Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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evening.
i have it from 1st hand (or second) that a circuit overseer who gave a talk at twickenham in august 2013 has been disfellowshipped.. .
my dilemma?
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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profile of the sociopath .
this website summarizes some of the common features of descriptions of the behavior of sociopaths.. glibness and superficial charmmanipulative and conning .
they never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible.
I think that the religion attracts sociopaths, and tries to make sociopaths of those born in. Some of us felt like a square peg in their round hole. The cog-diss was crazifying instead of happifying.
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it appears that many of the best music threads have been purged.
i can't imagine the formula that would eliminate such wonderousness while preserving "involuntary muscular contractions", but so it is.. the first offering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh2vh8jwyqa.
80+ branch davidian cult members died in waco, texas.
250,000+ #jehovahswitnesses have died refusing blood.
stop this #cult!
Marvin is still tooting his horn about this? Well I guess he is going down with his ship of credibility.
Rearrange the deck chairs as needed.
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i suppose part of the fascination i have with this board is, the exotic nature of those making up the member population.
i say exotic because, as you yourselves will agree with, folks such as yourselves don't hang around the christian congregation for long upon making the decision that truth is not for you.
(rom 1:25) this "fading" thing spoken of here likely plays a role into why christians such as me find the average ex-jw to be a bit fascinating.
Poor SFPW doesn't even know how bad his cognitive dissonance is. Truth is truth, it never has to be modified or readjusted. The organization does not purvey truth, they just want to sound like they have truthiness.
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utterly disgraced jehovah's witness elder who was exposed as a paedophile on facebook has been jailed despite supportive letters from fellow jehovahs witnesses expressing disagreement or disbelief about the guilty verdicts.. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jail-jehovahs-witness-elder-jonathan-6258814.
jail for jehovahs witness elder who molested girls31 oct 2013 16:47. jonathan rose was branded a hypocrite as he was locked up for molesting two little girls he met through the church.. jonathan rose a jehovah's witness elder who was exposed as a paedophile on facebook has been jailed.. jonathan rose was branded a hypocrite as he was locked up for molesting two little girls he met through the church.
manchester crown court heard that rose, of northfield avenue, new moston , won the trust of his victims families before targeting their daughters.. his youngest victim was just five-years-old when she was groped by him in her own home.
And he was appointed by ass-holy spirit. God must love perverts. So much for pedophiles never getting appointed as elders.
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lewis allan "lou" reed (march 2, 1942 october 27, 2013).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lou_reed.
sweet jane '74.
lewis allan "lou" reed (march 2, 1942 october 27, 2013).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lou_reed.
sweet jane '74.
RIP Lou.
Magician, magician
Take me upon your wings, and
Gently roll the clouds away
I'm sorry, so sorry
I have no incantations
Only words to help sweep me away
I want some magic to sweep me away
I want some magic to sweep me away
I want to count to five
Turn around and find myself gone
Fly through the storm
And wake up in the calm
Release me from this body
From this bulk that moves beside me
Let me leave this body far away
I'm sick of looking at me
I hate this painful body
That disease has slowly worm away
Magician take my spirit
Inside I'm young and vital
Inside I'm alive, please take me away
So many things to do, it's too early
For my life to be ending
For this body, to simply rot away
I want some magic to keep me alive
I want a miracle, I don't want to die
I'm afraid that if I go to sleep I'll never wake
I'll no longer exist
I'll close my eyes and disappear
And float into the mist
Somebody, please hear me
My hand can't hold a cup of coffee
My fingers are weak, things just fall away
Inside I'm young and pretty
Too many things unfinished
My very breath taken away
Doctor you're no magician
And I am no believer
I need more than faith can give me now
I want to believe in miracles
Not just belief in numbers
I need some magic to take me away
I want some magic to sweep me away
I want some magic to sweep me away
Visit on this starlit night
Replace the stars the moon the light, the sun's gone
Fly me through this storm
And wake up in the calm
I fly right through this storm
And I wake, up, in, the, calm
Read more: Lou Reed - Magician - Internally Lyrics | MetroLyrics
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"...jonathan holt, 24, a neighbor of heichel and a member of the same jehovah's witness church, appeared via closed-circuit television in clackamas county court wearing a suicide smock..." read cable news report of full story complete with photographs.
very excellent investigation.. http://abcnews.go.com/us/murdered-barista-whitney-heichel-raped-shot-times/story?id=17534209#.ujvk-w-hk8b
The trial starts April 2014.
May he rot in hell, and get a touch of rape in prison before he gets there!
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on an earlier thread i made the statement that, "an evangelical christian government would look a lot like the taliban".. laika asked me incredulously, "do you really think your friends from your old church would govern like the taliban!?".
i thought it was a really interesting question and might work as a separate thread.. the people i worshipped with were mostly a nice bunch of people, but the thought of them having secular power would make me shudder.. christianity is mostly harmless because it lacks power.
christian politicians are restrained by secular laws and constitutions.
Tennessee?
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