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i've been thinking, if the jws won't allow smoking, excessive drinking, or the alteration of the outer body, do they also have rules about caloric, saturated fat, transfat, and sodium intake?
these things can be just as harmful to the body in the long run.
I've been thinking, if the JWs won't allow smoking, excessive drinking, or the alteration of the outer body, do they also have rules about caloric, saturated fat, transfat, and sodium intake?
These things can be just as harmful to the body in the long run.
i've had several expereiences with ouija boards, some interesting, some disturbing, and as skeptical as i try to be i have to admit i have seen it personally say things and do things that i can not logically explain.
some say its your sub-conscience, some say its spirits, others say its demons.
i am just wondering if any of you have had experiences with the ouija board, what they were, and what you believe about them, supernatural or just another simple amusement?
I think the fact that the name is a trademark of a toy manufacturer indicates their veracity.
I'm not sure who owns the name now, but Hasbro didn't come up with it.
take a peek at an excerpt from this book that is in the course of being written by simon worrall.
the fanatics who founded america.
fundamentalist zealots dreaming of a new world order, sexual repression, scary old blokes with beards.
They tortured the hell out of poor, pacifist quakers, and killed them.
We learned about some of their torture techniques in HIS101. I believe one involved putting hot coals in small iron containers and hanging them from the genitalia as well as other body parts, slowly roasting them.
They were an imaginative bunch!
this is a thread to say hi to any of your friends that you know lurk on the board, but don't post.
drop 'em a line, in code, if necessary.
i'm gonna say hi to one that i love like a brother.
Didn't he start a thread yesterday?
have you done it?
would you still?
is it ever acceptable?
Kids are complex thinking beings. They can lie to get what they want and manipulate from a VERY young age.
It seems to me that kids and dogs are very similar. Some say that a trained dog has the mental capacity of a 2-5 year old depending on the breed. Every time one of my friends tells me a kid story, I usually have a very similar dog story.
And dogs can lie too! Mine is a trickster. If I have food sitting on the end table, he'll give me a squeek toy and act all innocent as he slowly but surely nudges he way towards the meal, hoping to get a bite. He's basically saying, "See, I'm only here to give you attention, but I'm REALLY after your food!"
take a peek at an excerpt from this book that is in the course of being written by simon worrall.
the fanatics who founded america.
fundamentalist zealots dreaming of a new world order, sexual repression, scary old blokes with beards.
As to the fanatics that founded America, they were fleeing the horrific religious fanatics in Europe that beat them, tortured them, jailed them, burned them alive, for having differing religious opinions.
Funny how the hypocritical Puritans did the same thing when they got here...Hey, as long as they could 'justify' their actions in the Bible, it was all good.
The Bible can be one dangerous tool.
take a peek at an excerpt from this book that is in the course of being written by simon worrall.
the fanatics who founded america.
fundamentalist zealots dreaming of a new world order, sexual repression, scary old blokes with beards.
That's fascinating , Englishman. I've never heard this historical tale before.
However, the Puritans were merely ONE small group which fled to the Americas. I hardly think that this one radical group is responsible for the majority's way of thinking. The Puritans, as HORRIBLE as they were (yes, they were an evil bunch), may have been amongst the first religious groups to settle North America, but they were hardly the 'founders'. Many Christian denominations founded numerous states in the US. My state, Maryland, was founded by Catholic refugees. Pennsylvania was founded by another, and so on. Most of the original colonists were fleeing Europe to pursue religious freedom which was denied to them (or they were dumped here from British prisons, which is another story), so that's most likely why US citizens hold a higher deity-based belief system than Europeans.
One more edit: Religion in Europe during this time seemed to be all about politics and oppression, so why would the average, complacent citizen take it to heart? Christianity wouldn't exactly be a welcome ideology. So, regardless of sect, any denomination that came to North America would take religion much more personally.
have you done it?
would you still?
is it ever acceptable?
What's Your View of Spanking (Children)?
My view is, "Spank 'em if you got 'em."
No, seriously, I'm very, VERY against spanking children or any other cognitive being. I used to think otherwise, but upon further contemplation I realized that spanking is the laziest, most barbaric form of discipline anyone could possibly bestow upon their children. Spanking assumes that these 'human beings' are unable to learn without the use of physical violence, and I believe that this mentatlity is bullshit! Total bullshit. It's not that I'm a soft, 'bleeding heart', because I would gladly smack anyone at any given time, but I don't think that it's necessary.
I don't have kids, but I own a dog and I have never spanked him for anything. I've always ruled with VERBAL discipline which is often followed by certain consequences for unacceptable actions.
Tell me, if a DOG can learn without the use of violence, why not a human being?
my husband is not afraid, embarressed, or ashamed to go to the store for myself or our daughter.
i have been with him, searching for a certain size tampon.
he will go to the store and buy napkins, after writing down what brand, size and absorbancy it is.
Personally, no, I wouldn't.
Unless my girl is on her deathbed, there's no reason why she can't buy it for herself.
Think about it. A woman KNOWS when it's 'that time of the month'. What would possess her to run out of pads and tell her man to go to the store to get more? That's not very classy IMO. That's a very 'personal' matter and shouldn't involve anyone else, yet alone a member of the opposite sex, regardless of his role in the relationship. Am I out of line for saying this?
I don't even like buying condoms, and they're for both of us.
i've never posted here before, but i've lurked patiently for a few weeks, debating on whether or not to tackle a new message board.
i guess i'll make at least one post and see what happens.
anyway, a little background about myself.
My most irrational act currently is telling everybody that I'm AGNOSTIC. This is a compromise with rational thinking and allows the evil of doubt to dwell in the same living space with moral certainty that no existing god would allow things to happen as they do and maintain personal goodness as an attribute.
How is this irrational? I don't necessarily buy into labels, but I guess I'd be considered agnostic myself. When you've been told your entire life that certain things exist, can you every honestly convince yourself that they don't?
Our hearts can lie to our minds. I guess it takes lots of good, old-fashioned will power to keep them in check.
