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In the discussion thread: Maybe the most disturbing video I have seen. [View all]

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 11:21 PM

freshwest (31,556 posts)

35. It struck me listening to a very well off Christian friend who has been moaning about money...

And more money than I would ever need, has to have all material goods of 'the highest quality.'

Nothing can do for anyone or anything but wait for the Second Coming. Gotta resist taxes, hold onto to everything for me and mine, because thing are going to get bad. Fearmongering is the perfect excuse for avarice.

See how that works?

When people are confronted with their own demise, some want to give everything away. Some want to hold onto so tight, as if they won't die at all.

The Left Behind crowd is the worst, IMO. In practical matters, such as the environment, they care nothing for the Earth. Because they say they are 'not to love the Earth or anything in it.'

So what does it matter if all other life forms are swept away, it was gonna happen anyway. The fact that they could have saved some lives by their side or elsewhere, meh, not their fault.

Sort of like cynicisim and not voting. 'See, it was all going to fail, anyway. I was smart and didn't put my heart out there to be hurt, I stood back and saved my energy. And now, I'm right!'

People are wonderful at rationalizing things.

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71 replies	Author	Time	Post
Maybe the most disturbing video I have seen. [View all]	Richard D	Sep 2012	OP
They may be right about the end of biological life if	Cleita	Sep 2012	#1
My mother used to call these people "holy rollers"	me b zola	Sep 2012	#2
Jello for brains. nt	valerief	Sep 2012	#3
Some Jehovas came to the house yesterday.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#4
Just offer them a beer or a glass of wine and pour yourself one. You will see them run not	southernyankeebelle	Sep 2012	#8
The guy was actually kind of nice.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#10
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
Well darlin' good for you. I not bothered by it.	southernyankeebelle	Sep 2012	#20
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
tears are washed away with the blood of billions of people	Schema Thing	Sep 2012	#25
Organized religion has done their part in instilling the fear of death to control people for	Lint Head	Sep 2012	#5
+1	freshwest	Sep 2012	#11
Feeling Guilt. NOT!	chuckstevens	Sep 2012	#6
their craving for destruction	KT2000	Sep 2012	#7
Self-fulfilling prophecies also give a reason to dehumanize other humans and live only for yourself.	freshwest	Sep 2012	#12
Oooh - good point	KT2000	Sep 2012	#32
It struck me listening to a very well off Christian friend who has been moaning about money...	freshwest	Sep 2012	#35
It's not as if this rhetoric is new	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#9
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 was raised as one.	Schema Thing	Sep 2012	#27
I saw them as relatively benign until that one part you mentioned here, was explained to me.	freshwest	Sep 2012	#38
concurring	bigrob35	Sep 2012	#68
There are a LOT of reasons people don't like JW	tkmorris	Sep 2012	#69
Thank you, bigrob. When I was in high school (many, many years ago)	truth2power	Sep 2012	#70
I tend to agree. I guess my experience is different than many. See my response, below. n/t	truth2power	Sep 2012	#71
they are deceived and deceive others.	zeemike	Sep 2012	#13
Israel will be the site of Jesus's second coming?,,,,	benld74	Sep 2012	#14
It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't come off as if they were superior.	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#17
Creepy! These people are batshit-crazy...	truth2power	Sep 2012	#21
That I hadn't heard before watching this.	Richard D	Sep 2012	#28
Beneath the Planet of the Apes	Gabby Hayes	Sep 2012	#46
These ARE NOT the kind of people we	AsahinaKimi	Sep 2012	#64
ZZZZzzzzzzz...	TreasonousBastard	Sep 2012	#23
I have no problem ignoring how pulpits were "crucial" in flighting slavery and Jim Crow	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#30
Town churches reflected their parishioners, but...	TreasonousBastard	Sep 2012	#31
Religion has always been a piss poor basis for ethics and still is today	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#33
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
I didn't say atheism caused anything, I simply mentioned that...	TreasonousBastard	Sep 2012	#43
This was your assertion, verbatim...	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#44
You may remain clueless, for all I care. "Reason" may not have killed, but...	TreasonousBastard	Sep 2012	#45
You can resort to name calling, for all I care	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#47
So, you have no alternative ethic yourself, is that it? Just winging it while...	TreasonousBastard	Sep 2012	#48
Sure I do	Major Nikon	Sep 2012	#49
I should apologize for your being a fathead? Not any time soon.	TreasonousBastard	Sep 2012	#63
Funny thing about survival....	enki23	Sep 2012	#36
So I've heard	ailsagirl	Sep 2012	#26
Blasphemers.	progressoid	Sep 2012	#29
He! he! a TomRobbinsarian!	patrice	Sep 2012	#60
I haven't read that one.	progressoid	Sep 2012	#61
There's a sock and some other stuff and it's also about Israel & the US and some other stuff . . .	patrice	Sep 2012	#62
I had to watch it in 3 pieces as I was running around.	Snarkoleptic	Sep 2012	#34
Religion is stupid and	b757pilot	Sep 2012	#37
How do these folks feel about	b757pilot	Sep 2012	#39
Bookmarking -- thanks.	gateley	Sep 2012	#40
I watched this entire, documentary of stupid.	EnviroBat	Sep 2012	#50
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
I get harassed in front of my own home by those nuts	Newsie	Sep 2012	#54
Wow. I'm speechless. I was raised with that shit, and I'm still speechless.	mike_c	Sep 2012	#55
Anybody besides me notice how much Rev. Hagee resembles Jonathan Winters in "The Loved One"?	Bette Noir	Sep 2012	#56
Closed with an add to become a "minister" with online course. HFW!	patrice	Sep 2012	#57
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
At about 41:58	Iwillnevergiveup	Sep 2012	#65
This isn't Orthodox Christianity	thatwhichisnt	Sep 2012	#66
you are correct, It is not even historic Evangelicalism, However, among the "Christian-right"	Douglas Carpenter	Sep 2012	#67

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