If any comedian can pick up the mantle dropped by George Carlin, it's Doug Stanhope
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Galileo
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who is your fav comedian? now that carlin is gone, who makes u laugh?
by chrisjoel inthis guy had me crakin up.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnrrodgbehk.
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TV Converter Box Choice?
by garybuss intv converter box choice?.
i need some help choosing which tv converter box to buy.
i have two united states government issued converter box $40 coupons good till 9-9-08. .
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Galileo
Just bite the bullet and buy an HDTV. I got a fifty inch for my media room and I liked it so much I ended up getting a 42 inch for my bedroom. The future is now. Embrace it.
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High IQ turns academics into atheists
by darth frosty injust something else to throw onto the atheist v theist debate.. .
high iq turns academics into atheists .
12 june 2008. by rebecca attwood.
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Galileo
I think most serial killers have above average IQ's.
I was waiting for someone to bring up Hitler or the Holocaust as a way to demonize smart people, but I suppose this is close enough.
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High IQ turns academics into atheists
by darth frosty injust something else to throw onto the atheist v theist debate.. .
high iq turns academics into atheists .
12 june 2008. by rebecca attwood.
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Galileo
Another reason I believe scientists tend to be atheists is that they have a very well developed reasoning abiltiy, much moreso than the population in general. Critical thinking is an absolute necessity to do science.
Incidentally, I think a poll of the members of this board would also be skewed, as I believe most here to have a higher I.Q. and better critical thinking ability than the population in general. We, after all, were members of a brainwashing cult and managed to reason our way out of it.
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High IQ turns academics into atheists
by darth frosty injust something else to throw onto the atheist v theist debate.. .
high iq turns academics into atheists .
12 june 2008. by rebecca attwood.
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Galileo
I'm an atheist, but I agree with the poster that said this researcher is just a headline grabber. The poll that was referred to as an example (about how virtually all scientists at the top level are either atheists or agnostics) I have also cited many times. Yes they all have very high I.Q.s, but they are also a very unique sample set. They spend their lives examining the natural world and have learned or discovered a tremendous amount of information about how the world functions. They look at things many people consider proof of the existence of a creator and find naturalistic explanations where no creator is required. I believe that is one of the main reasons why they tend to be atheists, and of the remaining minority, those that aren't atheists tend to be agnostics.
On the other hand, a poll of the faculties at leading seminaries would also yield a sample set that have high I.Q.s, yet the results would be very different.
Freudian: You're young yet. Some day you'll quit being indecisive and come over to the dark side!
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Anyone who joined here in the last 6 months post here
by WT=watchtrouble ini thought it would be interesting to see just how many people have climbed aboard jwd within the last 6 months.
it will give us an indication on how many people are actually coming away from the borg.. i may not be replying all the time but will pop in every day of so.. lets keep this thread going and use it to welcome new ones.
may i be the first to say welcome.
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March '08 for me. Glad to be here.
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Fade Complete
by yknot inwell it is official....i am out!.
got a call this morning to confirm usual social activities.. enrolled both kiddos in vbs at the various denominations locally (they all work together to have a vbs every other week throughout summer).. 3 jw mommies are allowing their kids to attend the sb vbs next week.. no invites to the dc, only pleas to drive up and co-host the hooky pool party.. i feel kinda guilty since i know many damn near everyone has have had such horrific experiences leaving.. i wanna tell everyone thank you!
because without this site and the fellowship i would still be a captive.
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Galileo
OK, sorry about the knee jerk reaction. That does sound like fun, & just the type of thing they've been missing being raised dubs. I hope your kids have fun this summer, and again, congrats!
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Fade Complete
by yknot inwell it is official....i am out!.
got a call this morning to confirm usual social activities.. enrolled both kiddos in vbs at the various denominations locally (they all work together to have a vbs every other week throughout summer).. 3 jw mommies are allowing their kids to attend the sb vbs next week.. no invites to the dc, only pleas to drive up and co-host the hooky pool party.. i feel kinda guilty since i know many damn near everyone has have had such horrific experiences leaving.. i wanna tell everyone thank you!
because without this site and the fellowship i would still be a captive.
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Galileo
Congratulations on your fade yknot! I have to say, why not (excuse the pun) let your kids just have a break and give their brains a breather, rather than jump straigh into a new indoctrination. I mean think about it; "Remember that entire worldview that we taught you was absolutely correct? Well, now it's not. This is what we believe is absolutely correct now." That's got to do some psychological damage. Why don't you just let them enjoy the summer and be kids? Bible camp will be there next year.
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The God You Love - B*llsh*t
by Black Man inthese 3 bright stars are called today what they were called in ancient times: the three kings.the three kings and the brightest star, sirius, all point to the place of the sunrise on december 25th.
this is also called the "great year," and ancient societies were very aware of this.
the reality is that the golden bull is taurus the bull, and moses represents the new age of aries the ram.
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Galileo
Yes, and here's the link. http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/transcript.htm Those footnotes are linked as well. It's verbatim. Copy and paste any sentence into Google and you will come up with this.
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The God You Love - B*llsh*t
by Black Man inthese 3 bright stars are called today what they were called in ancient times: the three kings.the three kings and the brightest star, sirius, all point to the place of the sunrise on december 25th.
this is also called the "great year," and ancient societies were very aware of this.
the reality is that the golden bull is taurus the bull, and moses represents the new age of aries the ram.
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This is a transcript from the movie "Zeitgeist". That movie is a cleverly edited conspiracy laden propagandistic piece of black helicopter paranoid delusion dressed up as an expose that makes "Loose Change" look scholarly. While some of the points they make about the common roots of many dying and rising savior god religions are true, a lot is grossly exaggerated. I believe the roots of modern religion are fascinating to explore, but you'd be better off picking up anything by a genuine biblical critic than waste time and brain cells on these idiots.