Is Satan behind the success of Xanax and Valium?
w99 3/15 p. 22 Do Not Be Overcome by Anxiety
“NEVER be anxious about the next day, for the next day will have its own anxieties. Sufficient for each day is its own badness.” (Matthew 6:34) That counsel given by Jesus Christ certainly is practical for all of us living in today’s fast-paced and stressful society.
Realistically, though, is it possible for us not to be anxious about our problems, decisions, obligations, and responsibilities? Millions of people feel depressed, distressed, and burdened. That is why tranquilizers and sedatives are a multimillion-dollar business.
The apostle Paul told us that in our spiritual warfare, we are endeavoring to bring “every thought into captivity to make it obedient to the Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5) Our archenemy, Satan the Devil, would be very pleased to capitalize on our worries in order to discourage us and to weaken us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. He is a master at using doubts to trap the unwary. That is why Paul also warned Christians not to “allow place for the Devil.” (Ephesians 4:27) As “the god of this system of things,” Satan has successfully “blinded the minds of the unbelievers.” (2 Corinthians 4:4) May we never allow him to control our minds!
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Satanic Mind Control
by Celestial inis satan behind the success of xanax and valium?
w99 3/15 p. 22 do not be overcome by anxiety .
never be anxious about the next day, for the next day will have its own anxieties.
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For The Bible Tells Me So
by Celestial inin the 1980s, as a teenager, i had some fascination with alternative lifestyles.
i was never gay, i just thought i was.
i told my girlfriend about this and she ended up telling her dad.
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In the 1980s, as a teenager, I had some fascination with alternative lifestyles. I was never gay, I just thought I was. I told my girlfriend about this and she ended up telling her Dad. One night we were all eating dinner at my girlfriend's Dad's house and he wouldn't acknowledge my presence. I told my girlfriend about it and she ran downstairs to ask what the problem was. She came back upstairs and told me, “He said he doesn't like faggots. He said a lot of people won't like you if you want to live your life that way.” I literally started crying. She said, “If you're going to sulk like a fucking two year old, you can just leave.”
In 2005 I watched this movie.
I didn't necessarily agree with it from a moral prospective, but I found it highly entertaining. I started talking about the movie to people at the office and an evangelical conservative chimed and said, “You know what that's about. I would never watch that movie.” Everyone looked away from me. It embarrassed me and pissed me off. Six months later, the same woman got divorced and soon moved in with a man she wasn't married to. The Bible states this is wrong.
If evangelical conservatives aren’t Bible literalists, why the obsession with homosexuality and abortion? I have yet to understand this. This documentary is pretty good.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajBR0dq0XXk
The evangelical conservative beleif system isn't based on the Bible or science. It makes little sense.
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+$4.00 Gasoline. How does it change the Energy game
by designs inwill it put pressure on politicians to approve the keystone pipeline.. should the nation's refineries stop selling as much gasoline as exports.. how does +$4.00 gasoline affect your monthly budget, how do you adjust..
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In this system of globalization, multinational oil corporations wield vast power. Predictions were made by the intelligence community in the year 2000 about the rising demand for oil in relation to globalization.
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2000/dci_speech_020200smithson.html
The CIA in the New World Order: Intelligence Challenges Through 2015
At the same time, growing populations and increases in per capita income will drive the demand for more energy. By 2015, the world’s demand for oil will have grown by as much as 60 percent over present levels. Fortunately, this demand will not be difficult to meet.
Unfortunately, this demand will be difficult to meet. Not only will the growing populations and increases in per capita income will drive the demand for more energy, there's also the problem of newly industrializing countries.
http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/1061/2002/08/19/NotEnoughEarth
Not Enough Earth To Go Around
The world's natural resources cannot continue to support the lifestyles of millions of people who live like Americans, says a Tufts expert.
Representing less than five percent of the world's population, Americans consume 30 percent of its resources and produce 25 percent of its greenhouse gasses and waste. The impact of the "American Dream" -- and the excesses it champions - is felt globally, according to a Tufts expert, who says at this rate, it will only be a matter of time before there isn't enough Earth to go around.
"The American Dream is no longer confined to these shores," Agyeman wrote in his opinion piece. "Globalization and free trade, together with an unaccountable World Trade Organization, have internationalized the Dream."Billions of people around the world - in places like China, India and elsewhere - have watched America's use of the world's resources grow, and are poised to adopt a similar approach.
The results, Agyeman wrote, could be disastrous.
The following table presents the list of countries consistently considered newly industrialized countries by different authors and experts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newly_industrialized_country#Current_NICs
Turkey and South Africa are classified as developed countries by the CIA. Turkey was a founding member of the OECD in 1961 and Mexico joined in 1994. The G8+5 group is composed by G8 members plus China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil.
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Recorded interview...Steven Unthank tells his story.
by koolaid-man inin an exclusive interview with richard rawe , steven unthank tells his complete story on charging the watchtower with criminal complaints in not complying with laws regarding background checks.
scroll down to 2-21-2012 and listen in.
http://www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com/telenetwork/dialogue.php.
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The family story I've never told
by Celestial inthis took place in the 1970s (i'm 38).. .
all members of the story are or were jehovahs witnesses.
i've known this all my life but i've never told anyone.
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This took place in the 1970s (I'm 38).
All members of the story are or were Jehovah’s Witnesses.
I've known this all my life but I've never told anyone. I never knew my grandfather (on my father's side) except that he became wealthy because he owned a construction company that made it big during a population boom in a metropolitan area. I'm not sure what went wrong with the man, but he ended up physically abusing his wife and sons.
According to my mother, my father started physically abusing her shortly after their marriage. My father was an elder throughout the duration of their marriage. The overall family and in-laws always associated together. For whatever reason, my mother and my aunt's (on my father's side) husband (uncle in-law) started committing adultery.
I don't know how the congregation elders became suspicious of this, but I was told they followed and spied on them and confronted my father with what they observed.
My parents got divorced and my mother ended up getting disfellowshipped. I've never talked to anyone who knew about the physical abuse of my mother except for her immediate family. My mother's sister and her husband (an elder) had extensive knowledge of situation. They were so disillusioned by the fact that no congregation action was taken against my father for the physical abuse that they told my grandmother they will never be one of Jehovah's Witnesses again. My (uncle in-law on my mother's side) ended up becoming an apostate, a Baptist preacher that delivered public protests against Jehovah's Witnesses during his sermons. He also made audio recordings against Jehovah's Witnesses.
I have no memories of any of this (I was under five) except for a couple of fights my parents were in and candles lighting up a dark house because the electricity had been cut off. I was told my mother and (uncle in-law) ran up a bunch of expenses that couldn't be paid.
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Cool... i see. So you dont really have any doubts or believe anything different then? :)
I have some doubts. Not based on what's commonly discussed in the apostate community. This is a fairly good explanation of my concerns.
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Celestial. How are you? What is your story then? Someone tell me something. Im really bored! :D
My story is I'm not attending meetings simply because I'd rather do other things. I have plans to go back. I've had plans to go back for quite some time. I attend a meeting maybe every two months. -
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The truth of the matter is I took his website quite seriously until I saw it being mocked by others. I was glad I didn't have to take it seriously.
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Ray Franz - Crisis of Conscience
by Celestial ini've never read crisis of conscience.
could someone briefly describe some of his observations that clashed with his moral compass?
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way too many to list here... you're better off reading the book
"briefly describe some of his observations"
I'll read the book. I'm just inquiring about some key points that stood out in a person's mind.
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koolaid-man is a cyber terrorist that uses lurid tactics and shock antics to bother people. His website is partially entertaining and somewhat disturbing. It's the kind of web-page you shut down, so you can move on to something else that you can clearly think about.
