I don't feel sorry for them, though I recognize they're brainwashed dupes. It's sad, but I have enough in life to take up my time without wringing my hands for people that choose to be crazy.
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Do you feel sorry for the family members who shun you?
by SweetBabyCheezits inas each instance of shunning happens to me, it seems even more ridiculous than the last.. this weekend i took our kids to the park - wife opted out, understandably - and we let our daughter call my parents to inform them we'd be there.
this was my first time in the presence of my parents since our df announcement two weeks ago.. my mom and dad were 10-20 feet away much of the time and yet they never said a greeting or.. well anything.
at one point my daughter, who is aware of the shunning, mistakenly thought my mom called my name and shouted excitedly, "mawmaw, were you talking to daddy??
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Why Do You Come Here?
by minimus ini like this place.
i like the mix of posters.
i think it's a helpful site and most informative..
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Build up the downtrodden. And annoy Gregor.
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Doubt they hide child abuse.....put those doubts to rest today.
by Momma-Tossed-Me in39. h the accused denies the accusation, the.
investigating elders should try to arrange a meeting.
with him and the accuser together.
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Fuck a duck...it's just more of the same. To think I almost thought they'd make some progress.
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
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Interesting Tidbit in the New Flock Book concerning Child Abuse
by Momma-Tossed-Me inflock book pg.
38 para 20 last sentence:.
for example, the sin may involve past.
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It's important to underscore:
Pedophilia is not an orientation. It is a fetish.
Let's not feed into some pretty bizarre conversations, eh?
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Thought stopper: "We are the only ones doing what Jesus did."
by sabastious inthis is one of the top thought stopping phrases here.. it invalidates any argument presented against the organization.
it basically says this:.
"it doesn't matter who did what in the org, it doesn't matter how bad things get, we are the only ones doing what jesus did, therefore all errors and corruption are disregarded as we await the end.".
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Sab: They don't control all 7 million though. They are losing their foothold I think.
Bingo!
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Pat Condell: "God or Nothing"
by leavingwt in.
"admitting you don't know something is not the same as believing in nothing.".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovg0eyjm64w.
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BTS: Really? I thought that was what religion was supposed to be about. My own faith has been extremely helpful in that regard.
I find "religion" to be politics.
EDIT for your EDIT: We've been "getting on" with these problems ever since we became human.
Religion these days is more about avoiding issues than addressing them.
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Pat Condell: "God or Nothing"
by leavingwt in.
"admitting you don't know something is not the same as believing in nothing.".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovg0eyjm64w.
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Gladiator: Such intelligence does not have to have a plan or fixed moral rules, but could operate by a very different kind of process to the one that goes on in our heads, that we choose to label as intelligence.
This.
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Pat Condell: "God or Nothing"
by leavingwt in.
"admitting you don't know something is not the same as believing in nothing.".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovg0eyjm64w.
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BTS: As opposed to who?
As opposed to the supposed clear-thinking religious. These would be the ones I'd like to see surveyed, they are merely public figures that have espoused some very whacko beliefs as a direct influence from their religion.
So there.
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Pat Condell: "God or Nothing"
by leavingwt in.
"admitting you don't know something is not the same as believing in nothing.".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovg0eyjm64w.
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BTS: Human beings are religious animals. It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion
It can be hard, particulary for psychologically immature individuals (not saying that all believers are immature, but obviously the immature will always need a Harvey the Rabbit to take care of them).
But I think with each generation, and each passing century, we become more mature, more capable of standing on our own two feet, more willing to be accountable and responsible for our actions and our destiny, less superstitious.
If *spirituality* (which is these days getting the "belief in something greater than ourselves" definition) is the goal, then certainly there is no shortage of non-religious, non-superstitious "greater thans" to join in on - secular movements, society, communities - anywhere there is more than one person there is something greater than just ourselves. No batteries - or God - needed.
At some point man can get on with the true spiritual problems of living, which really have to do with caring for each other here and now. Until we can all focus on that, the hocus pocus is just a diversion from Jesus' message - and a diversion from the point of any loving God.
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Pat Condell: "God or Nothing"
by leavingwt in.
"admitting you don't know something is not the same as believing in nothing.".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovg0eyjm64w.
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Leaving: When a man ceases to believe in God, he doesn't believe in nothing. He believes in anything HE WANTS TO.
AMEN.
I'm a little surprised at the survey. They obvioulsy didn't focus on the shining lights that are producing our great thinkers like Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnel and Sharon Angle.