Are things so bad in Honduras that parents are willing to send their children, unaccompanied, to another country and then thrown over a wall into yet another country? Sounds like another country back in the mid-20th century where parents hid their children in someone else's attic to prevent their children from being murdered. The difference is that last country never directly effected the U.S. and the U.S. still sent its military in to fix that atrocity.
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Child Smugglers Drop Children Over Border Wall
by Bangalore inhttps://news.sky.com/video/smugglers-drop-children-over-14ft-us-mexico-border-wall-12262371.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/31/exclusive-leaked-video-human-smugglers-drop-small-children-from-border-wall-in-new-mexico/.
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Can Anything Good come out of America? ( Religious Wise )
by smiddy3 injohn 1:46 but nathanael said to him :can anything good come out of nazareth?".
i ask the same thing about religion and america the birth place of not a few "christian faiths" ?.
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Religion is not necessary for there to be good.
True. There must be evil for there to be good. It is the only non-good element required for good to manifest.
Without religion and the belief of a second chance, humans would be more incline to treasure and respect life.
I disagree. Without evangelical/protestant reformation sects of Christianity humans would be more inclined to treasure and respect life. Those religions that are tools to experience the truth of the beauty of Now do just that.
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Wanting articles on statistics for the incidence of csa between the Catholic Church and JW
by joe134cd inhad an ultra jw relative say to me the there are only a few examples of csa in the jws.
the catholics are significantly worse.
i’m after statistical information that proves him wrong.
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Consider that Catholic Church claims to be the original Church (nearly 2 thousand years old) and JWs since 1919. Then take the number of professed Catholics worldwide vs JWs. The amount of child abuse in the JWs is staggering.
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Can Anything Good come out of America? ( Religious Wise )
by smiddy3 injohn 1:46 but nathanael said to him :can anything good come out of nazareth?".
i ask the same thing about religion and america the birth place of not a few "christian faiths" ?.
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I think it is a great question to ask. The short answer is - yes. However putting that question and answer together doesn't help much.
How about this question - What would it take for a "good religion" to come out from America and what would it look like?
Paul Smith, author of Integral Christianity: The Spirit’s Call to Evolve, wrote, "Christianity began in Palestine as an experience, it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, it moved to Italy and became an institution, it moved to Europe and became a culture, and it moved to America and became a business! We’ve left the experience long behind."
You can read more about it here https://integrallife.com/integral-christianity-answering-call-evolve/
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Child Smugglers Drop Children Over Border Wall
by Bangalore inhttps://news.sky.com/video/smugglers-drop-children-over-14ft-us-mexico-border-wall-12262371.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/31/exclusive-leaked-video-human-smugglers-drop-small-children-from-border-wall-in-new-mexico/.
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If I dropped my child over a border fence into Mexico I would be arrested. I would be charged with Child Endangerment. I would go to prison and lose custody of my children.
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The Wwatchtower turning into a real laughing Stock
by Overrated inover the years watchtower has turned into a real joke in the world scene.
with the lawsuits, downsizing and decreasing numbers.
what they use to be is gone and they will never recover the numbers they once had.
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http://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html
Here is the official website for the Vatican. You will find it posted nowhere on any building of the Catholic faith.
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False memorial partakers deserve to die???
by Jofi_Wofo inevery memorial, much emphasis is placed on making sure that only the (self-proclaimed) anointed partake in the emblems.
this year, however, the speaker at my wife's congregation presented it as an even more serious matter.
he likened it to individuals in ancient israel who sought position of the priesthood despite never been appointed by jehovah.
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Janitors and window washers who have the unique skill of determining if a person has been annointed by God to be a king-priest.
I think what burns people up inside like that is that as long as there is still 1 annointed on earth Armageddon won't come. So, if no one partakes they will feel like it really is the end. I am surprised the 8 Popes of New York don't just hold a Memorial for themselves and tell the rest of the organization that there is no need to have one anywhere else because they are it.
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Jw spokesman Says door to door preaching not coming back!
by nowwhat? inhttps://youtu.be/uaaztatkhkg.
hope link works.
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The actual statement from the Watchtower goes like this -
Will we be able to go doo-to-door with out the use of a mask in the next few month? Probably. Will we? Probably not
Then the news reporter says that statement is probably due to the fact that the Witnesses claim they have had more success in reaching people through their mail, telephone, and online campaign.
I am really on the fence on this one. It could go either way. Participation in the door-to-door ministry was the cornerstone of the religion when I was in.
On the other hand, I would have never thought the day would come where there would be no meetings, field service, or Memorial in person for over a year. 2 consecutive virtual Memorials! That is something I would never have seen coming.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are a breakaway
by HowTheBibleWasCreated inlet me follow the trial.
in 1931 rutherford started jehovah's witnesses.
be before that.. bible student and they merged before 1917 with russelites and they merge with adventists, and then miller in 1844.before that be disperse into baptist and other denominations.
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Being raised as a Witness going back to the 1970s and leaving around 2010 I was taught that Pastor Russell was the originator. I believe in recent years the Watchtower publishes that Rutherford started the religion. I have recently accepted the latter as being the origin.
That is what is interesting - the Watchtower is plainly stating that from the death of the original apostles in the late first century to 1931 A.D., approximately 1800 years, there was no true religion. Further, true and acceptable religion has only been back in action for 90 years.
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My son's observation: Mom wants to believe, But really doesn't that's why she can't defend her religion
by goingthruthemotions inmy wife has been off the rails lately.
she is not really a loving mom or wife.
she is upset that me and the boys don't believe the same crap as her.
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There's a new book coming out in April entitled "The Scout Mindset" by Julia Galef. Galef studies human thinking. I believe one of the points she bring out in her research is that the human mind has evolved to believe things that are not true if they are beneficial to us.
What is the benefit of being a loyal Jehovah's Witness? You are supposed to be granted everlasting life in perfect health on a paradise earth.
Is there any evidence that supports such an outcome is possible? No.
Is it so appealing that a person will avoid the truth and deny evidence to maintain the fantasy? Yes!
The number one reason people fear dying is that the believe they have missed out on something and will die unfulfilled. This actually creates a neurosis. The way to battle this neurosis is figure what meaning and purpose our individual life has.
The best advice I would give to you and your children is to stop trying to convince your wife that Jehovah's Witnesses have it all wrong. She will only view this as an attack on her self and not on the religion. Instead, show her kindness, compassion, love, and respect no matter what.