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  Famed CBS News Anchor, Walter Cronkite, Dead at 92

  by blondie in

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  i grew up watching cronkite and because of him i had a deep interest in news at the age of 10. i remember the series "you were there" which made me love history.. good night, uncle walter.. .

  famed cbs news anchor walter cronkite dead at 92posted by kllanini july 17, 2009 21:22pmap file photofamed cbs news anchor walter cronkite, known as the 'most trusted man in america' died this evening.

  he was 92. in this march 6, 1981 photo, walter cronkite talks on the phone at his office, prior to his final newscast as cbs anchorman in new york city.

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  "And that's the way it is". Goodnight Walter.
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  "The Wonders of Creation Reveal God's Glory" DVD -- watch on YouTube!

  by inkling in

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  ok, so out of boredom and curiosity, i have unleashed the new.

  dvd "the wonders of creation reveal god's glory" on the.

  unsuspecting public!.

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  Part 1 shows two galaxies unusually close to each other. There are galaxies that have collided with each other making a huge mess. I wonder how that befits a god who is supposedly a god of order and not chaos.

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  THIS IS IT, THIS IS IT, THIS IS IT?!!!!

  by Hikaru in

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  google alerts caught this.. http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/07/17/news0133.htm.

  <quote>.

  summit ends with call for global peace .

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  Hikaru, may you have peace and security.

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  What religion do X-JWs belong to now?

  by jonathan dough in

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  i get the feeling many x-jws are floating about aimlessly and don't join christendom, still living with the jw indoctrinated belief that they are all the work of the devil.

  does that make sense?

  are they supposed to sit around in small groups in their living rooms reading scripture like ray franz recommended in crisis of conscience?

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  Jonathan dough, ex JWs belong to one of two categories. Either they're still believers at heart but can't stand the organization or they subscribe to the wide range of beliefs you"ll find outside the witnesses (that is a miscellaneous category).

  You will find, amongst the rest of the ex-witnesses, Atheists, Agnostics, Deists, non-biblical Theists, mystics, Evangelicals, etc.

  It seems, by the metaphor you used that you still think in terms of "the ORGANIZATION" which all witnesses do. A great harvest though does not imply a great hierarchical organization. A christian would tell you that christianity is not about where you go to but whom you go to. The true Church would not be bound up by any walls. But that is if you wish to remain christian. As an atheist myself I can give you no such advice except to say that humanity needs to be united by a nontheistic religion and code of ethics. We're not ready for that though.

  So in any case I wish you the best in your journey and welcome you to this forum.

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  Evolution of Religion

  by rebel8 in

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  the evolution of religionif you buy the notion that religion is a set of beliefs, then you have to wonder how and why religion came to be, especially given the variety of religions that don't share the same beliefs.

  but getting at a theory of religion is no easy task.. .

  one idea is that religion is related to evolution, in that belief confers some survival advantage.

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  drwtsn32: "I wonder if this simulator can predict when religion will go extinct."

  Or become science centered.

  Thank you rebel8, I've always been fascinated with paleo-anthropology.

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  Soliciting? How much do you put up with at your front door?

  by restrangled in

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  ok, i can tolerate jw's once in a blue moon, even the mormons, but in the past month i have had the following:.

  roof sales.

  airconditioning.

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  I have no sign on my door but I am so curt that I don't need one.

  Thank you for the comical relief purplesofa.

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  What Religion Are You?

  by homeschool in

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  i see that there are many people on here who've left the jw's and are still christians...but i wonder what type?

  non denominational?

  has anyone changed to something completely different like hindu or buddhism?

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  Atheist intellectually, Pantheist emotionally. I worship the Cosmos.
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  Rip off city at Albertsons Grocery stores! Pay attention when you shop!

  by restrangled in

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  because of the economy, many grocery stores including the above have started "buy one get one free".....look out, it's most likely a joke.. just today in albertsons they had nestle's drum stick icecream cones (4 pack) at $4.39.

  buy one get one free.

  at the very bottom of the freezer you could buy and 8 pack for $6.49.

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  For those occasions were they run out of what you want don't forget rainchecks.

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  If there are more women

  by The-Borg in

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  witnesses than men, does that mean women are more gullible?

  just curios..

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  I've heard that women, as active members, outnumber men in many religions including Mormons and Catholics. The irony is that I recall an elder tell me why there were more women as spiritists and fortune tellers then men, his answer being that they were more vulnerable to demons then men.

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  If no organized religion existed, would Bible principles work for you?

  by The Berean in

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  none, a few, most, nearly all?.

  examples ....

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  Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

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