Colgate Total, nothing else comes close to the clean, fresh feeling that this leaves in my mouth. And it keeps teeth whiter much better than the few whitening toothpastes I've used..
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What Brand of Toothpaste do you use?
by CountryGuy ini need your advice.... i've used pepsodent since i was a little boy.
however, since i have stopped shopping at walmart, i am having trouble finding it now.
i have about another week's worth left in this tube, then i'm going to have to change brands.
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Is religion and faith not possible for some?
by littletree ini ask this question because i'm starting to have the scarey feeling that i was born "faithless".
other than feeling that babies and flowers are beautiful and miraculous, i have been having the darndest time feeling 100% sure that god exists and cares.
things that religious folks say are "blessings" i just see as the product of human effort and choice, or as stuff that probably would have happened anyway.
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Not believing firmly in something puts you in a great position to learn what other people and cultures believe. You can be a lot more acceptable of other peoples opinions and viewpoints, without condeming them by saying that something is not possible.
In my family I have the die-hard christians, and the staunch atheists, and both will put down and argue about the other persons belief, without even listening to what the other person has to say. I think that is a terrible way to go through life, how do you get to know someone without understanding what they believe, and more importantly why they believe what they do, if you never listen to what they have to say?
I've spent a lot of time thinking about god and religion. To me there is no concrete proof that god exists, and the arguments that many people bring up to prove that he does not exist count for nothing unless you have the same definition for what god is as the people who created the arguments.
Maybe it boils down to me not needing to believe in God. I've never had faith, maybe at some stage in my life I will feel the need to believe in something greater, but for now I'm happy not believing.
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What book are you reading now?
by ozziepost infrom time to time we like to share some good reads with each other on jwd, and now might be a good time to share with you what i'm reading this week.
it's "the gate" by francois bizot which tells of his experiences as the only western prisoner to survive the khmer rouge in cambodia.
in 1971, on a routine outing through the cambodian countryside, the young french ethnologist francois bizot is captured by the khmer rouge.
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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I need HELP!!!!!!!!!
by Samdownunder incan anyone relate and help with the nagging doubts that it really was the"truth" and we are all doing the wrong thing and being misled.
i have read a lot of information to sway me from the witnesses and to think it is only a man made religion, but still i fear i could be wrong and going against god.
how do you all deal with this feeling that surely most have experienced.
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I've had this feeling and still get it occasionally.
What I find works for me is going to Quotes site http://quotes.watchtower.ca and reading some of the ridiculous
crap that they wrote about back in the day.. teachings that supposedly made them "Jehovahs chosen organisation" in 1918.
Also the fact that the 607bce to 1914 prophesy is wrong, makes absolutely everything linked to it wrong as well.. and it is the whole basis for JW's existing..!! -
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Publishers should charge the WTS for gas money
by Nosferatu inlet's face it, the publishers get ripped off.
they make up for the payment of magazines when the householder fails to donate anything.
they spend their time and gas money going door to door, not to mention wear and tear on their cars.. the publishers should quit paying for the householder's lack of donation, and begin deducting gas expenses from donation money.
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The donations aren't just for the magazines but for the spreading of the "Good News", I'm surprised no one's brought this up before. It should not only pay for petrol, but for coffee, which rejuvinates the preachers and makes stay out in service for longer, and for lunch, to prevent them from going home and tempting them to stay there. It should also pay for warm clothes in winter time, massages for sore feet, legs, and backs.
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stuck in!
by red so deep inwell, this is my first post here, and i'm kind of doing it in secret, cause i know if my parents knew of my "poisoning myself with apostates" they would not be happy at all.
anyways, my story is; i'm 17, i've been brought up "in the truth" my whole life, and now i'm starting to question the wt and christianity in general, and i have nobody to talk to about it.
i feel awkward about talking to my witness friends about it, cause i worry that if i speak out against the organazition and the wrong people (i.e; young ones around here that would never think of questioning the society) hear about it, it might result in my punishment (reproof or dfing).
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welcome Red So Deep!!
Nosferatu gave some excellent suggestions, especially about moving out. Unless your
parents are reasonably liberal, life at home will probably become unbearable once you have
made your choice to leave public. This just adds to making things depressive..
good luck, theres plenty of support available on this board..
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Do JWs believe all wordly people die at armageddon?
by XQsThaiPoes ini was wondering a few things.
i am trying to avoid the complexe question fallacy so excuse me if this is worded strangely instead of just saying "do jws believe all wordly people die at armageddon?"..
1) did the watchtower change its teaching on the great tribulation and armageddon enought for you to call it a major change?.
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My mother is always telling me that anyone who has come into contact with the truth, ie has studied, or attended meetings or was baptised, but now live a "wordly lifestyle" or no longer believes, will be killed at armagedon. People who have never come into contact will be spared. Basically anyone who has ever been preached to and has not converted is going to die.
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If You Could Change Your Screen Name What Would You Be Known As?
by minimus inrecently, deleted changed his name to glenmore for various reasons.
if you could make a name change---what would it be?
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How many brought to the JWs by the door to door work?
by undercover inminimus stated in another thread that 99% of newly baptized jws are children/teens of jws.
another poster said that they knew of only one person baptized in 20 years of door to door work.. let's do an informal, unscientific poll/survey:.
how many here were brought into the "truth", whether baptized or unbaptized publishers, by means of the door to door work having no prior experience with jws?
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I was raised a witness..
My mother was a door 2 door convert, mid eighties.
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New DOOM 3 Game...
by Elsewhere ini just "obtained" a copy of doom 3 to see what all the fuss is about.. lets see here:.
$60.00 to but a copy (if you want to do it the legit way).
now, if you want a good gaming experience you will need to upgrade to a 256 mb video card: $400.00 - $500.00.
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LOL
http://www6.tomshardware.com/game/20040809/doom3-10.html
A Final Note: Hell Is Truth Seen Too Late - Duty Neglected In It's Season. - Tryon Edwards
So is this game controversial? Are demons evil? The answer is an unwavering "Yes." Very controversial and very evil, respectively. Doom II has been blamed for everything from the murders of 13 people at a Colorado high school to you not turning in your homework. It stirs up a lot of emotions for gamers, parents, and legislators alike. Living in a society originally founded on Judeo-Christian values, it shouldn't be surprising to us when a game that involves satanic symbols, shooting people (though undead), and has as it's setting the big H - E - double hockey sticks causes problems for some members of society.
Where I personally stand on Doom 3 is fodder for another article, but if you were looking for demons, eviscerated humans crucified upside down, a bio-mechanical Satan, or limbless torsos writhing in cages with the sounds of little girls whimpering in the background, it is all there on those three CD-ROMs. And if you aren't looking for those things, they are still there, eagerly awaiting a rabid press, a candidate in need of soapbox, or a mother looking for a reason why her son wears all black and listens to "The Misfits".
Whether you like it or not, to many people, a single game will say something about all gamers and the industry as a whole. Last election's "Soccer Moms" and this year's "Security Moms" won't notice the dynamic lighting, the antialiasing, or pixel-shaders. But the bloated, skinned zombie hitting you over the head with a wrench might catch her eye. It was interesting to note in the opening cutscene that the Union Aerospace Corporation was described as having enough financial resources to fund "research outside of legal and moral obligations". I wonder how much money it takes to free yourself of moral and legal obligations. Purchase and play responsibly