Posts by bohm

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Poster with basic math on shunning - for JW parents

by Fernando in

your thoughts on such a poster?.

(http://religions.pewforum.org/reports says: "jehovah's witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition.

only 37% of all those who say they were raised as jehovah's witnesses still identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.").

after reading dozens and dozens of posts and hundreds of comments, it seems to me that a great many people on this forum think that since they figured out ttatt, they must therefore be a highly intelligent and incredibly rational individual.

let me take a moment to congratulate everyone.

its a big step to figure this out - i know.. that said, it doesn't make you a genius!

bohm

coded logic: you might do well to dilute the arrogance a bit by some actual information on logic...

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The Deepak Chopra Random Quote Generator

by cofty in

this computer program generates random quotes that sound just like actual chopra woo woo.... what gem do you get to guide you through life today?.

i got .... "death fascinates the progressive expansion of excellence"something to think about!.

bohm

From the alternative random generator:

Pure consciousness is without conditioning--the shedding of all belief. Pure creativity

https://twitter.com/DeepakChopra

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ISIS Recruits Children To Perform Beheadings, Shoot Rifles, Carry Out Terrorist Attacks

by Bangalore in

isis recruits children to perform beheadings, shoot rifles, carry out terrorist attacks.. .

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/isis-training-children-behead-launch-terrorist-attacks-article-1.1921995.

bangalore.

bohm

If an alien cannot tell the difference between someone shooting a carboard cutout and somebody shoot a human the alien do not know anything about humans so why should we care?

My dog might not know the difference between the nazi parties annual meeting and a gay parade what does that tell us anything?

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WARNING GRAPHIC, RAW PHOTOS -- ISIS on Christians Watchtower Needs To Speak Out!

by BucketShopBill in

syrian soliders surrendered to isis and soon were beaten, stripped naked and shot to death in the desert.

these following photos show the innocent victims isis has decided to kill.

how do you cut the heads off of four to eight year old kids?.

bohm

At some point a jw will get hurt by isis and it will be on jw org

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ISIS Recruits Children To Perform Beheadings, Shoot Rifles, Carry Out Terrorist Attacks

by Bangalore in

isis recruits children to perform beheadings, shoot rifles, carry out terrorist attacks.. .

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/isis-training-children-behead-launch-terrorist-attacks-article-1.1921995.

bangalore.

bohm

sammielee24: You know - if you take away the ISIS identifier - we just saw a little girl at a shooting range firing an UZI - can we really pretend there's any difference in children firing guns in one country vs another? A gun has one use - to kill - a child is a child - we can't be really upset at a picture in one country without feeling the same way in our own country when the same picture is shown of little kids holding guns can we?

yes there is, the girl was instructed to shoot at a non-human target and quite frankly I can't believe you can miss that distinction.

Obviously the argument implies all adult who shoot guns for fun are similar to adult isis militants executing civilians.

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I'm meeting with my congregation Elders Today HELP PLEASE

by LennaB in

meeting with my congregation elders today.. going to tell them about the things i discovered about c.t russell.

(astrology, racism, ect.

) i don't know how to present this information or what to say.

bohm

Take a deep breath and have a beer. Then go to bed. Try not to think about it for a week (if the elders try to meddle you are thinking about their kind advice) and see how you feel.

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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

by cofty in

yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

bohm

Imagine if there HAD in fact been an advanced tsunami warning system in place in 2004 and they had detected the tsunami as well as realised it's magnitude hours before it hit land. However the leaders of the tsunami warning system desided not to issue an warning.

Can we imagine they would NOT be put in jail for criminal neglect?

Suppose they had said: Yah, we knew it was coming and we estimated it would kill about 1/4 million people. However we didn't want to interfer with their their free will by telling them about that tsunami. Also, we figured all the death and destruction might motivate some people around the world to make support concerts and give money for the tsunami victims which would make them feel good about themselves which is a good thing. So on a balance, we thought it better to issue no warning.

Would that make ANY sense AT ALL?

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Resurrection talk at convention

by innerpeace in

i didn't go to the convention but have family who did, all are going on about the resurrection talk, how there wasn't a dry eye in the arena.

and apparently a video was shown too on it.

we lost a family member some years back and they are on fb talking about the resurrection and new world coming soon.

bohm

I just saw it. I think they should make a second video which explore the walking dead route to appeal to teenagers.

Come to think about it, isn't there a bit in the bible about elders hitting things with rods of iron? would make perfect sense.

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9yr old girl kills her gun instructor with an uzi

by EndofMysteries in

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/26/us/arizona-girl-fatal-shooting-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t2.

"a 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, according to arizona authorities.

another reason to go against those arguing that young children should be taught how to use guns.

bohm

ADCMS: I've already answered you. You've chosen to ignore my answers completely and you're repeating a mantra over a dead issue. Dead becuse it never existed in the first place except in your imagination. Move on.

We have always been at war with Oceania...

I don't think I can convince you that you changed your tune 180* from page 2 to 6. But you can't convince me (or the many other people who are pointing this out as well) that you didn't because it's right there in writing. I think we should leave it at that.

She should never have fired the gun, it was stupid and outrageous -- but she did so in a controlled setting and one should keep in mind gymnastics too carries risks. It was irresponsible of the instructur, but he was a professional. 9 year olds should not be allowed to fire Uzis, however what's next, proposing to ban automobiles?

This might seem perfectly consistent to you. So be it, I can't change your mind on that point. To me, it seem quite obvious you are under the effect of motivated reasoning and your thoughts now do not reflect your first posts despite your insitance to the contrary.