Space Madness:
And, you are arguing that he clearly identified atheism as a major factor in suicide?
Yes. The statistics confirms that hypothesis.
Will you please provide the reference(s)
Thnks
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Being an Atheist Is Bad For Your Health
by Space Madness ini stopped believing in god in july 2013. in the first 3 months or so i felt liberated and relieved that i can live my life anyway i wanted without worrying about an invisible being watching my every move.
i also felt slightly superior that i was able to figure out that god isn't real while the majority of mankind continued to be fooled.
atfer the feelings of excitment statrted to wear off, i started to become more depressed and empty.
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JW's Anti-Gay position puts them in the axis of ignorance
by scotoma indarkest area is most anti-gay.
perhaps they need to focus on those areas since they seem to agree with them on this issue.
jehovah.
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Not trying to be personal, Spacemadness.
So since you have no children, can it be suggested that since you believe that sex exists purely for procreation, and since you have no children, then you have refrained from sexual activities, including masturbatory sex?
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Being an Atheist Is Bad For Your Health
by Space Madness ini stopped believing in god in july 2013. in the first 3 months or so i felt liberated and relieved that i can live my life anyway i wanted without worrying about an invisible being watching my every move.
i also felt slightly superior that i was able to figure out that god isn't real while the majority of mankind continued to be fooled.
atfer the feelings of excitment statrted to wear off, i started to become more depressed and empty.
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fulltimestudent
Umm! You mean the Emile Durkheim who died in 1917?
And, you are arguing that he clearly identified atheism as a major factor in suicide?
(Just getting your position clear).
(edited to correct typo)
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JW's Anti-Gay position puts them in the axis of ignorance
by scotoma indarkest area is most anti-gay.
perhaps they need to focus on those areas since they seem to agree with them on this issue.
jehovah.
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Spacemadness:
You learn in high biology that the human body evovled to accomadate male-female relationships only.
Do you have any children, spacemadness?
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Chinese Schools Commence Term 1, 2014 - Kids are Kids everywhere
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students and teachers in the special education school in changsha, capital of central china's hunan province, express "the new term has begun" in sign language.
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The next school is interesting. Its Mingxing Primary School in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, and its a new school, just opened in 2014 specifically for the children of migrant workers.
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Chinese Schools Commence Term 1, 2014 - Kids are Kids everywhere
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students and teachers in the special education school in changsha, capital of central china's hunan province, express "the new term has begun" in sign language.
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Contrast the last school with this one: Teachers and students in Jingxi Primary School in Taigu County of northwest China's Shanxi province pose for photo on Feb. 19. 2014. Jingxi Primary School, with 14 teachers and 93 students, is a rural primary school covering two villages in the county. Although it is located in the remote area, it has earned a reputation as one of the best schools in the county.
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Chinese Schools Commence Term 1, 2014 - Kids are Kids everywhere
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students and teachers in the special education school in changsha, capital of central china's hunan province, express "the new term has begun" in sign language.
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And, if Mr Yang's school is small, what about teacher Zeng's school - one teacher and seven students, one of whom seems not to have attended school on the first day of the new term.
This pik shows teacher Zeng Chunmei leading her students in gymnastics exercises in Shansuo Primary school in Rong'an County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Shansuo Primary School is located in a village in the mountain areas of central Guangxi Province which borders Vietnam
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Chinese Schools Commence Term 1, 2014 - Kids are Kids everywhere
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students and teachers in the special education school in changsha, capital of central china's hunan province, express "the new term has begun" in sign language.
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If kids are kids everywhere, it can be considered that Headmasters are the same everywhere:
Here, Yang Qinglin, headmaster of Shanxi Primary School makes a speech at the opening ceremony for the new term on Feb. 20, 2013 in Taojiang County, central China's Hunan province. The school with more than 130 students and teachers was founded by Yang 39 years ago.
Quite a record for Mr. Yang - nearly 40 years of teaching in this small rural village school.
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Chinese Schools Commence Term 1, 2014 - Kids are Kids everywhere
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students and teachers in the special education school in changsha, capital of central china's hunan province, express "the new term has begun" in sign language.
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Students and teachers in the Special Education School in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan province, express "The new term has begun" in sign language
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My First Special Pioneer Assignment
by fulltimestudent inmy first special pioneer assignment.- part 1.. in australia, western civilization is a thin strip of land, that hugs the coast.
all the major cities are on the coast.
i grew up on the east coast of australia where the great dividing range, as its called, runs parallel to the coast, and limits the extension of cities like sydney and brisbane.
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humbled:
I doo hope you will tell more of the struggles you saw in the community you were assigned to serve. Life being a struggle, I am sure some of those salty folks had some comments on the kind of spiritual needs they felt and the menu the WTBTS offered.
Maeve, I'm not sure where you live, or whether you have experience with 'outback' Aussies. I'm not putting them down, they are what they are. You have to be a bit mentally tough to survive the hardships of the Australian bush. Those with any concept of 'spiritual needs,' or with emotional needs beyond survival are likely to find life better in the big coastal cities, which is where most Aussies live.
Some though, were to be deeply admired. I felt really deep compassion for one sister. A far better 'Christian,' than I was, if you count that there is anything worthy in Christianity. A lifelong resident in this small town, her new-born son (forget the details, possibly RH factor, all before my time) needed a blood tranfusion. She refused and he died. (Don't want to get into a discussion about this issue, I just want to deal with the consequences). At that time, I could see her situation in the terms used by Paul in Hebrews 11:17-19, but this woman, unlike Abraham, actually lost her son, and had to deal with the consequences in a small narrow-minded town. The result for her was deep depression. How could I help? Nothing in my life had prepared me for that. If there is a failure by the WTS, in its training programs, it lies in this field. Not much a callow youth (as the saying goes) can do to help. Skilled therapy was required, which I did not have. Whether my successor had more to offer, I don't know.
Today, I believe that this was an unneccesary burden placed on this woman. But, nonetheless, I discern that the sister had a faith (even if mistaken) deeper than mine, Yes! deeper (if we are going to deal in Christian semantics) faith than Abraham's. She went through with it, and had to live with the consequences.
Her harrowed face still lives in my memory.
