we've learned to frisk our cats before they come in, esp.
at night.
they have a thing for bringing home their live catches to play with.. also, when they get all smoochy.
At about 4:30 to 5:30 my dog comes over to my side of the bed and will whimper in ever increasing loudness until I pull back the covers so she can crawl under the covers and snuggle with me. That and she is so insistent that I throw the frisbee for her.
But I love her to death as she is so loyal.
Tor
this mornings events have got me thinking about things.
i love peanut butter, not the sweet kind but i like the old fashioned peanut butter, usually laura scudder's with no sugar or preservatives - it just tastes better imo.
i put it on everything including pancakes which are really good with peanut butter and maple syrup.
I love honey mustard sauce or a zippy horseradish sauce is good too on french fries.
this mornings events have got me thinking about things.
i love peanut butter, not the sweet kind but i like the old fashioned peanut butter, usually laura scudder's with no sugar or preservatives - it just tastes better imo.
i put it on everything including pancakes which are really good with peanut butter and maple syrup.
I love bloody mary mix in my beer, with maybe a dash of tobasco. I love limberger on toast. Halva is great too.
i just finished doing a consultation with a woman who is still struggling with guilt and manipulation left over from the watchtower, and i introduced her to the concept of cold reading.
i think its good for people to understand this subject, something very important in exit-counseling, when people feel that a group or leader is right because they know so much that seems otherwise unknowable.
i thought i would share this article for some of you who aren't familiar with the subject.randy.
Some people want to believe, others just don't understand the tricks. :-))
Ain't dat the truth!!!
does the belief that there is no all-loving diety in which to be accountable to make it easier or harder to treat and judge others they way that you want to be treated and judged?.
since evolution supposes that life and ultimately man who is at the top of the chain got here through a process of the fittest dominating and killing off the weaker, and since most modern evolutionists in democracies no longer think that this is good to practice, how do you deal with the fact that you are a living contradiction of your own belief since you pronounce the same thing both good and bad?
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Perry you posit that social conditioning changes at whim. Have you ever read Numbers the 31 chapter. God had men, children, mothers, infants and babies killed but had the Isrealites save the virgins for themselves in an act of war against the midianites. Does christianity now teach the same thing or has it changed. Do we look down on those who kill babies even in war, call them barbaric etc in todays world?
Did God change? In war or any other time would you kill women, infants and children if God told you to do so? Would you feel it was morally wrong to do so?
Tor
does the belief that there is no all-loving diety in which to be accountable to make it easier or harder to treat and judge others they way that you want to be treated and judged?.
since evolution supposes that life and ultimately man who is at the top of the chain got here through a process of the fittest dominating and killing off the weaker, and since most modern evolutionists in democracies no longer think that this is good to practice, how do you deal with the fact that you are a living contradiction of your own belief since you pronounce the same thing both good and bad?
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Very interesting subject. Is man born with an inate sense of right and wrong or is it learned. Is the ability to believe it is morally wrong to kill babies wrong put there by God? how the heck to do we find out. He doesnt exactly answer us when we ask him does he.
i know this part of jw.com is about 'friends" and i also know that i don't have any, or very few of them.
the friends i do have are awesome, and the friends i don't have don't know what they are missing!.
that being said, several human beings have asked me to provide them access to some of the music i have recorded in the last few years.. since i happen to be working on a website that i can get access to, i uploaded some of my stuff there.
I downloaded about 8 of them. I have to admit I am not much for classical music but I am sure it is the most hard to play. Can you play some good ol county music and put one up there to download?
Tor
this is a touchy topic for some because of strong beliefs about god's nature.
many believe that the nt bible is a law book, designed to give us exacting instructions and formula on what to do and not to do.
on prayer to the holy ghost (holy spirit), the new advent says:.
Hello Jim and Blue sapphire
Hi Toreador. Read the whole thread and you will see that this has already been addressed and explained. The Saints are NO LONGER DEAD since they are resurrected. They are alive to God and to us. Unlike before the resurrection when they were dead and thus could not hear us. Beseaching the saints is NOT communicating with the dead.
I guess I should have said communicating with those who were on earth and have since died. I think it is just a way of phrasing it. Many feel when they try to communicate with the dead of course believe these dead from this earth are now living in the spirit realm. I dont see a real difference in that respect and of course I know you feel these dead persons are now resurrected and in heaven.
Have any of the saints answered you or do you by faith think there is a slight possibility that God will more likely listen to your prayers if you ask others to hound him about answering your prayers. Does God think twice about answering your prayers if he hears others in heaven pestering him for answering it besides just you? Do you feel God keeps tabs on how many times he is asked the same prayer over and over again to decide to answer or not?
By virtue of the fact that they are dear to God and WITH GOD, yes. That is what the concept is. I don't know if God "thinks twice".
I guess I should have phrased it such that 'do you feel that the more people you can try to communicate with and ask them to do things for you in the spirit realm by way of multiple asking the better chance you have of getting your prayers answered?
Does God "think twice" about answering the prayers of friends on earth whom me may ask, "pray for me"? Why do people ask their friends to pray for them?
I guess they feel multiple requests are going to get them a better chance of getting them the answer they want,is my guess. Sadly, for many the answer must be no or they didnt ask enough maybe, because by far most prayers are not answered or what many people will say is that they got a no for an answer, at least that way they can claim they at least recieved an answer. Many will take any event in their life and try to pin it on that they got an answer from God.
I guess that is the thing about praying, I have prayed ten of thousands of prayers and used to grasp at straws in trying to claim I received answer of some kind, any kind to prove to myself that God in fact was listening AND answering. I think most if not all were simply time and unforseen occurence in my honest opinion; and when I ask others who claim to have had these fantastic answers to their prayers, they are quick to claim it is personal and refuse to comment. When others claim the same, this bolsters their claim to have actually had an answer.
I dont mean to be rude or uncaring, I am just doubtfull because of my own experience.
Tor
this is a touchy topic for some because of strong beliefs about god's nature.
many believe that the nt bible is a law book, designed to give us exacting instructions and formula on what to do and not to do.
on prayer to the holy ghost (holy spirit), the new advent says:.
Absolutely. They have given me information that I had no way of knowing before they told me.
Ok, so what and how did they tell you. You have peaked my curiousity!
Tor
i was able to find a list of people killed by god, but not satan.
did satan actually kill anyone?.
sab, brick testamentnumber killedcumulative totallot's wife for looking backgen.19:26, bt11er who was "wicked in the sight of the lord"gen.38:7, bt12onan for spilling his seedgen.38:10,. bt13for dancing naked around aaron's golden calfex.32:27-28, 35, bt30003003aaron's sons for offering strange fire before the lordlev.10:1-3,. num.3:4, 26:61, bt23005a blasphemerlev.24:10-23, bt13006a man who picked up sticks on the sabbathnum.15:32-36, bt13007korah, dathan, and abiram (and their families)num.16:27, bt12+3019+burned to death for offering incensenum.16:35,.
