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  Start A Butterfly Garden!

  by Bonsai in

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  time to take a break from debating religion.

  take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?

  how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?

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  Kaik, those pics are very beautiful. Thank you for sharing them with us.

  My old, dead Echinacea and Monarda plants are still standing even after the ice storm. I leave them so the birds have seeds throughout the winter and early spring. I will likely cut them off in May, remove the seed heads, cutting up the stalks in small pieces and putting them to the beds. They assist with mulching the soil and returning nutrients to it (for free!).
  

  In Ontario, Canada, we normally start cutting the grass around the middle of May.

  I woke up to at least an inch or more of snow this morning so I'll have to get out there shortly to shovel. This is spring in Canada ... LOL!
  
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  Just because the JW'S are wrong doesnt mean theres no god.

  by atomant in

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  l;ve been giving this some serious consideration lately.l dont have all the answers no one does.we are all entitled to our opinions.l certainly dont believe in evolution as lve researched that subject extensively.lt's important to believe in something even if its for mental health.l believe everything happens for a reason.l also believe if we all live as close to the 10 commandments as possible this world would be a far better place to live and no one can argue with that.

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  atomant said: Exactly Bonsai.,the word god can mean many things imo.Deity, Alien, Advanced being, spirit, lnvisible force,etc.

  So you're not Christian if you believe this. And now you're just making it up as you go along. This is the next to last step to becoming a full fledged atheist. You're almost there atomant.
  
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  The story of GOD.

  by James Mixon in

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  2. bible

  sunday 9 p.m april 3rd.

  morgan freeman asks questions on faith., national geographic channel.. while posting this two sisters came to my door and encouraging me to come back things have changed.

  since 1975 , and then they said "you should come back to jehovah be fore it's to late we made mistakes.

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  James said: It was interesting, when did the idea of after life began ask by Freeman.

  The Egyptians believed in an after life before Christianity was invented. The Christians have adopted and then adapted a lot of Pagan beliefs. Christmas, for example, is the Pagan holiday Yule and the celebration of the 'birth of the sun' aka the Winter Solstice. Christians changed the date slightly and called it 'the birth of the son'.

  If you want to convince people of a certain faith to convert to yours, I guess you have to adopt some or maybe most to all of the other faiths' traditions. And then, when they don't convert, threaten and torture them until they do.
  
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  Why I quit the Watchtower, and why I could return.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wicked rat race of the watchtower claimed another victim.

  despite conducting 5 bible studies, and distributing thousands of magazines, i decided the pressure of being super pious was just to heavy for me, and i decided to just cool it.

  this is when i discovered the business is full of people who are " not very nice" .

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  Back in 2010 I set foot inside my Dad's former Kingdom Hall to take him to a 'memorial', aka funeral, of one of his JW friends. It gave me the willies/creeps. Couldn't wait to leave. The local pedophile was there too.
  

  This is probably the last or next to last time I'll ever set foot inside one.
  
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  Amazing Growth! Jehovah Is Blessing The Preaching Work!

  by Divergent in

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  today's text:.

  saturday, april 2. the little one will become a thousand.—isa.

  60:22.. perhaps we live in an area where there are few witnesses or where we do not see a lot of immediate results in our preaching work.

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  Hey sir82, you can expand this further. How many books did they place in a week, month, year from the cart witnessing? That person who took the book may have needed some fire starter. I'd use it as carbon material for my compost.

  Time shows just how slow this 'life saving' work really is and how useless it is as well.

  And where is Armageddon again on the great timeline of life / human history? A 100% NO SHOW, that's where.
  
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  We Need to Vote God Out of Politics

  by Village Idiot in

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  2. current

  here is an excellent article from the salt lake tribune on the issue of having "god" mixed with politics.

  the author makes the point that gods are merely a reflection of people's egos who just happen to say whatever it is the believer wants to believe.. here are some excerpts: .

  "the rev.

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  cofty, that is awesome. We have various political leaders, aka Prime Ministers, from our country as well as the Queen of England.

  
  

  VI, yes, I noticed that as well. Somewhat dishonourable as a Christian I would think.
  
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  Health, fitness and recovery advice

  by SecretSlaveClass in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i hope this is okay with you simon, but since i've noticed the number of forum members looking to discuss or seek advice on various health issues i thought it would be a good idea to start a thread dedicated to this topic alone.

  any discussions or advice on these matters could be put here where any and all would be welcome to jump in with any help they could offer.

  i am working on the first questions at the moment taken from the cognac/morpheus weight loss thread.

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  I need a different job. I sit anywhere from 9 to 16 hours a day at a desk and I work from home.

  I didn't used to. My last job had a physical component to it installing and uninstalling mainframe computers in the office. Now I perform an admin type job because they disbanded the team I was on and moved the workload elsewhere.

  I have very little time to exercise. I love to walk and hike, garden, ride my bike, and ride horses but my job cuts into my personal time far too much these days. Oh, and 2 people left my team and another person from the department. Now it's just me on the team and I'm picking up even more work from the 3rd person who left. Sometimes I sit for hours without getting up and moving. Some days I don't get lunch. I gotta retire and get a better job.
  
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  We Need to Vote God Out of Politics

  by Village Idiot in

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  here is an excellent article from the salt lake tribune on the issue of having "god" mixed with politics.

  the author makes the point that gods are merely a reflection of people's egos who just happen to say whatever it is the believer wants to believe.. here are some excerpts: .

  "the rev.

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  Even the Donald is using the Christian label in his campaign, which is a total farce. He waved a Bible around at one of his rallies.

  Is there any other country besides the U.S. that mentions god on its money?
  
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  The Christian GOD / Old Testament GOD , one and the same right? A GOD of Love ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  and god is the same today as he was yesterday and will be the same tomorrow.. in other words he is unchangeable.. what a bloodthirsty god he was in the old testament., at his command killing old men young men women and children by the sword , a two edged sword i might add in some cases.cutting both ways.. put yourself in that situation for a minute , either as a victim or the executioner.

  can you imagine piercing some other human with a two edged sword ?

  especially if they were a child ?

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  rebelfighter said: did God design asbestos

  If you believe in God and that he is the Grand Creator of all things, then the answer is yes. Asbestos is a naturally occurring element. It is toxic when inhaled. Other naturally occurring toxic elements include Plutonium, Uranium, Radium, Thorium just to name a few. There are many toxic animals, reptiles, plants, fish, insects, arachnids, etc on this Earth.
  

  If you do not believe the Bible is the word of God then you are not a Christian. So which God do you believe in now?
  
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  TheAtlantic.com - Disowning a Daughter Over a Church

  by defender of truth in

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  2. beliefs

  a reader from south carolina has a heartbreaking story:" i am 31 years old.

  i was raised in a strict bi-cultural (af-american and nigerian) jehovah’s witness family, one of six children.

  though it’s generally looked down upon for jws to attend liberal arts universities (vocational schools are recommended), i somehow convinced my parents to allow me to go to university and major in theater (!!

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  In other faiths, they outright kill their unbelieving family. I'm not sure which is worse... torturing someone until they die or just ending it quickly for them.