Topics Started by Pinku

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Is truth relative?
by Pinku in
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2. beliefs
seeing various/changing laws on the same action, some may feel truth is relative, and there is no such thing as right and wrong.. yet a closer look at beneath the details would show that truth is not relative, and everyone knows what is right and wrong.. driving in the night by putting the head-light off is wrong, but right when country is in war with another country.

behind both the conflicting laws, the truth is same: safety and welfare of the people.

this is true of notion about what is right and wrong:.
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Let us be thankful to JWs! (September 21 is World Gratitude Day)
by Pinku in
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2. beliefs
let us be thankful to jws for having resisted our free-thinking.

what is resisted persists and becomes even stronger.

i pray that jws continue this habit of theirs with more vigor so that more and more free-thinkers come out!.
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Glory of creation is still untouched!
by Pinku in
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according to plato, the universe thrives on its own, dies and gets rebornall on its own and within itself.

the wise symbolized this concept in ouroboros, a serpent eating its own tail.

[even more wonderful is the marvel called a fruit-bearing treeit does not even eat its own fruit, but simply subsists on mostly what we may consider as dirt/refuse; and trees collectively perform yet another marvel of photosynthesis that make use of our wastes and give us oxygen, food, water, shelter, fiber..........................................[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/opinion/to-save-the-planet-dont-plant-trees.html?_r=0].
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Man-made predictions come true where as those of spirit-guided org were a flop!
by Pinku in
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2. beliefs
historian samuel p huntington (1927 2008) predicted a future with conflicts due to civilisational and cultural reasons rather than on grounds of political ideology and economics.

and the ongoing conflict between the so-called islamic states and rest of the world seems to lend support to the late historian's controversial thesis.

fulfillment of his prophecy is more than 100% (even journalists are being beheaded)!.
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Who is my neighbor? was a wrong question!
by Pinku in
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2. beliefs
when a certain lawyer gave correct answer that one should love god and his neighbor, jesus confirmed the answer.

then the lawyer asked: who is my neighbor?

to which jesus gave the now famous parable of good samaritan [which unwittingly reduced love towards the hapless victims whereas everyonerich or pooris in need of love and compassion].
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If you feel deceived
by Pinku in
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2. beliefs
you may be feeling deceived, and may be thinking:.

if jws were gods people, why did they become exactly like the catholic church of the middle ages turning themselves into dogmatic folly?

while claiming to be gods appointed channel on earth, how could they become a cult of intolerance with its raging commanders, a cult where all questioning is banned, and shunning is openly encouraged?.
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Religion is all about therapy!
by Pinku in
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2. beliefs
in psychotherapy, east and west, british philosopher and writer alan watts makes one interesting observation.

beneath the details most of the religions are more nearly resembling psychotherapy than either philosophy or religion.

the most significant area of resemblance that he found between them was about the concern they had for bringing about changes of consciousness in people's relation to society and the natural world.
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Spirituality is innate!
by Pinku in
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2. beliefs
on seeing the horrifying scene of world trade centre being attacked and knowing the pain of those trapped in and their loved ones, not only in new york but across the world millions of people turned into silence, prayer, and meditation.

they gathered on the streets, lit candles, wrote condolence, anything to feel solidarity and to spread a wave of love.

churches, temples, mosques and retreat centers were flooded with people seeking to raise their consciousness beyond the senseless killing to a higher, more noble plane.
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The best Parable I have ever heard!
by Pinku in
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2. beliefs
nothing good exists outside jw world is the general thinking among jws.

if they read the heart of the enlightened (written by anthony de mello), they would probably feel how wrong they were!

story goes like this: there once lived a godly man.
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Isnt prayer materialistic?
by Pinku in
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2. beliefs
prayer is often an expression of an if-then deal that tacitly denies equal rights to the other party.

the form and essence of most prayers go like this: if you do this favor to me, i will do this (pioneering, or put in more hours in the preaching) for you.

and if not...well, then, too bad for you, god, because you didn't deliver as was clearly outlined in the contract.. this shows religion has failed in its primary duty of reconnecting (religare, latin) man with god and fellow humans; and ironically has led to numerous divisions and disunity!