I smoked for about 10 years. I do not believe all that horse shit the government and all the one sided government 'studies' and the holier than thous that tell you smoking is as bad as it is. Living in the city,breathing in all the contaminants from pollution is just as harmful as smoking in IMO. The O-N-L-Y reason I do not smoke now is because here in Ontario it is damn near $8.00 a pack. That is all. Hell I think if we were living closer to my wifes Indian Reservation, I probably would still be smoking as smoke shops abound and tobacco is hella cheaper there.
willdabeerman
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Smoking = Disfellowshiping is it justified?? Do you do it now?
by Witness 007 inisn't smoking just as bad as "defiling the body our temple" with alcohol or drugs legal or illegal?
if i have glucoma will i be disfellowshiped if i smoke pot, since it is a doctor perscribed treatment?
those who smoke how do you justify ruining your health and finances?.
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Cut and Run
by yumbby inthis is just a post to see if anyone else feels how i do.
have any of you ever in response to a situation you didnt' feel you could control just feel like packing a bag and taking off without telling anyone where you are going and starting over completely fresh and away from your past?
it is so tempting.
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willdabeerman
Havng been one of those types in the past, I can tell you it is not all it is cracked up to be. You can only outrun your problems for so long. They have a way of catching back up with you.
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willdabeerman
Having lived in the south I would have to warn you. For every hot and sexy southern belle there are 75 times as many trashy redneck hillbillys. So if you find a shiny one, consider yourself lucky and hold on to her.
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Sundays suck with no NFL
by 5thGeneration inwhat's a grown man to do?.
sit around all day and 'disqualify himself from serving'?
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willdabeerman
yea they do. I tried watching the Nascar race today. I was a fan for a long time before all of these asinine rules, and the new way of nascar. now I can't do it anymore. I guess I will play video games until August when I will be able to cheer my Skins again. The only saving grace is there is a Habs game on tonight, but a Sunday hockey game is rare.
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Moral Values of an Atheist
by hamilcarr insome thoughts spinning through my head .... what does it mean to be an atheist?
it means you cannot imagine your homosexual neighbor being slaughtered by a loving god at judgment's day, it means you don't consider the primitive tribe described in numbers 31 that slew midianite men and raped innocent virgins to be god's first covenant people, it means you don't believe mankind is so perverted that it is in need of salvation through a man who came 'not with peace, but with a sword', it means you have high moral values that apply not only to the members of your denomination but to all men.. h. .
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willdabeerman
So where do your moral values come from
As an Athiest, I can tell you Morals come from how you want to be treated and dealt with. It does not come from some book or some invisible sky daddy. It is common sense. If you want to be treated with dignity and respect, you do likewise to your fellow man.I can go into a long list but you get the point.
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What Belonging to JWD Has Meant To Me
by TooBad TooSad inlooking back 30 years i now realize that even when i was an elder that something just did not feel.
right about being a jw.
i only had one person to talk to about my doubts, who was a former bethelite.. some of the stories that he told me about the inner workworkings at headquarters really shook my.
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willdabeerman
Here Here! You echo my thoughts exactly sir. This place was my first place of feeling better and at ease about the jettison of the cult thinkings also. Without sounding like a witness, this place really is a blessing . THANK YOU SIMON!
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Why does my "in box" show one message,when there isnt one?
by aquagirl inanyone know?
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willdabeerman
The holy spirit elves that work for the CIA is the most likely explanation. Whilst on that subject of in boxes, why is there no delete option? I have like 1 million 400 thousand messages in my box and I would like to get rid of them, but alas, I do not want to seem like an ungrateful bastard so I digress.
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Florida Police at Their 'Best'?
by Sad emo inwhat was going through this officer's head when they did this?!.
i suppose they could have thought the guy was pretending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uagb7_g4aso.
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willdabeerman
TAMPA, FLA–The Hillsborough detention deputy who can be seen on a sheriff’s surveillance tape dumping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair onto the floor of a booking room at the Hillsborough County Jail will be charged with abuse of a disabled person, a third degree felony.
Sheriff David Gee said that Deputy Charlotte Marshall Jones, 44, a 22-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, was aware of the warrant issued but he didn’t know when she might surrender. If convicted, she could face up to five years in prison.
I tried pasting the link 3 times it did not work so here is the gist of the article. Hope it makes it a little better.
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Very HIGH Snow Banks where I live
by JH inenjoy the pictures.
i took these this morning and its cold out too -15c.. .
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willdabeerman
I moved to Canada because I wanted seasons (actually the wife made me, but I will never let her have the satisfaction of knowing that.) Growing up in southern Virginia this is still taking some getting used to.I lived in Denver for a while but the snow there is different than the snow here. Last year we were spoiled in Ontario with that mild winter, now I guess we are paying for it. But form what I understand this is just a 'normal Ontario winter so all in all its not bad. It beats the Buffalo winters from a few years ago I had to endure. Still, I am tired of winter. Bring on the spring.Hell not even spring. Just a day or two of no snow on the ground and a full day of sunshine would suffice.
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Ways to keep entertained when going to a meeting...
by cognac inlets see, this is what i got so far:.
played games on cell phone.
did my own personal research.
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willdabeerman
I used to have one of those 'attache' cases.I used to take issues of Juggs and other fine gentleman magazines and sneak them in. I put the case on my lap and opened it up in the 2'nd hall. Then I would waste the meeting away reading the articles.(cuz you know thats all i got those mags for, the fine writing styles.)