Posts by unshackled

Same here Sab. I'd say I think too much as well...but don't see it as a virtue. My wife is a yoga instructor and we've done a few sessions together, but I can't get into it...yet. A struggle to clear the mind, concentrate on my breath...and sit so damn still.

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The Hubble, Yahweh, the Bible, and faith.

by Nickolas in

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there have been several threads in which the views of the universe provided by the hubble space telescope have been discussed.

i guess this will be another one.

there's a new series being broadcast here in canada on the oasis hd nature channel entitled hubble's canvas.

unshackled

It may be feasible to believe that life as WE KNOW it took as long as it did HERE because that is exactly what happened, but another type of life may YET be waiting to happen elsewhere and yet another type my already have happened elsewhere.

An intriguing possiblity isn't it? Think it was in Cosmos (?) that Carl Sagan talked about the chances of other life in the universe, and that we tend to think it would be just like us. He surmised it could (perhaps likely) be quite different from what we know, based on its own evolutionary path in its own unique environment. Neat.

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The Hubble, Yahweh, the Bible, and faith.

by Nickolas in

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there have been several threads in which the views of the universe provided by the hubble space telescope have been discussed.

i guess this will be another one.

there's a new series being broadcast here in canada on the oasis hd nature channel entitled hubble's canvas.

unshackled

you believe that God provided the spark of life that set evolution in motion and everything that was done over the past four billion years was done so that Christ could come to Earth to save us.

in support of the anthropic principle, if it happened here, it will have happened and will continue to happen elsewhere simply because the popluation of probabilities is so very large

Agreed it likely has happened elsewhere. Billions and billions of galaxies, stars, and planets...inevitably some planets will be in the goldilocks zone. Asteroids flying around the universe with the building blocks of life on them, smashing into these goldilock planets. Life, odds are, has happened elsewhere.

Question is, assuming God sent Christ to Earth to save us....did God also send his son to these other planets? Did he send another son to each different planet? IF not, why just earth - this speck of a speck of dust in this vast cosmic arena? Either scenario does not make any sense to me.

(Sorry if this may seem like another 'fly-by' post...but have been following the thread. Just too busy lately to interact more. Good discussion)

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Combatting Depression

by sabastious in

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a few mornings back i was in the bathroom of the office building i work at.

i was washing my hands and i felt a rush of thoughts flood my mind.

the job i am doing for my client is an immense social network site.

unshackled

Know what you mean Sab...there are those days where you're feeling overwhelmed and notice overdosing on the "sigh". Like you're saying "woe is me" over and over, so you kick yourself in the ass.

Interesting though that sigh is a "reset" for the body and our breathing. Seen this article the other day...

http://news.discovery.com/human/why-we-sigh-breathing.html

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Dec 15th WT: "Be like Solomon and don't go to university / don't be like Solomon and join a sports team!"

by cedars in

thanks to 'gayle' for bringing our attention to the fact that the december 15th watchtower has now been uploaded to jw.org.

it doesn't take long to reach the first juicy bit on pages 8 and 9, this time regarding higher education:.

it would be good to ask, am i taking to heart solomons example of treasuring divine wisdom?

unshackled

There's that damn word...extracurricular. Must've heard that word about 10,000 times by the age of 13 but didn't really know what the hell it meant. Extracurricular = baaaad things. Remember trying to explain to a school friend why I couldn't join Track & Field...."well, it's extracurricular". Him: "what does that mean?" Me: "Uhhhh...I just can't do after school stuff."

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Poll: What do you believe now?

by Lunatic Faith in

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i have been noticing we ex-jw's are very different in our choices of beliefs once we leave the wts.

some choose christianity, others flee christianity.

some find they can't beieve in anything any more.

unshackled

Non-theist/humanist/bacon connoisseur

The POWER OF LOVE ,,, that's what I believe in.

tale...I too believe in Huey Lewis, but not the News.

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Cities On Moon?

by metatron in

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see:.

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1091/566/nasa_whistleblower:_alien_moon_cities_exist.html.

there are so many people with rank and deep experience in government coming forward with these sort of stories, it is hard to believe that the media ignores it and the world goes on as if we were all alone in the cosmos.. metatron.

unshackled

Don't forget chemtrails, james. And mummatron...how the hell did you get your hands on that amazing footage?

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GREAT New Podcast and a Shout Out to MadSweeny

by DarioKehl in

first of all, i have a public message to madsweeny.

dude... you rock.

keep up the great work.

unshackled

Link to Cult Free Radio's ustream channel...

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cult-free-radio#utm_campaign=www.facebook.com&utm_source=8114370&utm_medium=social