Cassiline is right. Although psychedelics are potentially quite beneficial, those who take them for frequent kicks generally don't fare well. These substances only work their magic when shown the proper respect.
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Ibogaine powerful anti-addiction drug is wrongfully illegal!!!! Idiots!!!!
by frankiespeakin inhere is a link,cut,&paste: .
ibogaine, a naturally occurring alkaloid found in tabernanthe iboga and other plant species of central west africa, was first reported to be effective in interrupting opiate narcotic dependence disorders in u.s. patent 4,499,096 (lotsof, 1985); cocaine dependence disorders in u.s. patent 4.587,243 (lotsof, 1986) and poly-drug dependence disorders in u.s. patent 5,152,994 (lotsof, 1992).
the initial studies demonstrating ibogaine's effects on cocaine and heroin dependence were accomplished in a series of focus group experiments by h. s. lotsof in 1962 and 1963. additional data on the clinical aspects of ibogaine in the treatment of chemical dependence were reported by kaplan (1993), sisko (1993), sanchez-ramos & mash (1994), sheppard (1994), judd (1994) and mash et al.
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Ibogaine powerful anti-addiction drug is wrongfully illegal!!!! Idiots!!!!
by frankiespeakin inhere is a link,cut,&paste: .
ibogaine, a naturally occurring alkaloid found in tabernanthe iboga and other plant species of central west africa, was first reported to be effective in interrupting opiate narcotic dependence disorders in u.s. patent 4,499,096 (lotsof, 1985); cocaine dependence disorders in u.s. patent 4.587,243 (lotsof, 1986) and poly-drug dependence disorders in u.s. patent 5,152,994 (lotsof, 1992).
the initial studies demonstrating ibogaine's effects on cocaine and heroin dependence were accomplished in a series of focus group experiments by h. s. lotsof in 1962 and 1963. additional data on the clinical aspects of ibogaine in the treatment of chemical dependence were reported by kaplan (1993), sisko (1993), sanchez-ramos & mash (1994), sheppard (1994), judd (1994) and mash et al.
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I now know that your screen name isn't "Frankie speakin". It's "Frankie's peakin'".
I agree. The government has no right to ban truly mind-expanding substances. The list of positively-changed people far outruns the list of casualties. People prone to abuse drugs are going to find them whether they are legal or not. If only psychedelics were legal, they would get the respect they deserve and be seen as a powerful therapeutic agent by the American public. Of course, the generation that is truly opposed to such things is close to its end, anyway, so it's only a matter of time before those familiar with psychedelics are the majority.
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Have you got the "actulice" thingy yet?
by Schizm injust wondering if anyone else's computer is infected with the "actulice" thingy.. apparently it's spreading like wildfire.
if you have it, or get it, let me know and i'll tell you how i managed to get rid of it.. (i think that maybe farkel or alanf sent it to me.
if you have it you don't need for me to explain what it is to you.
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My computer caught something (not exactly the same) a few weeks ago. I've always had good luck with CWShredder (free download) but this time it didn't work. Had to reset the computer to factory setting. Maybe yours has a program that will do this easily (I didn't even have to use a back-up disk). Mine runs so clean and fast now that it's reset. Hopefully you won't have to go this far, but if you do it's not all bad.
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2004 "lovers of..."
by in a new york bethel minute inbrothers and sisters, it would be wise for us to make arrangements well in advance to attend the 2004.
"lovers of donations" district convention.
"lovers of saving seats for your immediate family memebers only" district convention.
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Lovers of Ridicule
Lovers of Domination
Lovers of Lies
Lovers of Long Drives
Lovers of Feeling Superior to Everyone Else Because Your Dress and Grooming Are Well-Arranged on a Saturday Morning
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Proof There is No Jehovah
by new light inif you believe in jehovah as portrayed in the bible, you believe that you are a creature possessing free will.
you don't believe in fate or predestination.
you believe that jehovah selectively answers prayers.
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your worship does not hinge on return favors
S'alright, Tink. God supposedly returns love to you, right? Don't you get to bask in his "presence" for being faithful. That's just as much (or more) a return favor as anything else.
I realized that all the good feelings from worship were coming from within. Living a clean, healthy life has its own rewards, regardless of who gets the credit. It feels good to think god is watching over you and cares about your future, but as soon as you go down that slippery slope of overindulgence in pleasures and unhealthy living, you'll find you don't feel so good anymore, whether you are Christian, Muslim, Jew, or Atheist or anything else.
Explain how an Atheist can have overwhelming feelings of spiritual insight and deep love for all living things, while across the street the believer fights the urge to kill himself (melodramatic, I know, but you get the point). It's the way you live that dictates your wisdom and happiness, not the whim of some giant in the sky.
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Proof There is No Jehovah
by new light inif you believe in jehovah as portrayed in the bible, you believe that you are a creature possessing free will.
you don't believe in fate or predestination.
you believe that jehovah selectively answers prayers.
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it doesnt make us robots if we get help from our maker.
What if you couldn't afford to feed your children, pray to god for help, and a bag of groceries appears on your doorstep, courtesy of a good friend. If god did answer your prayer here, he implanted the thought into your friend's head to buy the food. Therefore, your friend's free will, free mind was indeed tampered with.
I realize there is a ton of scientific evidence backing up the power of prayer. The results, however, are even across the board, even though many different gods are approached. Perhaps prayer taps into superconscious energy we do not fully perceive, not into a clumsily put together heavenly hero.
I'm not saying there is no creator, as I truthfully have no idea. What I do know is that I have not experienced Jehovah since I took off the blinders. In spite of countless pleas for even the slightest sign, god is no where to be found. All I wanted was a reason to believe that went beyond simple emotion, and it has been denied. Sorry, but I need more than blind faith on which to base a belief. Surely, the almighty of the universe, our creator and the source of love and wisdom would understand that.
No matter how much I tried to change, how much I prayed, I couldn't and still can't stop thinking that believers are simply fooling themselves.
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Proof There is No Jehovah
by new light inif you believe in jehovah as portrayed in the bible, you believe that you are a creature possessing free will.
you don't believe in fate or predestination.
you believe that jehovah selectively answers prayers.
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True and absolute "free will" is an illusion. There are only degrees of limited choices.
By "free will", I meant the ability to make choices and act upon them without interference from higher being(s). I welcome any opinions, but let's not try and dismantle this thing by taking trivial potshots at supposed flaws. Stand up to the idea face to face and argue it fairly. Please don't take the straw man approach.
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Proof There is No Jehovah
by new light inif you believe in jehovah as portrayed in the bible, you believe that you are a creature possessing free will.
you don't believe in fate or predestination.
you believe that jehovah selectively answers prayers.
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If you believe in Jehovah as portrayed in the bible, you believe that you are a creature possessing free will. You don't believe in fate or predestination. You believe that Jehovah selectively answers prayers. Doesn't answering prayers involve a divine alteration of events? Wouldn't making a person think a certain thought or turn their car to the right negate the whole idea of free will?
If god answers prayers, we automatically do not all have free will. If we do all truly have free will, god can't answer our prayers because doing so would be interference with our freedom, not so much with the receiver, but the person who is unknowingly moved to grant the request, assuming the prayer was for something physically tangible. Why worship something that gives nothing in return?
Either god does answer prayers and we are all nothing more than meat puppets on strings, or there is no involved god and we truly do hve free will.
Like Rush, "I will choose free will."
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Do you fear the big A and does the conflict impact your actions?
by Maverick inon another tread this point came up.
scotsman posted a comment about a certain poster being gay, and i do not know or care if this is true or not, and in conflict over the fear of dying at armageddon for this "sin".
do any of you fear the big a because of your lifestyle?
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The Big A is not even a blip on my radar screen. It does not exist whatsoever. Thanks for the reminder of how far we've come.
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Recycled Garbage !!!
by Nadsam ini met a ex-jw this week who left the borg 20yrs ago.
his kid was a hemophylliac and needed frequent blood transfusions etc.
fortunately his child grew into a rather normal adult with the aid of modern medicine.
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Jehovah's Witness Rejects.........Sounds like a winner!