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  The question of who man/woman actually is...

  by The Rebel in

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  naturally leads to the question of god.

  why does man need god?

  why does man create god?

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  Why does man create God?

  
  

  Well humans are and have always been terrified of being alone. Imagine that we are the highest intelligence in the Universe....Alone as the pinnacle of evolution.

  Fear is the main emotion and also a dread that we are responsible for our actions in the physical world around us. Better to create "Super Parents", gods and goddesses that take away that personal responsibility for our thoughts and actions (behaviours).
  

  Freud allegedly said.."Most people don't want freedom because freedom requires responsibility and most people are frightened of responsibility"

  Better to be slaves of christ??
  
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  Any thought behind your " Avatar"

  by The Rebel in

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  i think that's the correct phrase?

  anyway when i first came here, that little picture that "the rebel" hides behind, was a self portrait of a very sad man, who simply had too much knowledge.

  now i feel after 7 months here, i should repaint that " avetor" give some happiness to the eyes, and a contented smile to the lips.. in short my " avetor" was a self portrait of a man with too much knowledge.

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  I did a ceremony in Bali for my long deceased mother a number of years ago. Very powerful and I guess a symbol of how far I have shifted from what I believed for decades as a jw
  
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  Gut Feelings - The Second Brain

  by Xanthippe in

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  i came across a link on the bbc site this morning to an article in scientific american on gut health claiming that one reason we need to keep our guts healthy with probiotics, a good diet and reducing antibiotics is because there are neurons in our gut that are part of the process to create dopamine and serotonin for the brain.

  yes happy hormones and neurotransmitters!

  amazing article.. 'the enteric nervous system is often referred to as our body’s second brain.

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  http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/catalyst/SC1302H005S00

  Quite an interesting documentary on the latest findings and possibilities.
  
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  Gut Feelings - The Second Brain

  by Xanthippe in

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  i came across a link on the bbc site this morning to an article in scientific american on gut health claiming that one reason we need to keep our guts healthy with probiotics, a good diet and reducing antibiotics is because there are neurons in our gut that are part of the process to create dopamine and serotonin for the brain.

  yes happy hormones and neurotransmitters!

  amazing article.. 'the enteric nervous system is often referred to as our body’s second brain.

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  About 10 yrs ago I got very sick while overseas and was hospitalised. On getting back home I went to my local GP and when I said I was feeling mentally "out of it" and had gut problems he immediately diagnosed me as depressed and anxious and gave me medication!! I actually started to take it and I felt much much worse. Luckily at the same time I started researching on the net.

  After much digging I found a paper linking gut biom with depression or anxiety. Basically infection with water borne bacteria can give the symptoms of depression as they "eat" seratonin which has been created in the gut. I went to a health shop and ask for a herbal bacterial cleanse. I took aweful tasting herbs for a month and the results were massive. Never have had a problem since.

  My daughter who is a Nurse Practitioner mentioned this to a specialist at the hospital she was at at this time. The specialist said "No your father is incorrect". The next day this specialist came back down to my daughter's section and apologised and said "Yes I researched and he is correct".

  Of course this is now becoming common knowledge.
  
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  Who is your favourite thinker?

  by The Rebel in

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  having recently read orwells 1984, i was impressed with how he understood that both politicians and people abuse language.

  this further confirmed to me how the w.t had deceived me by using words to distort reality.

  the book 1984, also contains many other great thoughts of george orwell.. of course there have been many other great thinkers, buddah, darwin, freud, einstein and marx come to mind.

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  C.G Jung Aldous Huxley Tolkein and always enjoy Mark Twain's observations. All could be classed as "ahead of their time" but I guess they had (the possible over) confidence to push their passion into their study at all costs.
  
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  David Bowie

  by smiddy in

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  i just heard the news david bowie has died ,so sad .

  rip d,b, .

  smiddy .

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  That's how I will remember him. Full of life and a real hero.https://youtu.be/YYjBQKIOb-w
  
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  My Experience with Wordly Guys

  by LaurenM in

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  sorry, two posts in a day..but i need to vent something: so far my experience with "worldly" guys has not been the best 1. my first guy experience was with a dude who left state and never came back 2. a coworker asked me to netflix and chill and i did 3. a guy wanted to sext me all the time but never took me out on a date and i did 4. a guy who took me on a great date but then asked me up to his apartment immediately after and then didn't call me after 5. finally, another great date, until after the guy texted me asking for nude pics..told him no!

  so basically i've concluded that i had been giving off a vibe that i had no self respect and that was confirmed by me allowing them to use me as a sex object..but i'm hoping that not all worldly guys are like this, and when i start acting like i have self respect, they will treat me like that too?

  is that a good assumption?

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  Ask yourself what do you want (?)

  Accept no less. There are billions of men out there. The world is your oyster.
  
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  So ... Russia and Nato at war? Should we be worried?

  by Simon in

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  it seems unbelievable but turkey (a nato member state) shooting down a russian jet fighter on their syrian border seems to be "meh" news and no one is too bothered about it too much.. the world seems a bit upside down right now.

  i don't think a lot of countries really know who the hell they are fighting and who is and isn't on their side in it all and really what is going on.. smaller incidents than this have led to major conflicts in the past but hopefully calm heads will prevail.

  china shot down a us spy plane years ago and the world survived and forgot about it so things will move on i'm sure.. i'm guessing the price turkey pays for their gas supply from russia will be going up soon though.. man, that republican primary is sucking all the news attention from the room.

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  About 5 yrs ago I stayed in a villa owned by an old Dutchman in Bali. He was a retired Colonel with NATO. While having a beer he told me that when the USSR crumbled there was a crisis meeting in Brussels. NATO realised with no world enemy there would be no need for NATO. The next year there was a terrorist strike in Africa. He didn't say they organised it, they just let the intelligence slide....

  So from what I can figure out NATO are pressing Russia to test their metal. Don't forget the Russians lost hundreds of civilians just a few weeks ago, they are pissed.

  The danger in leaving major decisions affecting the whole world in military hands, you get a military response
  
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  Raining before the Flood?

  by GrownMidget in

  1. watchtower
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  i remember at my teen years when i was studying with a brother that he said to me that there was no rain before the flood.

  instead there was this mist that you have.

  never before or after this have i heard something like this.

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  One of the first of my wake up "Ah Ha" moments
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131105081228.htm
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  Is it true? Heard a rumor WT postphones Disfellowshipping until further notice!!??

  by Olivia Wilde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not sure if it's true but i heard from a good source that wt has given instructions to elders to postponed disfellowshipping members from wrong doing/gross sin until further instructions given by headquarters.

  i heard some jws were just reproved either privately or publically.

  has anyone else heard anything like this recently?

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  http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/