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US Banks threatening the gun industry—hitting them where it hurts
by careful inan interesting development.
the gun industry is scrambling for new protections.. https://abcnews.go.com/us/wirestory/gun-industry-sees-banks-threat-2nd-amendment-56119503.
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The Sailboat
by compound complex II inmy tech guy made my original summery day at sea into a brewing tempest.
sort of like life, yes?.
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Relative rates of mental illness
by Doug Mason ina report produced 50 years ago by a psychiatrist at a west australian mental health facility ("asylum"l reported that the mental illness rate among jws was 3 times the norm of society.
other similar studies at the time concluded the rate was much higher.. i wrote to the psychiatrist at the time, asking whether the wts attracted people who were already susceptible to mental illness or if the situation was created after the person became a jw.
he responded that they did not know.. being myopically focused on the wts at the time, but more importantly belonging to an alternative eschatological apocalyptic body at the time, i did not think more broadly.. i think that today i would like to know:.
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Suman Virk - mother of bullied and murdered child passes away
by sillygirlforgotpassword inobituary: suman virk, the mother who forgave her daughter's killer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44562746.
i came across this interesting, sad article detailing a case of a runaway child who was murdered in canada.
apparently she had been raised as a jw.
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baptism photo
by stan livedeath ini found this photo on a facebook group--just had to grab and share.......look at the name sign in the background!.
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Will The Governing Body's Shunning Policy Backfire On Them Eventually?
by Brokeback Watchtower inwe all can agree that the disfellowshipping arrangement benefits the wt corporation by keeping the indoctrinated in servitude, make members afraid to doubt the corporation's teachings and explanations because they can be disfellowshipped for saying anything negative about the corporation or it's ceos or not agreeing with some new light.. but what about negative effects caused by the harsh use of disfellowshipping to the corporation, what could they be?
it's a two edged sword..
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Things to do when im at the new 2018 convention
by Akid48 inwell, its that time where i have to go to the boring convention.
so, i wanted to know if anyone had any good ideas on how too pass the time (i cant just try and listen i fall will asleep and i cant let that happen).. (only got a few weeks before i have to go its going too kill me but i got too do it).
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Do older faders fear better than younger faders
by joe134cd ini read and replied to a post today about weather there were any benefits in been a jw.
as much as i now dislike the religion, i had to agree that there was an up side, due to their strong stance on alcohol, gambling, smoking, and sexual practice.
we would all agree that these can be terrible vices that can get out of control.. i was at one point a true believer, who believed in these rules, and to a point have benefited from abstaining from these practices.
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Cults in our Midst
by Lee Elder inthis is related to a comment i made in a previous thread.
cults exist in many diverse parts of society.
this includes politics.