And Perry, since you are clearly a believer, why are you even posting on this OP, which is aimed at us heathen unbelievers meeting the Big Girl in the Sky (I wonder if she's wearing underwear while Im' going up the escalator) after we croak? Proseletyzing again Perry? Someone come and get Perry, please. He's been hiding his pills under his tongue again.
Posts by DJS
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108If God is real?
by suavojr inif after you die you find yourself in front a god ready to judge you.
what will you say in your defense for not believing?
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If God is real?
by suavojr inif after you die you find yourself in front a god ready to judge you.
what will you say in your defense for not believing?
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DJS
Alright, who is in charge of making sure Perry takes his meds today? You have been dozing off.
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If God is real?
by suavojr inif after you die you find yourself in front a god ready to judge you.
what will you say in your defense for not believing?
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DJS
I would have a helluva lot more questions to ask the Big Girl than she would have to ask me. She's screwed up far more than I have. The entire premise of this OP annoys me, as it seeks to once again trap those freed by the Borg in some type of theist time/thought warp. I find it repugant that a god, if she existed, that has placed us on this inhospitable planet to try to eek out a life of a few decades if we are lucky, would do anything once I'm in her presence other than get on her effing knees and say "I'm sorry."
For those of you who delusionally continue to think that Jah or god is 'good' and 'benevolent' and loves us, I have a bridge I would like to sell you.
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If God is real?
by suavojr inif after you die you find yourself in front a god ready to judge you.
what will you say in your defense for not believing?
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DJS
Ok, I'll play along with this fantasy. Since 'god' is supposed to know all things, I wouldn't say a word to her in my defense, other than to tell her to figure it out and that the bitch owes me an apology. Then, like Viviane said, I would give her the finger. And Perry needs help.
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Year Report for New Zealand out - 2% increase.
by skin incan some one tell me why the last month of the service year (aug 07) has an almost 10% increase over the other months of this year?
july 07 had 12868 pubs, whereas aug 07 had 13852 pubs.
the same increase happened in the previous service year in the last month.
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DJS
I'm not surprised. New Zealand has been showing up on the happiest countries list for a while, due to a combination of economic and social conditions, including the reduction in religiousness of the people. What do the dubs have that would appeal to them? And if the real numbers were revealed, the WT would likely be losing members quickly in NZ.
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divorce rate-education level
by doneandout inin the paper a while ago, there was a study done on divorce rate compaired to education level.
basicly they found higher education went with lower divorces, while lower education went with higher diverces.. and guess where jw fall into?.
also, more lasting harm caused by the jw's lack of education besides lost jobs, even if one does leave..
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DJS
NY, Thanks. Yes that contiributes. the article i cited included that. Marrying young is also influenced by education and culture in addition to religion.
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divorce rate-education level
by doneandout inin the paper a while ago, there was a study done on divorce rate compaired to education level.
basicly they found higher education went with lower divorces, while lower education went with higher diverces.. and guess where jw fall into?.
also, more lasting harm caused by the jw's lack of education besides lost jobs, even if one does leave..
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DJS
The data is widely known and available. Education plays a role. So does religion and culture.
In a new study titled "Red States, Blue States, and Divorce: Understanding the Impact of Conservative Protestantism on Regional Variation in Divorce Rates," which will be published later this month in the American Journal of Sociology, demographer and University of Texas at Austin professor Jennifer Glass set out to discover why divorce rates would be higher in religious states like Arkansas and Alabama -- which boast the second and third highest divorce rates, respectively -- but lower in more liberal states like New Jersey and Massachusetts.
It was previously thought that socioeconomic hardships in the South were largely to blame for high divorce rates, however Glass and her fellow researchers concluded that the conservative religious culture is in fact a major contributing factor thanks to "the social institutions they create" that "decrease marital stability."
Also, the following data suggests that the more religious a population is, the less educated and the more dysfunctional the society. This is true whether it is a state or country:
Education: Blue states are better educated than red states.
Degrees: Blue staters are more likely to go to college
Divorce: Blue staters are more likely to stay married
Mothers: Blue staters are less likely to get pregnant in their teen years
Shootings : Blue Staters are less likely to shoot each other to death
Driving : Blue Staters drive better and have fewer auto accidents
Crime and Drunk Driving: Blue staters drive (or at least get arrested less) while intoxicated less frequently and are less likely to commit crimes
Income: Blues make more money
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Is my clinging on to a belief in a Creator doing me any harm?
by KateWild ini use the word clinging, as i feel that is what i am doing.
as far as my knowledge of science, namely chemistry is concerned, i am satisfied there is evidence of a creator.
i am happy to believe this.
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DJS
Well it's about damn time!!! LOL. I've been doing somersaults, juggling and back flips all morning, dropping rat after rat at your doorstep seeking approval!!!! Geesh. What a guy has to do around here. ;-)
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Is my clinging on to a belief in a Creator doing me any harm?
by KateWild ini use the word clinging, as i feel that is what i am doing.
as far as my knowledge of science, namely chemistry is concerned, i am satisfied there is evidence of a creator.
i am happy to believe this.
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DJS
You are on a Pink Floyd sojourn. Another brick in the wall (of your theism) is removed with each passing week/month you post on this site. Been there done that. It can be scary thinking the wall and its foundation will be entirely removed. I predict it will and you will wonder why the fuss.
Losing my religion was a lot like the scene in Forest Gump where he has taken up running (popular in the '70s America) and has become somewhat of a national inspiration to others. One day, while running in the desert along an open highway with barren landscape (and a lot of Gumpians following him) he just stops in his tracks and says: "I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now.' Voice over: "And just like that, my runnin' days were over."
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Is my clinging on to a belief in a Creator doing me any harm?
by KateWild ini use the word clinging, as i feel that is what i am doing.
as far as my knowledge of science, namely chemistry is concerned, i am satisfied there is evidence of a creator.
i am happy to believe this.
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DJS
Yes. yes. Yes.
"Due to the fact we all experience consequences to some extent when we leave, we are still involved with WT and gradually learning new things is probably the wisest way to learn."