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Watching that made me sick and very angry! I cannot BELIEVE he likened going to college to someone putting a gun to their head and trying to kill themselves.
He told the "experience" of a man with obsessive compulsive disorder who attempted suicide by shooting himself. He survived and was cured of the OCD because of the part of his brain that the bullet pierced. He asked, "but would you recommend other people shoot theirselves in the head? Other people go to college and also survive, but would you recommend other people go to the college?"
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Holy crap, I heard that exact same "illustration" given at this summer's District convention. So they got that pearl directly from the gurus in Brooklyn?
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Governing Body on Higher Education Gerrit Lösch Talk
by Magick in"if you are currently going to college, why don't you currently meditate in prayer on the possibility of dropping out and doing something better?".
"what decisions will you make?
will you refuse or not?
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Jehovah invented the sword, according to Genesis.
by marmot inso much for a loving god if you're a bible apologist and take genesis literally.
"after he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the garden of eden cherubim and a *flaming sword* flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
" genesis 3:24 niv .
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Well lets see:
Adam lived 930 yrs.
Seth, Adams son lived 912 yrs.
E'nosh Seths son lived 905 yrs.
Ke'nan, E'noshs son lived 910 yrs.
Ma-hal'a-ele lived 895 yrs.
Ja'red lived 962 yrs.
E'noch lived 365 yrs. and God took him.
Me-thu'se-lah lived 969 yrs.
La'mech lived 777 yrs.
Then Noah had 500 yrs. when he began the construction of the great ark. Now I'm not mentioning from the great flood to the birth of Christ. So how many years is that? are you good in math?
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You can't just string their lifespans end to end, you've got to take into account when they were supposedly born (ie: Adam didn't father Seth at 930 years of age, etc.)
All the convoluted calculations have already been done for you by the Watchtower Society. That date I plugged is taken is from the society's publications. Check it out on your WT-Library CD-ROM, just do a search on "chronology".
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Anyone try "Oil Pulling" ???
by What-A-Coincidence inhttp://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/oil_pulling.html.
http://curezone.com/forums/description.asp?f=738.
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=768342#i.
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No offense, but that is worse than the looniest tripe from an old issue of The Golden Age.
"Bacteria embryos", "poisonous mucous" and "meridians where the internal organs are connected to your taste buds"? People, this is quackery. The damn description at the top even claimed that this would cure AIDS for crying out loud!
There is ample evidence that good oral hygiene is beneficial for many things (for example, studies showed that the bacteria that cause dental plaque can migrate into the bloodstream and contribute to blockages that cause heart disease) but this "oil pulling" is another type of oil entirely: snake oil.
Dilute saline solution (salt water) or listerine will do the trick, and not because it draws "poisonous mucous" from your body but because it cleans the bacteria from the small crevices in your mouth. -
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I've never experienced any problems. I guess it's because I'm a mellow, neutral guy so I don't tend to raise hackles and I don't contribute to gossip.
You wouldn't know it from talking to my parents, though. They're constantly bitching about something or other and when my Dad was an elder he had his tires slashed. My Grandfather was an equally cantankerous character and he has his long-running feuds as well.
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Jehovah invented the sword, according to Genesis.
by marmot inso much for a loving god if you're a bible apologist and take genesis literally.
"after he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the garden of eden cherubim and a *flaming sword* flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
" genesis 3:24 niv .
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Or how about it was just a collection of semitic mythology?
Adam and Eve were not historical figures that started the human race in 4026BC. People were around long before that. There are many sites around the world that show ice-age megafauna kills with stone tools and projectile points in-situ. A prehistoric bison skeleton was found in Folsom, New Mexico in 1927 with a spear point embedded in the scapula. The find was dated to more than 8000 years ago. Going even further, projectiles identified with a site in Clovis, New Mexico have been dated to over 13000 years ago and these have been found in direct association with mammoth skeletons.
By 6000 BC there was already an established art-producing culture in the middle East called Halaf.
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The Water Crisis...
by SWALKER inif you think price/lack of oil is a major concern, just watch this video:.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=3786476.
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Uh, water IS more expensive than gas. Haven't you seen the price of bottled water lately?
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The Water Crisis...
by SWALKER inif you think price/lack of oil is a major concern, just watch this video:.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=3786476.
swalker.
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Nuts to you all, I live within walking distance of the St-Lawrence. :P
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I've been accused of being an acrotomophiliac
by MsMcDucket inbecause i didn't divorce my husband after his amputation.
when i tell people that the marriage vows says "for better or worse", they say that's just an excuse!
i never knew about acrotomophilia?
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I don't mean to poke fun, but have any of you seen "Deuce Bigalow - Male Gigolo"?
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Can you say SATAN?!?!
by Uzzah inwhat is your stance on the devil, satan, demons etc?
personally i find the concept of the devil as presented in scripture to be purely symbolic of humankind's ability to chose to do good or evil.
the development of a moral compass unique to each person.. with many ancient beliefs, people tried to humanize concepts in order to better understand.
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Yo Aleman, I've got NO problem whatsoever with the almighty popping up to lay the smack down. Odds are, though, that both you and I are going to die of old age (barring any freak accidents or illnesses).
If living your life in constant expectation is what makes you happy, by all means go for it. Don't expect to find a listening ear around here though. I hope you don't think that visiting these websites counts as field service, 'cause you'd probably be viewed with a suspicious eye if ever it was revealed that you were engaging in discussion on an apostate website. -
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Jehovah invented the sword, according to Genesis.
by marmot inso much for a loving god if you're a bible apologist and take genesis literally.
"after he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the garden of eden cherubim and a *flaming sword* flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
" genesis 3:24 niv .
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Dude, you owe it to yourself to go back to it. Awesome freaking game, plus there's boobies after the first level.
I almost beat it on "God" difficulty but it really kicked my ass on the last level so I gave up. The sequel is a bit shorter experience but it's just as fun.