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  Math Websites

  by d in

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  does anybody have any free websites to offer for math help.

  i can practicing my math in prepartion for the fall semester.

  thanks.

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  chickpea

  khanacademy.org (khan academy)

  amazing site just now getting the acknowledgement it deserves

  helped me pass an organic chem course the past semester
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  "We missed you SO much at the meeting...."

  by Duncan in

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  chickpea

  i was so sick of hearing that comment
  i actually replied to some one>>>>

  miss me, didya? maybe your aim will improve
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  SURVEY: Is a JWN members post count a reasonable indicator of their theist/atheist position? If so what can be learned from that?

  by nicolaou in

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  i've done no research on this but i suspect that a members belief or absence of belief in god may have some correspondence with the number of posts he or she has made.. my tentative suggestion is that members with fewer than 500 posts are mostly believers while members with more than 3000 posts are mostly non-believers.

  of course there are exceptions, maybe quite a few, but i'm only dealing with generalities here.

  so how about a survey?

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  #3 with the proviso that if there actually IS a thing
  that could qualify as a god it wouldnt be as limited
  narrow or ineffective as the things that get called
  god on this planet... or anything AT ALL like what
  we call a god...

  that which can be named is not the eternal name - lao tzu
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  We are all dirt

  by StopTheTears in

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  did you ever stop to realize that we humans are nothing more than dirt?

  we are composed of all the foods we eat and the beverages we drink.

  everything that we consume comes from the ground, from crops grown in dirt.

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  chickpea

  give star dust the credit and i am all in.....amen
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  Dr. Who.....

  by cantleave in

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  good god!!!

  today's episode was a shocker.......

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  chickpea

  PBS airs the good doctor several episodes behind....

  we just recently had the return of the weeping angels

  GOD!! the writers are brilliant!!!!!
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  Buried my father today

  by littlerockguy in

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  i mostly post fluff and music posts on this thread more often now but just thought i would let some people here who still know me about what has been goin on with me recently.

  my dad about a 7 month battle with lung cancer which metastasized to the bones and he died early wed morning.

  my dad was a fascinating man, complex, sometimes open and sometimes a very aloof and detached person.

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  chickpea

  safe harbor and manifest comfort
  wished for (((you))) and all who
  mourn the loss of this man you
  called father... godspeed you
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  I now have a gay boyfriend! Disfellowship me!

  by TimothyT in

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  i cant believe how amazing i now feel as opposed to how aweful my life was but 4 months ago.. after some careful consideration, i decided to be gay despite being a jw.. the moment i chose this course, my life became so positive and i noticeably felt happy again.. 3 months ago i met a lovely man who took an interest in me.

  one week ago we decided it was time to become boyfriends.. well, i feel incredible.

  all i can say is that this course of life based on my being true to myself, despite the fact that it contradicts what i have been brought up to believe, has made life worth living again.. despite being gay, and slowly coming out to those who matter to me, i also have come to realise how flawed this organisation is anyway.. im a keen bible student but i dont see the organisations claim to authority.. to be honest, ill be glad to get out of it and start living my life as happily as i can whilst still trying my best to serve god.. thanks to those who supported me and of course to my boyfriend 'jackal' who joined this forum in order to understand what has made up my entire upbringing!.

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  chickpea

  congrats laddie

  one thing tho.... there is no decison to be gay,
  rather a decision to live according to one's
  natural inclinations... which for you seems to
  a same sex attraction... so YAY for your now
  having an authentic life!!! congratulations!!

  also, if you wish to continue to study scripture
  in YOUR new light, look for churches that are
  Reconciled In Christ (RIC) as they are welcoming
  affirming and inclusive
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  Can demons travel through my Internet connection?

  by rebel8 in

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  can demons travel through my internet connection?.

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  chickpea

  unbelievable

  no, really.... unbelievable!!
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  How many gods are there?

  by jgnat in

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  christianity was birthed in a polytheistic world, inheriting from jewish roots the concept of one g-d. now, instead of one god for israel, we are offered one god for the whole world.

  caesar (mortal men) was declared a god.

  gods had powers beyond ordinary men, could grant requests, and demanded sacrifice and worship.

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  chickpea

  wow! do we count the fertility goddesses of the
  paleolithic and neolithic cultures? gotta be 100K!

  neil gaiman's novel american gods introduces one
  to gods from every continent in an amazingly developed
  story about the need for declining gods to reclaim worship
  and therefore power, lest they die!!

  also check out h.w.f. saggs' text civilization before greece and romewhich devotes the final chapter to ancient religion, stating:...the main objective
  is to investigate the religious phenomena that united ancient society, rather
  than details that set them apart...
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  How many here would be prepared to reveal thier real identity NOW ?

  by eruption in

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  chickpea

  yeah, on the internet.... my SS# will be included