i used to sell coke. you would be surprised who are users. most people think coke heads are bums. i had businessmen, housewives and teachers. most people that use are sensible and are occasional users. i was bad off and leave it alone now, however, i was way more destructive on alcohol than coke.
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Now Billy Mays has died, he was 50!
by purplesofa inwow, .
i just heard he has died this morning.. .
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Judge grants JW guardian right to refuse him dialysis tretament
by IWillBeDubbedNoMore inhttp://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25891287-12377,00.html.
august 06, 2009.
// .module-subheader article from: australian associated pressa dying man has been granted the right to refuse life-saving medical treatment on the grounds of his religious beliefs.. the man, aged in his 70s and known only as "mr a", was unconscious when admitted to the emergency unit of a hospital run by the hunter and new england area health service on july 1. he was suffering from septic shock and respiratory failure.. despite receiving treatment, he developed renal failure and by july 14 was being kept alive by mechanical ventilation and kidney dialysis.. on that day a document prepared on august 19, 2008, and signed by mr a surfaced in which he indicated he would refuse dialysis.. the hospital took the matter to the nsw supreme court to ensure the man's refusal of medical treatment was legal.. today, justice robert mcdougall found mr a's directives should be followed "even if the likely consequence of giving effect to mr a's wishes ... is that he will die".. in the documents, mr a stated: "as one of jehovah's witnesses i direct my guardian to refuse consent for a transfusion of whole blood, red cells, white cells, platelets, or blood plasma to be given to me under any circumstances even if heath-care providers believe that such are necessary to preserve my life.".
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504deist
i hear ya. no problem.
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Judge grants JW guardian right to refuse him dialysis tretament
by IWillBeDubbedNoMore inhttp://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25891287-12377,00.html.
august 06, 2009.
// .module-subheader article from: australian associated pressa dying man has been granted the right to refuse life-saving medical treatment on the grounds of his religious beliefs.. the man, aged in his 70s and known only as "mr a", was unconscious when admitted to the emergency unit of a hospital run by the hunter and new england area health service on july 1. he was suffering from septic shock and respiratory failure.. despite receiving treatment, he developed renal failure and by july 14 was being kept alive by mechanical ventilation and kidney dialysis.. on that day a document prepared on august 19, 2008, and signed by mr a surfaced in which he indicated he would refuse dialysis.. the hospital took the matter to the nsw supreme court to ensure the man's refusal of medical treatment was legal.. today, justice robert mcdougall found mr a's directives should be followed "even if the likely consequence of giving effect to mr a's wishes ... is that he will die".. in the documents, mr a stated: "as one of jehovah's witnesses i direct my guardian to refuse consent for a transfusion of whole blood, red cells, white cells, platelets, or blood plasma to be given to me under any circumstances even if heath-care providers believe that such are necessary to preserve my life.".
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504deist
i know it's false and so do you. but, look at it like this, if you decided to refuse a treatment based on your beliefs, would you want the government forcing it on you. weather it was religious or other personal beliefs, they have no right to make up your mind for you.
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Judge grants JW guardian right to refuse him dialysis tretament
by IWillBeDubbedNoMore inhttp://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25891287-12377,00.html.
august 06, 2009.
// .module-subheader article from: australian associated pressa dying man has been granted the right to refuse life-saving medical treatment on the grounds of his religious beliefs.. the man, aged in his 70s and known only as "mr a", was unconscious when admitted to the emergency unit of a hospital run by the hunter and new england area health service on july 1. he was suffering from septic shock and respiratory failure.. despite receiving treatment, he developed renal failure and by july 14 was being kept alive by mechanical ventilation and kidney dialysis.. on that day a document prepared on august 19, 2008, and signed by mr a surfaced in which he indicated he would refuse dialysis.. the hospital took the matter to the nsw supreme court to ensure the man's refusal of medical treatment was legal.. today, justice robert mcdougall found mr a's directives should be followed "even if the likely consequence of giving effect to mr a's wishes ... is that he will die".. in the documents, mr a stated: "as one of jehovah's witnesses i direct my guardian to refuse consent for a transfusion of whole blood, red cells, white cells, platelets, or blood plasma to be given to me under any circumstances even if heath-care providers believe that such are necessary to preserve my life.".
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actually, i'm glad the courts allowed him to make his decision. even though i don't agree with his views, i believe he has a right to make them. i think the only time a court should be allowed to intervene is when innocent children are victims of the watchtower. otherwise, the court has no right to tell people what treatment they can and cannot take.
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were you at Russels grave?
by Albert Einstein inanybody of you got the chance to visit russels pyramid grave?.
is it true it is at freemasons cemetery?.
is it public, or only freemasons are buried there?.
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i actually got into freemasonry because of my research on russell. i didn't even know what a freemason was. freemasonry kept coming up when i was reading about him. people kept saying he was a mason. after i read enough about freemasonry and talked to a few freemasons, i decided to join. i was always under the assumption russell was a mason. it wasn't until recently that i came across an article explaining that he wasn't. apparently, masonic symbols, and use of them were common place by masons and non-masons around russells time. i don't know if it's true, but, apparently he had nothing to do with masonry.
There is no credible evidence whatsoever that Charles Taze Russell, the founder of the Jehovah's Witness faith, was a Mason. Some have charged that his tombstone appears as a keystone (a symbol used in Royal Arch Masonry), that there appears on the stone a crown and cross and that the stone is in the shape of a pyramid. (Those who make the claim do so for their own ends ignoring the fact that the cross and crown have long been symbols of Christianity, that the pyramid is often used in one-dimension view to represent the Trinity etc.) A review of Russell's personal life would have likely found him unwelcome within a Lodge. A current author says of him "Russell's faults as a writer were perhaps the least of his shortcomings. Accusations of sexual and financial improprieties, for example, dogged him throughout his adult life. Russell's notorious difficulties with his long-suffering wife Maria, aired during a series of sensational libel, separation, and alimony suits near the turn of the century, became a particular source of embarrassment for both the pastor and his flock. (Russell's stature couldn't have been enhanced when a Pennsylvania judge concluded that his "continual arrogant domination" of his wife was enough to "render the life of any sensitive Christian woman a burden and make her life intolerable." 4 This notwithstanding, Pastor Russell did, upon occasion, make reference to Masons.
Oh, and did we mention?: the "tombstone" that's so often referred to is actually a monument erected to Russell by the Watchtower Society which has regularly criticized Freemasonry. Pastor Russell's actual gravestone (shown above) is a couple of dozen yards away....
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Anyone have a soft spot for old video games?
by John Doe inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bco8bepgzi0.
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504deist
i still have my atari 2600 and nintendo, the original one. my mom and i used to stay up playing zelda, a game frowned upon by the witnesses, tetris, and load runner.
remember when you'd put a game into the nintendo, and click it down, then get the dreaded blinking red light? remove it, blow on it, then jam it in and out and click it up and down a bunch of thimes, then pray it would work. then, sometimes, the screen would be all messed up. you'd push the cartridge down a bit, and it would be good, so, you'd take it back out and put it back in then get the damn blinking red light again. DAMN IT!!!!
there is a bar here that you can play those old school games on crappy t.v.s it's so much fun.
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Are Most Scientists Atheists?
by passwordprotected injames leuba conducted a survey of scientists in 1916. they were asked a whether they believed in a god who actively communicates with humanity, to whom humans can pray and expect an answer.. to believe in this sort of god would mean you were a theist.
if you're a deist, or agnostic, you believe there's a god but he's not necessarily interested in humans and we wouldn't pray to this god.. the results of this survey revealed that roughly 40% of scientists believe in this sort of god, making them theists.
40% didn't, making them either deists/agnostics or atheists.
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504deist
In the group that answered no would be scientists such as Andrew Flew and Einstein. Flew and Einstein, however, both believe/believed in a god, just not a in a God who is interested in humanity. Thus they were not, by definition, atheists
as you pointed out, alot of scientist are deist. einstein for sure, didn't know about flew. charles darwin was also a deist lots of people think he's an atheist.
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huh, russell may not have been a freemason
by 504deist ini'm proud to be a freemason.
i always hated the connection made between charles taze russell and the masons.
i was looking at different masonic sites and came across an interesting article about men people assumed were masons, but weren't.
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wobble, alot of people think we are into the occult. so, to some people, proving ctr was a mason would help cast a shadow on his christianity. alot of christians, espically the catholics and evangelicals beat this drum about the masons. i actually joined the masons kinda hoping this was true, as i am interested in the occult. i was kind of disappointed when i got in and found out this wasn't true. the disappointment was shortly lived when i realised how much i was learning and how much it benefitted my life.
mickey mouse, nothing about "the judge" would surprise me.
satanus, i'm sorry, i didn't realise this had been discussed efore. i just saw the article and thought it interesting. as far as masonry being a good thing to join, if you do decide you may want to go down the masonic path, i'd love to talk to you about it. i never "recruit" for it. i had a buddy of mine join. before i brought his petition in, i sat him down and almost tried to talk him out of it. i wanted to make sure he was doing it because HE wanted to, not because i did it. masons should never try to persuade a man to join. if i make it sound like something it isn't, and then you get in and feel like it's something different than what you were led to believe, you won't find much joy in it. also, a man is asked several times before he is let in if he is there "of his own free will and accord". if i talked you into it, you would have to answer no, and should be asked to leave the lodge if this is the case. i can tell you, i have really enjoyed my path in the lodge.
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huh, russell may not have been a freemason
by 504deist ini'm proud to be a freemason.
i always hated the connection made between charles taze russell and the masons.
i was looking at different masonic sites and came across an interesting article about men people assumed were masons, but weren't.
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504deist
i'm proud to be a freemason. i always hated the connection made between charles taze russell and the masons. i was looking at different masonic sites and came across an interesting article about men people assumed were masons, but weren't. i was delighted to see russells name on there. i need to do more research, but, i'm really hoping this is true. here's what the author said.
Charles Taze Russell, the founder of the Jehovah's Witness faith, was a Mason. Some have charged that his tombstone appears as a keystone (a symbol used in Royal Arch Masonry), that there appears on the stone a crown and cross and that the stone is in the shape of a pyramid. (Those who make the claim do so for their own ends ignoring the fact that the cross and crown have long been symbols of Christianity, that the pyramid is often used in one-dimension view to represent the Trinity etc.) A review of Russell's personal life would have likely found him unwelcome within a Lodge. A current author says of him "Russell's faults as a writer were perhaps the least of his shortcomings. Accusations of sexual and financial improprieties, for example, dogged him throughout his adult life. Russell's notorious difficulties with his long-suffering wife Maria, aired during a series of sensational libel, separation, and alimony suits near the turn of the century, became a particular source of embarrassment for both the pastor and his flock. (Russell's stature couldn't have been enhanced when a Pennsylvania judge concluded that his "continual arrogant domination" of his wife was enough to "render the life of any sensitive Christian woman a burden and make her life intolerable." 4 This notwithstanding, Pastor Russell did, upon occasion, make reference to Masons.
Oh, and did we mention?: the "tombstone" that's so often referred to is actually a monument erected to Russell by the Watchtower Society which has regularly criticized Freemasonry. Pastor Russell's actual gravestone (shown above) is a couple of dozen yards away.
this article had nothing to do with witnesses except that. i thought it was interesting. on a side note, the author spoke highly of everyone but russell. i thought that was funny.
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Favorite Instrumental Songs
by Nosferatu injust finished listening to "last date" by floyd cramer.
what a great tune!
i also love music box dancer and pretty much anything by the ventures.
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classical gas