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  God says "hey man I`ll answer one question...

  by Waygooder64 in

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  here is the scenario: god is bored one day and says to himself " lets give all the poor saps down below something to think about.lets give everyone on earth the opportunity to have one question answered truthfully" so that is my question,if you had the chance to have one question answered that you always wanted to know what would it be ?

  any response counts and if you want to get goofy go nuts!

  i would like to know if there really is life in outer space...

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  Intro: How can I know you for what you truly are? Not as some person I'm talking to, or even as a "you", but to really know?

  God:

  Intro: Thanks.
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  Why the disrespect for Jesus?

  by MavMan in

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  now i understand completely that most in this forum are 100% against jws and the watchtower.

  what i don't understand is the disrespect that has been shown for such a sacred occasion that is the memorial (last supper).

  whether you agree with jws or not, the fact is that the last supper has a lot of meaning for christians.

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  Most people mean honor of some type when they say respect, but it's interesting to note the etymology of the word re-spect:

  [< L respectus, pp. of respicere, to look at, look back on, respect < re-, back + specere, to look at: see spy]
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  Meridian and Energy Therapies

  by NoOnesMan2002 in

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  i was passed this link over the weekend, and since then have been using some of the techniques with apparent success.. http://livingbyheart.tripod.com/lauriekristensen/id22.html.

  love and regards,.

  george

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  Introspection

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  - I'm not sure why you say I've quoted Quackwatch "several times", I vaguely recall using it one other time on this board. To me, several is more than two. If my recollection is wrong, please show me the "several times".

  LOL, would you like me to prove that this was statistically significant too? I admit my recall on this is vague too, and if we're talking about the number of threads it involved it is definitely only two, the other being that homeopathy thread. I apologize too if I read more into your posts than what you had intended, but I am not looking to "prove" that you meant anything - I'll believe you.

  The truth is, regardless of subject matter a lot of the posts on this board just looks like the same stuff in different packaging to me. It's almost as if there's this general tendancy toward aversion because there was this bad experience with the WTS, and then you have the common tendancy to cling, and a lot of times you just have people who cling to aversion. It's not unlike Mr. Horse from Ren & Stimpy saying "No sir, I didn't like it!" It's like food, nobody likes just one type of food, and it all depends on whether you're talking about a meal, dessert or whatever. Yet the common response is the simplistic like it/don't like it judgement. I'm sure you'd agree that such a reactive response based on some personal experience, whether good or bad, is fairly meaningless. Now granted this is very general and perhaps vague to many, but regardless of what we're talking about if you have this attitude toward things of course you're going to have problems! It could be physical or mental health, or to look at it from another perspective just how you live life, or don't. And we wonder why ex-JWs have a hard time?
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  Why the disrespect for Jesus?

  by MavMan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now i understand completely that most in this forum are 100% against jws and the watchtower.

  what i don't understand is the disrespect that has been shown for such a sacred occasion that is the memorial (last supper).

  whether you agree with jws or not, the fact is that the last supper has a lot of meaning for christians.

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  "Youuuuu sick little monkey!" -Ren
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  Why all the disrespect for Tua Pek Kong?

  by bboyneko in

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  now i understand completely that most in this forum are 100% against jws and the watchtower.

  what i don't understand is the disrespect that has been shown for such a sacred occasion that is the birthday of tua pek kong.

  whether you agree with jws or not, the fact is that birthday of tua pek kong has a lot of meaning for poh hock seah's.

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  Dude, is there going to be one person in this forum who knows what you're talking about ..???
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  Meridian and Energy Therapies

  by NoOnesMan2002 in

  1. watchtower
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  i was passed this link over the weekend, and since then have been using some of the techniques with apparent success.. http://livingbyheart.tripod.com/lauriekristensen/id22.html.

  love and regards,.

  george

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  Wow, you are getting defensive. First of all, I never said "it's all quackery." and I am not sure just how wide your phrase "it's all" would encompass. Certainly, not everything is quackery.

  Wow, if a direct response to a statement you made means getting defensive, maybe I am. I'm not sure what kind of reasoning that is though. Of course the tricky thing about responding to the "you're getting defensive" assertion is that that response can in turn be interpreted as a defense, quite ingenious.

  No you never explicitly stated it's all quackery, but seeing as how you've cited Quackwatch on several occasions when something that is not mainstream medicine is brought up, I gathered that you were implying this. It isn't a matter of which modality of alternative medicine (and what is considered alternative) is proven or not, it's simply a question of backing up your assertions, whether they are explicit or implicit. Of course, if you indeed made no such assertions either way, that's a different story.

  I myself simply take the position of having no need to form a judgement hastily, I'll continue to consider any data that may come my way and weigh this against that. Maybe Quackwatch does work better for apostates and ex-JW's though. Rather than the lengthy process of gathering data and seeing things for what they are, it's much quicker to go on the "opposite side" which screams "IT'S ALL LIES!!" Oh well, it makes for interesting drama I suppose.
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  Meridian and Energy Therapies

  by NoOnesMan2002 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was passed this link over the weekend, and since then have been using some of the techniques with apparent success.. http://livingbyheart.tripod.com/lauriekristensen/id22.html.

  love and regards,.

  george

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  Introspection

  http://www.theonion.com/onion3512/new_insoles.html

  How cute. Gee, why is it we see so much jokes about people on "the other side" and almost nothing about our own side? It sure does wonders for the ego when you can make fun of others doesn't it? Say.. Come to think of it I don't believe I've ever heard of "apostates" joke about themselves? (obviously, I'm talking about jokes about the apostate identity, not just individuals who may think of themselves as apostates) My guess would be the numbers are about equal with JW's joking about themselves.
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  Meridian and Energy Therapies

  by NoOnesMan2002 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was passed this link over the weekend, and since then have been using some of the techniques with apparent success.. http://livingbyheart.tripod.com/lauriekristensen/id22.html.

  love and regards,.

  george

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  Quotes said:

  If you expected that in one thread reply one could give a complete analysis of the topic, you are expecting more from me than is humanly possible. Go do your own homework, I was just getting you started.

  I *have* done my homework, and frankly I am not the one that is claiming it's all quackery. Since you are the one taking such a position, obviously the burden of proof falls upon you. I just hope Quackwatch isn't your sole source of information, that would be like trusting the WTS to tell you which religions are false.
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  Meridian and Energy Therapies

  by NoOnesMan2002 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was passed this link over the weekend, and since then have been using some of the techniques with apparent success.. http://livingbyheart.tripod.com/lauriekristensen/id22.html.

  love and regards,.

  george

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  Quotes to the rescue!

  My my, that's a nice catch-all definition isn't it, not to mention some of it has nothing to do with meridians, and frankly I've never heard of it.

  Now.. If acupuncture is quackery, why is it there is such a thing as medical acupuncture, practiced by MDs? And why is it that there are acupuncturists who are licensed health professionals, and that a quick search for the word acupuncture pulls up nearly 8000 abstracts in a medical database? But we're to assume these boys at "Quackwatch" knows better than all those people. Basic rule of thumb in doing research: It helps to have more than one reference.
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  Meridian and Energy Therapies

  by NoOnesMan2002 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was passed this link over the weekend, and since then have been using some of the techniques with apparent success.. http://livingbyheart.tripod.com/lauriekristensen/id22.html.

  love and regards,.

  george

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  How is this different from traditional theory that's behind acupuncture/acupressure? Do you hit points along all the meridians for balancing or is there something more specific? As I'm sure you can imagine, it would make sense to look into the original system.