief that the US government has been illegitimate since the ending of the civil war, and that Jews and blacks have been secretly controlling the illegitimate government since then.

  Ironically, a new group of sovereign citizens are found among black folks who believe the government is illegitimate. They learn the rhetoric in jailhouses where it is espoused by those who feel they have been wronged.

  Some have issued their own promissory notes and tried to settle tax debt or buy cars, then get belligerent when dealerships refuse to give them the keys to "my property."

  Very entertaining to watch, specifically because most videos are from the perpetrators themselves and they think they have proven a grand point, where to most people it looks like they just got "owned."

  They are now considered by the FBI to be domestic terrorists that put law enforcement and other government workers in danger. Police departments get special training for recognizing and dealing with them. They can feel threatened when denied their "rights," and have killed before.