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  Evolution of Man

  by bavman in

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  here's a question for all you who have been studying evoluition much longer than me.

  i have read in a few places that man has all but stopped evolving.

  is this what is really being taught by science and why?

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  El blanko

  I have read in a few places that man has all but stopped evolving.

  Yep - I read something similar myself in a science and technology report a few months back. If I remember correctly, scientists involved in the study were theorizing that the size of the human brain meant that it had reached its potential and was operating to it's fullest capacity, or some other junk line of reasoning.

  The theory was, that the next leap in human evolution would be through the introduction of drugs and tech-implants to the human organism.

  All very "Ghost in a Shell" I thought.

  I believe that the vision put forth is certainly one that those pesky scientists are working towards

  Expect more useless junk to clutter the earth over the next few years - including designer chip implants for the frankly insane.

  Thinking about it, I have read that in certain parts of Europe chips are already being implanted for use within clubland.
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  Do world events preoccupy you?

  by JH in

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  when you read the news on the net or tv or in the news paper, do you get worried about war, oil prices, ozone depletion, species dying, and the list could go on and on, or are you just numb about it?

  i found these 2 forums, and they really think that the end is close, and they aren't jw's !!!!

  http://pub15.ezboard.com/fthefinalphasefrm18.

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  El blanko

  The Bible is very clear that the world will be in complete shambles when Jesus returns and that he will be the reason why anybody is saved . I expect more natural disasters and more nations fighting it out , perhaps even a nuclear exchange but also feel that things will get better afterward.

  I feel the same way.
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  Has your relationship with Jesus changed?

  by Honesty in

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  since you either left the organisation or started to objectively examine wts doctrine.

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  Am I to take it, from your pic, that you've climbed out from under the rock, now?

  LT:

  Yep, I thought, what the hell. Shoot me you swines, just shoot me
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  Has your relationship with Jesus changed?

  by Honesty in

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  since you either left the organisation or started to objectively examine wts doctrine.

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/77039/1.ashx

  There are some really good points on that thread and boy it got one or two hits
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  Has your relationship with Jesus changed?

  by Honesty in

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  since you either left the organisation or started to objectively examine wts doctrine.

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  El blanko

  As I continued to study I came to recognise a core of "spiritual experience" from the authors of the books of the bible, but could also see that it would be difficult to retain the idea that it was personally dictated by God. The only thread that seems to come through is that God acts personally and individually in people's lives and that. being a subjective experience, people have a habit of interpreting it in a variety of ways and recording it accordingly.

  Years later, I also continue to have an active "mystical" life, which validates my original "experience".

  Yep - I can relate to that.

  An active mystical life certainly helps keep a persons faith ticking along nicely.

  BTW Littletoe, I don't know if you remember the LONG thread a while ago regarding my friends unusual experiences - well, they are still happening
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  What Is The Purpose Of Life? - please read if you care about me

  by Cygnus in

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  these last 2 months have been the worst of my life.

  i can only answer my subject question by saying the purpose of life is the 4 things sought after in the wizard of oz: love, courage, intelligence, and home.. and we all possess them whether we know it or not.

  and especially love.

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  A good friend of mine just got back from "rehab" for alcohol abuse and anxiety related problems. The course was 3 weeks long and a residential scheme.

  Although his problems are still there, he found the whole experience rejuvenating and has come out the other side with a smile on his face.

  I wish you the same.

  I suffer from depression and used to be addicted to medication. It took me a few months to break the medication cycle and now I am out the other side and have learnt to live using nature's herbs instead and a (relatively) healthy diet.

  I'm sure if you wrestle and find a focus you will pull through.

  Regards

  Simon
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  Gay Adoptive Parents

  by target in

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  got this update today from back in wisconsin.. a dub lady's daughter who rebelled when she hit her teens produced two bi-racial children by different fathers.

  the dub lady was raising these children and when they were preschoolers she put them into foster care, being that their mother was not about to straighten herself out and be a mother.

  now the children have been adopted by a lesbian couple who are providing a loving stable home for these unwanted children.

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  Trouble is - the more I say, the more I will be flogged to death

  I am focusing on my "ideal" - not the topsy-turvey moral standards of this broken world.

  I'd rather promote the model I feel safe with, than promote a standard I cannot whole heartedly endorse.

  I am not the kind of person to pick up a bat and pound a homosexual in a dark alley btw - I am a fair minded and relatively tolerant person, but I do have standards that I try to stick to.

  That's it, feel free to beat me with a stick people. I won't add to this thread, as I don't want a war on my hands.
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  Gay Adoptive Parents

  by target in

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  got this update today from back in wisconsin.. a dub lady's daughter who rebelled when she hit her teens produced two bi-racial children by different fathers.

  the dub lady was raising these children and when they were preschoolers she put them into foster care, being that their mother was not about to straighten herself out and be a mother.

  now the children have been adopted by a lesbian couple who are providing a loving stable home for these unwanted children.

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  Just to make myself unpopular - I prefer seeing a male & a female raising a child/children.
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  Evidence for evolution, Installment 5: Lake Tanganyika, etc

  by seattleniceguy in

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  hey gang!

  i apologize for my absence of a few weeks.

  i have been very busy with work lately, and i hate to write something that i haven't been able to research properly, so i haven't posted anything in this series for three weeks now.

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  I don't believe we've been to the moon

  I believe we have the capability to go to the moon, with ease... and beyond.

  I am assuming you are challenging 1969 as the first moon landing?
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  Evidence for evolution, Installment 5: Lake Tanganyika, etc

  by seattleniceguy in

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  hey gang!

  i apologize for my absence of a few weeks.

  i have been very busy with work lately, and i hate to write something that i haven't been able to research properly, so i haven't posted anything in this series for three weeks now.

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  Abaddon:

  Are you a gay flying nun?

  Yes.