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  PS4 OR X-Box One?

  by cantleave in

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  i would love comments from the gamers here which one we should go for.

  my gut feel is for the ps4 which is cheaper and more flexible.. btw - i haven't bought a console since the wii..

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  Neither, the launch titles are fairly lame and your money would be better spent on upgrading your PC. Plus you can only play GTA:V on PS3 or XBOX 360.
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  Just watched a documentary that made me yearn for the JWs again

  by marmot in

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  well, almost.

  i just watched the documentary "dirty wars" on netflix and it left me so emotionally overwhelmed that i watched it a second time back-to-back.

  it's unreal how cynical this left me feeling about obama and the us government's global war on terror, it's so bleak that i almost wished for the simple life of being a jw with the naive promise of big daddy jehovah coming to sweep away all the wickedness at armageddon.. watch this movie!.

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  Well, almost. I just watched the documentary "Dirty Wars" on Netflix and it left me so emotionally overwhelmed that I watched it a second time back-to-back. It's unreal how cynical this left me feeling about Obama and the US government's global war on terror, it's so bleak that I almost wished for the simple life of being a JW with the naïve promise of big daddy Jehovah coming to sweep away all the wickedness at Armageddon.

  Watch this movie!
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  Anyone else have essential tremors?

  by Found Sheep in

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  i've had them off and on since i was 8. i didn't put a label on them till last month.

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  I'm already on the lowest therapeutic dose and they don't want to play around with a new medication because this one seems to be working well aside from the tremors. It sucks but it's better than the emotional rollercoaster I used to be on.
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  Anyone else have essential tremors?

  by Found Sheep in

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  i've had them off and on since i was 8. i didn't put a label on them till last month.

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  I don't know if they're essential tremors but I shake all the time ever since I started taking medication for bipolar disorder. Pisses me off because I used to love target shooting and making model airplanes and now even eating a bowl of soup is impossible.
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  Genesis 3D, creationist garbage coming to a big screen near you!

  by marmot in

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  just saw this online, they're making a big-screen creationist adaptation of the first chapters of genesis.

  sad, but should be good for a laugh..

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  Just saw this online, they're making a big-screen creationist adaptation of the first chapters of Genesis. Sad, but should be good for a laugh.
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  Is it wrong to play GTA 5?

  by Brother Mike in

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  is it okay to play as a jehovah's witness?

  or is it just a conscience thing?.

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  Definitely not wrong to play GTA V, that was one of the best games I've ever played although I still think The Last of Us on PS3 should have won game of the year.
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  The Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xian has new discoveries.

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the museum at the site of china's first emperor's mausoleum has a new exhibit.

  as archeologist's press on excavating the site, they have found the first examples of ancient chinese armour, and it has now gone on display:.

  a china national tv provides some images.. http://english.cntv.cn/program/cultureexpress/20131216/104966.shtml.

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  I can't wait until they finally excavate the main tomb. It supposedly has a small scale replica of the entire empire with lakes and rivers of liquid mercury.
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  Any metal heads?

  by DEDMACHINE in

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  just curious if there's any major metal heads here?

  what sort of bands or music are all you guys into?

  i'm a huge opeth fan, and death metal for that matter.

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  As a born-in I was obviously forbidden from listening to anything metal but in secret I would loop any song I could get my hands on that featured crunchy distorted guitar. I was a metalhead in hiding.

  One of the best moments of my life was attending the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal where I got to see Testament, Mastodon, Megadeth, Anvil, Slayer, Skeletonwitch and Lamb of God. I was on pure metal overload.
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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

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  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  QC - You just stated that all creatures have their DNA "custom made" which is why I specifically asked about Neanderthals. Going in with no assumptions about evolution, this species has unique DNA from modern man yet also had complex social structures (religious burial, advanced stone tool making, etc.)

  How do you rationalize this?
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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

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  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  Ok, if humans were the primary focus of God's creative efforts, why did he create separate species of man like the Neanderthals and allow them to die out as well? And yes, Neanderthals ARE a separate species with distinct DNA.