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  A.D. -The Most Important Book Today?

  by metatron in

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  i just started reading "a.d. - after disclosure" by richard dolan.

  it is an attempt to rationally predict what will ( or would, depending on your viewpoint) happen when authorities around the world admit that extraterrestrials exist and first contact happens.. will markets crash?

  will religions collapse?

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  metatron: " If you doubt that is true, take a look at the warning sight on the border of Area 51 :" use of deadly force authorized".

  Have you considered the possibility that the government was driven to put up that sign to keep the nut jobs out? A simple keep-out sign was probably too subtle for them.

  It's similar to the reason people put up "vicious dog" signs on their property even if they don't have a dog. It's to keep out those who insist on trying to get in, like the dubs.

  "The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), 'That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.'"

  David Hume (1711-1776)
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  A.D. -The Most Important Book Today?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just started reading "a.d. - after disclosure" by richard dolan.

  it is an attempt to rationally predict what will ( or would, depending on your viewpoint) happen when authorities around the world admit that extraterrestrials exist and first contact happens.. will markets crash?

  will religions collapse?

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  I saw a bunch of UFOs many years ago. I was driving at night and saw a series of bright red lights streak across the sky. This happened continuously for the next half hour. I couldn't imagine what they could be.

  Found out the next day that the nearby airbase was doing night exercises with live ammo. What I saw was tracer fire.

  Just 'cause you can't explain it doesn't mean it has to be aliens.
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  Your own mortality, how do you cope with it?

  by CookieMonster in

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  i've been a lurker here and an inactive jw for a number of years.

  i've always had some annoying doubts but brushed it aside but over the last few years i've had time to "think" away from the wt.

  perhaps there is no paradise, maybe no god and this life is all there is.

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  As old age starts to creep in, sometimes I sometimes find myself actually looking forward to a nice long dirt nap.

  Life is finite for a reason.
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  Best "Modern" Film Noir Movie

  by Farkel in

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  say after 1970 for reference, i cast my vote for the 1973 classic, "chinatown.".

  what say ye?.

  farkel.

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  "Pee-wee's Big Adventure"
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  just curious. How about blood?

  by never a jw in

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  i have never been a jw, but i have lived literally surrounded by them since i married my wife, almost 20 years ago.

  since i never raised a fuss before, i guess i was also brain-washed into thnking that their religion was harmless and the leaders were well intended.. i have been reading your comments for many months and have come to realize how harmful the religion is.

  your comments have been mostly about the pain inflicted by shunning, deception in the literature, and the views on higher education.

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  Back in the 1970s I knew a woman in my congregation who refused an Rh factor injection (RhoGam), which is derived from blood. At that time, the WTS policy regarding medications derived from blood was "let your conscience be your guide," which meant it was NOT a disfellowshipping offence to have this injection.

  I also needed that Rh injection, and I accepted it. The "sister" who refused practically spat at me that it was the same as taking blood. The purpose of the injection was to prevent the possibility of having children with mental and physical problems due to the Rh factor.

  I went on to have a child who was normal in every way. She also had a baby, a daughter. The child was permanently mentally retarded.

  The tragedy of the WTS's ever-shifting policies regarding blood transfusions and blood products is not always death.

  Sometimes it's worse than death.
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  Has anyone seen "Grizzly Man"?

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

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  i just watched this amazing and beautifully filmed documentary about a crazy, crazy man who lived with alaskan brown bears and ultimately was killed by them.

  this film is really interesting.

  the guy it's about is nuttier than squirrel poop.

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  Steve Irwin all over again.

  If you keep messing around with large wild animals, they will eventually kill you, and no amount of charisma or sincerity or whatever will save you.

  Bears, crocodiles, and stingrays don't give a rat's ass about those things.
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  Jailed Cult Leader Jeff is Still in Control, Says News Report

  by Scott77 in

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  http://abcnews.go.com/wnt/video/warren-jeffs-followers-jail-cell-18874825?tab=9482931&section=4765066.

  this links to the current jail stories of american large cult members in armenia.

  its very sickening and sad that are suffering for cult leaders in new york.. .

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  But at least Jeffs himself isn't out there raping teenage girls anymore.

  Bubba Warren.

  Or so we hope.
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  This weeks study article: God gave us these truths, yet we admit he hasn't actually given us the truth yet-- think about it

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
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  wt 2/13 page 3 paragraph 3--> "though religious error abounds worldwide, how thankful we are that god has given us spiritual light and truth!

  (read psalm 43:3,4.

  ) whereas the masses of mankind walk in darkness, we joyfully keep on walking in god-given spiritual light.

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  "Our comprehension of the truth steadily becomes clearer"

  Translation: It's true until we say it isn't.
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  He Is Risen, the axial component of christianity

  by designs in

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  sunday hundreds of millions and possibly up to two billion people will join in some service in observance of the resurrection of jesus.

  it is the central issue which takes the teachings of jesus from the philosophy of doing good to others to the ultimate truth which it claims.

  it was the axial argument of the apostle paul in 1 cor.

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  Will you attend some Sunrise Service or other Easter Service.

  No.

  What pros and cons about the Resurrection and subsequent sightings of Jesus caused you to become a Believer or a non-Believer.

  Jesus and the resurrection myth have nothing to do with my becoming an atheist. There's no definitive proof that there even was a Jesus, let alone the actions he is alleged to have done.

  The larger issue is the utter unreliability of the Bible as a source of truth. There are a few nice-sounding snippets here and there, but nothing other cultures haven't produced, often earlier than the shaky dates the Bible books are supposed to have been composed.
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  Were You A Sneaky Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

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  you know, the type that looked like a model witness but at home you were not the best example o your family?.

  or maybe you accepted from the faithful slave that oral sex was bad, but you did it secretly---same with masturbation.. or perhaps you put in some wonderful hours and placements on that report slip, knowing you might have exaggerated just a bit.. so, were you one who practiced what you preached?.

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  Most of my dub years comprised my teenage years.

  I wasn't sneaky -- just a bored, embarrassed, and reluctant braindead dub teenager.