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Enigma One
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Miniature and large LRAD weapons used by U.S. army, businesses and cults
by wanda ini mentioned this in another forum then realized it would also fit here, so i edited it a little and here it is again.
a ministerial servants' head told me confidentially he and some friends had harrassed an oklahoma city sister who partook of the emblems by using miniaturized sound and voice making devices.
in some congregations the elder body and their closest pioneer sisters also don't like jws and ex-jws they think are big-mouths because they are afraid they will tell about things like child molesting.
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Anybody here who still has faith in God and belief in the Bible?
by Sheepish inthere seems to be a lot of folks here who are bitter and want nothing to do with organized religion (understandable!
) or the belief in a god who cares about us, and has a "plan".or even anyone who has actually read and studied the bible, and understands what's going on it it.
so many just take stuff out of context looking for "mistakes" and loopholes.
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Enigma One
Sorry sheepish but you are comparing your "absolute truth" to a "natural law". Gravity does work. However it is not an absolute I will fall. There are many variables involved. It is relative. You would like to believe your moral absolute truth is comparable it is not.
Absolute Truth : “Something true for all people, at all times and in all places”.
Absolute truths are based on facts, not just through general consensus of a group. Consensus is usually formed by personal opinions and not based on facts.
Philosophers have argued about absolute truths forever. So instead of getting bogged down in how does absolute truth exist or not exist, let me ask "How does your belief in god constitute an absolute truth"?
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I think I might have a DEMON in the house!!!!!...Spooky!
by Legolas infor about a week or so now!
it all started one day when i was in the laundy room and i heard my husband pull up in the driveway, shut his door, unlock the door to the house, shut the house door, so i go down to greet him ( with a big kiss and hug, as i always do
anyway i get down stairs and he is not there so i assumed that he was already out feeding comet!
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Enigma One
Legolas...my dear hottie....
You are "seeing" demons in your house. I suggest putting down the MJ bong....the crack pipe....and the booze....and the pills.....it's time to dry out.
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE HUMAN RACE?!
by Mary ini watched dr. phil yesterday, where they were highlighting the disappearance of natalee holloway who disappeared in aruba over 5 months ago, and amy bradley who vanished from a cruise ship 7 years ago.
i always assumed that these girls were raped and then murdered and they very likely could be, but the program highlighted the sex-slave trade that is growing in leaps and bounds all over the world.
i sat there and listened in shock as one guy revealed what happens to some of these girls during snuff movies.
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Enigma One
"Enigmabastard"
LOL
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Lukewarm Christians and the Leap of Faith
by Shining One inthe upper story leap .
by gregory koukl .
what's at heart here is not so much science and facts, but a philosophy of doing science which says that you can only talk about things which are scientific and you must remove any reference to a supernatural force whatsoever.i want to talk to you about what's happening in the vista school district.
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Enigma One
Here's a radical answer: Teach science in science class. Teach creation and religion at church. Nuff said.
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE HUMAN RACE?!
by Mary ini watched dr. phil yesterday, where they were highlighting the disappearance of natalee holloway who disappeared in aruba over 5 months ago, and amy bradley who vanished from a cruise ship 7 years ago.
i always assumed that these girls were raped and then murdered and they very likely could be, but the program highlighted the sex-slave trade that is growing in leaps and bounds all over the world.
i sat there and listened in shock as one guy revealed what happens to some of these girls during snuff movies.
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Enigma One
Just so we know the "truth" about crime. Violent crime is down 55% from 30 years ago. It has been treading downward for many years. From the FBI Crime Database:
Adjusted violent victimization rates
Number of victimizations per 1,000 population age 12 and overTotal
violent crimeAggravated assault Simple
assaultYear Murder Rape Robbery 1973 47.7 0.1 2.5 6.7 12.5 25.9 1974 48.0 0.1 2.6 7.2 12.9 25.3 1975 48.4 0.1 2.4 6.8 11.9 27.2 1976 48.0 0.1 2.2 6.5 12.2 27.0 1977 50.4 0.1 2.3 6.2 12.4 29.4 1978 50.6 0.1 2.6 5.9 12.0 30.0 1979 51.7 0.1 2.8 6.3 12.3 30.3 1980 49.4 0.1 2.5 6.6 11.4 28.8 1981 52.3 0.1 2.5 7.4 12.0 30.3 1982 50.7 0.1 2.1 7.1 11.5 29.8 1983 46.5 0.1 2.1 6.0 9.9 28.3 1984 46.4 0.1 2.5 5.8 10.8 27.2 1985 45.2 0.1 1.9 5.1 10.3 27.9 1986 42.0 0.1 1.7 5.1 9.8 25.3 1987 44.0 0.1 2.0 5.3 10.0 26.7 1988 44.1 0.1 1.7 5.3 10.8 26.3 1989 43.3 0.1 1.8 5.4 10.3 25.8 1990 44.1 0.1 1.7 5.7 9.8 26.9 1991 48.8 0.1 2.2 5.9 9.9 30.6 1992 47.9 0.1 1.8 6.1 11.1 28.9 1993 49.1 0.1 1.6 6.0 12.0 29.4 1994 51.2 0.1 1.4 6.3 11.9 31.5 1995 46.1 0.1 1.2 5.4 9.5 29.9 1996 41.6 0.1 0.9 5.2 8.8 26.6 1997 38.8 0.1 0.9 4.3 8.6 24.9 1998 36.0 0.1 0.9 4.0 7.5 23.5 1999 32.1 0.1 0.9 3.6 6.7 20.8 2000 27.4 0.1 0.6 3.2 5.7 17.8 2001 24.7 0.1 0.6 2.8 5.3 15.9 2002 22.8 0.1 0.7 2.2 4.3 15.5 2003 22.3 0.1 0.5 2.5 4.6 14.6 2004 21.1 0.1 0.4 2.1 4.3 14.2 -
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When elders realize they lost their power over you
by unbeliever inafter reading jgnat's post i got to thinking about something that happened to me.
i was never baptized so the elders were limited on what they could do to me.
still they were able to make my life miserable through my mother so sometimes i towed the line.
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Enigma One
So you accused the elder of impropriety? What specifically were you accusing him of? (If I may ask.)
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Where did God go??
by fairchild init has been over 10 months now since i stopped going to the kingdom hall.
i had imagined how i would really find my way to god now that i was no longer being misled by the wts ( for - profit) publishing company.
i kept reading the bible, because people on jwd had told me how i would see it in a different light.
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Enigma One
Fairchild....didn't you get the memo?
God is dead.
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Hi guys I'm new here but been outta the JWS for 4 years. Born Again!
by biddie ini'm kinda looking for other born again christians that were "brainwashed" the way i was with the jw's!.
praise the lord i know the truth now!!!
would like to share with others what i have learned about the wtbts!
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Enigma One
So actual hard science is "out there". Yet belief in an invisible Sky Papa, reincarnation, or heaven and hell where there isn't a single shred of proof isn't "out there"? LOLCall me crazy but I enjoy reading stuff like this. It helps me to continue to grow and mature in my spirituality. Maybe that's just me.
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Hi guys I'm new here but been outta the JWS for 4 years. Born Again!
by biddie ini'm kinda looking for other born again christians that were "brainwashed" the way i was with the jw's!.
praise the lord i know the truth now!!!
would like to share with others what i have learned about the wtbts!
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Enigma One
anewme...
Perhaps it was because you simply lacked the "god gene".
Religious belief is determined by a person's genetic make-up according to a study by researchers.
After comparing more than 2,000 DNA samples, an American molecular geneticist has concluded that a person's capacity to believe in God is linked to brain chemicals.
Buddha, Mohammed and Jesus all shared a series of mystical experiences or alterations in consciousness and thus probably carried the gene, according to the researchers. This means that the tendency to be spiritual is part of genetic make-up. This is not a thing that is strictly handed down from parents to children. It could skip a generation - it's like intelligence or lack thereof. LOL
There is a book entitled: The God Gene: How Faith Is Hard-Wired Into Our Genes that delves into this. I have not read the book, but have read some of the findings in abbreviated articles.