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  You Know

  by ballistic in

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  what are the chances that you know comes back either as himself, or a completely new poster telling us he's seen the light and been converted?

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  Nah,you know is not smart enough to be osama. He's more like the guy who tried to light his shoe.
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  Medication for depression

  by Dizzy Cat in

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  a little advise if possible.. i do suffer on and off from depression and am at present engaging in a warfare to overcome these problems, as unfortunately i have become bogged down with negativity again.. have any of you here used medication prescribed by your gp and if so, was it effective for you?

  also, did you suffer any side effects from the use of the medication?.

  i am interested as my gp has offered to put me on a course of anti-depressants, but to say i am fearful, is to understate how i feel about the use of prescribed drugs.

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  This might sound silly, but have you tried regular exercise? It really helps with depression. I realise some people suffer from SERIOUS depression and need to be on medication, but it seems like it's handed out a little too frequently these days, and as you mentioned, many anti-depressants have unpleasant side effects. They seem to just flatten moods so that you don't experience lows OR highs, which seems pretty depressing in and of itself.

  Recreational drug use, however, im all for.
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  Immortality a reality?

  by chappy in

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  hi folks,.

  been quite a while since i've visited the forum.

  i kinda drifted away after the mass exodus from h20.

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  IronGland

  Those stats about life-expectancy alway give people the impression that most people died in their 20's or 30's before modern times. The fact is, most people who survived childhood could probably expect a reasonably long life. Imagine 4 brothers. 1 dies at birth, the other 3 live to be 60. You would describe their average life expectancy to be 45. When you dont understand what 'average' is describing it gives the impression that EVERYONE was keeling over at a young age.
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  Play on words

  by chappy in

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  this verse is something that just crossed my mind.. roughly paraphrased:.

  "the great and fear inspiring day of jehovah".

  "the great and awe inspiring day of jehovah".

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  IronGland

  Yes.
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  You Know

  by ballistic in

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  what are the chances that you know comes back either as himself, or a completely new poster telling us he's seen the light and been converted?

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  IronGland

  Well, you know my theory.
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  Theocratic Training At Its Best--View on War

  by blondie in

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  http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-contemplating-war1002oct02,0,4204791.story

  americans ponder war prospectsby david crary.

  ap national writer.

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  IronGland

  Fascinating
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  When you became an elder

  by freedom96 in

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  when those of you became an elder, or even perhaps a person of responsibility in the congregation, what did you become aware of that shocked or suprised you behind closed doors, out of the sight of the rest of the congregation, that you would not have known if it were not for your position?.

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  IronGland

  Probably the acid-laced kool aid served at elders meetings.
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  how did you guys do it?

  by Realist in

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  i have to say i admire everyone who was strong enough to leave the wt organization.

  alone these horrible stories about armageddon must scare the hell out of everyone who was brought up with it or who was in the org for several years.

  hell even to me they sound really frightning and i don't believe in this nonsense.. secondly you loose most of all of your friends!.

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  IronGland

  Didn't really take much strength as far as I'm concerned. I was happy to be out. Happy to find out it wasn't the truth. I hated it. Many others here have had a very difficult time however, especially those who are estranged from their family because of their decision.
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  THIS SITE BY FAR HAS THE WORST...

  by surferdude in

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  and yes this post is a joke,,, but the content is not,,, i know i am not perfect, but come on!!!!!!

  usually ,i look over at the profile and i can let it slide if the person is from sweden or something and english is a second language.

  but too many of the times that is not the case

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  Does your High School Diploma 'work'?
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  Can psychic energy heal?

  by kenpodragon in

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  recently i was watching a documentary on this woman who claimed that she could heal people with the power of her mind.

  the documentary went into interviewing people about their experiences, and many of them actually had medical signs of improvement that could be documented and shown.

  while watching this, i was seeing it as a example of psychic energy healing someone?

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  IronGland

  Interessting discussion. It seems that upon leaving one set of vague promises, half truths, anecdote and faith behind(JW's) people are all too ready to believe in another set on the idea that someone told them it worked and/or James Randi hasn't returned Larry Kings call yet. Yes, humans are very interesting.