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truthseeker1
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U.A.D.N.A. question
by The_Bad_Seed in.
i know what it stands for, but who are the u.a.d.n.a., and what do they try to accomplish specifically, and why?
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What do you like to watch?
by SpiceItUp inok...not that there is anything wrong with serious threads (i for one enjoy them) but i was looking through the ones today and decided i needed a bit of fluff in my day (been way too serious lately).
so my question is..even though its rerun season...what tv shows do you like to watch?.
myself - i was an avid "x-files" fan but alas they have ended the series .
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My shows are Simpsons, Raymond, whos line is it anyway?, Drew Carry, Adult Swim (cartoon network)
Dr Katz (one of the funniest shows I have ever seen, not on anymore),
I used to love those "demonized" shows but because the "demons" come into the house and "Demonize" us when whe watch "Demonized" television shows, I respected my wife's beliefs and didn't watch any "demonized" stuff at home. These include x-files, anything with Bruce Campbell, Star Trek (Bad because doesn't glorify God, so demonic by association). I missed out on Lord of the Rings in the theater, really pissed about that. I'm just glad that I'm going to be able to do the stuff that interests me.
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Will religion ever be banned?
by haujobbz ini was asking because look at all the problems religion are causing :september 11,middle east crisis,waco disaster,clashes in ireland,paedophiles priests,suicide bombings,papal system etc.but think if masses of people protested it my not ban religion completely,but it could make a start to banning it.but the trouble again is that a lot of people want religion even if it is full of @*~t,yeh and why is it that people know theres problems in there religion but wont take a stand,why are religious people are such cowards to the truth.saying that though if i managed to get say jws banned from preaching i would be fulfilling bible prophecy mmm how cool lol
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Good point Spice,
We still have people who are afraid of computers, can you imagine when all these geezers die out, people who think/believe a bunch of BS crap from 70 years ago....LOL
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4 more days till I leave the Watchtower
by Leander inin a few more days i'll be making my departure from the wts, part of me is relieved and yet another part of me is dreading the drama i'll be going through shortly.
i've been trying to prepare myself for the deluge of questions that i know are sure to come from my family.
my wife will be the first person i tell obviously and then i'll tell my mother and younger brother.
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I am tearing myself away as we speak (Type). Its too late to fade for me, but with my Father-in-law being the PO, there wasn't a real way to fade. I'm the only one in MY family that is/was a witness, so I still have family and I can make new friends. I never really had friends in the troof, excluding my wife. I would make a bunch of worldly friends, and ahve to lose them. At least that cycle is over. I try to look into the future, not immediate future cuz that is going to suck, but a few years from now when I can be a normal person. It was very hard for me to look around at everyone else living a normal, happy life. There I was, miserable going around to happy people telling them how miserable they should feel about their way of life. I'm just glad its over. I am upset about the situation with my wife, though.
I know she has to stay with me until I Fornicate on her(hopefully not "on" her, cuz that would be kinda rude) for us to get a scriptual divorce. I don't want to leave her, but I know what she wants in life. She wants to raise a family that is in the troof together, no divisions. She won't even have kids with me. She says she doesn't know me and is afraid of me. She doens't want to sleep in the same room as me. I am not going to have a marriage like that. She isn't happy and I am not happy. I'm just going to let her have the life she wants by leaving. I'll still support her until she can make it on her own, but I can't stay in that situation. We are going to get a legal divorce, then I can move on with my life and when I find someone new, she can move on with hers. Its a bad situation, but the only option with a happy ending for both of us. We are young (25/22) and have no kids, so it is an alright time to do this.
I'm making it quick, because I don't really give a F*ck what they(society) think of me(only my wife). It is hard if YOUR family is all brainwashed.
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Will religion ever be banned?
by haujobbz ini was asking because look at all the problems religion are causing :september 11,middle east crisis,waco disaster,clashes in ireland,paedophiles priests,suicide bombings,papal system etc.but think if masses of people protested it my not ban religion completely,but it could make a start to banning it.but the trouble again is that a lot of people want religion even if it is full of @*~t,yeh and why is it that people know theres problems in there religion but wont take a stand,why are religious people are such cowards to the truth.saying that though if i managed to get say jws banned from preaching i would be fulfilling bible prophecy mmm how cool lol
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Syllabication: Religion
1a. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe. b. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.From this definition, I don't think that religion can ever be banned.
1a. People seem to explain the unexplainable with supernatural power(s), particularly the origins of life. Until we have all the answers (not for a long, long long time), there will always be some people who will believe in [a] supernatural power[s].
1b. Now religion being a system is an iteresting point. With this definition, we can argue that until we have no systems we believe in (money, democracy, commercialism, communism, lotsofotherisms) we will have religion, so the end of religion would be the end of the belief in personal and institutionalizes systems, which in turn would be the end of those respective systems.
2. Religious order..see above. We are all in some sort of religious order, and we all have lives (arguable?) so we all until all life has ended, religion will not end.
3. There might be a day when we have no spiritual leader, a day when we have explained everything and have no need for the assistance of spirits to help us explain the unknown. So this kind of religion could end. On the other hand, we can all be our own religious leader (spiritual or not) so that doesn't really hold water.
4. Until the day where humans have no zeal or devotion is a day where humanity ceases to exist. this zeal is a large part of humanity, from its early beginnings (learning to walk on 2 legs :) ) to today (building a space station to house all our boy bands). These things are so deeply rooted in humanity that they could never be taken away.
When someone says "Religion is going to end" they are completely crazy. It might be regulated and restricted, but never entirly banned. You may be persecuted for your beliefs, but that can be a good thing. For example, Human sacrifice was a part of some religious orginizations. That kind of religious practices should be stopped. But to say that religion could ever be banned is idiotic.
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I Stole Alan F's hat!
by Crazy151drinker inwhoa!
this hat is pimpin!
i had to add the feather for some flavor :) whoa this 40oz of mickeys is pretty good too!
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This is my pic, i think it renders YK some justice and gives tribute to the mighty hat of AlanF
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I Stole Alan F's hat!
by Crazy151drinker inwhoa!
this hat is pimpin!
i had to add the feather for some flavor :) whoa this 40oz of mickeys is pretty good too!
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truthseeker1
Now you got the Physique of You Know and the brain power of AlanF, along with the attitude of Mr T, All liquored up....Love the text on the newspaper you are holding...LOL (open it up to see :)
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Homo-Erectus to Homo Sapiens Brain size
by truthseeker1 inok, well i've been outa school but i've done a little math problem here to see the human brain grew from homo-erectus to homo-sapien.
"it has been said" that there is a 2 million span between erectus and sapien, and it has been guessed that a new generation would be produced every 10 years.
that leaves you with 200,000 generations.
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Ok, well I've been outa school but I've done a little math problem here to see the human brain grew from Homo-erectus to homo-sapien.
"it has been said" that there is a 2 Million span between Erectus and Sapien, and it has been guessed that a new generation would be produced every 10 years. that leaves you with 200,000 generations. Humans have 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) brain cells and Erectus is said to have half the size of a brain, so 50 billion cells it is. How do we effectivally double the brain size in just 200,000 generations? Thats 250,000 neurons per generation, seems amazing, huh? Well, if you look at it as a percentage of a whole, it isn't that much. if you had 50 billion bucks, whats 250,000 bucks to you?
My math might be wrong here, but hey, thats why I'm posting here, for you guys to critic me :)
X^200,000 = 2, meaning we have 200,000 changes to X to equal 2, where X is the percent change needed per generation to double the brain size, in other words, how big of a change is needed per generation to double in 200,000 generations.
X = 1.0000034657
relativally, thats about a half an inch compared to a mile! Not that big of a change at all!
What do you think?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/evolution.htm
Edited to add the link
Edited by - truthseeker1 on 12 July 2002 15:13:49
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Vulgar
by truthseeker1 ini've got a question.... vulgar comes from lating vulgate (sp?
) which means common, correct?
vulgar words like sh*t, fu*k, co*k, c*nt, ect are just terms used by the common people.
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I've got a question...
Vulgar comes from lating Vulgate (sp?) which means common, correct? Vulgar words like Sh*t, Fu*k, Co*k, C*nt, ect are just terms used by the common people. Larger words such as intercourse and vagina were the words the educated people used. It was considered unclassy to use such terms common people use.
So here is the question:
If JW's promote a classless society (kinda like communism but with a God) then why do they care about using such common words? Isn't that hypocritical? I guess the only defence is that it just doesn't look right...
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I need some funny answers......
by Europe inwho can help me to give me some funny answers to the questions below.
these questions were emailed to me by a (fanatic j.w.
) email"friend" who is probably fed up with me questioning him about his organization re.
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1. I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
2. can't top 151's comment
3. My parents religions are the same but they disagree on everything
4. Yeah, I beat it as a child...Oh, you didn't mean that?
5. Bad_seed's is too funy to mess with
6. I believe that anyone can make anything their god
7. My god cares about all his creations, creatures such as parasites and dinosaurs he killed off after his purposes are done with them, Laws such as Entropy, and naturally occuring poisonous elements such as mercury, lead and chlorine.
8. I always believe what I believe, if I didn't they would be someone else's beliefs
9. No, I believe in Evolution-fact
10. After I die, my hit points start droping by 1 till I reach -10. Then I really die. If I get bandaged up before I reach -10 I stop bleeding and then I regain HP back at a rate of 1 HP a day. I can be magically healed to speed up the process. If I reach -10, only a Raise Dead, Ressurection or Reincarnation spell can bring me back. If a raise dead spell is used, I lose 1 point of constitution ,come back to 1 HP and need 2 weeks bed rest until I can be fully functional again. If a Resurrection spell is used I pop back up with full HP, ready for action. Ressurection makes me into a random creature (see table not included) and I swing by a couple of weeks later. Otherwise I go to the appropriate outer plane.
11. In 100 years we will be flying around in cars and shooting laser beams out our eyes.
12. The day all religion is abolished is the day all humans die. A religion is what people believe, whether it is in God or not.
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