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  Subliminal POMO image at JW.org

  by Smiles in

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  pomo-c. physically-out-mentally-out... of cult .

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  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/ukraine/update-4-brotherly-love-prevails-amid-ongoing-crisis-in-ukraine/.

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  peacefulpete

  Wow....lots of heat. I encourage you to read the comments in the link you post. I was asking if anyone knew the program and the source of the goods my sick aged parents had received a box from. I have spent 20 years here opposing cult control and uncritical religious thinking. I grew in understanding and as a person during that time as well. My chosen name Peacefulpete is to remind me that people and situations are always more complicated than simple "Black or White". So, while I personally believe the world would be better without divisive and apocalyptic religions, I also know they are attractive to many otherwise nice people. Therefore, IMO the more religions like the WT adapt toward mainstream, charitable churches the better.

  Meanwhile those who have left the religion look like humans too.
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  Vid obsession

  by punkofnice in

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  i'm interested in your thoughts.. the media tells us a lot of agenda driven propaganda.

  you're hard pressed to spot truth these days.. however, i'm told that the rona is now just a rotten flu and not the plague we were originally terrified in to believing.

  last time i heard it was down in the hit parade to 16th nasty health thing.. all the people and family i know that have had the rona, have been complaining it's a very crappy flu.

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  peacefulpete

  DD. Your experience is different from mine. Here in Wisconsin USA things are quite normal. We're shopping, eating out, traveling. etc. My wife had a crafting class last night. The only place that requires a mask is the hospital. We gradually reduced the sense of urgency as the situation on the ground changed. The determinant was and will always be, to watch the hospitals. When they filled up, encourage more social distancing and as they normalized, so did everything else. Sorry if your experience was different, not every government has equal emergency management skills.
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  Vid obsession

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
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  i'm interested in your thoughts.. the media tells us a lot of agenda driven propaganda.

  you're hard pressed to spot truth these days.. however, i'm told that the rona is now just a rotten flu and not the plague we were originally terrified in to believing.

  last time i heard it was down in the hit parade to 16th nasty health thing.. all the people and family i know that have had the rona, have been complaining it's a very crappy flu.

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  peacefulpete

  Everyone else just gets on with life

  As life has returned to normal in most parts of the world, (except those parts that have not successfully vaccinated their people).
  
  
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  WT May 2022: The Seven Headed Beast

  by raymond frantz in

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  https://youtu.be/wg9-pvxsoqm.

  this is my take on may 2022 watchtower on the seven headed beast and its connection to the 4 beasts of daniel 7. what do you think?.

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  peacefulpete

  As evasive as that last comment was, I respect the spirit of it. We all do well to reexamine our beliefs and do so with humility.
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  Subliminal POMO image at JW.org

  by Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pomo-c. physically-out-mentally-out... of cult .

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  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/ukraine/update-4-brotherly-love-prevails-amid-ongoing-crisis-in-ukraine/.

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  peacefulpete

  Are you still a little bit mentally-in?

  You don't know me obviously. I've been out long enough to no longer feel wounded and angry. I stand by the comment that the optics of mocking and fault finding when they are doing something constructive and helpful are poor, even off-putting. This is a religion, one of countless religions that exert undue influence. If some of that influence is steered toward helping others, I say we encourage it. The best we can hope is that they evolved into a Salvation Army.
  
  
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  Subliminal POMO image at JW.org

  by Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pomo-c. physically-out-mentally-out... of cult .

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  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/ukraine/update-4-brotherly-love-prevails-amid-ongoing-crisis-in-ukraine/.

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  peacefulpete

  Religions like the WT truly do as much harm in people's lives as good. We all know that. But why attack them when they are doing good. You look calloused and embittered. It's better to encourage the good, humanitarian efforts being one. Even if you argue the WT is doing it as a PR stunt, the people involved are doing something good for others and only completely jaded people would not believe they care about the suffering.
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  WT May 2022: The Seven Headed Beast

  by raymond frantz in

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  2. bible

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  https://youtu.be/wg9-pvxsoqm.

  this is my take on may 2022 watchtower on the seven headed beast and its connection to the 4 beasts of daniel 7. what do you think?.

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  peacefulpete

  Millions of Hindus, Muslims, Jews, even Mormons and thousands of JWs have died for what they believed. horribly tragic all. Wouldn't it have been better if they had been more critical of what they were taught?
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  WT May 2022: The Seven Headed Beast

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

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  https://youtu.be/wg9-pvxsoqm.

  this is my take on may 2022 watchtower on the seven headed beast and its connection to the 4 beasts of daniel 7. what do you think?.

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  peacefulpete

  To the contrary, preconceived ideas would pose a threat to scientific method. These could prevent objective reasoning to take place, entice one to tamper with the evidence, cause one to adapt one’s data to suit the occasion or to ignore that which contradicts

  Impossible to disagree. So then would not someone like Irenaeus who sought to establish himself as a passionate defender of his branch of Christianity have been susceptible to tamper with evidence? The objective mind is inclined to be cautious and look at motives. He revealed his own by less than subtly saying "true" Christianity has a succession to the Apostles. He forthwith produces one with himself as learning as a child at Polycarp's feet who in turn learned apparently also as a child at Apostle John's feet. To determine the value of this claim we need to see some supporting evidence, but all we find is unsupporting, even contradicting. A forensic scientist would not be impressed with this testimony.

  PS. I thought about including some Greek words but then realized how that would come across as trying to impress.
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  Vid obsession

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
  2. current

  i'm interested in your thoughts.. the media tells us a lot of agenda driven propaganda.

  you're hard pressed to spot truth these days.. however, i'm told that the rona is now just a rotten flu and not the plague we were originally terrified in to believing.

  last time i heard it was down in the hit parade to 16th nasty health thing.. all the people and family i know that have had the rona, have been complaining it's a very crappy flu.

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  peacefulpete

  My choice was simple, accept the world's best medical professionals' advice or that of angry antiestablishmentarianist factory workers and media shock jocks.
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  Subliminal POMO image at JW.org

  by Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pomo-c. physically-out-mentally-out... of cult .

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  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/ukraine/update-4-brotherly-love-prevails-amid-ongoing-crisis-in-ukraine/.

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  peacefulpete

  As they say in the world of comedy, there is such a thing as, "too soon".