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It was all GREEK to me

by Terry in

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around 1976 i got the wild idea i'd like to learn greek (for my study of the christian greek scriptures and to 'get to the bottom' of whether i was wasting my time being even a token jehovah's witness.

) i would read the actual text and avoid my denomination's opinion commentaries, you see.. .

i learned the characters in the greek alphabet rather quickly and started reading an interlinear (english/greek) bible aloud - practicing my enunciation.

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It's interesting the similarities between the Greek and Cyrillic alphabets.

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Who made it that way?

by nicolaou in

it's infuriating because it's so childish.

you can explain how a rainbow appears because sunlight is refracted under the right conditions but you'll get asked;.

"so who made those conditions that way?".

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The problem is that creationists don't use logic at all. They base their beliefs on their feelings:

'Wow isn't wildlife wonderful - clearly God made it all'

They have no answer to logic (e.g. 'so, did God create venomous fangs of snakes, too?').

Their lack of logic is painfully evident.

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How to Recognize the One True Religion

by Vanderhoven7 in

how to recognize the one true religion.

it freely adds to the word of god to fits its doctrines.

it splits up families over birthday celebrations .

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It teaches that every other person and organisation is under the control of Satan, thus essentially isolating its members from ordinary people.

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Boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates

by pale.emperor in

now i think i may have seen everything.. "boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates".

i'm all for people being entitled to wear what they want and live as they please as long as they're not harming anyone but - a male prom queen?

maybe there wasn't much competition in his school?.

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it's less problematic to punch a man than it is to punch a woman - some trans-women would disagree with you.

There are videos on youtube of left-leaning trans-women (i.e. people who are biologically male) physically assaulting real women (people who possess two X chromosomes).

Not nice, not legal, but there ya go ...

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Famous Movie Quotes You Like

by The Bethelite in

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the last lines from the movie platoon.

"i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.

the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.

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"I met this 6 year old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes, the devil's eyes ..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Blq11wjG30

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Political leaning since leaving the Org.

by Olig in

as you are completely barred from talking or being involved in politics while in the org, since leaving has anyone started any political campaigning or activism?

also what way would you lean?

left?

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Capitalism creates profit. Socialist systems don't create profit.

Labour is certainly part of the profit-creating system. But labour alone isn't enough to generate profit. People laboured intensely in Soviet work camps, worked themselves to death, and yet the Soviet system didn't work. They didn't make profit on the free market.

On the other hand, hard workers thrive and help the economies of capitalist countries such as Japan and South Korea thrive.

And, in many ways, what's so unfair about the way wealth is distributed now?

What would happen if people at the top of the pile were paid as low as manual labourers? The Talent would sod off to another country that paid them higher.

I'm poor. I'm poor because I've got a lazy streak and I haven't got myself a decent job so far. It sounds harsh but it actually seems fair to me, if I'm being honest.

However, if I apply myself, I could get a decent job and career. Because I live in a capitalist country.

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Political leaning since leaving the Org.

by Olig in

as you are completely barred from talking or being involved in politics while in the org, since leaving has anyone started any political campaigning or activism?

also what way would you lean?

left?

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Interesting is it not that countries which are highly sociologist in governance have an over all better standard of living over the greater population - ?! Er, what countries were you thinking of?

(Hint: Sweden, Norway and Denmark are not socialist countries. They are all capitalist countries with monarchies.)

There might be something about sharing the wealth - yeah, but you need to create wealth first. Capitalist countries are the best for creating wealth. Socialism cannot create wealth.

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Political leaning since leaving the Org.

by Olig in

as you are completely barred from talking or being involved in politics while in the org, since leaving has anyone started any political campaigning or activism?

also what way would you lean?

left?

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I started out left-leaning and I'm right of centre now. I try to be an independent thinker.

The left and right should talk to each other but that doesn't look like happening anytime soon.

I gotta be honest, the left is ridiculous at the moment. Most of the de-platforming, shouting down opposing arguments, and hair-brained political ideas come from them at the moment.

When someone like Milo Yiannopoulos or Dave Ruben (both gay Jews) get called Nazis by their political opponents, well, Houston we have a problem.

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