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Have/Do you 'fake' orgasms?
by AK - Jeff inthe theme of last nites 'seinfeld' rerun.
it was a hoot!.
well.... do you fake them?.
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Evangelical softball leagues .... interesting
by ithinkisee ingreat article on msnbc.com that talks about the evangelical baseball leagues.
heres some of my choice quotes from the article: .
in the cape cod (mass.
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Great article on MSNBC.com that talks about the Evangelical Baseball Leagues. Here’s some of my choice quotes from the article:
In the Cape Cod (Mass.) Evangelical Church Softball League, players become ineligible if they don’t attend two Sunday services a month.
In eastern Massachusetts, teams in the evangelical league are limited to three “unsaved” players each—and must turn in a roster specifically highlighting them as such before the start of the season, so that others in the congregation can pray for their salvation and mail literature to their homes. (The rulebook cautions that ” ‘Outreach Players’ should not be selected for their athletic ability,” but rather for their genuine interest in finding Christ.)
The rulebook of the Stateline Evangelical Softball League in Rockford, Ill., requires long pants at all times; in especially hot weather, shorts are OK only if both managers agree—and only, the rulebook notes in red type, if they are “moderate and knee length.” Needless to say, stealing is not allowed.
The following sounds like a familiar quote I heard from the Kingdom Hall platform:“It’s competitive, but we also understand that we’re to represent Jesus in what we say and what we do, and that can be hard on the softball field.”
Oye! I remember when some of us youths would get together for friendly games of football on Sunday afternoons after meeting. Some kids would come and want to play and we would say, “Nuh-Uh. You haven’t been to any meetings lately. You can’t play.”
Geez.
Link to full article
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Conversation with street witnessor (?) becomes elder infused
by AuldSoul inyesterday, thursday, july 26, 2007, a conversation with a street witnessor (isn't that what you would call someone involved in street witnessing?
) got joined by a walk-up elder turned into a great opportunity to witness to several bystanders (who even joined in the conversation).. i began by declining to accept the offer from the elderly woman who held up a "what does god require of us?
i said, "but, verne, you aren't going to the bible.
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That deserves a Hasselhoff:
Great job
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What is the NEW BUZZ in the Org?
by Save My Soul inthere is a new wt arrangement, the 1935 change, the 30 minute public talk among other things.
some have even said they would stop talking doom and gloom, can someone please confirm this?.
what is the perception of these things among those active in the org?
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Can't wait to read the doom and gloom in the new "members only" Watchtower. 2008 can't get here fast enough.
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Marijuana may increase psychosis risk, analysis says
by ithinkisee in(article link)
marijuana may increase psychosis risk, analysis says.
london, england (ap) -- using marijuana seems to increase the chance of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
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Haha. I love just posting these articles. Makes for great entertainment.
Thanks for all the responses.
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The Myth Of Evolution
by whereami inthis should stir things up!
haven't finished reading it.
thought some of you would get a kick out of it.
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:::Just wanted to note in passing with a recent second look at evolution,
:::it is fraught with difficulty and gray issues and is thus far from effectively challenging the Bible.
That being said, you don't even need to go to evolution to effectively challenge the bible. The bible has it's own set of problems far greater than evolution.
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LOL @ 1972-1974
by IP_SEC inthere are a lot of us on here in the 32-34 age range.
why?
1972-1974 was some bad years for kiddos born in the borg huh?
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2/18/73
I think it has to to with the post-hippie/post-flowerchild era.
Most of our parents were casual supporters or full-blown supporters of that movement. When if became clear in the early 70's that their idealistic eutopia was not realistic people began looking for other movements. The JWs were clearly counterculture (anti-mainstream religion) but still had the Christian elements they were familiar with.
Like Done4Good, my mom became a witness in the late 70's
My two-cents
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Marijuana may increase psychosis risk, analysis says
by ithinkisee in(article link)
marijuana may increase psychosis risk, analysis says.
london, england (ap) -- using marijuana seems to increase the chance of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
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Marijuana may increase psychosis risk, analysis says
LONDON, England (AP) -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
Some experts say governments should now work to dispel a misconception that marijuana is a benign drug.
The new review suggests that even infrequent use could raise the small but real risk of this serious mental illness by 40 percent.
Doctors have long suspected a connection and say the latest findings underline the need to highlight marijuana's long-term risks. The research, paid for by the British Health Department, is being published Friday in medical journal The Lancet.
"The available evidence now suggests that cannabis is not as harmless as many people think," said Dr. Stanley Zammit, one of the study's authors and a lecturer in the department of psychological medicine at Cardiff University.
The researchers said they couldn't prove that marijuana use itself increases the risk of psychosis, a category of several disorders with schizophrenia being the most commonly known.
There could be something else about marijuana users, "like their tendency to use other drugs or certain personality traits, that could be causing the psychoses," Zammit said.
Marijuana is the most frequently used illegal substance in many countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States. About 20 percent of young adults report using it at least once a week, according to government statistics.
Zammit and colleagues from the University of Bristol, Imperial College and Cambridge University examined 35 studies that tracked tens of thousands of people for periods ranging from one year to 27 years to examine the effect of marijuana on mental health.
They looked for psychotic illnesses as well as cognitive disorders including delusions and hallucinations, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, neuroses and suicidal tendencies.
They found that people who used marijuana had roughly a 40 percent higher chance of developing a psychotic disorder later in life. The overall risk remains very low.
For example, Zammit said the risk of developing schizophrenia for most people is less than 1 percent. The prevalence of schizophrenia is believed to be about five in 1,000 people. But because of the drug's wide popularity, the researchers estimate that about 800 new cases of psychosis could be prevented by reducing marijuana use.
The scientists found a more disturbing outlook for "heavy users" of pot, those who used it daily or weekly: Their risk for psychosis jumped to a range of 50 percent to 200 percent.
One doctor noted that people with a history of mental illness in their families could be at higher risk. For them, marijuana use "could unmask the underlying schizophrenia," said Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza, an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale University, who was not involved in the study.
Dr. Wilson Compton, a senior scientist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Washington, called the study persuasive.
"The strongest case is that there are consistencies across all of the studies," and that the link was seen only with psychoses -- not anxiety, depression or other mental health problems, he said.
Scientists cannot rule out that pre-existing conditions could have led to both marijuana use and later psychoses, he added.
Scientists think it is biologically possible that marijuana could cause psychoses because it interrupts important neurotransmitters such as dopamine. That can interfere with the brain's communication systems.
Some experts say governments should now work to dispel the misconception that marijuana is a benign drug.
"We've reached the end of the road with these kinds of studies," said Dr. Robin Murray of King's College, who had no role in the Lancet study. "Experts are now agreed on the connection between cannabis and psychoses. What we need now is for 14-year-olds to know it."
In the U.K., the government will soon reconsider how marijuana should be classified in its hierarchy of drugs. In 2004, it was downgraded and penalties for possession were reduced. Many expect marijuana will be bumped up to a class "B" category, with offenses likely to lead to arrests or longer jail sentences.
Two of the authors of the study were invited experts on the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Cannabis Review in 2005. Several authors reported being paid to attend drug company-sponsored meetings related to marijuana, and one received consulting fees from companies that make antipsychotic medications.
(Article Link)
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James Penton claims big Watchtower revelations to come...
by slimboyfat inhe commented on another site:.
oh, i must mention: when barbara and rud publish, they will shake the foundations of the watchtower society, and i will have to rewrite many parts of apocalypse delayed to fit with the newly revealed information.
no one knows the dry rot that has existed in that organization as do they.
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Personally I hope it has something to do with the rumors of them cornering the diamonds and precious metal markets in certain European Countries.
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Would life be better if we all had to follow the same religion/creed?
by fifi40 ini am not talking any particular religion here.........but just say the 'perfect creed'.............and we all have to follow it.. .
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ithinkisee
If we were all the same religion the same problems would emerge.
Eventually one group would end up being more conservative and taking a "hard line" on the rules of the religion, and another group would be more "liberal".
It would start out as friendly differences but eventually one will be accused of trying to tear apart the religion and (and probably vice-versa) and each side would say they are on the side of God.
Then one group would leave and make a "reformed" version of the religion, and then those two religions will now go at it and try and discredit the other.
Eventually the new protestant faith would then have two groups form, one conservative, the other liberal, and the whole cycle starts all over again.
During this whole process each side will feel they are the ones who are worshipping God in the same way.
Sad really. What religion does. Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Islam, Jews, it doesn't matter. They have all been party to vicious "faith-based" slaughter and killing and greed and divisiveness throughout human history.
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