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  Why do you post here?

  by seattleniceguy in

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  for me, it's mainly the money and the women, i suppose.. no, but seriously, i was thinking the other day about why i post here.

  in september it will be two years since i left the organization.

  i don't much care for doctrinal debates anymore, and i usually pass on threads that are concerned with he-said-she-said kind of stuff inside the organization.

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  doogie

  hey SNG,

  good post. my reasons are less altruistic. i've learned more here than anywhere else and i guess the more you read here the more likely you are to write as well. plus, this is the only place that i can freely associate (ugh...ugly word...interact) with so many other free-thinkers that demand proof before belief. the logic that certain posters here have is just awesome to me and helps me remember that i'm not crazy. (i live in the heart of texas for crying out loud...sanity is sometimes hard to come by)
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  What did you want to be when you grew up?

  by whyamihere in

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  as a child, what did you want to be, when you became an adult?

  if you could, would you want to go back in time, and become what you wanted to be in the first place?.

  as a child, i wanted to be a florist.

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  doogie

  something involving chocolate and videogames.
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  Evidence against Evolution part 1 (disparity before diversity)

  by hooberus in

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  according to the evolutionary teaching (of the descent of all life via universal common ancestry) diversity in the fossil record should precede disparity.

  ("disparity refers to the extent of morphological divergence among members of a group, while diversity refers to the number of taxa within a group.

  " jim gibson geoscience research institute http://www.grisda.org/origins/23068.htm).

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  SNG:

  hey! you should get into advertising! you can point out the nutritional benefits of Mammals (or whatever), write a book, get booked on Oprah...this is gonna be HUGE...

  It would be like if we suddenly wiped out all life on earth today, and there was a one-in-a-billion chance of any particular individual being discovered later. Later archaeologists would probably find a couple species of monkeys, a couple cat species, a couple bird species, etc. It is more likely that species would be missing from the discoveries (they are smaller targets) than phyla. Therefore, a greater number of phyla would be discovered, and a smaller number of species relative to the phyla.

  i liked this. great way to put it, very simple.
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  Know any Victims of MORE than One Cult?

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  ever heard of anyone leaving the jw's and becoming, say, a scientologist?

  or a morman?

  or a member of any other crazy cultish org?

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  doogie

  Have to confess I don't understand who is capable of getting out JW and going to another... or am I still a blind with JW!?

  to go along with what GBL said, i think especially for those of us that were raised a JW, that structure and dependency is the only way we understand how to function after leaving. it takes time to sit back and really figure out our own moral code and our own personal opinions on things. some don't take that step and crave the dependency they used to have so they find it elsewhere.
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  WT inflating their numbers?

  by Fatfreek in

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  there have been posts here that indicate the kh building work may be slowing in the u.s., and that there is consolidation of the congos going on.

  if that is true why don't we see the society's published numbers on the decline?

  my next question is, heaven forbid, you don't suppose they're inflating the membership numbers do you?

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  doogie

  johnhag:

  haha. ah...good times, good times.

  but jeez...maybe you can fit a run or something in there somewhere. all that fast food poison is gonna send you to an early grave!

  oh, and welcome!
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  HATING JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

  by marianne in

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  from what i have gathered, you all were once jw's and now hate them or the organization?

  do you still believe in jehovah and love jehovah?

  i have to admit i dont like, actually i rather dislike, some of the sisters in my congregation and i know that's wrong of me, but some of them really think they are better than me and are quite judgemental.

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  doogie

  hi and welcome, marianne!

  i was born and raised, but got to the point that certain things i personally believe to be true conflicted with what the witnesses were asking me to teach others. i couldn't stand being a hypocrite so i left. like the others have said, i don't hate the witnesses and i still care for my family even though they won't have any contact with me.

  I am a very humble sister

  he he...i've always thought that that's one of those things that if you say it, you're probably not.
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  U.S. Congress passes "Real ID Act"

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ttpcworld/20050519/tc_techtues_pcworld/120893&cid=1740&ncid=1729

  id, please

  exclusive from: thu may 19, 3:00 am et.

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  doogie

  ah, screw it...just stamp the barcode on my neck. it'll save a couple of steps.
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  Evidence against Evolution part 1 (disparity before diversity)

  by hooberus in

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  according to the evolutionary teaching (of the descent of all life via universal common ancestry) diversity in the fossil record should precede disparity.

  ("disparity refers to the extent of morphological divergence among members of a group, while diversity refers to the number of taxa within a group.

  " jim gibson geoscience research institute http://www.grisda.org/origins/23068.htm).

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  doogie

  a 'phylum' is only available when we have enough similiar creatures to warrant a common label.

  or in this case no surviving evidence of similiar creatures, so a new phylum would be necessary (again, with the benefit of hindsight).

  just wanted to clarify (i'm only on my first cup of coffee...).
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  Evidence against Evolution part 1 (disparity before diversity)

  by hooberus in

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  2. friends

  according to the evolutionary teaching (of the descent of all life via universal common ancestry) diversity in the fossil record should precede disparity.

  ("disparity refers to the extent of morphological divergence among members of a group, while diversity refers to the number of taxa within a group.

  " jim gibson geoscience research institute http://www.grisda.org/origins/23068.htm).

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  hoob:

  attaboy. i like your style (i'm not being facetious...that is a gen-u-ine compliment ). this thread is probably a much better way to get any arguments against evolution out there than posting on the pro-evolution threads. great idea.

  "Remarkably, the number of fossil species (diversity) in the Cambrian is low, but the number of phyla and classes (disparity) is high, compared to the numbers in other portions of the geologic column. In general, each phylum or class of Cambrian fossils contains only a few species, while these same groups may have larger numbers of species in strata above the Cambrian.

  i'm still learning all this stuff, but isn't our whole taxonomical system existent only in hind sight? for instance, during any given period, we wouldn't necessarily say, "oh, well look at that! another new phylum! those suckers are popping up everywhere!" a 'phylum' is only available when we have enough similiar creatures to warrant a common label. we now label things as "100% Alligator" or "100% Seagull" or "All Mammal" but those distinctions are only clear (or possible) in hindsight.
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  Do you ever feel invisible?

  by Sassy in

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  sometimes i do.

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  doogie

  oopsedited to acknowledge doogie (please don't take the oversight personally!!!)

  haha. i was reading and thinking, "jeez...well, i guess i asked for it."

  me and tetrapod will just be over here in the corner...watching you all...