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Is it Possible to be Agnostic, Behaviorally?
by leavingwt inmichael shermer says 'no': .
"of course, no one is agnostic behaviorally.
when we act in the world, we act as if there is a god or as if there is no god, so by default we must make a choice, if not intellectually then at least behaviorally.
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To Those of You Partaking at Home This Year. . .
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have you abandoned the wt idea of two classes of christians?
while still a believer, ray's books helped me to see that the idea of there being two classes of christians was a 'unique interpretation' of the watchtower society with no basis in scripture.
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Arizona Pushes Law to Make 'Annoying' Comments Illegal
by leavingwt inarizona pushes law to make 'annoying' comments illegal.
.. what horowitz is saying is that this law could be used as grounds to seek criminal charges against someone who posts a pushy, controversial, or offensive comment on a social networking-site like facebook or twitter.
arizona republican rep. vic williams, who helped sponsor the bill, believes that the law is necessary to protect victims from being harassed online or via text, according to the associated press.. .
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Film Trailer: Sound of My Voice (2012)
by leavingwt ini found this to be an interesting film trailer.
the group portrayed seems like a cult.
(i don't know anything at all about the film.
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10 Days After Closing, 161 Columbia Heights Returns To Market As Rental
by leavingwt inan update on a recently sold wt property in brooklyn heights.. .
the watchtower residential property at 161 columbia heights that closed march 20 after a $3 million sale to investment and management firm sugar hill capital partners, is back on the market less than two weeks later as a rental.
according to curbed, after a quick renovation, the newly named five-story walk-up 161 heights offers one bedrooms starting at $2,995 a month; one studio for $1,995 a month; and one 2br, asking $4,100.
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RIP Earl Scruggs (1924-2012)
by leavingwt inin the late 70's, my father gave me an 8-track recording of flatt & scruggs' carnegie hall concert from 1962. i became an instant fan.
earl passed away yesterday, but his music will live forever.
he was among the greatest banjo players the world has known.
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How God Favors Evil
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"if the abrahamic god is real, then he cares more about the rapist's freedom to rape, and the murderer's freedom to murder, than he cares about the lives of their victims.".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1bzp1wr234.
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"Give Me That Christian Side Hug"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_oj0-splzw&feature=youtube_gdata_player.
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Did Church fathers and Jesus see the Bible as metaphor?
by leavingwt indoes anyone here believe that jesus viewed genesis as being a metaphor?
if they believed it to be a historical account about real people, what are the implications?
as a jw, i wasn't allowed to publicly entertain such questions.
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Russian and South Korean Scientists Have Signed a Deal on Joint Research Intended to Recreate a Woolly Mammoth
by leavingwt inthis headline reminds me of what ian malcolm said in the film, jurassic park.
"your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.".
the south korean foundation said it would transfer technology to the russian university, which has already been involved in joint research with japanese scientists to bring a mammoth back to life.. "the first and hardest mission is to restore mammoth cells," another sooam researcher, hwang in-sung, told afp.