I think sometimes religious people use the graphic violence (a) to scare themselves - and their kids - into behaving (b) as kind of taking delight in the death of someone they consider to be a sinner (Schadenfreude).
Posts by Scully
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34Food For Logical Thought...
by braincleaned insometimes we waste hours and hours debating a subject like the flood, and the impossible scientific and evolutionary consequences that it entails.
we go into great debates about how all of is is possible, what a "kind" means (species, obviously not)... etc.... but believers will not stop believing... so here is something even a child would think of more logically:if god is all powerful and love why would he have not just made the wicked drop dead, painlessly?
simply, humanly.
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Do you have coconut oil recipes that does not involve knives?
by Iamallcool ini have been encouraging my mom to cook with coconut oil, it does help with her dementia symptoms sometimes.
it is just not safe for people with dementia to use knives for cooking, thats why i need some recipe ideas.
thank you!.
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Scully
use a spoon to take it out of the container instead of a knife.
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My 8 year old daughter tells me she is an atheist...???
by sosoconfused inso since we have not been to a meeting in 6 months or so, i decided to ask my daughter (on the way home from cheerleading practice - yeah i can't believe i am letting her engage in such a worldly activity lol) if she misses going to the kingdom hall.
she says sometimes because she can't see her friend - but she has made new friends so it doesn't bother her too much.
so i ask her, "well, what about learning about jehovah?
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Scully
Good for her.
Good for you too.
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Bloody livid with school teacher teaching soul leaving body to 6 yr olds
by not bitter injust put my 6 yr old to bed and we always have a chat about the day.
she tells me that she knows about another thing that happens to our bodies when we die in addition to buriel and cremation.. .
she tells me that they can do something really nasty to the body but its ok because they're dead so don't know about it.
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Scully
I'd be curious as to what prompted that discussion in the first place.
Did another 6 year old come to school upset because their pet passed away? or maybe a granny or grandpa?
Did someone find a dead creature on school property, like a mouse or a bird?
I can't imagine a teacher just coming out and having a class on 'what happens after you die' - there must have been an event that precipitated it.
Did someone bring a book to school about a death in the family?
Yes, there's only a week left of school, but for your own peace of mind, I'd ask the question. "My child came home wondering about something you discussed in class, about what happens when you die. I'm wondering how that topic came about? She was quite distressed and needed me to follow up on it. How did the discussion proceed? Did other children talk about their beliefs or just yours?"
It's one thing if the teacher invited the children to talk about what they think happens at death, but quite something else if the teacher just stated her opinion without giving the opportunity to discuss.
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Where Does Material Success Come From - The Devil or God?
by Iown Mylife inhow can you tell if your business successes are coming from satan or god?
because if your work gets real busy and you miss some meetings and/or fs, is that how you tell that it's from satan?
but then if you contribute a big amount every week, is it from jehovah?
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Scully
It comes from getting up off the couch and working your ass off.
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Complete Donation What Happened?
by Marvin Shilmer incomplete donation what happened?.
today i added a new article to my blog showing part of a never before publicized letter where the watchtower organization makes admission of how jehovahs witnesses actually responded to the 1990 change to its complete donation arrangement.
my article is titled complete donation what happened?
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Scully
It's kind of funny, but when they first moved to the Complete Donation Arrangement™, Mr Scully was assisting the Ministerial Servants™ on the Literature Counter™, and I commented that there would be massive orders for cassette tapes, CDs and expensive volumes that people generally didn't purchase because they were considered to be luxury items. Mr Scully gave the people in the Congregation™ the benefit of the doubt and said that it was like being on the honour system, and the Brothers™ would be fair and honest and contribute accordingly. I told him he was dreaming in Technicolor™.
I also objected to the idea that we were expected to Donate™ the same amount as we did prior to the Complete Donation Arrangement™, plus any Contributions™ we received from Householders™ were expected to be put in the Contribution Boxes™ as well. I considered that to be "double dipping" as far as the WTS was concerned and I'm so glad the whole thing blew up in their greedy faces.
That's what happens when you're in league with Billy Graham as a "Friend of the Court", dumbasses.
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Your views and ideas on forum areas and organization?
by Simon inthis may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.
there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.
'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.
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Scully
I'd love to modify/update my profile, using pics from photobucket or flickr or uploaded from my PC.
Also my email address that I first registered with is long gone, so any email notifications I may get or password retrievals etc wouldn't work for me.
A way of knowing at a glance when I have a PM, rather than having to go into my PMs to check, and possibly the option to receive PMs via email.
A preview function to check formatting of a post prior to posting would be lovely.
A subscribe to this thread/unsubscribe option, with possible email notification of thread activity, as well as a Like button (toggle on or off in case you click the like button by mistake).
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At the DMV and what do I see?
by whathehadas inthe jw's are taking it a little too far.
people have to wait in line and be tortured by the sight of this.. .
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Scully
Oh and that sign "Free Bible Literature" is misleading.
Once you start accepting the Free™ Bible Literature, they'll want your soul in return.
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At the DMV and what do I see?
by whathehadas inthe jw's are taking it a little too far.
people have to wait in line and be tortured by the sight of this.. .
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Scully
Isn't the DMV a GOVERNMENT office? Why the hell are they even allowed there? Haven't they heard of the separation of church and state?
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Is it common to,,,
by label licker inhave a local needs on apostasy, have everyone shun you, have no shepherding calls since you left for over a year, and now a jc tomorrow evening????????.
spoke to branch committee as well as co and they said to go and if we were treated unfairly then to call the co. don't get it.
the co would have known about the local needs talk on apostasy and says if we were treated unfairly to call him.
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Scully
label licker
I would love to show up with a lawyer to a Judicial Committee™, just to watch those b@$t@rd$ from my former Congregation™ crap their drawers.
You have rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including the right to representation when you are accused, the right to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, as well as the right to face your accusers, protection from self-incrimination, plus the right to not be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. The WTS presumes to deny people of these fundamental rights, under the "ecclesiastical" escape hatch. The fact is, you are being accused of something that will dramatically change the way people interact with you, including your family and friends. That falls under defamation of character and slander.
They aren't going to tell a lawyer to not take notes, and they aren't going to tell a lawyer that you aren't entitled to representation. The second they try, the lawyer is going to tell you to say nothing to these hicks and then will walk out of the meeting with you.