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In reply to the discussion: Maybe the most disturbing video I have seen. [View all]southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)20. Well darlin' good for you. I not bothered by it.
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Just offer them a beer or a glass of wine and pour yourself one. You will see them run not
southernyankeebelle
Sep 2012
#8
We had a real nice JW come over to my house. I offered him a drink like a pepsi or tea
southernyankeebelle
Sep 2012
#15
well, darlin', I believe in rapture, but it doesn't have anything to do with religion.
dixiegrrrrl
Sep 2012
#16
You are so right - My husband (before I knew him) had a friend that did JUST THIS. Told them
onecent
Sep 2012
#18
It is funny. Funnier was my mother-in-law that did that to a neighbor. He is a religious freak.
southernyankeebelle
Sep 2012
#19
Organized religion has done their part in instilling the fear of death to control people for
Lint Head
Sep 2012
#5
Self-fulfilling prophecies also give a reason to dehumanize other humans and live only for yourself.
freshwest
Sep 2012
#12
It struck me listening to a very well off Christian friend who has been moaning about money...
freshwest
Sep 2012
#35
Jehovah's Witnesses have some pretty strange interpretations of the bible IMO, but they are NOT
truth2power
Sep 2012
#22
I'm not sure what a normal interpretation of the bible would even look like
Major Nikon
Sep 2012
#24
I saw them as relatively benign until that one part you mentioned here, was explained to me.
freshwest
Sep 2012
#38
I tend to agree. I guess my experience is different than many. See my response, below. n/t
truth2power
Sep 2012
#71
It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't come off as if they were superior.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2012
#17
I have no problem ignoring how pulpits were "crucial" in flighting slavery and Jim Crow
Major Nikon
Sep 2012
#30
Religion, or just Christianity? Your argument seems to be primarily against Western...
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2012
#41
Ah yes, the old tired well debunked argument that atheism fueled Hitler and Stalin's genocides
Major Nikon
Sep 2012
#42
You may remain clueless, for all I care. "Reason" may not have killed, but...
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2012
#45
So, you have no alternative ethic yourself, is that it? Just winging it while...
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2012
#48
There's a sock and some other stuff and it's also about Israel & the US and some other stuff . . .
patrice
Sep 2012
#62
True Story: People need to understand that this is a movement that is willing to do whatever they
patrice
Sep 2012
#51
Have you all noticed that "Liberty" University has major facilities funded by the LaHaye, as in the
patrice
Sep 2012
#52
My goodness! What a convenient excuse for building KILLING machines, for such a hand$$$ome
patrice
Sep 2012
#53
Anybody besides me notice how much Rev. Hagee resembles Jonathan Winters in "The Loved One"?
Bette Noir
Sep 2012
#56
These. ARE. blasphemers. Practically every word out of their mouths reveals they equate
patrice
Sep 2012
#58
100K responded to Bush criticism of Israel = THESE are the people who CAUSED the war on Iraq.
patrice
Sep 2012
#59
you are correct, It is not even historic Evangelicalism, However, among the "Christian-right"
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2012
#67