Trash THIS!

by Farkel 128 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  BurnTheShips

  This time trying to destroy yest another interesting thread.

  This thread took a turn for the better long before I got on it.

  "Gentle" Farkel posted a screed,
  For "twits" to critique and read
  Then HS jumped in
  said to ridicule is a sin
  The moderators will correct this misdeed!

  HS also loves to fling pooBTS he tries to pursue
  BTS just laughs
  thinks this is a gas
  Sits back and watches him spew!

  A lesson from this can learn
  When the know-it-alls attempt to spurn
  Don't bother with them
  Just laugh and condemn
  They aren't worth the time or concern!

  With love from Burn
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  hillbilly

  T Payne was a good essayist. People are still trying to figure the same stuff out today.

  the more things change the more they stay the same.

  ~Hill
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  Caedes

  I rather suspect that Farkel knew exactly what he was going to get when telling people what they can and can't post on a public thread and forum.

  I can't believe that I'm in the position of having to agree with Burn the ships.
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  BurnTheShips

  I don't think Paine gets the credit he deserves, honestly. He was a towering figure in the formation of our country.

  Burn
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  BurnTheShips

  I can't believe that I'm in the position of having to agree with Burn the ships.

  Oh, cmon. Thats not so bad is it?
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  Caedes

  Well, the problem is I can never get the jackboots in my size although I do like the fact they are so shiny!
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  Sad emo

  I could only read a couple of chapters for now as I'm at work. I like some of what I've read so far though, he believed in God, not religion, and one comment which particularly struck me - that basically, everyone has the right to be a 'Thomas'. I think that's what a lot of 'religious' people miss with their preaching - Jesus didn't strike Thomas dead or even give him a darn good telling off for refusing to believe without physical evidence, no he just said happy are those who believe without seeing!

  If he didn't punish Thomas, why would he want to punish anyone else?

  I disagree that Paine was ahead of his time, his thinking was along the lines of existentialism which has been around in many forms since the great philosophers. Paine merely applies it to his own thoughts and current ideas.

  Now whether I'm going to like the rest of the essay when I read it is another question! There may be a contradiction built in somewhere because if he states his right to disbelieve, should that also give him the right to go on to trash what others believe?
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  BurnTheShips

  Well, the problem is I can never get the jackboots in my size although I do like the fact they are so shiny!

  Here you might find your size!

  http://www.lostbattalions.com/german33-45/bootrepros/jackboots.html

  Apparently they weren't all that shiny!
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  quietlyleaving

  sad emo

  Now whether I'm going to like the rest of the essay when I read it is another question! There may be a contradiction built in somewhere because if he states his right to disbelieve, should that also give him the right to go on to trash what others believe?

  Religion at that time had a very dominant stanglehold on people religiously, politically and economically - like Islam has today in some parts of the world and somewhat like JWs. He wanted people to free their minds, to think clearly and to develop their own individual powers of reason and to form a democratic society with everyone participating. Thats the impression I'm getting. I can see why Farkel is so incensed by Merry's thread
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  BurnTheShips

  Why do you hate puppies HS?