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  What was your very first job ?

  by xjw_b12 in

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  do you remember it ?.

  did you you learn anything from it?.

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  Aside from two paper routes, I sold a ton of stuff door-to-door in my teenage years. I guess I figured that with my experience as a Witness, door-to-door stuff that people actually want would be easy. I sold address numbers painted on curbs, bungee cords, homemade cookies, mugs, magazines, cubic zirconium rings, and keychains. Oh yeah, I started a car wash subscription service for a bit too. Incidentally, the addresses on curbs thing was awesome. I made $800 that summer - not bad for a 14-year-old kid!

  My first real job was working for my uncle at a locksmith shop. I worked there for two years. Did I learn anything? Yeah! I learned how to pick locks! They wouldn't let me go open cars for people though. I used that money to buy my first car, and then to go to Japan later.

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  USA Election 2004

  by Simon in

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  may the best man win !.

  ... and that means not bush

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  seattleniceguy

  I guess that was a bit uncalled for. I certainly don't mean to impinge upon anyone's right to have or express an opinion. That dude in the avatar really does seem smug, though. Maybe it's association to other experiences. I apologize.

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  Are You A Man Or A Woman???

  by minimus in

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  i don't know if it's just me but at times i get confused as to who's male or female here.

  for the record, i'm a man.

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  That's Mr. Man to you, Min.

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  Witness Speak

  by Flash in

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  what controlling statements or questions do you remember hearing or using most?

  my all time favorite is, "isn't this god's organization?

  and shouldn't we obey god's organization??

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  critical thinking is still circumvented by this expression

  That's a really good observation, Odrade. I've known many who really should have left but this expression kept them in and unhappy.

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  USA Election 2004

  by Simon in

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  may the best man win !.

  ... and that means not bush

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  I'm starting to become conditioned to feel the vomit reflex whenever I see Yeru's militarily smug avatar.

  Your "Anybody but Bush" shows exactly what the problem is, you're out of any ideas of your own and you can only oppose someone who believes in action rather than waffling.

  Um...Yeru: How about, I find it impossible to conceive of someone who could wreck America more completely than the Bush team has done. The "Anybody but Bush" feeling is not about wanting to tear down a great guy. It's about wanting to prevent America from being completely destroyed.

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  Will science ever replace religion?

  by onacruse in

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  first, there've been some really good threads here lately...i've been somewhat pre-occupied with a rather laborious personal project, so i haven't been able to engage myself in your conversations as much as i'd otherwise like; but i like to watch .

  but, to the point: recently, scott atran (anthropologist, author of in gods we trust, and now working with the national center for scientific research in paris, and at the university of michigan) gave an interview in discover magazine.

  the topic was "the surprises of suicide terrorism," but the concluding question (and answer) was what struck me most:.

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  Farkel,

  Aside from the stinging bitterness of a few of your comments such as

  "True Believers Like this Arguer" = moron and braindead idiot.

  I wish to say BRAVO to your excellent logic! Science has advanced our lot in innumerable ways. I wonder in what ways anyone would say that religion has advanced our culture.

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  WHO READ THE NEWSPAPER TODAY?

  by bisous in

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  i'm interested in learning how our jwd members obtain information?

  do you read your news?

  get it from radio?

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  Hello Bisous,

  My primary news source is the internet, where Reuters and the AP form the main sources for major stories. For political news, I usually listen to NPR. I listen to both their short-form articles and "All Things Considered." My local news is supplied by the public radio station that broadcasts NPR. I rarely if ever watch TV news, which I generally deplore. :)

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  Will science ever replace religion?

  by onacruse in

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  first, there've been some really good threads here lately...i've been somewhat pre-occupied with a rather laborious personal project, so i haven't been able to engage myself in your conversations as much as i'd otherwise like; but i like to watch .

  but, to the point: recently, scott atran (anthropologist, author of in gods we trust, and now working with the national center for scientific research in paris, and at the university of michigan) gave an interview in discover magazine.

  the topic was "the surprises of suicide terrorism," but the concluding question (and answer) was what struck me most:.

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  Hey Doc,

  I swear I wasn't reading your post when I wrote mine! :) Funny how similarly we looked at the issue.

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  Will science ever replace religion?

  by onacruse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first, there've been some really good threads here lately...i've been somewhat pre-occupied with a rather laborious personal project, so i haven't been able to engage myself in your conversations as much as i'd otherwise like; but i like to watch .

  but, to the point: recently, scott atran (anthropologist, author of in gods we trust, and now working with the national center for scientific research in paris, and at the university of michigan) gave an interview in discover magazine.

  the topic was "the surprises of suicide terrorism," but the concluding question (and answer) was what struck me most:.

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  I don't think science can replace religion entirely because ultimately, there are questions that science does not attempt to answer. In areas such as personal morality and purpose in life, there are no clear-cut scientific answers.

  Personally, my hope is that religion be replaced someday by secular ethics and rational philosophy. Yes, there are questions that are outside the realm of science. For those, we employ rational humanistic thinking to arrive at conscientious decisions. I believe that a society that did this instead of looking to dusty books and religious hierarchies for direction and prejudice would be an advanced one indeed.

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  The Evolution of War

  by seattleniceguy in

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  funny stuff... .

  http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclickcomics/20040214/cx_tr_uc/tr20040214

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  seattleniceguy

  Sorry about that. The ampersand was messing it up. Copy-paste it into a browser and it'll work.

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