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  Poll: Atheists overwhelmingly oppose the death penalty, but most Christians favor it

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .

  i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.

  i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.

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  An eye for an eye creates a world full of blind people.

  I was a huge supporter of the death penalty. In the past couple of years I have changed my mind.

  As a species we have used state sanctioned execution since the beginning of recorded history. It is not a deterrent. Taking the offender's life doesn't bring the victim back to life nor does it end the suffering of the loved ones of the victim. Therefor execution doesn't balance the scales of justice. That is the problem with human justice; it is imperfect. There are many wrongs that cannot be made right.

  In addition, I do believe in redemption. That is not to say everyone who does wrong will redeem themselves, but I do believe they should be afforded the opportunity.

  Finally, I feel uneasy with sentencing someone to the death penalty for crimes where there is no eye witness other than the deceased and the accused. Also, the "Felony Murder Rule" in the United States presents an interesting moral dilemma. 3 men conspire to rob a bank - 2 go into bank and 1 is the getaway driver. 1 of the 2 robbers inside shoots and kills a bank teller. All 3 men are sentenced to death.
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  The First Time I Went Over 120mph (193kph) I Was In A ____________ ,

  by Sea Breeze in

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  honda vfr 750.

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  2000 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor.

  I was heading to a bank robbery in progress.
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  What made you walk out on the "Truth"?

  by Overrated in

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  i had a legal divorce from my ex wife( law of the land).

  i was told not to expect to get remarried because my divorce was not legal to watchtower.. my divorce and situation seem to be a talk of gossip and even a many local needs talks.

  i wanted to take some more schooling to get a better job, there was a local needs talk on higher education and it's dangers.

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  My wife and I had been inactive for about 3 years. I was a born-in and she joined late in life. She was tired of being in a state of limbo - we were not active and isolated from those in at the same time choosing to live under the same restrictions of a Witness.

  I knew it was killing the family inside living the way we were. I told her I was ok with everyone celebrating holidays and birthdays. I told her I was alright with letting our children live the life they wanted.

  That same year my father laid it on pretty heavy about attending the Memorial. He made it sound like that the talk that year would be different and of special importance. The kids wanted to go so I took them. What a mess.

  This was the first Memorial with the new/current songbook. Not only did we not have the right songbook, but the song that opened the Memorial, a usual, had been changed. When the Memorial was over I immediately knew that the talk given was the same old talk I had heard for over 30 years.

  The next day I came to the website. My eyes were immediately opened. What I had already suspected was confirmed for me. The Watchtower and its religion, Jehovah's Witnesses, was not "the truth". I have never looked back.
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  Raising a teenager outside of “the truth”

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  i was raised as a jw and left the group as many of the teachings don’t align with my core values.

  now, forward almost 10 years, my wife and i are raising our kids through puberty and i have to admit, this challenge is not easy and seems to be even more difficult in that my own upbringing was very different.

  i find it hard to compare how i was raised with what i now must do for my own kids.

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  StephaneLaliberte:

  Thanks for sharing. It is an important topic for the ex-JW community. I was say doubly so for those of us who are born-ins.

  My family situation is all over the place. I am a born-in. My wife joined about 2 years before we met and had a progressive upbringing. Our oldest and middle child was in until we became inactive followed by just being out. The oldest was exposed until he was about 12 and the middle child until about 4.

  Once we were out we flat out did not speak about religion at all unless the kids had questions. Our children seem to be extremely rational thinkers. At an early age our youngest told us of a conversation had with a fellow student about God. Our child who was about 5 at the time stated that God made no sense.

  Now my youngest is the family scientist. It surprised us when our child started to read books on eastern philosophy on his own. The oldest started meditation techniques.

  In short, our experience has been similar to yours, StephaneLaliberte. We chose to educate, but not dictate.
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  Do you have any good movie mistakes or bloopers?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  hey folks!.

  just wondering if any of you jwn posters have favorite movie mistakes or bloopers?.

  i think jackie brown (1997) is an excellent film, and the scene featuring ordell robbie (samuel l. jackson) and beaumont livingston (chris tucker) is perfect … well, almost.. samuel l. jackson almost bursts out laughing at 4 mins 52 secs, because of chris tucker's improvised line ('you catch a n*gga off guard with this sh1t!').

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlm5enkl8co

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQaLuqwtl8

  You can actually hear the helmet hit the door in the second video.
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  What Were You or Someone You Knew Counseled For That Was Ridiculous?

  by minimus in

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  back in the day, tons of witnesses were brought in the “back room “ to be counseled by elders because of their dress and grooming.

  some elders frowned on mustaches or hair that went past a certain point on a male.

  women were regularly harassed because their skirt was too long or too short or had a slit on the side.

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  I was counseled for having a little hair over my ears.

  I was counseled for having my hair too short. I was having scalp problems and got a clipper cut. The District Overseer saw me at a Circuit Assembly working at the Attendants Desk and made a big deal.

  I was questioned about it, but when I told the elders it was for health reasons they paused. They told me I may not be able to give public talks and would let me know. I gave the public talk the next Sunday. Another elder told me my hair looked great.
  
  
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  I'm launching a new website

  by JeffT in

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  i just launched a new website to talk about my books.

  the website has links to all three books in the alternate history trilogy i published over the last year.

  of more interest to this group there is a description of the suspense/thriller i plan to release this summer.

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  Well done! Best wishes.
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  The racial term 'black' has become sooo diluted

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i always understood the term 'black' (or 'black', if you write for the guardian) to refer to sub-saharan africans or people of sub-saharan african origin.. but, perhaps in a rush to embrace victimhood, more and more people are today are using the term black to refer to other people.. so, apparently barack obama is black - 'the first black president of the united states'.. and lewis hamilton is supposedly the only black driver in formula one.. and jordan peele is a black film director, apparently.. and then there's meghan markle.. there may also be people of pakistani heritage who refer to themselves as black.. and, sorry to say, it's all a load of bullsh*t.. barack obama, lewis hamilton, jordan peel, halle berry and meghan markle are all biracial (mixed-race).

  they're not black.

  disregarding the other half of their ethnic heritage is intellectually dishonest.. .

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  Race theory began with humans being divided into 3 races -

  Caucasian (aka White)

  Negroid (aka Black)

  Mongoloid (Asian to include natives of north America)

  Science now shows us that "race" refers to "sub-species". There are no sub-species of homo sapiens.

  As Jarome Iginla, NHL player for the Calgary Flames, was asked by an ESPN commentator "What is it like being one of the few African American players in the NHL?" Iginla replied, "I wouldn't know. I am neither African or American."
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  from Sir Anthony Hopkins....from exjw reddit

  by zachias in

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  wise words from sir anthony hopkins.

  ′′let go the people who are not prepared to love you.

  this is the hardest thing you will have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing.

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  truth_b_known

  This is a moving post. Thanks for sharing.

  I think the underlying idea being made is that relationships are a two-way street. Don't chase after people. If they are not making an effort or putting energy into the relationship it isn't a relationship. It is just you clinging on to a desire.
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  What Is Truth?

  by minimus in

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  just because you believe something as truth, it doesn’t make it truth.

  religious leaders may be admired and believed but they could be dead wrong.

  politicians can spout out “facts” that support their truth yet once further evidence comes through these facts are questionable.

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  What is truth is not necessarily fact. I think the main difference between truth and falsity is the intent. Truth tends to line up with reality and is generally done with no harmful intent.

  Someone can be sworn in as a witness at a trial. They swear to answer truthfully. What they say may not be factual, but it is what they remember and the answer is not a false answer,