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Women - do you love being around men?
by Mr Ben inwomen - do you love being around men?
i only ask because i realise that for over 20 years i just love being around women.
it's not just for sexual reasons either, though that's important sometimes, i just really like being around women.
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Is "consciousness" overrated?
by Narkissos indisclaimer: this is the rambling of a french mind, where the single word conscience embraces what the english language distinguishes as "conscience," "consciousness," "awareness," and is closely related to connaissance, "knowledge".. to this french mind "consciousness" appears as a wonderful yet bittersweet product of reflection (the specular or "mirror" metaphor being central to it).
although it is objectively related to animal sentience, our view of consciousness, i think, is entirely dependent on the seminal technique (the "technique of techniques," as french theologian gabriel vahanian put it) of language / symbolism (the ability to point to "things" even though absent or non-existent) and imagination (representing "things" on our inner and cultural "mind map"), from which both memory and anticipation as we know it derive.
functionally it serves a practical purpose, which is precisely technique: through this way of dealing with "things" we can "change" them.
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A Touching Heartfelt Experience at The ATM Machine!
by caliber ina touching heartfelt experience at the atm machine!.
it was a very touching experience that i had this last weekend at the atm machine.
it was about half an hour discussion but what follows is the highlights that i remember most vividly.. it begins with a once a upon a time pioneer partner of my wife (h4o) coming in to the atm.. jw says....how are things going?
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If you believe in nothing, then how do you know JW's are wrong?
by slimboyfat inmany who leave the witnesses go on to affirm other recognisable sets of beliefs.
some become christians of various sorts, others tend toward patriotism as a kind of rejection of the anti-patriotic stance of the watchtower, while yet more simply affirm in general the secular values of mainstream society.
do you believe jehovah's witnesses are wrong?
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JW fluff.. "Thriller" SoBe Commercial
by yknot ini have small children and don't get to watch much "grown-up" tv.
so tonight i was flipping through channels and saw a shorten version of this commercial.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=anlqu77uth0.
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Kigdom Halls/Starbucks/Mayhem
by aquagirl inok,so i get invited to go to the "circus servant"special talk thingy tomorrow..this c.s.
is such a dick,that this is his last time here.not even the dull witted members of the local congregation like him.and they are the ones that like having one of the most evil bast**** as their head guy,leader,boss what ever its called now...i am so tempted to go and cause some mayhem.on a most tasteful plain,of course..any one ever cause any mayhem,at the hall?like,just for the hall of it?im open to suggestions...one kid lit a stink bomb in the hall one sunday,when i was a kid..it was a hoot!!!
!..and,who dosent think that starbucks would do well at the k.h?
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Tsunami Contributions
by DisconnectingDrone inone of the things that woke me up to the hypocrisy was when the tsunami struck in 2004. the elders used a box for a tsunami fund, we raised around 750, the elders put a vote out to use some of the congregations funds and we increased this to nearly 3 times this amount.. the congregation got a letter thanking us for the donation but requesting that for future donations we do not stipulate where the money should be channeled too (i assume the elders requested this go to those affected by the tsunami) as "they have already set aside money for this disaster relief and this makes things very difficult for them and all future relief money should goto the wwf".. at the end of the day they would not have got this money if their was no disaster-but that stank to me, i realized i was part of a greedy corporate empire that wanted money and didn't give a toss about the people affected by this tsunami.
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******* Are you much healthier, now that you're out? *******
by FlyingHighNow inmuch, much healthier.
being a jw takes it's toll on people's physical and mental health.
jw's are always sick.
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A New Theory of the Universe
by BurnTheShips inrobert lanza has literally written the book on stem cell science and delves into the issue of consciousness, reality, and a biocentric view of the universe.. .
while i was sitting one night with a poet friend watching a great opera performed in a tent under arc lights, the poet took my arm and pointed silently.
why does the universe exist?
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I have a theory regarding Elders
by Peppermint inthere has been much talk about the reasons for the demise of the book study.
the society claim rising gas/petrol prices, which of course is not the real reason.
some here think its down to declining numbers of elders and those who are reaching out.