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  Test Your Savvy On Religion

  by hamilcarr in

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  what's your score?.

  op-ed columnisttest your savvy on religion .

  by nicholas d. kristof .

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  Would miracles cure atheism?

  by hamilcarr in

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  do they compel belief in the supernatural?.

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  JWs in the Noughties

  by hamilcarr in

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  everyone seems to be making decade lists about their favourite books, cds, films etc.. what do you think are the most important, notorious, shocking, entertaining or unexpected wt articles of the last decade that anyone interested in jw'ism should have read?.

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  Why did God wage war against the Canaanites?

  by hamilcarr in

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  from the watchtower, january 1, 2010 (p. 13):.

  why were the canaanites displaced?.

  the canaanites were, in a sense, squatters in a land that did not belong to them.

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  Morality Predates Religion

  by hamilcarr in

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  is the often heard statement 'no religion no morality' in harmony with scientific evidence .... or not?.

  if it could be proven that morality exists outside the human species, the conclusion would be that religion doesn't cause morality but only regulate it.. .

  without god, we will live like animals!.

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  For they do not know what they're doing

  by hamilcarr in

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  10 guidelines for a truly conservative bible:.

  framework against liberal bias: providing a strong framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias not emasculated: avoiding unisex, "gender inclusive" language, and other modern emasculation of christianity not dumbed down: not dumbing down the reading level, or diluting the intellectual force and logic of christianity; the niv is written at only the 7th grade level[3]utilize powerful conservative terms: using powerful new conservative terms as they develop;[4] defective translations use the word "comrade" three times as often as "volunteer"; similarly, updating words which have a change in meaning, such as "word", "peace", and "miracle".

  combat harmful addiction: combating addiction by using modern terms for it, such as "gamble" rather than "cast lots";[5] using modern political terms, such as "register" rather than "enroll" for the census accept the logic of hell: applying logic with its full force and effect, as in not denying or downplaying the very real existence of hell or the devil.

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  Sabbath Economics

  by hamilcarr in

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  rediscovering a regulated economy of limits.

  where religion and economy meet.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-pettifor/restoring-faith-in-financ_b_175133.html.

  ann pettifornew economist, author, debtonation - the coming first world debt crisis.

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  African-Americans do better on tests after Obama's election

  by hamilcarr in

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  the wonderful world of the human psyche.

  yes, we can.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9znf88-n3y&feature=channel.

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  Neither atheists nor theists but still moral

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  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/us/28beliefs.html?ref=us&pagewanted=all.

  scandanavian nonbelievers, which is not to say atheists

  by peter steinfels .

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  Banks intend to tackle recession by hard work and responsibility

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  lawmakers shouldn't interfere with the private sector for the good of we, the people.. chicago responding to lawmakers who chastised the company for its lavish sponsorship of parties and concerts at a professional golf tournament, northern trust corp. said friday it will pay back a $1.6 billion federal bailout loan as quickly as possible.. northern trust acted within government guidelines by sponsoring the pga tour's northern trust open at riviera country club in suburban los angeles, president and ceo frederick h. waddell said in a letter to members of the u.s. house financial services committee.. "we deeply regret that some of the events associated with the northern trust open have distracted from the positive nature of an event that has raised more than $50 million for charity since its inception," waddell wrote, adding, "we will redouble our efforts to ensure that these activities are appropriate given the current environment.".

  northern trust has set a goal of repaying government funds "as quickly as prudently possible," waddell said.. the chicago-based custody bank came under criticism last week after news that it lodged hundreds of clients and employees at upscale hotels and hosted them at concerts and dinners associated with the weeklong tournament.

  a report by entertainment web site tmz said northern trust flew in hundreds of employees and clients for the event.. many banks that received money as part of the government's $700 billion government package passed last fall have been criticized by politicians in washington in recent weeks about their spending habits _ from hosting conferences to buying corporate jets _ after obtaining the funds.. the events were part of the bank's global marketing activities and were focused on showing appreciation for clients and attracting new business, douglas holt, a spokesman for northern trust, said earlier this week.. no government funds were used to fund the golf events, holt said.. earlier this week, eighteen democrats on the financial services panel, led by chairman barney frank, d-mass., told waddell in a scathing letter, "we insist that you immediately return to the federal government the equivalent of what northern trust frittered away on these lavish events.".