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  night you will be disfellow or reproved should u?.

  by jazz in

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  go to the hall and face the music or stay home and watch t.v this thought went through my head when an elder asked a sister if her husband was to embarrased to sit in the hall when they made the announcement what do you think?

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  Go, and when your name is read out, stand up and take a bow. Better still, rush up to the platform and do a gushy Julia Roberts-style thank you speech

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  How much does freedom cost???

  by noidea in

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  i finally did it.

  i ordered coc & isocf.. freedom is priceless, i figure at $32.88 for both books i really got a good deal.

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  funkyderek

  "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." (Thomas Jefferson, I think. Or maybe Ben Franklin.)

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  God?!? hahaha. that so funny.

  by d0rkyd00d in

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  here is a little post for all you people who believe in god, or at least the god that the bible presents to us.

  first off, why would an all powerful being thrive on his creation's worship?

  that is a little selfish if you ask me, and a little childish.

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  Lisa, you said:

  I believe that "God is good, and he has good reasons for what he does that we often do not understand".

  But how would you test this belief? If God's actions appear in every way to be evil, random or nonexistent, you just say that he must have a reason you don't understand. That's a copout. If you can define evil as good, you can believe in anything.

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  Body Piercing

  by Princess in

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  i just had my navel pierced yesterday.

  can i just say ow?!!

  the place i chose to have it done was a little on the scary side, clean but weird!

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  funkyderek

  I've had my tongue pierced for nearly three years. It hurt like hell at first but it's brought so much pleasure to so many

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  Do you want the real truth or not?

  by Jason in

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  on this website there seems to be so many lies and so little actual truth.

  is this supposed to be a place to get answers or confuse the hell out of truth seekers?

  well, for you seekers out there, if you find the truth on this site it'll be a major fluke.

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  funkyderek

  Where do I even start with this?

  Jason, I am very familiar with the second law of thermodynamics and am aware that with every breath I take I am contributing to the destruction of the universe. And I agree that it applies to us and everything around us, and is one of the most immutable laws of physics. However, while the entire amount of entropy in the universe must always increase, the entropy in any part of the universe can actually decrease. Here's a simple example which I borrowed from http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/rockcandy.html

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  Rock Candy:
  A Tasteful Example of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
  
  Making rock candy is an example of entropy decrease that you can try in your kitchen. The basic idea is to boil some water and dump in sugar until no more will disolve. You could filter the solution or pour off the liquid into a jar. Then you hang a string into the jar and let it cool.

  As the jar cools heat leaves it. So, by the second law of thermodynamics, the entropy of the solution goes down. This allows patterns to form inside the jar, and one observes this as crystals of sugar on the string.

  The way to think about what happens is to think at the molecular level. The molecule surfaces are able to fit together. As the heat goes out, the molecules slow down and are able to stick together. Eventually they form a macroscopically visible crystal. If sugar seems too biological for you, use salt (NaCl) or water (H2O) instead. These simple substances occur in the absence of organisms, but upon cooling their solutions form nice crystals.

  Living organisms use exactly the same principle to grow. Extremely well characterized examples include:

  binding of nucleotides to DNA (in the presence of a DNA polymerase) to replicate DNA,
  the binding of proteins to DNA to turn on or off genes,
  nucleotide incorporation during RNA transcription by RNA polymerase,
  amino acids and tRNAs binding to tRNA synthetases,
  ribosomes binding to mRNA,
  tRNA binding to mRNA on the ribosome,
  the folding of the resulting peptide into a protein,
  binding of proteins to each other to make larger complexes such as DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase and the ribosome.
  That is, every known biochemical function involves this entropy decrease principle. Thousands of papers have been written on the subject.
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  If there is actually a powerful Evolutionary force at work in the universe, and if the open system of Earth makes all the difference, why does the Sun's energy not make a truly dead plant become alive again (assuming a sufficient supply of water, light, and the like)?

  Jason, you seem determined to misunderstand evolutionary theory. Yes, there is a "a powerful Evolutionary force at work in the universe" and it's called natural selection. Natural selection is a truism. Abiogenesis, however, is rare. So rare that we only know of one example. Dead things never become complex life forms, and evolutionists don't expect them to. Either you have only a superficial understanding of the science involved, or you're deliberately blowing smoke. I hope it's the former.

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  REAL HELP!

  by logicalthinker in

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  if you want real help please go to:.

  the official site for jehovah's witnesses and those truly interested in the jw organisation and the word of god.. i wonder if you would find so many sites (such as this one) dedicated to the verbal tearing apart of jehovah's witnesses and their religion if there was not something special about it?.

  afterall when was the last time you found 10,000+ search results for catholics, jews, mormons or any supposed sect or cult?.

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  funkyderek

  Afterall when was the last time you found 10,000+ search results for Catholics, Jews, Mormons or any supposed Sect or Cult?

  A few quick searches in Google:
  "Jehovah's Witnesses": 64,300
  "Jehovah's Witnesses" cult: 8,760
  Mormons: 87,000
  Mormons cult: 9,840
  Scientology: 148,000
  Scientology: 25,700
  Catholics: 296,000
  Catholics cult:22,100

  Looks like there's nothing special about Jehovah's Witnesses after all. Just another cult.

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  Do you want the real truth or not?

  by Jason in

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  on this website there seems to be so many lies and so little actual truth.

  is this supposed to be a place to get answers or confuse the hell out of truth seekers?

  well, for you seekers out there, if you find the truth on this site it'll be a major fluke.

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  Do you believe in Macro-evolution?

  I know this wasn't addressed to me, but what the hell? Yes, like most intelligent educated people I believe in macro-evolution. It's like asking someone if they believe in Australia. It's not really open to much doubt. The evidence is there. The only questions are in the details.

  What about thermodynamics?

  What about them? I presume you're referring to the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy always increases in a closed system. It's irrelevant to a debate on origins/evolution because we do not live in a closed system. But I'm sure you already know that.

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  Please answer this for me

  by jayhawk1 in

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  i have a question, that i would love answered.

  especially if you are a woman.

  men can answer too, but a woman's opinion really matters to me.

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  funkyderek

  Or maybe she... 'nailed'... you.

  Either way, I got laid!

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  Please answer this for me

  by jayhawk1 in

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  i have a question, that i would love answered.

  especially if you are a woman.

  men can answer too, but a woman's opinion really matters to me.

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  funkyderek

  Jayhawk,

  When you've been out for a long time you tend to forget that something like that isn't really an issue in the real world. I share a house with two guys and a girl, and everything's great. Nothing sexual has happened or is likely to. (I did nail one of her friends yesterday, though which is an advantage worth considering!) Go for it!

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  What will happen to the notion of "God&quo...

  by Jigrigger in

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  ...if scientists actually learn how to not only slow down but halt the aging process?

  (see chappy's post re: immortality).

  do you think that if this comes about many people who currently believe in "god" will abandon this belief?

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  funkyderek

  If (when) this happens, the god that most people believe in will still be a "god of the gaps", there'll just be one fewer gap. As long as anything remains unexplained (or unexplainable) some people will hold on to their beliefs.

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