Posts by Madame Quixote

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Folding@home - help find cures!

by daystar in

i don't know if this has ever been mentioned here, but there is this project.. well... it's probably best i just copy what their site says.... this is a project of stanford university.

if you want to jump to what sort of results have been achieved thus far with this project - http://folding.stanford.edu/results.html.

i have already set up a jwd team there.

Madame Quixote

It was very easy and quick to download and get started. I am excited to be participating in something that is potentially so useful to humanity! Thanks again for telling us about it.

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Folding@home - help find cures!

by daystar in

i don't know if this has ever been mentioned here, but there is this project.. well... it's probably best i just copy what their site says.... this is a project of stanford university.

if you want to jump to what sort of results have been achieved thus far with this project - http://folding.stanford.edu/results.html.

i have already set up a jwd team there.

Madame Quixote

This is a wonderful idea. I would like to participate. Thanks for telling us about it.

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Former Jehovahs WitnessAre Hypocrites

by The wanderer in

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former jehovahs witnessare hypocritesit amazes me how these people who once donned three-piece suits .

with book, bag and bible in hand are now singing the blues.

these former jehovahs witnesses, who would annoy a man and his.

Madame Quixote

Worldly Man, judge not, lest ye be judged.

Is lacking compassion better than being a hypocrite?

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"Women, Keep Your Virtue!"

by CaptainSchmideo in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz0jruasveq

Madame Quixote

Well-behaved women rarely make history.

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You Are Much Too Harsh About The Watchtower Society

by The wanderer in

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you are much too harsh about the watchtower societysince you were, little we did our best to raise you.

you always received good.

grades in school; we always did our best to feed, clothe and give you every-.

Madame Quixote

Eclipse - I am so laughing out loud at this:

IF YOU LOVED JESUS THE WAY YOU LOVE ME, JESUS WOULD FEEL HURT AND ABANDONED.

Beautiful!

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Today I learned not to be afraid to be called Atheist

by Gopher in

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i was inspired to go by a fellow poster on the board who encouraged me to examine atheism a little more closely.

i am glad i went.. (now if anyone wants to come here and encourage me to be religious, sorry i won't respond to that on this thread.

feel free to start your own thread about the wonders of belief.).

Madame Quixote

It occurs to me that the belief that there is no God and the belief that there is no God who cares are functionally identical beliefs. So while I reserve the right to believe that the universe may have had intelligent origin, I appear to be an atheist. Though I don't FEEL like one. How is it supposed to feel, to be an atheist?

Does that make any sense?

Yes, under_believer, it makes a lot of sense. If I recall correctly, Richard Dawkins, (in The God Delusion, I think), argues that such deism is "sexed-up atheism," making that argument for god's existence basically a moot point relative to humanity. So, yes, fundamentally, that type of belief is pretty much the same as being an atheist . . . but many believers just don't seem to attach the same hostile stigma to "agnostics" that they apply to atheists. It seems that hellfire is reserved for atheists, while maybe agnostics just get sent to Limbo . . .

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JOBLESS COUPLE HAVE 12 KIDS AND GET A $1,000,000 FREE HOME

by Mary in

oh i just love reading stories like this.

jobless couple with 12 children are given a 500,000 homedan newling and daniel bates - more by this author last updated at 10:08am on 24th july 2007. comments (57).

it's the type of highly-desirable family home that is well beyond the reach of many middle-class professionals.

Madame Quixote

The longer I live and the more frequently I visit these boards (and read the paper), the more convinced I become that I am at the center of grand psychology experiment. no other effing comment, except, I need another effing drink, no sex planned.

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The elders were there to help make sure Margaret would die

by Gopher in

another watchtower hospital liaison committee comes through and "protects" one of their members from possibly/probably extending their life via a blood transfusion.. click here to read the original story online.. .

jehovahs accused over gran's death.

jul 20 2007. .

Madame Quixote

Her daughter Gaynor Campbell, wife of Motorhead guitarist Phil Anthony Campbell, today claimed faith elders had visited Margaret in hospital to ensure she would stick to the religion’s strict ban on receiving blood transfusions.

Oh, well. She probably wouldn't have been very useful in the door-to-door preaching work after that hip operation at her age, anyway, and Jehovah will resurrect her in the new system anyway, which is but a 'short sleep away.' Don't you worry, now, okay?

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any therapists on here?

by bigdreaux in

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are there any therapists or psychologists on here?

i am thinking of going back to school to be a psychologists specalizing in helping that were in cults.

any advise?

Madame Quixote

er, well, maybe mistaken anyway:

http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/search?encquery=bfd82fe890d1d5dd9c7c8efbf9d01ba338ee6170f6b8a0ef45b2ca56da7263c3&invocationType=keyword_rollover&ie=UTF-8

glad you are happy with self; that's all that matters, right? regardless of issues of narcissicism, however it's spelled, lol!

ha ha P.S. Until about a year ago, alcolhol had no appeal for me, either; then, after that, I suddenly had an eighteen-year-old! Whew! It's sure as hell appealing now! And how! ha ha ha! Live long enough, and you just never know!

anyway, truly, best wishes, whatever you do!

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any therapists on here?

by bigdreaux in

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are there any therapists or psychologists on here?

i am thinking of going back to school to be a psychologists specalizing in helping that were in cults.

any advise?

Madame Quixote

Go for it. Just make sure you resolve your own issues before seeking this out as a career; otherwise, you will be lost. Too much pain and nausea otherwise.

By the way, psychiatrists have (or once had) the highest rates of suicide in the professional fields. Maybe psychiatrists are overachievers or something . . . I dunno . . . anyway, if you can find a way to make a difference, it's worth the trouble, I suppose . . . best wishes and don't become a drunk like me . . . a fate worse than death . . . meniachal laughter . . .