MeanMrMustard

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  Check out the JW tchotchkes on Etsy

  by exjwlemming in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i'm interested in seeing what jw trinket on etsy is the most appalling to the exjw community.

  go to www.etsy.com and just search jw.

  just when i thought that i found the most disturbing item, another comes along to top it.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Ha ha, I might order this one...

  https://www.etsy.com/listing/453551384/armageddon-is-just-around-the-corner?ref=shop_home_active_8
  
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  Check out the JW tchotchkes on Etsy

  by exjwlemming in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i'm interested in seeing what jw trinket on etsy is the most appalling to the exjw community.

  go to www.etsy.com and just search jw.

  just when i thought that i found the most disturbing item, another comes along to top it.

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  MeanMrMustard

  https://www.etsy.com/listing/452940532/tony-tight-pants-ex-jw-mug-xjw-apostate?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=JW&ref=sr_gallery-1-35
  
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  Debates

  by MeanMrMustard in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  simon,.

  i heard you are working on a new forum.

  based on your recent discussion with @recovering, what do you think about debate threads?

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  MeanMrMustard

  I wouldn’t try to completely imitate full fledged debate sites. They have mechanisms to propose a debate resolution, some argue in the affirmative, negative, user 1 gets an opening statement, then user 2, then three rebuttals etc. Some even have word limits and response timers. That’s too complicated IMHO.

  A simple flow would be user 1 invites user 2. User 1 can accept or deny. If deny, then the thread goes away. If accept, the it stays for only the two users. People can vote. Maybe that’s all.

  But I completely get what you are saying about general discussion.

  I like the idea of a thread “tree” though. vBulletin has something like that. Any thread can have sub-threads, so it’s like little individual conversations. If two people go off on something, it doesn’t disrupt the entire thread. If your “posts” table has a thread ID, you could probably get away with just adding a parent post ID. Tough part would be managing the tree styles and lazy loading ...

  Ahh well, just thought I would throw it out there.
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  Debates

  by MeanMrMustard in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  simon,.

  i heard you are working on a new forum.

  based on your recent discussion with @recovering, what do you think about debate threads?

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  MeanMrMustard

  Simon,

  I heard you are working on a new forum. Based on your recent discussion with @recovering, what do you think about debate threads? You would just need a mechanism for limiting the posters to two (or a few) users.

  People could comment in a “peanut gallery” thread (normal thread). Initially you wouldn’t even have to build in response time limits, just limit the valid posters to a thread.

  Thoughts?
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  tommy Robinson --update

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8b_xqi_nm.

  this is self explanatory.

  please if you are in a commonwealth country write /phone /fax your local member to support tr release from his current place of imprisonment.. you may not receive any reply but do so anyway.

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  MeanMrMustard

  In the spirit of the thread, I would just like to say:

  Islam is not a religion of peace.
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  Lengthy letter re: End Time Events / read ONLY if you still believe in God.

  by mother Teresa in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  shalom,.

  my mom's family is mostly jws.

  during her second marriage, i attended the weekly meeting and sunday meetings (by my own choice) with a family in the very small town we lived, since my mom didn’t attend.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Wouldn’t be surprised if Simon has to scramble to buy more SQL space after this post. Good lord.
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  tommy Robinson --update

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8b_xqi_nm.

  this is self explanatory.

  please if you are in a commonwealth country write /phone /fax your local member to support tr release from his current place of imprisonment.. you may not receive any reply but do so anyway.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Another note: there are two ways Muslims are guaranteed paradise.

  1 - kill or be killed in the name of Allah.

  2- emigrate in the name of Allah.

  #2 seems glossed over so many times-especially for the purposes of threads like this. For those Muslims that don’t want to kill, no worries. Just move to another country and refuse to integrate. This is exactly what is happening to Europe.

  To integrate would mean to accept that whatever religious law you might have now comes second to the laws of the new home country.

  I think you said you like the “melting pot” analogy. To be part of the melting pot, you have to accept being in the pot, not replacing it.
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  tommy Robinson --update

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8b_xqi_nm.

  this is self explanatory.

  please if you are in a commonwealth country write /phone /fax your local member to support tr release from his current place of imprisonment.. you may not receive any reply but do so anyway.

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  MeanMrMustard

  The Bible is much like the Quran in that regard.

  Yes, those elements are present in the Torah. But herein lies an important difference, in my opinion. The Biblical passages don’t come with prescriptive mandates to push Jewish law above secular law. In other words, there can be a separation of synagogue and state.

  But it goes far deeper than that. The violent passages in the Bible are grammatically historical. They read like this: “God told Joshua to <list of things that seem quite immoral>.” It would be quite different if the passage were prescriptive for all worshipers forever: “God told Joshua to <list of horrible things to do>. Likewise so should you do until the entire earth is for Yahweh.”

  This type of mandate, valid for all time, for the followers to execute, is not found in the Bible. Ruling is for Muslims only - solidifying a tight bond between mosque and state. The non-Muslims pay a poll tax and submit to second class status, and any complaints gets your head sawed off with a butter knife.

  There is a reason why Isis-type Muslims do what they do and then point directly to the Quran and insist they are justified: because the justification is plainly and grammatically there. You don’t have Christian groups pointing to Jesus and claiming a terrotist mandate. It’s apples and... cruise ships.

  Note: we haven’t even talked about Mohammad and how he is the perfect and excellent example of conduct, to be imitated by all Muslims.
  
  
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  tommy Robinson --update

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8b_xqi_nm.

  this is self explanatory.

  please if you are in a commonwealth country write /phone /fax your local member to support tr release from his current place of imprisonment.. you may not receive any reply but do so anyway.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Islam is not an ethnicity or race.

  @recovering:

  I have not read the entire thread but I find it hard to believe Simon is trying to convince you that all Muslims are evil. I would be willing to bet you are reaching a bit there.

  As with any religion, individual members have different levels of knowledge, enthusiasm, and belief. And no doubt some Muslims cherry pick different parts of the religion to live by while ignoring other parts - as do some Christians, JWs, Jews, etc.

  But regardless of what any individual Muslim may or may not do, we can always go back to the religion to find its official standing. That is the pertinent point, IMHO. There is no room within the writings that make up Islam for a separation of mosque and state. There is no room in Islam for a “Draw the prophet” contest. There is no room in Islam for homosexuals.

  Some Muslims make room - but they are being good Muslims by being bad Muslims.
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  Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

  by blownaway in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i thought this was all about the 18th century.

  but its current or just post current times.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Of course anything could happen, but how likely is it really?

  The sum of all fears:

  http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Infinite_Improbability_Drive