It's amazing to me how people who believe in creation will say that evolution over millions of years is absolutely impossible, but evolution over hundreds of years is plausible. The mental gymnastics this requires is astounding.
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Was It Designed? Rabies Purposeful Mode of Transmission.
by Island Man inwas it designed?.
rabies' purposeful mode of transmissionrabies is caused by a number of lyssaviruses that attack the cells of the nervous system disrupting their normal function.
symptoms include painful spasms in the muscles of the throat and larynx of patients, accompanied by a strong aversion to drinking liquids - hydrophobia.
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JW attitudes to women
by Frazzled UBM ini would be very interested to hear from you ladies on this one.
i know that the society keeps women in subjugation through the headship cr@p but didn't ahve any sense about hoew prehistoric the attitudes are until the other day when we were driving out of the supermarket car park and my wife spotted a woman dressed in tight shorts (it has been very hot here) and she commented 'they say that women who dress like that dserve to be raped'.
i did a wtf and overreacted 'how can you blame the victim like that - such attitudes give men a lciense to commit rape and make women feel they are to balme if they get raped which in turn means that rape doesn't get reported and it gopes on with impunity.
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poopsiecakes
A very enlightening exchange on a Muslim website where a woman is asking for advice on wearing the hijab and that she doesn't like it but knows it's required.
http://www.onislam.net/english/ask-the-counselor/self-development/475271-hijab.html
a couple of exerpts:
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...Whenever anyone asked me what made me wear it, I started crying out of the blue. One year has passed, and since it’s been summer, I’ve been going out with my friends more than usual. I’m the only one among them who is covered. It’s quite hard for me. I feel very uncomfortable and ugly. Whenever we hang out where I can take my hijab off, I feel a lot prettier and more confident.
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...Search for this sister or group of sisters, who you will love for the sake of Allah and who will help you reach this amazing status on the Day of Judgment, in sha’ Allah. Parting yourself from friends you’ve had your whole life is not easy; however remember Allah’s words in the Qur’an: “Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous.” (43:67)
I know how difficult it can be to imagine your closest friends as your enemies, but there is such truth and sheer honesty in this verse because of how serious the matter is; Paradise or Hellfire.
Reading this makes me once again realize how important it is to keep women's issues a prominent topic of conversation among all varieties of religion. JW women will be told to 'let their husband take the lead', 'be supportive', 'win them without a word through exemplary behavior' and all sorts of other platitudes and Muslim women will be told that Allah wants them to wear the hijab, to cover up, to hide themselves from men, etc. The long and short of it is that in all of these polarizing forms of religion, women are treated like second class citizens - not truly as being valued and respected. So sad...
(the answer in the quote above is provided by a woman who lives in Canada and she's a psychologist and relationship coach, among other things)
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poopsiecakes
If all of these zealous JW's would examine their own religion with the same level of enthusiasm they examine other religions in order to prove them wrong, they'd all be atheists within a week.
haha Pete, if it's photoshopped that's even worse!
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poopsiecakes
Oh I know it's individuals making and selling this crap, but the WT sanctions it (or they would have kaiboshed this mess by now) and they started it by splashing their big new logo everywhere possible.
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poopsiecakes
Thanks, Cofty! I bought a big keep calm sign made out of tin in Covent Garden about 6 years ago before the whole thing exploded into international over marketed popularity. I still like my tin sign though lol - it's hanging in my pantry.
Ooh Heaven, you naughty thing...
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poopsiecakes
...another one showing judgey cruelty
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poopsiecakes
Let's put this in the 'not funny' file. Even though the Pinterest user account has this filed under 'jw funnies'.
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poopsiecakes
Pride is only bad for the majority of the world's population.
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poopsiecakes
LOL...binding glue...hehehe
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poopsiecakes
So yeah, there's a store in Tijuana. Christmas gifts, anyone?
