the science is settled.
special interests do not want you to think that it is.
"in a candid memo about political strategy for republican leaders, pollster frank luntz expressed concern that voters might punish candidates who supported more pollution, but he offered advice on the key tactic for defusing the issue: "should the public come to believe that the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly.
All I am saying is that more research is necessary.
...in a bombastic, ad hominem, personal way.
of the very body you are calling "biased".
He (Gore) also ran for President, which puts him in the company of a variety of characters that also ran for President - none of which have much to do with him. Another strange, broad-brushed, personalizing attack.
how many times does this happen?
this question just popped in my head while reading the thread about being disfellowshipped.. disfellowshipping is harsh, but to do this to a kid??
kids make mistakes.
Kids make mistakes, it's a part of growing up.
Amen. I was baptized at 9, and all I can say is that it was a mistake!
greetings all.
i just learned that one of my children has bi-polar illness,,,i am so disheartened for him,,,,do any here know about this.
wendy.
My father is bipolar.
My father's father was perhaps bipolar but undiagnosed, may also have had Asperger's Syndrome.
My father's father's brother (dad's Uncle) was "in and out of mental institutions" all his life. No known diagnosis.
My father's grandfather committed suicide. No known diagnosis.
My father lapses on his meds often. His narcissism becomes pronounced. He has suicidal ideations without the meds.
I went through years of meds with therapy to combat depression and anxiety (diagnosed). These days I am pretty aware of gentle mood swings (usually down, but occasionally manic) that are out of proportion to what's going on in my life, but they have been manageable - I can control the manic part so that the only consequence is a heightened extroversion (I'm normally very introverted). I generally meditate in the evening.
I am fairly sure that without the meds and the therapy I would probably not be alive today.
it looks like the scientific "consensus" is not really there, is it?.
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Wouldn't all those businesses have business as their bottom line?
That's why the function of "government" is different than the function of "business".
Hmm...quiet tennies to sneak around without being heard...pedantic, tortured logic...ability to extract supporting text in the midst of disproving context...now, where's my feelings of pedophilia? Dammit!
wts publications, and indeed virtually all religions on this planet, assert that angels and demons have regular influence on mankind, on individual human beings as well as on the general course of human events.. but i've never read anything specific about how they supposedly accomplish this.. do they tweak our neurons?
do they fiddle with our hormones, thereby making us feel good or bad about a certain course of action?
do they inject thoughts into our brains, perhaps in such a subtle way that we think those are our own thoughts?
The only thing I remember from the platform is that "they lead you into temptation".
But I didn't take it too seriously since jehovah would never allow anyone to be "tested beyond their capacity".
it seems like the nephilim are a favorite subject of my jw friend.
it's one of the first things she likes to bring up with people to show how much she "knows" about the bible.
of course, many christians also believe that the nephilim are the result of a sexual union between fallen angels and humans.
Wow, Leolaia! ;-)
as you guys are probably aware, the new watchtower for studying has shed new light on the generations issue (ie whoops we got it wrong, we were right before)
the co's here in aus have been briefed to inform the congregation (either formally or informally) that is is part of the cunning of jehovah
when jesus parted the non beleiver disciples from the core 12 (or was it 13) he made an outrageous statement and watched the weak walk off - thats exactly what jehovahs organisation has done today
clever plan to do what?
Well, clearly to stumble the apostates!
this is too important to bury within an old thread.
that thread hashed over several items of interest which you may want to read by way of a refresher: .
is gail bethea-jackson truly a doctor as the watchtower site claims?
The video has been removed.
Oh, thank Jehovah all that pedophile business is over!
in addition to the noah's ark nonsense, this idea of praying for others was one that led me away from the bible.
here's how it plays out, in my opinion:.
bob has a problem.. jerry prays about that problem on behalf of bob.. god either:.
PS - thanks AlmostAtheist. i never got this one either, and despite my brain as big as a planet it took decades to understand how it just plain doesn't make sense.
