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  Sudden General Election in UK to be held June 8th 2017

  by freddo in

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  theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..

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  In 2016 the SNP stood on a manifesto that said they'd call a second referendum if Scotland was taken out of the EU against its will. The SNP won the election and Scotland is being taken out of the EU against its will. The SNP called for a referendum, and won the vote in partiament. The mandate could not be clearer. What have unionists got against democracy?

  If the SNP stand again on a manifesto arguing for a second referendum, and win again, will Westminster still deny Scotland a vote!

  Somebody asked how many referendums Scotland will have. As many referendums as Scotland votes for, quite obviously. If the SNP stand on a manifesto for a referendum, and win that election, that's democracy. It's perfectly simple.
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  Sudden General Election in UK to be held June 8th 2017

  by freddo in

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  theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..

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  Scotland voted No on the basis of UK in the EU.

  Interesting that Scotland's referendum allowed all residents a vote. And a majority of Scots born in Scotland voted for independence. The No vote was secured from a majority of English and European voters. How will Europeans vote next time?

  By contrast the European referendum excluded long term residents from Europe, some who have lived in the country for decades. What would have been the result if all residents including Europeans had been allowed to vote?

  Another difference is 16 and 17 year olds were allowed to vote in the Scottish referendum.
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  Sudden General Election in UK to be held June 8th 2017

  by freddo in

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  theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..

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  If we send another landslide from Scotland how dare she refuse us a vote.
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  Japan On High Alert

  by snowbird in

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  my g'daughter and her hubby are stationed in okinawa.. i talked with her a few hours earlier today, and she stated they're preparing for the worst.. young people are remarkably resilient, aren't they?.

  sylvia.

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  Hope they stay safe, worrying time Sylvia.
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  Who is B.W. Schulz? Anyone know?

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  i am writing an article on whether c.t.

  russell was a mason.

  i am of the opinion that he was not, given the evidence.. i just bought b.w.

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  slimboyfat

  Thanks for the annotated bibliography.

  I wonder if you've read, or have any comment on Robert Crompton "Counting the Days to Armageddon: Jehovah's Witnesses and the Second Presence of Christ" - despite the title mostly about Russell period. The author has posted on this forum.

  Or Detlef Garbe "Between Resistance and Martyrdom" or Paol Bregninge "Judgement Must Wait".
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  Who is B.W. Schulz? Anyone know?

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
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  i am writing an article on whether c.t.

  russell was a mason.

  i am of the opinion that he was not, given the evidence.. i just bought b.w.

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  slimboyfat

  True enough, I agree with what you say.
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  Who is B.W. Schulz? Anyone know?

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
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  i am writing an article on whether c.t.

  russell was a mason.

  i am of the opinion that he was not, given the evidence.. i just bought b.w.

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  slimboyfat

  Bruce is not an 'apostate' what ever that really is.

  In Watchtower terms "apostate" has quite a clear definition. And Richard Rawe was definitely apostate in Watchtower terms.

  If Bruce took calls from his friend Rawe after he became an apostate then it makes him a good human being (in my view) but also clearly a poor JW (according to their own rules).
  
  
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  Indoctrination or insistence on being right?

  by OutsiderLookingIn in

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  nobody likes to be wrong.

  so after being taught that they have "the truth" for so long, is it that jws just don't want to admit that they are wrong so they'll keep going in the same direction rather than reversing course?

  this is different from indoctrination when you truly believe what you're saying.

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  Indeed most often a complex mixture of both.
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  Who is B.W. Schulz? Anyone know?

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  i am writing an article on whether c.t.

  russell was a mason.

  i am of the opinion that he was not, given the evidence.. i just bought b.w.

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  slimboyfat

  Wasn't Richard Rawe a well known apostate? Did Nathan Natas say B W Schulz was friends with Rawe?
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  Scientism - Nothing But a Childish Insult?

  by cofty in

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  it is not uncommon for theists to accuse rational people on this forum of "scientism".. in my opinion it is nothing but a cheap shot from those who know they lack evidence for their beliefs.

  if something like "scientism" actually does exist then i have never encountered it.. here is part of an exchange from another thread - i have brought it here as it was off-topic.... scientism = claim of scientific method being universal and the only valid method of knowledge.

  followers of scientism always demand scientific evidence to anything.

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  "Scientism" tends to be used as a pejorative rather than a self-designation, we can probably agree on that. But the question is whether it can be well defined and has valid application. I think it can and it does. The original question was whether scientism is "nothing but" an insult. I would agree it's mostly used as an insult, but that it also has substance.

  Scientism is the view that only science or the scientific method can deliver real knowledge. Other kinds of knowledge are either either collapsed into science or else they are not classed as real knowledge. Dawkins tends to do this when he disparages philosophy. And Harris does this when he claims ethics can be reduced to a branch of science. Dennett does this when he says consciousness can be reduced to physical properties. It's an extreme form of materialist reductionism. It is a fundamentalist position held by people who claim to oppose fundamentalism.