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  Ruining the Earth

  by zarco in

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  an interesting quote from the august 24 newsweek on page 66. .

  "over the past three decades america's rivers, lakes and skies have been transformed.

  acid rain levels have dropped 60 percent since the early 1990s; air quality has improved 91 percent since 1980 in terms of lead content.

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  WTWizard- And think of all the gasoline burned, cars worn out, and tire polution resulting from the door to door ministry.

  Villabolo - the life expectancy change is dramatic when compared to prior centuries. I think the old zarco would be about dead by now if I lived in the middle ages and darn near dead if I lived in the 1800s. Bottom line the health, economy, life-span of the world is at an all time high. Environmentaly the world is much improved over the past 50 years - but still there is much work to do in this area.

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  What Did You Have For Dinner? Thread

  by Yizuman in

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  wife and i had steak, baked potatoes and peas.

  wife also had before dinner was sald w/ ranch dressing w/ bacon bits.

  (edit, forgot the bits).

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  The scene right after Leo ate dinner........

  Firefighters from the San Francisco Fire Department work on a two-alarm fire at the historic Tadich Grill in the Financial District on Monday.
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  Ruining the Earth

  by zarco in

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  2. friends

  an interesting quote from the august 24 newsweek on page 66. .

  "over the past three decades america's rivers, lakes and skies have been transformed.

  acid rain levels have dropped 60 percent since the early 1990s; air quality has improved 91 percent since 1980 in terms of lead content.

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  Leaving,

  Just read your post on life expectancy. Interesting times to be predicting the world's demise.
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  Ruining the Earth

  by zarco in

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  2. friends

  an interesting quote from the august 24 newsweek on page 66. .

  "over the past three decades america's rivers, lakes and skies have been transformed.

  acid rain levels have dropped 60 percent since the early 1990s; air quality has improved 91 percent since 1980 in terms of lead content.

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  An interesting quote from the August 24 Newsweek on page 66.

  "Over the past three decades America's rivers, lakes and skies have been transformed. Acid rain levels have dropped 60 percent since the early 1990s; air quality has improved 91 percent since 1980 in terms of lead content. the Hudson River is much much cleaner that its been in 100 years".

  When you add to that quote the expanding lifespan of humans in this generation, a pretty darn good case could be made that the world is getting to be a much better place to live.

  It must be tough for those waiting for critical times to see such massive progress.

  Zarco
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  Do You Care What Happens To Indiviual JWs At This Point In Time?

  by minimus in

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  other than possibly family members, do you care what happens to those you called "brothers and sisters"?.

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  Yes, I care very much.

  Individual members are victims of poor policy and beliefs. And if one follows the "Witness way" to the letter of the law they can be damaged emotionally, intellectually and even physically. I think one of the most dangerous aspects of the religion is when the Governing Body's sayings are put on the same level as bible teachings - things like moral guidance and other good things - (ie. not murder, not commit adultery, etc) and then one finds the saying of the Governing Body change or are wrong, then one begins to question everything about the bible, morals and other standards. This leads to some pretty messed up lives for some and for a few some pretty bad behavior. I am not suggesting that all fall into that trap. But it seems that the young people are really affected once they learn that all that they have been told to trust completely is not all true.

  I have deep feelings for individual Witnesses, they are victims and do not have the opportunity to debate of question policy and beliefs. We help all that our circumstances allow us to do.
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  Materialism & Adultery

  by sweet pea in

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  so, we were brought up in/enticed into an organisation that we believed was a spiritual paradise.

  everyone appearing to be better than the world around them.

  my experience was of youngsters leading double lives, partying hard like the best of the world.

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  Gregor,

  I have said similar. We lived in a moderate sized town with two congregations. Over a three year period there were 16 divorces (both congregations in total) and loads of other stuff. I worked for a company that had well over 300 employees and no divorces over the same period of time. A spiritual paradise... I think not.

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  Materialism & Adultery

  by sweet pea in

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  so, we were brought up in/enticed into an organisation that we believed was a spiritual paradise.

  everyone appearing to be better than the world around them.

  my experience was of youngsters leading double lives, partying hard like the best of the world.

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  I want to be ATJ's friend too - but he lives too far away. A west coast trip is necessary. He can't be "all time" without visiting the west:)
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  Materialism & Adultery

  by sweet pea in

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  so, we were brought up in/enticed into an organisation that we believed was a spiritual paradise.

  everyone appearing to be better than the world around them.

  my experience was of youngsters leading double lives, partying hard like the best of the world.

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  Sweat Pea - give it a go (education). In our experience people with life experience do very well at university. There a few "know it all" but bottom line young people accept and respect those who better themselves.

  And you are right, you as one person make a difference and are making a difference. Nice work!

  Zarco
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  Materialism & Adultery

  by sweet pea in

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  so, we were brought up in/enticed into an organisation that we believed was a spiritual paradise.

  everyone appearing to be better than the world around them.

  my experience was of youngsters leading double lives, partying hard like the best of the world.

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  Thanks, Homer. Now I can go to sleep:)
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  Materialism & Adultery

  by sweet pea in

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  so, we were brought up in/enticed into an organisation that we believed was a spiritual paradise.

  everyone appearing to be better than the world around them.

  my experience was of youngsters leading double lives, partying hard like the best of the world.

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  Have you ever posted your best post and no one noticed :)