You've got it pretty much right. It's like saying "if you couldn't live in the US, where would you go cause obviously the US is first choice." 80 million illegal immigrants can't be wrong. Me and my girl talk about where we'd like to visit, but to live somewhere else hasn't even been considered in seriousness. I guess 1. because this is such a wonderful place to live and 2. its where we were raised so we are used to the culture and society in the US.
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33A Question for all those who DO live in the US...or anyone else
by Xena incause unlike some...i value all opinions..even when they don't agree with me .
so tell me please people....how often do you and your friends sit around saying this: "what other country would you rather live in?
stated of course in this manner: the question is stated in such a fashion as to say that nothing is better than living in the good 'ol us of a.
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Whos Your Friend/SoulMate Here???
by ScoobySnax indon't say everyone.......i've seen the simmering...and poison!!.
who here do you really click with, someone who seems to understand just where you're coming from.
don't mention a long spiel, just the one or 2 that seem to be on your wavelength.. i'm interested to know as i'm completing an analytical graph data sheet to show who clicks with who most, in a projected sample forum example, and then hope to present my findings on the net.. ok thats bull, but i was just interested anyway.... scoob
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Adam
"Well, I don?t know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain?t right.
I?m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I?m wondering how I?ll get down the stairs.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right,Here I am, stuck in the middle with you."I will never EVER hear this song again in my life and not think of Reservoir Dogs.
Don't think I've found someone I can call a real friend here. I'm too abrasive to get close to I think. Too rabidly agnostic, too staunchly conservative on certain issues, don't give enough of a crap if my opinion offends someone. Did find someone on another board who does post here that knows about my soft and squishy middle, but I don't wanna say 'cause that person is tough on the outside too and we have our reputations to protect.
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Do you think ignorance is bliss?
by obiwan inhave you ever had a point in your life, where you get too much information.
have you ever felt that you were better off not knowing certain things?
sometimes i think if a person gets too much information, it can cloud their judgement on things.
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Adam
I think bliss is recognizing with open eyes those things which you can not know and actually accepting your ignorance with an open mind.
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Oh, the loyal Dubbies will EAT THIS UP...
by Michael3000 infrom the scifi e-mail list i belong to: .
bc is partnering with writer david seltzer (the omen) and producer gavin polone to develop a six-to-eight-hour limited series based on the apocalypse as foretold in the book of revelation, variety reported.
nbc hopes to roll out the series right after its broadcast of the athens olympics in late august, airing an hour a week as an event designed to create momentum for the fall season, the trade paper reported.. set just before the start of armageddon, the series will follow two central characters, a physicist and a nun, who are racing against the clock to see if the apocalypse can be averted.
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Adam
You may be right Val. Let me make an alteration then: The JW rank and file will do whatever the GB tells them is the will of Jehovah. If the GB finds that there is too much truth contained in the series, brought forth in a logical and convincing manner, that brings into question the JW way of veiwing Revelation then they will tell the sheep not to watch. If it's way off base and they can safely hold it up as an example of how everyone else has it wrong, then they'll encourage them to view it.
You know, it's nice not claiming that my predictions and opinions come from the one and only higher power. I can change stuff whenever I want to! It's very liberating. The GB should try it.
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Is anything sacred to you anymore?
by Xena in.
i was looking up sacrilege tonight because of picture that i saw posted and it got me to wondering what i actually considered sacred anymore..if anything...something i am still trying to work out...so i wondered if anyone else had thought about it.
what if anything do you consider sacred?
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Adam
My fience, her daughter, my close family, my self immage as determined set by the standards that I set for myself. That's about it.
.....oh, and pointing out the idiocy and contradictions of religions people belong to and gods they worship. It's more of a past time, but it almost get's to the status of "sacred" for me.
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Oh, the loyal Dubbies will EAT THIS UP...
by Michael3000 infrom the scifi e-mail list i belong to: .
bc is partnering with writer david seltzer (the omen) and producer gavin polone to develop a six-to-eight-hour limited series based on the apocalypse as foretold in the book of revelation, variety reported.
nbc hopes to roll out the series right after its broadcast of the athens olympics in late august, airing an hour a week as an event designed to create momentum for the fall season, the trade paper reported.. set just before the start of armageddon, the series will follow two central characters, a physicist and a nun, who are racing against the clock to see if the apocalypse can be averted.
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Adam
I doubt the normal rank and file dubs will watch it. Oh, they'll want to. They'll hear their co workers talking about how good it is and see the advertisements touting it's great ratings and reviews. But from up on high the GB will tell them all they need to know about this tool of Satan and all about how this, that, and the other part are wrong and about how the fact that everyone else seems to like it shows just how bad the state of the wold has gotten.
Anybody know if there was an official JW response to the movie "stigmata" or was it just the catholics that got pissed over that one?
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Did you ever feel at peace at a Kingdom Hall?
by Singing Man inonly a few times when i was in my late teens about the time of when armagedon was suposed to happen in 75 did i ever feel at peace.
the rest of the time i felt on edge and like my life was slipping away.
i also have felt like that if i had the realization that i was real close to jehovah or jesus, or just was spiritual in general i felt ashamed for it somehow.
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I'm with nos. I felt at peace right before I fell asleep. That's about it. Waking up with my evil step mother staring at me with that look of "I wish there was a hell so I could tell you you're going straight to it" wasn't all that peacefull though. And the rest of the time was spent looking at other people wondering whether people thought I was a good enough JW, whether I should answer more, whether I should give more talks, whether I should spend more time in service. Lovely way to spend the teen years.
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Egypt, back from the dead?
by peacefulpete inthe desolation of egypt .
jeremiah 43:8-13 .
then the word of yhwh came to jeremiah in tahpanhes, saying, "take large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brick which is at the entrance of pharaoh's palace in tahpanhes in the sight of some jewish men and say to them, 'thus says yhwh of hosts, the god of israel, "behold, i am going to send and get nebuchadnezzar the king of babel, my servant, and i am going to set his throne over these stones that i have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.
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Who does the Bible say the first man was? Is this just interpretation?
What a lame come back. Sure there are several things that the bible doesn't leave to interpretation. The the name of that fictional character in the children's story about a viscious bastard of a god killing every living thing, including innocent animals and innocent children, in a flood that encompassed the entire globe, was named Noah. No interpretation needed there. But what about all of the things that DO require interpretation? Care to address any of those?
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Egypt, back from the dead?
by peacefulpete inthe desolation of egypt .
jeremiah 43:8-13 .
then the word of yhwh came to jeremiah in tahpanhes, saying, "take large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brick which is at the entrance of pharaoh's palace in tahpanhes in the sight of some jewish men and say to them, 'thus says yhwh of hosts, the god of israel, "behold, i am going to send and get nebuchadnezzar the king of babel, my servant, and i am going to set his throne over these stones that i have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.
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I think the site tries to make more of an impression by "volume" of arguments then by quality of arguments
Again, I must agree with you. It sure would be nice if they only had the realy solid arguements listed. But simply because you have to sift thru a lot of dirt, doesn't mean that there aren't diamonds there. I would like to find a site like SAB that has sifted out only the really tough issues and the ones with very defensable points of contention.mis-understanding of basic theology
I guess it all depends on who's interpretation you wish to believe. The JWs think that all other christian religions have a mis-understanding of theology. The Catholics think the Mormons have a misunderstanding of basic theology. The argument from SAB you list is a perfect example. Every church will have their own take on how to respond. One would say that this part is literal and the other symbolic. Another would say the same thing, but switch around which ones were to be taken literally and which weren't. Yet another would say that they are both true at the same time because God can shape-shift. The issue of which parts throughout the bible should be taken literaly and which should be taken figuratively is one which so many different organizations and scollars have all formed their own opinons on, most of them with very convincing arguements for why their conclusions are the right ones. Related to that is the issue of what the figurative parts mean. Again, many people and organizations have put in a lot of research and have very convincing reasons why they feel that thier interpretation is correct. In the end, the bible leaves one to choose between one man's interpretation and another's without giving difinitive answers. -
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Egypt, back from the dead?
by peacefulpete inthe desolation of egypt .
jeremiah 43:8-13 .
then the word of yhwh came to jeremiah in tahpanhes, saying, "take large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brick which is at the entrance of pharaoh's palace in tahpanhes in the sight of some jewish men and say to them, 'thus says yhwh of hosts, the god of israel, "behold, i am going to send and get nebuchadnezzar the king of babel, my servant, and i am going to set his throne over these stones that i have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.
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The "Skeptics' Annotated Bible" is very poor in many of its arguments:
I agree with you. Many of the things it points out can easily be explained, justified, or otherwise debunked. However, it points out THOUSANDS of inaccuracies, cruelties, contradictions and other disturbing aspects of this book and not all of them have an easy answer. I would think that the word of God wouldn't need so much patching up with explanations and creative interpretations. Some say that the issues arise because the bible was written and translated by man and therefore isn't the pure thought of god. Well then, if that is the case, then the bible isn't the word of god is it?