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  Brits

  by NewChapter in

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  i hear americans called yanks---and it never even made me blink an eye.

  so i'm not sure---and almost used the term brits a minute ago and edited to say british people.

  so tell me----is it offensive?

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  proud Brit.
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  Any conspiracy theories you're convinced has some truth to it?

  by MC RubberMallet in

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  i do.. 1) new world order.

  2) weapons testing.

  3) surveillance, espionage, and intelligence agencies.

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  I work from the basic assumption that everyone lies whenever they see a personal benefit and feel they can get away with it. I also assume that anyone with power over another person be it financial or physical will exploit that relationship to maximise their benefit. This I believe drives patriarchal society's misuse of women. There are a few individuals who go against the grain. Very few.

  Quick test: You stumble upon a bank robbery in progress. The vault is open, there are no cameras and you know that the robbers are currently elsewhere. You have ten minutes and a door to a deserted part of town is next to you. The bank vault is full of used bank notes. There are millions of dollars available. Do you take money? The bank is currently undergoing investigation for massive fraud and has been cited as the most corrupt bank in the country. Now do you take the money? You were recently defrauded by this bank. Now?

  Using the assumption that corruption occurs where possible (check number of affairs, thefts, corporate scandals etc.) and then ask yourself how often the governmnet hides information from its citizens. Ask yourself if politicians are honest or whether they are skilled in the art of saying dishonest things (especially when it comes to promises or statements on their opponents records.)

  The assumption I have is that conspiracies happen regularly. I think we invaded Iraq on a massive conspiracy (my friend left the army because a year before the invasion he watched them paint battletanks in desert colours.) I think Hitler became leader after conspiracy (Reichstag fire). I think certain groups within the US government cut deals with Taliban leaders or drug cartels to get information or influence. I think the normal mode of operation in government is to act in secret and present a different story to the public.

  1 - Moon landings - while something definately went there I am less convinced by the photos. They seem staged in the extreme. Some seem impossible for a chest mounted camera without viewfinder and operated by gloved hands. Some things seem very odd (one astronaught dropped a picture of his family onto a well lit area of the moon surface - I'll explain why that's suspicious if anyone wants to know). The lunar lander doesn't seem to have the requiste power to lift the ascent module back into orbit and I'm not certain how the moon mounted camera was able to track upwards as it ascended. It would be odd if the US govt. was totally open about what was largely a military project at the height of the cold war. I also suspect it wouldn't have wanted to show shoddy pictures.

  2 - Financial - I think corrupt people are taking money all the time. Our labour is constantly being stolen. The banks current situation is a prime example (they should not be getting our future tax money as a forced investment.)
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  Conclusive evidence of a Grand Designer

  by sizemik in

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  some of you have no doubt seen this before .

  interestingly, ray comfort is an ex-pat kiwi lol.

  i used to see him here in christchurch nz .

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  Its not just the hand it fits...
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  Amazing 2½ minute time lapse NASA video of earth from the International Space Station!

  by Fernando in

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  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120305.html.

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  Thanks. Amazing.
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  300 Mormons March in Utah Gay Pride Parade, Implications for Closet Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Scott77 in

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  what are implication from this article for the watchtower jehovah's witnesses lgbt members who are still in closet?.

  june 3, 2012 9:31 pmprint text 300 mormons march in utah gay pride parademormons building bridges marches in the annual gay pride parade through downtown salt lake city, sunday, june 3, 2012.

  (ap photo/the salt lake tribune, scott sommerdorf).

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  It does.
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  Best book for counter-evangelism

  by peggaloon in

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  Watership Down.
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  Here's the thing. Nobody actually cares about sparlock. It's a meme only to us.

  by JonathanH in

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  at first the sparlock thing was just a cute little diversion.

  the icon of an amusingly out of touch cheaply produced dvd.

  somehow it has spiralled into a kind of focal point of society bashing.

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  Killjoy
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  300 Mormons March in Utah Gay Pride Parade, Implications for Closet Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Scott77 in

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  what are implication from this article for the watchtower jehovah's witnesses lgbt members who are still in closet?.

  june 3, 2012 9:31 pmprint text 300 mormons march in utah gay pride parademormons building bridges marches in the annual gay pride parade through downtown salt lake city, sunday, june 3, 2012.

  (ap photo/the salt lake tribune, scott sommerdorf).

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  Proud of those Mormons. There will be an official response. I suspect it will be worded in a 'we love the sinner just not the sin' way and will reiterate families as requiring a man and woman ( and will avoid references to how the lds church used to claim that monogamy was the cause of moral decline and that polygamy was the celestial model ) ;'p.s. don't protest in public or else.'
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  Simple answer, please! Scientifically explain the origin of life coming from nothing!

  by Silent_Scream in

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  scientific method asserts nothing living can come from something non-living.

  science is observable, science is reproducible.

  a living thing coming from non-living matter has never been observed nor reproduced.. therefore, it takes faith in an unknown process to believe that that's exactly what happened in the beginning, with no evidence!.

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  What I love about this thread is how several people had access to sensible information and none of the answers resorted to magic, mythical paradises or invisible beings who are returning 'soon' to kill or eternally torture most of mankind. I so freakin enjoy not being bound by faith or any god. Thanks for all the info presented.
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  Deep breath, and...

  by AGuest in

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  jumping [back] in... for a sec.... greetings to you all, the household of god, israel... those who go with... and all others here!

  the greatest of love and peace to you all!.

  i'm just sticking my head in to say (because several have asked and it's not fair of me to make them have to answer for me, so):.

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  Oh crap.