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  Anybody ever try the Atkins Diet?

  by El Kabong in

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  ok, this has probably been discussed before, but, how many here have tried the atkins diet?

  did you have a good/bad experience with this diet.

  the reason i ask is because i went to my doctor and my bp is way up.

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  Bona Dea

  I tried the atkins diet about a year ago. I lost about 20lbs in a month. But I couldn't take it. I still get sick to my stomach when I see a bag of pork skins. I love cheese, eggs, meat, broccoli (which is pretty much all I ate)...but I craved sandwiches, spaghetti, coke, coffee. I was quickly fed up with the likes of splenda and diet rite and decaf . I do believe that much of what has been said on here about the healthiness of this diet is true. You have to wonder about a diet that encourages the intake of fatty foods and denies vegetables and fruits. The whole goal with this diet is to send your body into ketosis which is an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus. Atkins works if you want to lose the weight, but I do believe it to be unhealthy.

  Francois was right. Out of all the diets I have ever been on (and I've been on many) the low-fat diet was the best!! If for no other reason than it allows you some variety. You can eat as much and as many vegetables you want. There is now an abundance of low fat foods on the market like chips (like wow brand and baked varieties), cookies, and ice cream to choose from, not to mention all the fruit you can eat. You can have bread, pasta, sugar...actually the only thing you really need to steer clear of are things like butter (which I used low-fat butter or something like molly mcbutter), oils, and fatty meats. I ate lean meats (chicken, turkey) and became addicted to turkey bacon. You can still drink normal caffeinated, sugary, creamy (powder, of course) coffee. You can drink tea and coke and...why did I ever go off of this diet? Like Frank said, you keep the intake below 30 g a day. It's pretty simple. I exercised a minimum of 30 mins a day, 4 days a week. I lost 50 lbs in 4-5 months. I kept it off for about 6 years.

  Stay clear of the cabbage soup diet (yuck). I have heard good things about weight watchers, too. Also, my husband went on slimfast (so did I, but with no luck) and he lost about 20 lbs over a 6 month period. It was slow but he has kept it off for several years now.

  Good luck finding what works for you!!!

  Sadie
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

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  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Bona Dea

  Thanks...now, I can add that term to my extensive list of Latin quotes

  Sadie
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

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  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Bona Dea

  So you don't think the Internet exists because of science?

  As if the Internet would exist if the scientific method did not create an environment agreeable to change. QED...

  Okay, okay you got me there. I didn't really think of it from that angle.

  What's QED?
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  The "Left Behind" book series. Has anyone read the books?

  by Yizuman in

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  has anyone read the "left behind" book series?

  http://www.leftbehind.com .

  yizuman.

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  Bona Dea

  Well said, Abaddon!! I completely agree...

  Sadie
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  to stinkypantz

  by ChrisVance in

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  i am argumentative yes, but not only for atheism.

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  i have adamently defend gays: .

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  Bona Dea

  Okay, people...it's all okay. Okay? Okay.
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

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  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Bona Dea

  bona,

  scientisits have all right to disregard religious believes. science is based on facts and logic whereas religions are based on myth, lies and faith. I concur. Did I say anything contrary to that? Am I speaking a different language here or something? Maybe it's that darn lisp...Sadie
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  What's Wrong With Mother's Day? I Forgot.

  by Swan in

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  okay, maybe i'm getting old or maybe it's because i have been an exjw for going on 10 years now, but i can't remember what's up with jws and mother's day.

  i remember my mother going with another sister to my brother's classroom for some mother's day pageant back in the 60's when we lived in alaska.

  there is also a commandment in the bible about "honor your father and your mother.

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  Bona Dea

  The origins of Mothers Day can be traced to ancient Greece. Mothers Day was celebrated by the ancient Greeks to honor Rhea, the mother of the gods. Ancient Romans honored their great mother of gods, Cybele.

  And here I was thinking that I was just honoring my mom. Silly me. I should've known that there was more to it than that. Oh, thank you mighty Watchtower for showing me the error of my ways

  Sadie
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

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  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Bona Dea

  Just shows how similar science and religion are in some ways. This is what "we" believe, and you must subscribe to all elements of what "we" believe, otherwise you are not one of "us" and will be shunned/ridiculed. He did state that. You're right. Yet I think that the meat of his argument predominently involved, not the methods of religion or science, but the leaders of science and those of religion...who are people. If you took his statement out of context and ignored everything else he had said, then yes...I suppose it would appear that he was arguing religion vs science or what have you. But, hey, we've all played that game before via the WTS and well, we know that you cannot draw any decent conclusion based on one singled-out sentence. Now obviously, as was admitted before, people are resistant to change. The difference, though, is that the scientific method is self-correcting, while religions are self-preserving. The fact that we've gone from Newtonian physics to Relativitty to QM to String theory (all have their place) proves that the scientific method promotes an environmment that is agreeable to change. If it weren't, then we wouldn't even be able to discuss this subject on this here Internet thingy. The fact that we are able to discuss this subject freely on the internet lends no more support to the idea that "scientific method promotes an environment that is agreeable to change", than does the fact that we are able to discuss the subject of the JWs and their doctrine freely via the internet reinforces the argument that they are aggreeable to change. We all know the latter is simply not so. And as I have no idea as to what the "methods" of the scientific community are, I can make no informed comments regarding the accuracy of the statement that it "promotes an environment that is agreeable to change", except to say that the fact that we are able to discuss it on the internet proves nothing and lends absolutely no support to that statement, albeit be it a concrete description or not. Sadie
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  Are Christians religions all cults?

  by SpiceItUp in

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  i was just reading something on a thread that tiggered this question.

  have you even been involved in a converstation with a christian fanatic?

  i have a few times and have been told a few times that i am going to go to hell because i don't believe in the bible and don't except god/jesus (at least their version) into my heart.. i know that having that fear as a basis for beliefs is a sign of cultish behavior.

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  Bona Dea

  That is a tough question. I personally (as in: in my own opinion) believe, based on my own personal experiences, that what determines whether a particular denomination/religion is a "cult" (I've never been a part of anything except Christianity so I can't really form any decent opinion on the operations of other religions) depends on the level of control, which is most commonly fear based (hellfire and brimstone/armageddon - take your pick), and to what degree that fear is driven into it's followers. And this can, not just vary from denomination to denomination, but from congregation to congregation as well.

  A good bit of it also depends (once again, IMHO) on the level of respect the followers/congregation has for their authority (the leader(s) or pastor). I have belonged to a church (AOG) that loved it's pastor so much that I wouldn't doubt that they would've jumped in a lake if he would've asked them to. There are many factors involved, IMHO. BUT the domination, however, that is administered within the ranks of the JWs (people spying on people, the tattling, the judicial committee, the inability to voice opposition without reproval) is just not there. I mean, you don't normally (I say normally because I am sure there are some) have other churches (i.e. Baptist, Methodist, Holiness) that force you to do things the way they want you to do them or else you can't be a part of their group.

  Anyway, did I mention that this is just my opinion?
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  JW scientist banned from Institute's WebSite because of Creationistic Views

  by GermanXJW in

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  recently, dr. wolf-ekkehard loennig, a jw working in a leading position at the gene-science-department at the max-planck-institute, has been banned from the institute's website for spreading his view about evolution.

  he promotes the so called "intelligents design".

  max-planck-institute calles this creationism in disguise.

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  Bona Dea

  Poor Ed ...

  I think Ed was comparing people, not science and religion. I didn't see where he actually expressed his opinion (informed or uninformed) of science or religion and which was right or wrong...just the similarities of the leaders (who are people) involved in both. He appeared to me to be focusing on the people, not what the people represent. And no one has to be a scientist, religionist, informed, uninformed, or an expert of any sort to express an observation about the behavior of people.

  Sadie