osmosis
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Toxic substances in our food
by greendawn indo you worry about pesticides and numerous other toxic subtances that find their way in our food eg plasticisers, and heavy metals such as mercury in fish?
do you think these are responsible for the increase in cancer diabetes and other diseases that went up explosively in the last 70 years?
populations still living naturally in primitive setups rarely suffer from such degenerative diseases.
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Survey: Are JWs superstitious?
by osmosis ini've often noticed various superstitions in my aunt & uncle.
for example, on at least two occasions i remember my aunt talking about blood transfusions and when actually pressed on the matter, she resorts to an argument that is essentially superstitious, something about jesus saying the life force was in the blood or something.
and they actually believe that there are demons, so therefore there are certain things you shouldn't touch or look at, like outsider information.
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Sending all the JWs all alone on a big island.
by greendawn ini sometimes wonder wouldn't it be a good idea to gather all jws in the world on a large island somewhere isolated in the midst of the earth's oceans and confine them there so that their desire to be separate from the world will be fulfilled?
the world will also be spared being pestered by the fake gospel they preach and no more ppl will be victimised by this cult.
finally, the dubs there all alone will be able to build up their own society without interference from outside and we would then see how suited they really are for a new righteous world.
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Confession time :-)
by damselfly ini can not say the word "potato".
it's true, i have sinned against the english language.. then he tells me, you say "badado" .
now that i'm aware of my mispronounciation it's worse because it's very obvious i am trying to say it correctly.
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT re: Riley Trust Tobacco Compan Stock & WTS
by Oroborus21 ini have no interest in pontificating on this matter which to me seems so straightforward.
however, since i continue to see newbies and others periodically post in error stating that the wts "owns" tobacco company stock i believe that this should be corrected and the matter put to rest, hopefully for good.. .
facts:.
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The Diginty of Atheism
by SickofLies infor centuries, we have been told that without religion we are no more than egotistic animals fighting for our share, our only morality that of a pack of wolves; only religion, it is said, can elevate us to a higher spiritual level.
today, when religion is emerging as the wellspring of murderous violence around the world, assurances that christian or muslim or hindu fundamentalists are only abusing and perverting the noble spiritual messages of their creeds ring increasingly hollow.
what about restoring the dignity of atheism, one of europe's greatest legacies and perhaps our only chance for peace?.
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ELDERS BREAK UP GROUP OF SISTERS - WHY?
by juni ina friend told me tonight that the elders broke up a group of sisters who were all experiencing various degrees of depression and enjoyed the upbuilding association with each other.. why would they do this?
according to them for two reasons:.
because this looks bad to the cong.
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Hello, I'm new here
by debbiedebbie ini left the jw's in 1990 and officially left or at least decided never to return again in 1993. i announced that i'd rather die in armageddon than live with these people.
they don't want to speak to me much anymore.. but i'm concerned because i have a 4 yr old child and i don't want to attend any church.
nothing against those who do.. but should i go for my child even though i will stare into outerspace until its over or is this a worse example than not attending at all?.
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New Orleans hurricane
by osmosis inone of the things i keep hearing about by the jws, is just how organised, efficient and selfless the borg and its flock were in immediately swooping down to no after the hurricane and doing everything possible to help the afflicted, believers and non-believers alike, without stopping for photo shoots or any such propoganda campaign.. it seems to me they want to avoid issues such as their cult-like nature, by painting themselves as saints who give their all for their fellow human -- "they're good people so don't question their faith, because that is what makes them good people".. and i've wondered, really wondered, what really happened down there... i don't believe their version of it for a minute, and figure there had to be something in it for them... maybe they only helped other witnesses or something... it just can't be the way it's being sold to me... anyone know what really happened?
this seems like an internal propoganda campaign to further convince the faithful witness that s/he is doing god's work.
a little too good to be true.