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  Could UFO Disclosure Bring About A Golden Age?

  by metatron in

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  there are a great many people - and internet sites- that preach a sort of 2012/ufo gospel.

  while they may contradict one another, they mostly teach that ufo's will intervene and save us, especially if governments admit that they exist.. yeah, ok..... been there, heard that..... but could there be a core of truth to this idea?.

  what would happen if the world acknowledged that et's exist?.

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  ST said:

  "KS...If aliens made it to our shores....they would have to be much more advanced than us purely because of the distances they would have to travel. We might seem like cavemen to them...LOL"

  Oh, I dunno if that's true. Being that we don't know where they'd come from, it's easy to project our limitations and concerns about space travel onto them; hence why I was trying to suggest that the space environment might be their natural environment, and wouldn't represent a challenge at all for survival. In fact, the Earth atmosphere itself might present a challenge to them (much as a planet with an aquatic environment would be challenging for us in which to survive).

  Besides, our planet is already covered with alien life forms we haven't begun to catalog, yet alone communicate with. Who's to say antropocentric knowledge is superior to canine logic? (far-fetched, I know....). ;)
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  Anonymous have Bethelite info

  by snare&racket in

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  Uh. If hacker dude were half-way competent, you wouldn't be tracking him down that easily. For all you know, it planted evidence (a false flag) or a hijacked ID, so whatever you find is likely BS, inconclusive....
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  Inconsistency: Tower of Babel vs. space program

  by tootired2care in

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  several years back i remember listening to a public talk.

  the title of the talk escapes me; but one of the points (albeit wierd) that was brought out, is that the part of the mytholgy behind the symbol of apollo was defiance of god.

  he made this jump by linking apollo with ishtar (nimrods wife) wife somehow...he used this point in connection with the nasa space program to make the point, that the space exploration was a defiant action against god, as a modern day like nimrod account.

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  Etude said:

  "I remember in 1969 when I was young and stupid and had just started to study with the dubs, I said to a friend in High school that God would not let man land on the moon because man had dared to venture into His realm."

  Ahhh, 1969: a good time to be a JW making brash predictions, lol! You'd think that would've been a hint to some, but apparently not?

  (Of course, you'd think 1975 would've been a big hint too, but....)
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  Anonymous have Bethelite info

  by snare&racket in

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  paralip said:

  Was the image embedded in the message or did it need to download it from an external server?

  If external, than the server would get the IP address of the machine requesting the image. That could then be used to probe for security vulnerabilities.

  It may be a phishing attempt by Anonymous to crack into the society.

  Yeah, the old advice about never opening an attachment came to mind, as it's likely the OP installed a trojan onto his system.... Regardless, it seems a crude attempt, as an experienced hacker would not be so obvious as to say "This is Anonymous!" and then try to do that stuff.

  BTW, you probably are already aware that Anon is simply anyone who claims to be a part of it: that includes flunkies with 486's and dial-up modems who have LOIC software loaded up.
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  Could UFO Disclosure Bring About A Golden Age?

  by metatron in

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  there are a great many people - and internet sites- that preach a sort of 2012/ufo gospel.

  while they may contradict one another, they mostly teach that ufo's will intervene and save us, especially if governments admit that they exist.. yeah, ok..... been there, heard that..... but could there be a core of truth to this idea?.

  what would happen if the world acknowledged that et's exist?.

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  I'm guessing the aliens will show up via a small crew on a solar sail boat (they, unlike us, don't need oxygen to survive in outer space, and can live off space-dust they collect, being non-carbon-based life forms). They will be looking to us for new ideas, being impressed with nuclear reactors, even internal combustion engines, electric lights, etc. Think of the intergalactic version of Vietnamese boat people.

  Of course, they'd probably be wiped out after a long trip, crashing into our atmosphere and burning up before we even got to meet them, LOL! Maybe they'd knock on the door of the ISS.

  That scenario is as great of a possibility as them teaching us stuff....
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  Do you take energy shots or sleep shots? What do you take? How do you like them?

  by Iamallcool in

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  from time to time, i take 5 hour energy shots and ichill shots.

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  The ads for 5 Hour Energy says that there's no crash and they LIE! When I'd get home, I'd barely get my boots off before I was asleep.

  Yeah, there is NO stimulant known to man that doesn't require/demand a crash afterwards... That's just not how pharmacology and cellular physiology works. There's always a piper to be paid....

  For a sleep aid and resetting the biological clock following travel (jet lag), I find that sublingual melatonin does the trick (not the pills that are swallowed, but formulations that are placed under the tongue (which is what 'sublingual' means), hence avoiding the delay that happens when the pill must first enter the digestive tract, etc).

  Sublingual administration allows melatonin to avoid the "first-pass effect", as well (where orally-administered meds enter the liver on first go-around). Hence, the melatonin enters directly into the bloodstream under the tongue, creating a surge of melatonin that hits the brain (that's how the native hormone produced in your body acts, producing a surge of sleepiness).
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  On becoming atheist - the tug of war

  by Nickolas in

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  perhaps, if you are a theist, you might not want to read this.

  if you are nevertheless curious about how an atheist thinks, then please read on.. i don't think there are any active members of this board who have been atheists all their lives (are there?).

  i think virtually all of us transitioned into non-belief from a religious beginning.

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  yadda said:

  In fact, I think our current level of scientific understanding is hopelessly immature to even begin to rule out the possibility of a higher creative intelligence (Einstein would agree).

  Einstein apparently believed in a deistic God, which is not surprising when you consider he:

  1) was a physicist (a physical scientist, not a life sciences guy, eg biologist)

  2) lived at the turn of the last century, long before DNA was discovered, solid fossil evidence existed, etc. Einstein also believed in historic Jesus, which has been challenged by recent scholarship

  3) was raised as Jewish, living in a time of incredible anti-semitism in Europe.

  His being a famous Jew was upsetting enough to some, and he no doubt saw the treatment dished out for the atheist physicist/psychologist Sigmund Freud (an Austrian Jew who was able to escape Vienna before WW2 under international pressure, but only by signing a statement that the Nazis had not ill-treated him. Freud signed, adding the comment, “I can most highly recommend the Gestapo to everyone”—Ich kann die Gestapo jedermann auf das beste empfehlen). No doubt Einstein didn't need that kind of stress in his life, and wisely chose to stay quiet. He even reacted against claims he was an atheist, by saying he was essentially agnostic.

  The interesting (but quite pointless) speculation is to ask if famous scientists in history (DaVinci, Galileo, Newton, etc) would be atheists today, given the evidence that now exists, plus a cultural environment that is more tolerant for atheists (although, it's not THAT friendly: a poll shows that in countries where religious beliefs prevail, people trust rapists moreso than atheists).

  Oh, PS:

  I agree there is no direct evidence of God (I say that with great caution because I believe there is undeniable evidence of the supernatural)

  Care to offer this "undeniable evidence"?
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  TTATT

  by Iamallcool in

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  i have been seeing alot of ttatt lately here on this board.

  who started it?

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  It makes it easier to accept TTATT once I know the exact meaning.

  No, actually it doesn't. We actually expect you to just accept the truth of the acronym even before you know what it stands for; test me, it makes it easier to accept some claims based on faith. Then once you BELIEVE TTATT, only then will you fully believe it and understand....

  Baltar477 said:

  Actually it was Flavoraid not koolaid used at Jonestown.

  Now THAT is lame, if true, as it suggests Jim was too cheap to spring for the real deal (and instead went with the generic rip-off, which was probably on sale).... I mean, what was he planning on doing? Taking the few $$$ he saved on the cheaper stuff with him?
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  ....and a new wrinkle

  by outsmartthesystem in

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  so i was giving my daughter a hug at bed time last night.

  she stands up at the foot of her bed and wraps her arms around my neck.

  she then asks why i don't serve jehovah anymore.

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  Nika Bee said:

  No I am doing my PhD in math :-)

  I called him not so long ago, to tell him, that I am not a Witness anymore, and to thank him. It was our first 'real' conversation, without anything standing between us. Since then, we have talked often and about a lot of things, and I really got to appreciate, how all these years must have been for him, what it must have meant to him to be so patient. I can't wait to go back home for a couple of weeks in two months.

  Wow, what a great story... It must've been unbelievably hard for him to deal with, after realizing that one's kids are going in the wrong direction of a cult, but he gave you to tools you needed to make it, and that's the greatest gift any parent can give to their child in the end: the tools that lead to self-sufficiency, not permanent dependence to a group.
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  Are you an Apostate...?...or a Heretic...?

  by Balaamsass in

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  /jumpto bodycontent .

  look up heresy in wiktionary, the free dictionary.heresy is a religious act or opinion held to be in opposition or ardent violation of the stated doctrine of the christian church (particularly the holy roman or roman catholic church)or that of any church, creed, or religious system.

  " - wikapedia.

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  Heh, I don't worry about what others (especially JWs!) feel the need to call me; they don't ask for MY consent anyway....

  So if they feel the need to categorize me into some box or tiny compartment that makes it easier for them to deal with, that's their problem, their limited definition.