Posts by slimboyfat

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Round and round the not so marigoround

by Coded Logic in

i find most theist arguments to be either confused or dishonest at best.

and most of them i regard with mild annoyance.

but there is one track of thinking that is so stupid it really gets under my skin: when, in order to try and prop up "faith", people try and tear down reason and critical thinking.

slimboyfat

Maybe you find the theistic response which questions human rationality most troublesome because you find it difficult to formulate a "reasonable" response.

Somehow we don't find it difficult to accept that a dog will never work out a value for Pi or compose a sonnet.

Yet we find it more difficult to accept the possibility that questions of divine being, ultimate existence, purpose and evil, may be beyond human understanding.

Why do we presume that the human mind is equipped to settle such matters one way or another?

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What did President Trump say about Sweden?

by kpop in

this you will never see on the mainstream media.

before you comment watch the whole video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqaigeqxqgi.

slimboyfat

What did president Trump say?

He claimed an incident happened in Sweden that didn't happen.

What did the OP do?

It tried to muddy the watters by implying that president Trump isn't as stupid as he sounds.

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Reveal article: Jehovah’s Witnesses settle suit alleging cover-up of child sex abuse

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.revealnews.org/blog/jehovahs-witnesses-settle-lawsuit-alleging-coverup-of-child-sex-abuse/.

by trey bundy / february 17, 2017 .

the jehovah’s witnesses settled a lawsuit this week brought by a pennsylvania woman who says the religion’s leaders covered up sexual abuse she suffered as a teenager.. the settlement came five days into a trial in which stephanie fessler, a former jehovah’s witness, claimed the religion’s parent corporation violated pennsylvania’s child abuse reporting laws by instructing local leaders – known as elders – not to report her allegations to police.. according to fessler, a middle-aged jehovah’s witness woman, terry monheim, began sexually abusing her when she was 14. at 15, fessler disclosed the abuse to her parents.

slimboyfat

Wow Landy, Fisherman and Richard Oliver must have broke records for unpopular opening responses on this thread.

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Movies I'm Watching

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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i have, for about 6 months now, been trying to watch every single movie that was "cool" or interesting since 1960.it started out with a desire to watch as an adult all disney movies.

then it morphed into all bond movies (except for the non-canonicals).now it's turned into pretty much any and all movies.

here is my list, scratched out are ones i have seen, green are recent next-in line.turns out there was a lot i had never seen before, about 70% because of the cult restrictions!

slimboyfat

The Incredible Lightness of Being

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Movies I'm Watching

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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i have, for about 6 months now, been trying to watch every single movie that was "cool" or interesting since 1960.it started out with a desire to watch as an adult all disney movies.

then it morphed into all bond movies (except for the non-canonicals).now it's turned into pretty much any and all movies.

here is my list, scratched out are ones i have seen, green are recent next-in line.turns out there was a lot i had never seen before, about 70% because of the cult restrictions!

slimboyfat

I like a good movie. And I think Breaking Bad was the best thing for TV ever.

I can live without seeing Karate Kid II however.

I've thought I should keep a diary of what I read and watch. If I'm going to spend a couple of hours watching or reading something, I might as well write a few sentences about it.

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Last Week I Got A Call From An Elder I Haven't Seen In 20 Years...😳

by minimus in

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while i was at work i got a phone call from an elder i haven't seen in decades!

he started asking me questions about my family, my ex, and told me that he heard i "was no longer in the truth".

i got a little defensive and he quickly picked up on it and assured me his call had nothing to do with checking up on me regarding the religion.

slimboyfat

Sounds to me likes he's on the edge himself.

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Did you know that J.F. Rutherford was part of the Knights of Pythias? There's PROOF for this!

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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wow.

wow.someone just sent me a scan of the boonville advertiser newspaper in which it mentions j.f.

slimboyfat

I find it interesting that FDR became a member of the Pythian society while he was president in 1936. And Rutherford detested Roosevelt. I wonder if Rutherford ever made comment on Roosevelt becoming a member. Rutherford was prone to take any action by Roosevelt as proof he was part of some Satanic conpriracy.

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More fun! Did you know that Judge Rutherford had a daughter? I sure didn't......

by sparky1 in

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i have too much time on my hands.

my investigations are turning up some neat historical facts..

slimboyfat

What a strange mistake to make. Newspapers often get names wrong. Our local newspaper is famous for it. Barely anyone gets captioned correctly. M But to mistake a prominent person for someone else entirely seems a whopper.

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More fun! Did you know that Judge Rutherford had a daughter? I sure didn't......

by sparky1 in

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i have too much time on my hands.

my investigations are turning up some neat historical facts..

slimboyfat

Seems the mistake is in the 1940 census.

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More fun! Did you know that Judge Rutherford had a daughter? I sure didn't......

by sparky1 in

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i have too much time on my hands.

my investigations are turning up some neat historical facts..

slimboyfat

I have never heard this anywhere!