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  What can be done about those who go berserk with a gun?

  by badboy in

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  i don't really understand the phenonoma.. .

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  Watchtower Moving its Headquarters from USA?

  by Amazing in

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  i may be behind times, but i have not seen this issue come up.

  i have had some contact with jws inside the organization who said that the society is planning to move its headquarters from brooklyn, ny to canada, lock, stock, and barrel.

  is this an urban legend, a jw pulling my leg, or is it factual?

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  Judge grants JW guardian right to refuse him dialysis tretament

  by IWillBeDubbedNoMore in

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  http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25891287-12377,00.html.

  august 06, 2009.

  // .module-subheader article from: australian associated pressa dying man has been granted the right to refuse life-saving medical treatment on the grounds of his religious beliefs.. the man, aged in his 70s and known only as "mr a", was unconscious when admitted to the emergency unit of a hospital run by the hunter and new england area health service on july 1. he was suffering from septic shock and respiratory failure.. despite receiving treatment, he developed renal failure and by july 14 was being kept alive by mechanical ventilation and kidney dialysis.. on that day a document prepared on august 19, 2008, and signed by mr a surfaced in which he indicated he would refuse dialysis.. the hospital took the matter to the nsw supreme court to ensure the man's refusal of medical treatment was legal.. today, justice robert mcdougall found mr a's directives should be followed "even if the likely consequence of giving effect to mr a's wishes ... is that he will die".. in the documents, mr a stated: "as one of jehovah's witnesses i direct my guardian to refuse consent for a transfusion of whole blood, red cells, white cells, platelets, or blood plasma to be given to me under any circumstances even if heath-care providers believe that such are necessary to preserve my life.".

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  I am a sinner and there is no denying that fact

  by Girlie in

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  i have struggled with this concept for quite some time.

  i feel like the apostle paul in that he wishes to do right by god in controling this issue, but find it to be a law exercising complete control over him.

  i find myself wondering what is the use in doing so?

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  were you at Russels grave?

  by Albert Einstein in

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  anybody of you got the chance to visit russels pyramid grave?.

  is it true it is at freemasons cemetery?.

  is it public, or only freemasons are buried there?.

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  Anyone have a soft spot for old video games?

  by John Doe in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bco8bepgzi0.

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  Are Most Scientists Atheists?

  by passwordprotected in

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  james leuba conducted a survey of scientists in 1916. they were asked a whether they believed in a god who actively communicates with humanity, to whom humans can pray and expect an answer.. to believe in this sort of god would mean you were a theist.

  if you're a deist, or agnostic, you believe there's a god but he's not necessarily interested in humans and we wouldn't pray to this god.. the results of this survey revealed that roughly 40% of scientists believe in this sort of god, making them theists.

  40% didn't, making them either deists/agnostics or atheists.

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  huh, russell may not have been a freemason

  by 504deist in

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  i'm proud to be a freemason.

  i always hated the connection made between charles taze russell and the masons.

  i was looking at different masonic sites and came across an interesting article about men people assumed were masons, but weren't.

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  Favorite Instrumental Songs

  by Nosferatu in

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  just finished listening to "last date" by floyd cramer.

  what a great tune!

  i also love music box dancer and pretty much anything by the ventures.

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  Do You Consider yourself an Atheist / Agnostic / or Christian? Reasons ?

  by flipper in

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  after having been raised in the jehovah's witnesses for 44 years ( getting out 6 years ago ) i have now come to peace with my view of what i personally feel about the existence of god , or no god, or whatever is flying around up there in outer space.

  i am basically agnostic for sure / perhaps leaning atheist and i've come to that decision based on the years and years of unfulfilled false promises of being in a mind control cult ( jehovah's witnesses ) claiming to represent an alleged " god " or " jehovah " saying there would be a paradise, and armageddon to destroy 99% of the earths population.

  also- i enjoy helping others without thought of being rewarded for it.

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