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  How many of you are health nuts?

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

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  there was/is a sister in my old hall who was a pharmaceutical sales rep and she was a huge proponent of anything in the drug industry.

  when someone had a headache, she was the first to say "take an asprin.

  " now my husband and i are what you might call old hippies.

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  Freeandclear ,,. can I 'like' your comment many times over? YES!
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  My frustration grows at the manipulated ignorant masses.

  by Crazyguy in

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  i'm will be the first to admit i'm not a smart guy.

  dropped out of high school to help my parents make a living.

  who needs an education anyway when the end is so close.

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  Whats so frustrating is realizing how much we're all manipulated.

  The fact that you can see this, shows that you ARE smart. "Educated" and "Smart" are not synonyms. Many smart people never went to school.
  
  Give yourself more credit. No matter who we are, someone will put us down - don't do it to yourself, Crazyguy. You may lack a formal education, but that does NOT mean you are dumb! xx
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  A Perfect World

  by FayeDunaway in

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  1993. kevin costner is super popular because of dances with wolves.

  then he makes a clint eastwood directed movie called a perfect world.

  my witness ears pricked up, what could that be about??

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  VI, yes. I forgot that. You would think, that with all the precision and $$ put into a big production, that someone would have caught that in pre-production.
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  A Perfect World

  by FayeDunaway in

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  1993. kevin costner is super popular because of dances with wolves.

  then he makes a clint eastwood directed movie called a perfect world.

  my witness ears pricked up, what could that be about??

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  I remember seeing that movie when it came out - it's a really good one. I was out of the cult by then, and didn't know the JWS had a problem with it. Now that I think about it, I did note it was very anti-JW, in that it showed the prison that we as JW kids, lived in. OTOH, how many 'worldly' people noticed?
  
  How silly is that? In a real world sense, very silly! But oh ... my .... GAWD! The boy rebels and wants to go trick-or-treating? And have birthdays? He is a pawn of Satan, and any JW watching this movie will be infected by Satan's Hallowe'en spawn! LMAO

  Nice catch, Faye.
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  R.I.P Keith Emerson

  by BluesBrother in

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  keith emerson , the virtuoso keyboard player of elp has sadly passed.

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  another good one gone.

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  BB, it's sad to hear. And it makes me realize, I am getting old. Remembering having an ELP album in my youth; ah, the craft! It reminds me of Eric Clapton's box set, entitled "Journeyman" - the journeymen of R&R are dying off. xx RIP Keith Emerson.
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  How many of you are health nuts?

  by Harvard Illiterate 411 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there was/is a sister in my old hall who was a pharmaceutical sales rep and she was a huge proponent of anything in the drug industry.

  when someone had a headache, she was the first to say "take an asprin.

  " now my husband and i are what you might call old hippies.

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  Organic food is BS. I had grandparents who lived on medieval farm surrounded by vineyards and peach orchards that my grandmother inherited. But it was my granduncle and his family who took care of the property and they supplied entire family with food product they grew. We had wine, butter, goat cheese, sausages, goose, bacon all from the farm. It was natural, produced without chemicals and tasty.

  Kaik. Natural, produced without chemicals and tasty - that is organic! Organic means without pesticides, and using old seed, and REAL food, like butter, and whole milk.

  Also, the term 'holistic' has been co-opted by a certain species of frauds and charlatans that offer crazy 'alternatives' to real medicine.

  Holistic medicine, in the pure medical sense, infers treating the whole patient, factoring in lifestyle, eating habits, possibility of somatic illness. At least, that is how my GP feels - the mind and body are one - how we feel, does affect our physical health (many illnesses caused by stress, for example). That is holistic medicine. I found a good description on wiki............ The holistic concept in medical practice, which is distinct from the concept in the alternative medicine, upholds that all aspects of people's needs including psychological, physical and social should be taken into account and seen as a whole. A 2007 study said the concept was alive and well in general medicine in Sweden.

  
  

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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

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  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  you can't argue with creationists

  You can argue with anyone. With creationists, or g-d believers, you KNOW you can't use logic, because belief in a higher power is all about faith. Any so-called query that disingenuously says "prove God exists" is pure baiting, imo. If you want to prove how 'smart' you are, and how much you 'know', then yeah, go ahead and argue with a creationist. Try to make them feel dumb. Does that feel good? Whatever floats your boat.
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  Almost three months since Crisis of Conscience Cease and Desist

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  i am very interested in getting crisis of conscience being fully available as soon as possible.

  march 12th will mark exactly three months since the cease-and-desist letter was written.. i understand that things are slow and that deborah may be sick, but i was just wondering if anyone knew the status.

  i have been asked twice already where the book can be obtained in spanish and i have told people that the book is not available.. there are ways to make ebooks extremely hard to share.

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  our secret dating got caught...

  by trueloveneverfails94 in

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  we both are 21 years old.

  we both are 21 years old.

  i am almost done with my study and working on to become one of an unbaptized publisher.

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  If you can take a moment and step outside the situation, think about this.

  You and your girlfriend are holding hands in a coffee shop. You are both adults, 21 years of age. The wife of one of the elders of your girlfriend's church sees you holding hands, and this is a thing to fear? What business is it of hers?
  
  Do you see the control that they have over your girlfriend? Do you realize that your every action will be monitored and scrutinized by people like this elder's wife, for the rest of your life?
  
  You've been dating three months. Please, have a long talk with your parents, and understand that they fear losing you! Read experiences of the people on this forum, whose families have been torn apart by the Jehovah's Witness cult. Your parents' fear is real. There is a reason they do not like this religion.

  There is an old expression, "Marry in haste, repent at leisure".
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  Where's my invitation to the Memorial? What the hell!

  by ToesUp in

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  a carload of jw's worked our street today.

  obviously they are doing the invites to the memorial.

  of course, we didn't answer.. 1 ring, 2 seconds at the door (that's all we get?

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  I've not gotten an invite either. In fact, they have not 'worked this territory' since I moved in over 2 years ago. Boo f*ckin' hoo!