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  Christian bakery ordered to pay $150 000 to gay couple

  by cofty in

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  an oregon bakery that refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex marriage has lost its appeal..... the judge has ordered 'sweet cakes by melissa' to pay $150 000 damages to rachel and laurel bowman-cryer.. discrimination is illegal, and religious superstition is not an excuse.

  how long before jws land in court under similar circumstances?.

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  Viviane

  Viviane being a democrat is a choice, do I get to refuse to bake cakes for them?

  Yes. Political affiliation is not a protected class.

   How about atheists? 

  No. Religion (and lack thereof) IS a protected class. 
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  Can the world condition be worse than this?

  by abiather in

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  the innocent civilians being attacked is the norm of the day.

  attacking hospitals too are happening frequently.

  now schools being attacked is becoming a regular affair (last of its kind massacred 150 children in peshawar on december 16, 2014)..

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  Viviane

  Future events are guaranteed on the basis of the established pattern of the past.

  Name one specific prophecy with a date, exactly what would happen and who would be involved that came true.

  ) Everyone knows a friendly neighbour is better security than costly war-preparedness, yet no one wants to try this, but continue with the past wasteful method.

  I neither lock my house nor my car. You've been proven wrong (not that it will stop you from spreading ignorant woo, it never has).

  2) It's everyone's experience that alcohol has no benefits except harm to the self and others, yet use of alcohol thrives!

  That's not my experience either. Wrong again.

  Why do you keep making stuff up? Are you a brilliant troll or just utterly committed to woo so reality holds no meaning for you?
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  Christian bakery ordered to pay $150 000 to gay couple

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  an oregon bakery that refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex marriage has lost its appeal..... the judge has ordered 'sweet cakes by melissa' to pay $150 000 damages to rachel and laurel bowman-cryer.. discrimination is illegal, and religious superstition is not an excuse.

  how long before jws land in court under similar circumstances?.

  read more....

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  Viviane

  JeffT: Being a KKK member is a choice. Being gay or black or a woman is not.
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  Can the world condition be worse than this?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the innocent civilians being attacked is the norm of the day.

  attacking hospitals too are happening frequently.

  now schools being attacked is becoming a regular affair (last of its kind massacred 150 children in peshawar on december 16, 2014)..

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  Viviane

  If abiather is determined to swim in the sewer, are we at all surprised he thinks the whole world is poop?
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  When a Witness claim the uniqueness of Bible and its accurate prophecies!

  by abiather in

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  with the bulletin of atomic scientists moving its iconic doomsday clock up 2 minutes on 23.01.2015 (which means we are just three minutes closer to midnight in comparison to 17 minutes to midnight in 1991), and rapturewatch.net/timelines.htm predicting the end of the world as early as 2017, subject of last days is getting heated up again..

  next time you have a witness boasts about the uniqueness of biblical propheciesespecially about last days, you can point the following photographic description of our times found in srimad bhagavatam, one of the ancient scriptures written even before the bible:.

  1) religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of kali (age of unrigteousness).12.2.1.

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  Viviane

  Entropy requires no proof--the very fact that we left JWs itself is the proof. Many of us left them because we experienced them becoming worse than other religions 

  Again, you're mixing things that are unrelated. Everything requires proof when claimed and can be dismissed without it. 

  You've offered nothing except attempting to change your subject when you are unable to demonstrate your point and now claiming "no need for proof". You are no better than those who try to tell you how to live your life because God talks to them.
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  Please vaccinate your children

  by Viviane in

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  and remember your boosters as adults!.

  currently there is a measles outbreak in the u.s. the outbreak is clustered into communities where parents choose not to get their children vaccinated.

  vaccination works primarily on herd immunity.

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  Viviane

  It's the cost of having a society, Twitch, you are correct. We have to balance personal rights and beliefs with the needs of society at large.
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  When a Witness claim the uniqueness of Bible and its accurate prophecies!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with the bulletin of atomic scientists moving its iconic doomsday clock up 2 minutes on 23.01.2015 (which means we are just three minutes closer to midnight in comparison to 17 minutes to midnight in 1991), and rapturewatch.net/timelines.htm predicting the end of the world as early as 2017, subject of last days is getting heated up again..

  next time you have a witness boasts about the uniqueness of biblical propheciesespecially about last days, you can point the following photographic description of our times found in srimad bhagavatam, one of the ancient scriptures written even before the bible:.

  1) religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of kali (age of unrigteousness).12.2.1.

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  Viviane

  My subject is ENTROPY.

  That's an extremely dishonest thing to say. Your initial OP never mentioned entropy at all, and now it's your subject? That's wasn't true and it's changing your subject. Your subject was how a pre-Biblical prophecy (which wasn't pre-Biblical) proved that the the Bible wasn't unique in proving the world was getting worse (which every statistic shows isn't true). 

  You've since attempted to introduce evolution of the mind, body and somehow tie physics into it to prove your points. So far you've failed to do any of that. 

  All you've done is fail to connect entropy, your new thing, to prophecy and how anecdotes don't prove your pre-determined ideas.
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  Please vaccinate your children

  by Viviane in

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  and remember your boosters as adults!.

  currently there is a measles outbreak in the u.s. the outbreak is clustered into communities where parents choose not to get their children vaccinated.

  vaccination works primarily on herd immunity.

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  Viviane

  The evidence is clear and overwhelming that vaccines are beneficial and save numerous lives as well as saving many from horrible afflictions.

  Well said, Simon. The simple fact of the matter is that vaccinations work. I will repeat that for emphasis.

  VACCINATIONS WORK.

  They save AT LEAST 20x the amount of people that have adverse reactions from measles related death alone without even discussing debilitating after effects. No more iron lungs or wheel chairs for children, no more smallpox, sterilization or scarring, no more pertussis, mumps, rubella, shingles, brain damage or other infectious diseases. 

  I would go so far as to say it's not even numerous, it's innumerable. It's millions, at least, lives helped that we are talking about. More likely billions since vaccinations were introduced in a widespread fashion in the 50's.

  Vaccinations work. Not getting your children vaccinated is willfully ignorant and risking lives. 
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  Please vaccinate your children

  by Viviane in

  1. social
  2. family

  and remember your boosters as adults!.

  currently there is a measles outbreak in the u.s. the outbreak is clustered into communities where parents choose not to get their children vaccinated.

  vaccination works primarily on herd immunity.

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  Viviane

  What this article fails to mention is according to www.WHO.int there were over 145000 measles deaths globally in 2013.

  It also fails to mention that, prior to vaccination, there were several hundred measles deaths per year. So, over a 10 year period, 108 deaths vs. at LEAST 2000 in the same period. The measles vaccine reduces death by a factor of 20x.
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  Please vaccinate your children

  by Viviane in

  1. social
  2. family

  and remember your boosters as adults!.

  currently there is a measles outbreak in the u.s. the outbreak is clustered into communities where parents choose not to get their children vaccinated.

  vaccination works primarily on herd immunity.

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  Viviane

  But in the March 2011 edition of the Awake they vaccinations can help and that soap and water was a do-it-yourself vaccine. What am I supposed to believe?