Perry is not listening. He is here to preach and proseletyze and have his own narcissistic ego stroked. Paying him attention is the worst thing we can do. If we completely ignore him he will go away and find a site that does pay him attention. His is not here to learn anything as he has all of the answers.
Posts by DJS
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38Materialists, Jehovah's Witnesses & Biblical Christianity
by Perry inmaterialist.
jehovahs witness.
biblical christian.
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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
Abe, I've read your post several times and don't have a clue what it is you are trying to say. I will say clearly what I mean. Proseletyzing and preaching on this site disgust me. They make me want to vomit. Those doing so are doing so to stroke their own ego and narcissism. You are not trying to help others. You simply trot your old worn out mantras and want those of us who have actually used our gray matter for other post - Dub pursuits to act as though your mantras are fresh, shiny and new.
Why everyone look!!! Perry has a new mantra. Isn't it cuuuuute! Now go play with it outside. Or better yet, I've heard that the Reverend has her own site where narcisstic theists can play with their mantras - together - to their heart's content. I've had my fill of being preached and prosetyzed to by high school graduates with a little bit o' bible learnin' and an IQ just above our other primate friends. So there. Any idea what I'm trying to say there Abe?
Now, what IS IT you are trying to say?
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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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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.
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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
Obesity - Red State voters are more likely to be overweight and/or obese -
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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. ;-)