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  Do you buy into conspiracy theories?

  by free2beme in

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  i guess since leaving the witnesses, i have become willing to listen to more things.

  mainly because i learned in life, that if the religion you were raised to live and die for is wrong, and deceptive, then couldn't that be said of government and science?

  so with this in mind, of the ones i am going to list below.

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  Moon: Yes, men made it to the moon. All evidence supports this, and none contradict it.

  Don't bet on that.

  Did We Land On The Moon? Fox TV special, 45 minutes. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1138935117048624484&q=moon&hl=en

  What Happened On The Moon? Part One, 2 hours 15 min.: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1913474363747128107&q=moon&hl=en

  What Happened On The Moon? Part Two, 1 hour, 30 min.: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5737681932896358451&q=moon&hl=en

  In my younger years I was, part time, a professional photographer. There is some very valid observations brought out in the above.

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  What top sientist say about 9/11

  by jimbo in

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  interesting or not?

  use your free thinking.

  p;ease reply... .. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=403757&in_page_id=1770 .

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  If the U.S. government was complicit, would we want to know?

  In another thread on this subject, found here (click on me), there is a link to Joseph Firmage's 29 page summery entitled: Intersecting Facts and Theories on 9/11, found here: (online PDF Document). It outlines 42 areas of concern which possibly imply governmental complicity. Because of the dire importance of checks and balances needed on those who controls the vast U.S. military -- if only 10% of it is correct -- thorough unhindered investigations is definitely in order. At this point, can we be sure we know what we don't know? Is black and white thinking currently a luxury we can afford?

  In my opinion, hiding behind ufo's and other sarcasm is an act of foolish fear in a time we desperately need to be courageous and clear headed. No offense meant to anyone. That's just how I feel. I hope all can find the time to read the summary and do what you feel is right from there.

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  A Little Enchantment For those Feeling Blue...and Those Not.

  by JamesThomas in

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  josh groban, is exceptionally talented.

  can't help but enjoy this, even as disney sweet as it is:.

  http://www.metacafe.com/watch/229538/josh_groban/.

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  Josh Groban, is exceptionally talented. Can't help but enjoy this, even as Disney sweet as it is:

  http://www.metacafe.com/watch/229538/josh_groban/

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  Why do I feel so Guilty? Please offer me a kind word.

  by xjwms in

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  its my mothers birthday.. she belongs to this senior dance club.

  once a week about 85-100 get together with live music at a local dance hall and enjoy.. i am taking her out for lunch with family members and her friends.

  at the dance hall i ordered a cake and coffee bar serves 100.. its a white cake with fresh strawberries and cream (her fav).

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  Dear xjwms,

  May I suggest you get rid of your wife. Problem solved.

  Seriously, if you live your life dancing to someone else's music, you will eventually come to hate them and yourself. Your gilt is only a symptom of a much deeper problem.

  May I suggest you get real clear sense on how you want to live the rest of your life, and have a deep heart to heart talk with your wife. Honesty is the best policy, here.

  Easy for me from way over here, right. Good luck buddy xj.

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  If there was no religion

  by KW13 in

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  i was thinking today, imagine if people had their faiths and opinions but no actual religion backing them up.. i believe that it would help stop cults e.t.c making money off people and controlling peoples lives and would help make the world a lot more peaceful.. i've yet to come across a religion that doesn't have problems or in some way is hypocritical.. what do you think?

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  For all intents and purposes, Nazism was a religion,

  
  

  Agree. Here, almost two hours long, is an informative and entertaining Google video: Part One .... Part Two

  Edited to add: My sense is that the core problem arises when we transform our beliefs into our reality, and so dismiss what actually is real.

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  Why would God want to destroy the world?

  by DavidChristopher in

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  makes no sense to me,,,,,.

  we have the means to accomplish that..and there are many people willing to do it too.. why would he want to put our necks in a noose..when we do it ourselves?.

  who could blame him for us killing ourselves?.

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  Perhaps it is in agreeance with their desires?

  "Their desires"? Besides your mind, where does this destructive idea of god exist?

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  Why would God want to destroy the world?

  by DavidChristopher in

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  makes no sense to me,,,,,.

  we have the means to accomplish that..and there are many people willing to do it too.. why would he want to put our necks in a noose..when we do it ourselves?.

  who could blame him for us killing ourselves?.

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  Why would anyone worship a concept of god that wants to destroy the world?

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  Could this really be the TRUTH?

  by purplesofa in

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  an explanation of the genesis account

  this is from a friend of mine that is not a baptised jw.

  he was raised by a jw mother, unbelieving father.

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  Your friend is on to something in his second sentence where he connects God with infinity; then his mind gets the better of him and he loses it.

  Infinity, is that which has no beginning and no end; that which no thing and no one can be separate from. He is unaware of holding the precious key he uttered in his second sentence, and so does not stop there and dissolve into the hugeness and immediacy of what his own words point to. Instead he continues on about a small biblical idea-god which is just a tiny meandering fragment somewhere within the mind, and gets lost in a fairytale of his own making.

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  Something to think about....

  by zeroday in

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  the global islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000, or 20% of the world population.. they have received the following nobel prizes: .

  literature:.

  1988 - najib mahfooz.

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  The lists seem to simply show the intellectually stifeling affects of religion, some more than others.

  I feel a John Lennon song coming on.

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  Religion---your personal view

  by The wanderer in

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  going from one religion to another

  as a former jehovah's witness have you been enticed to consider another religion perhaps, seeking to find "the truth" ?

  this is a dilemma that certain individuals.

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  there comes a time when a child stops looking at the hand and realises that it's actually pointing at something that isn't as far away as they once expected...

  
  

  
  Well said.

  2p or not 2p