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  Weird weather and the end

  by JimmyPage in

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  i was out in field circus on saturday and the elder i was working with kept mentioning the weird weather patterns the world has been seeing.

  now i know there is nothing in bible prophecy about weird weather being a sign of the end.

  but if i were making a movie about the end of the world i would probably ramp up to the apocalypse with hurricanes, tornadoes, hailstorms, etc.

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  The weather is definitely weirder with respect to the relatively stable weather patterns that we've been used to for the past 200 years.

  It's the result of global warming. We can debate whether or not humans are responsible for the warming, but the warming itself is a fact supported by empirical evidence. Having said that, all of the climate change models predict more extremes in weather, more drought, more storms, more floods. All of the credible scientists who study this stuff say that we are just seeing the cusp of the changes right now. Once they are in full swing within the next 10 to 30 years, we are going to be in for one hell of a rough ride.

  Another thing worth noting is that a natural disaster is not a "disaster" unless people are affected. If a super-typhoon blows harmlessly at sea, who cares? It only becomes a disaster when it hits people who have not prepared or have inadequately prepared for the weather they are likely to experience. Hurricane Andrew was a perfect example of this when it hit South Florida in 1992. Homes that were built in the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s suffered little or no damage because they were built with hurricanes in mind. Homes that were built in the 80s and 90s got blown to pieces and people died because of the substandard construction.

  Doomsday proponents will always seize on things like the weather to support their theories about the end of the world. It has always been thus.....

  Cheers to all,

  Alex
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  So... Do you think you're good looking?

  by LouBelle in

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  after laylas' : do you think looks are important thread, thought this would be a good follow up.. personally i'm just a regular girl, nothing exception, got good teeth, i do love my hair and don't think i'm ugly, but know that i'm no stunner either .

  so come on be honest - how do you rate yourselves..

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  Well, it's kinda' like this....

  30 years ago I looked like a Greek god (I am Greek), but now I just look like a goddamn Greek.

  'Nuf said?

  Alex
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  JW's may talk to their pets, but not to Jesus...Does that make sense?

  by JH in

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  Well, Yeahhhhhh!!!! Duuuuuuuuuuhhhhhh!!!!

  Come on, were ya' expectin' more?

  Just kidding with you... I used to think the same kinds of thoughts about how pathetic the spiritual aptitude of the Dubs was/is.

  Cheers,

  Alex
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  Got any advice for raising children?

  by JimmyPage in

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  i'd like to raise my child to not be stressed out about holidays and flag salutes etc.

  i have bad memories of that sh*t from my childhood.

  got any advice for a guy whose wife and parents are in the borg?

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  I agree with some of the other posters that you should shower them with love and let them make up their own minds.

  Any way you slice it, you've got a tough row to hoe. I guess the one thing to be very cautious about is to avoid any suggestion of hypocrisy or double standards when it comes to observing holidays...maybe not over-do it either...just stay balanced and hopefully they will see the merit in your stance.

  Cheers,

  Alex
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  TREES DISCOVERED OLDER THAN ADAM AND EVE

  by badboy in

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  trees have been iscovered as old as 8,000 years old in west sweden.. these are norway spruces..

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  This is very fascinating stuff. Plus, it is just one more nail in the coffin of the Dubs deluded view of history and pre-history.
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  Why no dub buzz over the new generation change?

  by oompa in

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  or have i just missed it?

  i finally had to tell my active wife about it....the wt lesson is next week but she has not read it yet, and none of her friends have mentioned it to her.

  big buzz in 1995 when i was active, but hear very little except here now.

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  Hey oomps,

  It'll be interesting to see how the generation debacle plays out over the coming 12 to 36 months. Maybe a repeat of the post-1975 exodus???

  Cheers,

  Alex
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  Just stumbled over some circular reasoning

  by Samuel Thorsen in

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  Classic logical fallacies!!!!
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  Stay or leave your spouse after leaving JWs - Do you have regrets?

  by Awakened at Gilead in

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  i am in a situation that many of you have faced... whether to stay with my spouse or not after having learned the falsehood of the org.. my wife is diehard witness who gets upset whenever i talk about the org negatively.

  she is not happy that i am on jwd... in fact the other day she picked up the keyboard and wanted to throw it accros the room or bash me with it when she saw i was on jwd... she is also very upset about me making friends with "apostates" and worldly people, and told me never to bring them to our home!

  this concerns me, since i am not going to have any friends in the org, and i need at least a few friendships...she doesn't want me to talk to the friends in the cong about my decision so that i don't share my doubts.

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  My ex and I split up. She was such a hardcore Dub with a hardcore Dub family that it would have been futile to make it work and I think both of us realized that.

  The thing is, what do you talk about or do together once that rift is there. If you are socially conscious and want to be politically engaged, you know whrere that conversation is going. If you want to entertain thoughts about science, evolution, and sociology it's the same story.

  I will always have love in my heart for my ex, but I am not sorry we split up. We are both much happier now. I could no longer take the Borg stifling my need to learn and pursue education, but my ex was content with the mental stagnation so there would have been an ever widening rift had we stayed together.

  Just a few thoughts. Good luck...I know it's a rough road, any way you travel it.

  Alex
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  WHEN DO JWS BELIEVE NATIVE AMERICANS CAME TO AMERICA?

  by badboy in

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  recent discoveries indicate native american were present from 14,300 years ago.. what do jws make of that?.

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  You guys!!!!!

  You ask such silly questions. Don't you know that after the flood humans repopulated the earth and that the Native Americans somehow got here (but we don't need science to explain how)? Just accept what the GB tells you and everything else will be okay.

  OKAY?
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  I know my favorite dream job - what's yours?

  by wings in

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  food critic for a gormet magazine.

  movie critic....i'd be good at that.

  travel book writer.....i should move that to the top.

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  Soooo Chickpea,

  Did you hear the one about the proctologist who reached for the pen in his shirt pocket so that he could write a prescription?

  He pulled out a rectal thermometer and said, "I wonder which asshole has my pen?"

  Just thought I would share that with ya'...

  Alex