I read a book a few years back entitled ‘White Moguls’, which looked at the British rule in India. Apparently, quite a few upper class Englishmen ended up going ‘native’ in India, and ended up not only with great wealth and power, but also with their own harems. It seems to me that they had great lives!
So given the wealth, the culture and the opportunity, it seems that men quite easily can slip into polygamist ways. I must add that I am not so sure by the way that this is a good deal for the women however..
Could you cope? Would you want to?
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If you could, would you have many wives?
by eyeslice ini read a book a few years back entitled white moguls, which looked at the british rule in india.
apparently, quite a few upper class englishmen ended up going native in india, and ended up not only with great wealth and power, but also with their own harems.
it seems to me that they had great lives!
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Forget the Financial crisis; it will be the Eco Crisis that will kill us
by eyeslice inwe seems to me that world news has become totally dominated by the global financial crisis.
the world will be looking to obama when he takes office to see what he has planed to address the problems in the us housing, financial and automotive sectors.
it strikes me that as soon as we see the signs of impending financial hard times, our leaders jump to the rescue.
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But this is not about energy! Yes, burning fossil fuels is a bad. But supposing we had limitless, free, eco-friendly energy - it still do anything to solve the problems of food shortages and over-population, destruction of the rain forest and oceans.
Taking the optimistic view, our hope has to be that we will be able to solve the short term problems of dependency on fossil fuels and then generate enough wealth to be able to solve the other issues. There is no doubt that wealthier people have fewer children, and they have the concern, energy and wealth to be able to care about the environment.
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Written Review Changes Through The Years
by bronzefist inin 1988 we had clip boards and i swear we passed the thing to the person next to us to check are answers.
....did i dream that part?
i know things have changed since then.
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Mulan, Blues Brother - I think that the handing in of the written review papers to the school servant lasted beyond the late 50s as I can remember this as well
Later I failed to see the point, I could 100% right without having it printed in the KM so you 'revise' at home before. Seemed a stupid exam to me. -
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Not directly but my wife is still in. There is a diffference between the people, 'Jehovah's Witnesses' and the religion know by the same name.
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Forget the Financial crisis; it will be the Eco Crisis that will kill us
by eyeslice inwe seems to me that world news has become totally dominated by the global financial crisis.
the world will be looking to obama when he takes office to see what he has planed to address the problems in the us housing, financial and automotive sectors.
it strikes me that as soon as we see the signs of impending financial hard times, our leaders jump to the rescue.
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It is not just a question of limited resources. We will run out of oil one day.
Bio-fuels may do more harm than good as land previoulsy use to grow food is turned to growing bio-fuels. Clearance of tropical rain forests in order to grow palm oil is a major problem.
We could go nuclear but even uranium isn't limitless. We may be able to use nuclear fusion at some point in the future but although that may produce less CO2 we have a stack of other environmental problems to contend with.
Some have highlighted how quickly anarchy could arise and I agree. We think of society as being stable but there is no question this can break down extremely quickly.
This world as we know it will end one day. The question is when, and will mankind be able to shutdown in an orderly way?
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Juicing: veggies & fruit.
by LouBelle ini decided to live a healthier life and get some proper vitamins into my system other than poping a pill i'd get a juicer and start incorporating juiced veggies & fruit into my lifestyle.. in the begining drinking veggie juice - even with juiced apples wasn't the most delicious thing but i have to admit that the more i do it the more i enjoy it.. i juice a whole range of veggies from carrots to beets to celery.
and it definately has made a difference.
once a month i just juice - no food.
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I must admit that, though I am vegetarian, I am not a great 'juicer'. Most mornings mix up a bannana smoothie made with soya milk and a few other fruits. But the rest of the time, I tend to eat my fruit and veg rather than smash them up and drink them.
As other have said, you have to be a little careful about about juices as you tend to absorb the sugars quickly.
As with most things in life moderation is the key to success.
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Forget the Financial crisis; it will be the Eco Crisis that will kill us
by eyeslice inwe seems to me that world news has become totally dominated by the global financial crisis.
the world will be looking to obama when he takes office to see what he has planed to address the problems in the us housing, financial and automotive sectors.
it strikes me that as soon as we see the signs of impending financial hard times, our leaders jump to the rescue.
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We seems to me that world news has become totally dominated by the global financial crisis. The world will be looking to Obama when he takes office to see what he has planed to address the problems in the US housing, financial and automotive sectors.
It strikes me that as soon as we see the signs of impending financial hard times, our leaders jump to the rescue. But would it really be the 'end of the world' if the whole of the financial system as we know it were to totally breakdown? The reality is that mankind could survive without I-pods, mobile phones, TV, the Internet and all the paraphernalia of the modern world. It might be tough, but many of us could grow our sufficient food and find enough fuel to keep ourselves from dying form the cold.
However, we are close to ecological breakdown. We over-fish our seas, we cut down our forests, the quality of our soil continues to degrade in even the most fertile regions of the world. We are destroying our bio-diversity and still are putting far too much CO2 into the atmosphere. There will be some who try to argue against these facts - but surely this is a 'head in the sand' attitude.
Perhaps as witnesses, we didn't worry about this too much. After all, we knew that God would step in and bring in a new order of ecological perfection. I am by nature an optimist but I do worry about this issue. I have no faith in world rulers, and I fear there is a real possibility that we are screwing this planet to point of no return. -
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Did you ever pray at a meeting after realizing it was not the truth?
by Samuel Thorsen inan earlier tread shows that some of you did fs after realizing important things.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/166684/1.ashx.
but did you pray at the meetings/bookstudy??.
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Yes. But I think that we have to separate prayer (and a relationship with God) with a religion. In which case, I don't regard myself as a hypocrite.
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The new world will be here January 20, 2009 - what changes are you expectin
by eyeslice inbarak obaham will be sworn in as the first afro-american president of what is arguably the most powerful nation on earth on january 20, 2009. will this usher in a new age or will the actions not match the rhetoric?
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Hi Oompa
Most powerful miltarily: if it came to an all out, non-nuclear war, between USA and China, my money would be on China!
Most powerful economically: no question China - the USA is already in hock to China!
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most dubs are exactly like us faded ones!...l have proven it lately
by oompa inrecently, with my dad and two of my closest friends, i stumbled upon an interesting situation....they all know where i stand and what the issues were that became a wt dealbreaker for me...but all three of them have recently (and in the past) expressed opinions that go directly against fds teachings...not doubts....they just do not agree with something taught.
but two of them have actually put a mental block on a wt teaching they do not agree with, but what is funny is they both told me "i don't think we have ever been taught that so directly" (by the slave)....both times i was stunned!....these two teachings are huge wt dogma and taught very often....but because it conflicted with what they actually believe....they thought it must no be a real wt teaching.. 1. the first one was my dad...i told him i was mad at god and wt....he asked why...so i said well it could be this frikkin reading glasses i cant get used to, or my bad knee thats aching, and my back sometimes goes out!....and i was told all my life that for sure i did not need a college degree or great job cause i would never grow old or die and the end was just a few short years away!!
!.....so then he said the above quote...and i was like "what about the talk and books "million now living will never die"....so he says that is not as specific as to what my gripe was.....so i do my research and send him an email with two dozen quotes...my fave is the may 22,1969 awake that said youths "you better face this fact..you will never finish a carreer in this system...you dont need college....cause you will never grow old or die....the end is few short years away.
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Hi Oompa
Some excellent observations. I think that the majority of Witnesses now have serious doubts but won't face up to them. Many are elderly and have nowhere else to turn to. Many have family in, and unlike those of us here have not chosen to cut ties with family or friends that we have had for years.