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  Kinda Sad Re: Cart "Witnessing"

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  slightly redacted for privacy of those involved.. so, this is "park witnessing" in oklahoma.. the parks in this community are basically walking trails and some tatty playground equipment.

  most of the time, sparsely used, and today was a very blustery day.. notice the justifying comment- "quite a few" checking out the cart.

  i am sure they were..... .

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  Unfollow - How a prized daughter of the Westboro Baptist Church came to question its beliefs.

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/conversion-via-twitter-westboro-baptist-church-megan-phelps-roper?mbid=social_twitter.

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  Watch: Comedian Lewis Black Reads 18 Year Old's Awesome Resignation Letter To The Mormon Church

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/watch_comedian_lewis_black_reads_18_year_old_s_resignation_letter_to_the_mormon_church(warning!

  language!

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  The Heartbreak of having a brainwashed friend

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  so, recently, i made a reconnection with a long lost jw friend.i first met her when i was about 12 or 13, and she was about 10.. she was a lovely young lady, very poised, very intelligent, a cut above the other girls in the hall.

  easy to talk to.

  i was in love with her.all the boys in the hall loved her.

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  This sounds suspiciously like the actions of another religion we know of...

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/15/church-blacklists-103-year-old-granny-then-calls-the-cops-on-her.htmlchurch blacklists 103-year-old granny, then calls the cops on her.

  genora hamm biggs had been a member of the union grove baptist church for 92 yearsuntil a new pastor banished her and tried to have her arrested over a clash about the style of a sermon.. a 103-year-old georgia woman was banished from her church for a sin the pastor cant forgiveshe disagreed with how he preached.. genora hamm biggs has attended union grove baptist church in elberton since she was 11 years old.

  but last month, rev.

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  Trying to get John Olver's attention, re: Australian Royal Commission

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  knowing that last week, tonight, is becoming the hottest topical show in the us, i thought i would try to point his show's attention toward the royal commision.the only way i could figure out how was to post to the hbo discussion board that is specific to the show.

  here is the link to my comments:http://talk.hbo.com/t5/last-week-tonight-with-john/australian-royal-commission-on-child-abuse/td-p/499504.

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  Dear Church, Here's Why People are Really Leaving You

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  so, without one ounce, one iota of self-reflection and irony, a witness i've known since childhood posted this on her facebook page:http://www.faithit.com/dear-church-heres-why-people-are-really-leaving-you/actual quotes from this article:"church, i know how much you despise the word tolerance, but right now, i really need you to tolerate me; to tolerate those of us who, for all sorts of reasons you may feel arent justified, are struggling to stay.

  ""if someone is frustrated, telling them that theyre wrong to be frustrated is, well, pretty freakin frustrating.it only breeds distance.. if someone shares that their heart is hurting, they dont want to hear that theyre not right to be hurt.. its a conversation-stopper.

  "dear lord, do they actually read what they post?.

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  Captive virgins, polygamy and sex slaves: What marriage would look like if we actually followed the Bible

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  a friend linked this on his facebook page, sharing:http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/captive-virgins-polygamy-and-sex-slaves-what-marriage-would-look-like-if-we-actually-followed-the-bible/one quote that stood out for me:"granted, sometimes even decent people do get sucked into a sort of text worship that i call bibliolatry, and bible worship can make a persons moral priorities as archaic and cruel as those of the iron age tribesmen who wrote the texts.

  (i once listened, horrified, while a sweet, elderly pair of jehovahs witnesses rationalized the old testament slaughter of children with the same words nazis used to justify the slaughter of jewish babies.

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  Kingsman:The Secret Service

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  spoiler alert!!!

  !if you have not seen this movie yet, and plan on it, then do not read this post, as it contains a major plot element:please read the transcript of the following speech that valentine (the villain of the movie) gives to the chosen survivors of his plan to wipe out most of humanity in order to save planet earth:[valentine notices the people in the party room looking gloomy].

  valentine: the f---'s wrong with them?.

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  It's definitely not Mainstream media, but it did get attention

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/01/26/jehovahs-witness-leader-rants-against-higher-education-saying-itll-lead-to-spiritual-disaster/#st_refdomain=www.facebook.com&st_refquery=/