Posts by ICBehindtheCurtain

Metatron, Thank you for sharing this , my family and I rarely go to the doctor, we usually use homeopathic remedies and are always looking out for new info on the body healing itself.

God Bless you,

IC

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Living in the Worst Times? NOT

by ICBehindtheCurtain in

i just saw this article in us news, just thought i'de share it.

the wts and other religions love to push the idea that things are so bad now, that we are living in the worst times in history so we will only live for the "new system" bs, but the reality is that i wouldn't trade where we are now for any other time in history.

if we on this board would have lived in the inquisition we would have been burned at the stake after endless hours of torture only for disagreeing with the church and choosing to be a free thinker.

ICBehindtheCurtain

LadyLiberty no, I don't believe I've read that one, although I have heard of it. The one I did read was "End-Time Visions, The Road to Armageddon? " by Richard Abanes, very interesting by the way. It even had a section on the JW's. This book opened my eyes, and helped me see that this "End Time" idea has been around from the beginning of the christian movement. When you look at history outside of the biased JW literature, you see that over the centuries the majority of the people while dealing with disasters, famine and mass illness have always thought that things have never been worse, that this really is it "The End" Christ will be here soon" but life goes on, and things calm down, then get worse again, this is the fabric of life, change, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse, but nothing ever stays the same.

IC

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Living in the Worst Times? NOT

by ICBehindtheCurtain in

i just saw this article in us news, just thought i'de share it.

the wts and other religions love to push the idea that things are so bad now, that we are living in the worst times in history so we will only live for the "new system" bs, but the reality is that i wouldn't trade where we are now for any other time in history.

if we on this board would have lived in the inquisition we would have been burned at the stake after endless hours of torture only for disagreeing with the church and choosing to be a free thinker.

ICBehindtheCurtain

I just saw this article in US News, just thought I'de share it. The WTS and other religions love to push the idea that things are so bad now, that we are living in the worst times in history so we will only live for the "New System" BS, but the reality is that I wouldn't trade where we are now for any other time in history. If we on this board would have lived in the inquisition we would have been burned at the stake after endless hours of torture only for disagreeing with the church and choosing to be a free thinker. Every day that I am alive, I try to remember just how good we have it here and I am thankful for everything.

Heard the Good News?

By Michael Barone

5/29/06

Things are better than you think. Yes, I know, most Americans are in a sour mood these days, convinced that the struggle in Iraq is an endless cycle of bloodshed, certain that our economy is in dismal shape, lamenting that the nation and the world are off on the wrong track. That's what polls tell us. But if we look at some other numbers, we'll find that we are living not in the worst of times but in something much closer to the best. What do I mean?
First, economic growth. In 2005, as in 2004, the world economy grew by about 5 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund, and the IMF projects similar growth for several years to come. This is faster growth than in all but a few peak years in the 1980s and 1990s, and it's in vivid contrast to the long periods of stagnation or contraction in history. The great engine of this growth is, of course, the United States, which produces more than one fifth of world economic product and whose gross domestic product has been growing at around 4 percent--4.8 percent in the latest quarter. Other engines are China and India, each with about a sixth of the world's people, and with economic growth of 10 and 8 percent, respectively. But other areas are growing, too: eastern Europe (5 percent), Russia (6 percent), East Asia (5 percent), Latin America (4 percent), even the Middle East (6 percent) and sub-Saharan Africa (5.5 percent).
Free-market benefits. Lagging behind is the euro area (1 percent) and the rest of western Europe (2 percent). Lesson: Sclerotic welfare states produce mass unemployment and stifle initiative and innovation. In contrast, the Chinese and Indian growth rates show how freeing up an economy produces rapid growth, and the continued contrast between the United States and Europe makes the same point. Free-market economic growth is enabling millions of people to rise out of poverty every year, even more than the experts expect. As the IMF writes, "The momentum and resilience of the global economy in 2005 continued to exceed expectations."
It's worth noting, as the IMF does, that this growth is being achieved with minimal inflation. "The present era of globalization and low inflation has an important precedent: 1880-1914, the era of the classical gold standard," it says. That period ended with the outbreak of World War I, and there is no guarantee that the current low-inflation growth will continue. There are always downside risks in the economy. But we seem to be living by far in the best economic times in human history.
But aren't we also living in times of record strife? Actually, no. Just the opposite. The Human Security Centre of the University of British Columbia has been keeping track of armed conflicts since World War II. It reports that the number of genocides and violent conflicts dropped rapidly after the end of the Cold War and that in 2005 the number of armed conflicts was down 40 percent from 1992. Wars have also become less deadly: The average number of people killed per conflict per year in 1950 was 38,000; in 2002 it was just 600. The conflict in Iraq has not significantly changed that picture. American casualties are orders of magnitude lower than in the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and precision weapons have enabled us to vastly reduce the civilian death toll.
After our victory in the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama proclaimed that we had reached "the end of history," by which he meant the end of any serious argument over what constitutes the best kind of society. That is disputed by the Islamist fascists who have made it clear that they will do whatever they can to inflict harm on our civilization; as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in his recent letter to President Bush, "Liberalism and western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today those two concepts have failed." That's obviously nonsense, of course. Free markets and democracy are chalking up one ringing achievement after another--as we can see from the surge in world economic growth and the reduction of armed conflict--while the Islamists can achieve their goals only through oppression and slaughter. Yes, they can inflict severe damage on us by asymmetric warfare, as they did on September 11, and we must continue to take determined action to prevent them from doing so again. Yes, a nuclear Iran is a severe threat. But we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that, in most important respects, our civilization is performing splendidly.

IC

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Are we going to Hell?

by catbert in

lets discuss the origins of hell, and whether we are going there.

i don't want to...

ICBehindtheCurtain

There is no hell, that's just a man made concept created to freighten people into submission.

IC

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Acknowledging the opposition within: Small number of JW's disgruntled

by truthseeker in

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this in regard to mary's post of the july 15, wt "see the goodness of jehovah's organization".

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/114847/1.ashx.

there have been a number of important and exciting developments in the society during the first half of 2006. firstly, a large number of bethelites are being evicted (i wonder if the.

ICBehindtheCurtain

Truthseeker, that was a very good post! I like what you said about the driverless chariot, the kool thing is that whether you decide to give it a little push or just get the hell out of the way, IT'S GONNA CRASH ANYWAY!!!!!!

IC (of the I think I'lle give it a little push class)

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MY DAD HAS LEFT THE ORGANIZATION!!

by freedomlover in

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friends

hold on everybody....ready for this.... .

if you've been reading my posts over the past few months you'd see the research and progress my dad (a former elder) has been making.

he and my stepmom were visiting us this weekend and he told us he's done with the jw's.

ICBehindtheCurtain

Freedomlover CONGRATULATIONS! On your newly freed Dad, enjoy the wonderful times you will both share now that you can speak freely. I've pretty much lost hope and interest in freeing my Mom, since this is all she has left, she is 66 years old is a regular pioneer and recently divorced, she is completely and absolutely brainwashed, very SAD.

Congrats again,

IC

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WHO LOOKS AT ACTIVE TOPICS?

by badboy in

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any takers?

ICBehindtheCurtain

Me too, usually only Active Topics.

IC

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A Very Convenient Liar - Al Gore

by MegaDude in

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friends

to counteract the hysteria which i personally believe is more al gore lying.

inconvenient truths indeed by dr. robert c. balling jr. .

al gore's "an inconvenient truth" opens around the country this week.

ICBehindtheCurtain

Confession, I'm with you, I believe this warming trend is pretty much out of our hands. I believe it's just the earth doing what it has for millions of years, continually renewing and changing. That however is no excuse to indiscriminately pollute the environment since as we all know this is having repercussions in our air quality, water and food supply. We should all work together to better our planet, all the while knowing that changes are going to occur.

I watched that program on National Geographic on the warming issue, and read some news that Scientists have discovered evidence of a tropical climate in the north pole I don't remember precisely how long ago that was, but they have pulled out of the arctic ocean remains of tropical plants and animals only known to survive in tropical weather. They think the weather there remained at around 74 degrees farenheit at this time. With this in mind, I don't think it's very wise to reconstruct cities like New Orleans, or live anywhere near the coast since these areas will continue to be greatly affected by severe weather and erosion. As the polar ice continues to melt, it will be amazing to see, what interesting things will be uncovered, maybe ancient civilizations that were eradicated when the last ice age hit, or new species never before discovered, who knows? Maybe the polar region will one day be one of the earth's hot new vacation spots !

IC