@Funky:
Do you follow any of the law commentators on YouTube? They usually cover it live since courts aren’t having anyone appear in person - it’s all virtual.
MeanMrMustard
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Politics and Hope
by lriddle80 inso there are a lot of atheists on here.
my question: where does your hope come from?
that the right people will be put in political positions and will eventually form a utopian society that will meet all needs and we will have equality for all?.
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MeanMrMustard
By then everyone posting on here will be dead, and so will their children, and probably their grandchildren. So what does it even matter?
Not me. I have the hope of everlasting life, remember?!
#HaHaHaHaStayinAlive
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MeanMrMustard
It's not true Hillary was the first to promote that, during the primary.
https://www.businessinsider.com/did-hillary-clinton-start-the-birther-movement-2016-9
True. I was not precise enough. It was Hillary’s campaign. Whether it started with Blumenthal, or her campaign manager, not sure.
The point is that it didn’t start with Trump. But he picked it up. Not that it’s a bad question to ask.
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Trump was also behind the Birther movement and said Obama wasn't a U.S. citizen
Hillary was the first to promote that, during the primary.
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Collapse of JW Org - Possibly on the Horizon?
by JWTom inthis topics get a great deal of discussion here.
what i find interesting is even some of my pimi family is embracing the reality that all is not well with jw.org and that many current jws are just going through the motions due to not having a good way out of the org.
wondering what could realistically lead to the collapse of jw.org in the not distant future?
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MeanMrMustard
The WT won’t collapse. It will shrink over time. Money doesn’t matter as long as there are people that actually believe the ideology. As long as there are people invested in it, it will be around.
The only way stuff like this honestly goes away is to slowly convince those in the religion, and those who would become members, that it is untrue.
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Collapse of JW Org - Possibly on the Horizon?
by JWTom inthis topics get a great deal of discussion here.
what i find interesting is even some of my pimi family is embracing the reality that all is not well with jw.org and that many current jws are just going through the motions due to not having a good way out of the org.
wondering what could realistically lead to the collapse of jw.org in the not distant future?
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Collapse of JW Org - Possibly on the Horizon?
No, it will be here for years to come. It will never collapse. Rather, it will slowly fizzle to a shadow of what it was. It will take decades for that to happen.
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Collapse of JW Org - Possibly on the Horizon?
by JWTom inthis topics get a great deal of discussion here.
what i find interesting is even some of my pimi family is embracing the reality that all is not well with jw.org and that many current jws are just going through the motions due to not having a good way out of the org.
wondering what could realistically lead to the collapse of jw.org in the not distant future?
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MeanMrMustard
Sorry, I hit the thumbs down when I meant to hit thumbs up. I don't see a way to fix that. Again, I'm sorry for the error.
Just hit thumbs up. It reverses your vote.
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Politics and Hope
by lriddle80 inso there are a lot of atheists on here.
my question: where does your hope come from?
that the right people will be put in political positions and will eventually form a utopian society that will meet all needs and we will have equality for all?.
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MeanMrMustard
So, if homo sapiens get wiped out...all that passion, fighting for what's right, love, all of the epic dramas being played out and the intricate connections... We and all our history burns up, leaving no remaining memories of mankind.
It could happen... one giant rock from space.
So, it WAS all for nothing after all!
Why do you conclude that? Your conclusion doesn’t follow. You seem to be saying that the only way life can have meaning is if it never ends. Some might argue it’s the opposite.
You could say it's man's narcissistic nature to feel like our lives are worth something and it can be hard to accept that our lives are worthless and so are we, but we have to make it better for the next worthless life.
Why would I say that? Let’s say, you invent a cancer treatment. 100 years from now, you aren’t around. You think there is no meaning to your life? If, today, you are a good parent, and tomorrow you die, there is no meaning? If tomorrow a rock from space wipes out this little spec we float on - the life you once lead was worthless?
I think our lives are intricately woven together playing out an epic story of a redeeming Savior saving people who are worthless for an ultimate crescendo of God, man, and creation becoming one.
Then what?
But, that's later...I just try to love the person in front of me and make them feel cared for.
In general, sure. But love and respect should t be blindly given. But I get what you are saying - it’s good to give people the benefit of the doubt.
What does this have to do with hope, though?
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Politics and Hope
by lriddle80 inso there are a lot of atheists on here.
my question: where does your hope come from?
that the right people will be put in political positions and will eventually form a utopian society that will meet all needs and we will have equality for all?.
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MeanMrMustard
When I look at my own life in trying to help others, it's always "in spite of" me because inevitably I would fail in "my" efforts, but the person gets helped anyway! I believe God does his best work "in spite of" humanity, but still uses humanity to do it...even government sometimes!
You should be careful here. The many millions of dead, slaughtered in the killing fields of totalitarian governments, surely wasn’t “God using humanity” for “his best work.”
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Politics and Hope
by lriddle80 inso there are a lot of atheists on here.
my question: where does your hope come from?
that the right people will be put in political positions and will eventually form a utopian society that will meet all needs and we will have equality for all?.
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MeanMrMustard
Al Gore (and others probably) was predicting the climate changes that we see today unless we act...
I think he predicted Miami would be under water some time ago - fish swimming in the streets and all. He had a considerable percent error....