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  Do You Believe The USA Will Have Another 9/11???

  by minimus in

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  we were very lucky not to have another airplane blow up this past christmas.. do you think we will see this country under a systematic attack in the near future?.

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  VoidEater

  Once a year...!

  No, there won't be anything quite like 9/11. It was as shocking as it was mostly because it was the first, and there's only one of those.

  The audacity of the scale will not quite be recreated.

  There will be other events - USA will not (in my lifetime) achieve the same security as, say, Britain in the IRA days - will never concede the liberties, devote the money for infrastructure, hire the police, so there's the opportunity for a thousand cuts to be delivered.

  I disagree that Europe is more vulnerable - each country is smaller and has much greater latitude to respond - as well as much more past experience in being attacked.

  My greater fear (being attacked is not a big fear but rather a likely occurance - just much smaller than 9/11) is that more attacks will lead more to a police state - and the closer we get to a police state, the more likely our home-grown terrorist wannabees get control.
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  If theres no God why the earth, the brain the universe? (Atheist and Agnostics)

  by cyberjesus in

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  (this question is directed to all the atheist and agnostics in the forum only).

  i like most of the people here believed in a god who created us and the earth.

  it was easy to explain the reason on many things like the degrees of inclination of the earth, the existance of water in our planet, the existance of an atmosphere, they joy in all the senses, the clear superiority of the human beens versus all other animals, the posesion of a brain who attempts to explain itself.

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  To me, design or purpose is apparent.

  For me, design or purpose is a figment of man's imagination.

  To come to the conclusion that everything was "created by God", I think you must first have that as a preconception. It's just reading a highly human-centered view of things onto the universe.

  I agree with you about all the "little details" - the inclination of the Earth is "just so", sensuality is amazing, etc. - but the conclusion I reach isn't "therefore, everything was created"; rather, my conclusion is that "if it were different, it wouldn't be the same." That's all.

  If the Earth had a higher ambient radiation, or temperature, or ______, then we'd be different - and probably asking the very same questions, making the very same observations, about how things "are". It's kinda like being amazed that God created English, and how nothing would be the same without English - then you discover people speak French, and German, and...

  With the intense pleasure of eating, or sex, or what-not, life would be less successful. That life is successful shows that the mechanisms in place work. We are here because of the mechanisms - it's not the mechanisms are here because we're so great.

  The one thing I disagree with is the supposed superiority of man. Man is successful at modifying his environment, but I don't attach much to that beyond his ability to reproduce like rabbits (and, given the right environments, rabbits are so much more successful). Man doesn't live well at the bottom of the ocean where other species are clearly superior, in the frozen tundra, etc. This view of the superiority of man, again, is highly anthropomorphic - it's a biased view that humans must be the best based on being a human. The "supriority" needs to be defined a little.

  My cat is morally superior to many humans I know. He's also superior at taking care of himself, finding food, getting along with others...
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  Why couldn't I have been born rich,

  by John Doe in

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  instead of just so damned good looking?

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  VoidEater

  It's all relative...
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  Then What?

  by tjlibre in

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  after knowing what i now know about the wt and the gb.

  now that i can see the real spirit behind this organization, now that i have convinced my self that i dont need this religion or any other organized group to have a personal relationship with god and his son... i wonder, whats next?

  should i stay as part of the conscious class, a less committed jw for the sake of my marriage and emotional stability?

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  Could I continue living a lie for the next 50 years or until the day I die?

  For me - No. Your mileage may vary.
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  Have you ever noticed how peeps from Alabama

  by John Doe in

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  don't possess the slickest hair gell in the salon?

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  VoidEater

  No. They seem pretty much the same everywhere.
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  Healthcare - new charges - a Facility Fee

  by sammielee24 in

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  la times>.

  possibly coming soon to a doctor's office near you: a little something extra on your bill, not covered by insurance -- a nifty number known as a "facility fee.

  here's a fun experiment: ask five medical professionals.

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  VoidEater

  Another one: ATM fees.

  It's diret cheap for a bank to service you through an ATM - no bank teller to pay. And indeed some banks now charge you if you use a teller!

  Thank you for letting me pay you extra just so I can pay you for the service I receive.

  Capitalism running rampant.
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  I sure miss the Good-ol-Days of civility

  by Elsewhere in

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  too bad they never existed!.

  http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-10-26/news/0910250041_1_civility-rudeness-hyphen.

  bring back the golden age of civility?

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  VoidEater

  People were more polite prior to the "W" years. IMHO, that President's arrogance and dismissive nature infected an entire generation of impressionable youth.

  Not that "W" was the source - rather, he was just an empty conduit for the narcissism that is the heart of conservative fundamentalists, who think it their mission to stamp out anything they disagree with. There's much less tolerance, consideration (internal and interpersonal), and, yes, civility and manners.

  Many people today, in their haste to overcome what they feel is a constrictive political correctness, toss aside respect and tolerance for others.

  Here's a clue: it is not an impact on your rights that others that disagree with you exist. The public forum is an open playing field.

  And, if you want to have a pleasant time in the field, be polite.
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  What if there was "new light" that the 144,000 was symbolic?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  i really think that if the watchtower had an article.

  that had the new light that the 144,000 was a symbolic.

  number that the majority of jw's would accept this.

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  VoidEater

  Since "the generation" is symbolic, what it points to now surely will become symbolic.

  In the end: Armageddon is symbolic and occured in 1895!
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  What does it mean to be spiritual but not religious?

  by asilentone in

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  VoidEater

  Spiritual = awareness of something beyond the material. Ideas of this "something" are often discovered through personal experience and internal questioning.

  Religious = following dogmatic rules and regulations. These rules are often accepted by rote from a visible organization.
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  Second most pleasurable thing?

  by ldrnomo in

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  so what do you think is the second most pleasurable activity a human being can do?.

  i reserved the 1st for the obvious.. .

  ld.

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  VoidEater

  Drifting off to sleep.