to the household of god, israel, and those who go with... may you all have peace!.
from time to time the issue of how to fulfill the "form of worship that is acceptable to god," mentioned by james in his letter, namely, looking after widows and orphans "in their tribulation"... comes up.
given the issue of tithing, the plethora of institutionalized charity choices, and the existence of ones in need, perhaps in our own households and families... but certainly in our towns, countries... and around the world... how does one fulfill this requirement?
This is getting tiring - personal insults need to stop - end of story.
Just because someone disagrees doesn't mean they have an empty head or small mind. If you are going to bring your beliefs to a DISCUSSION forum you have to expect people will disagree.
On the other hand if you do disagree and want to discuss it should be done respectfully
There needs to be respect on both sides and this constant tag teaming of insults from both sides is getting very boring.
they sure know how to do weird entertainment in that country!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7n5ohnpled4.
I saw that too - pretty funny but I'm sure it would be enough to give some people a heart attack !
i sure hope not.
if you're still around, please let us know that you're ok. you kinda worried me in your last thread.
hope you're ok, bro....
No he is not banned
while i am no fan of mother teresa after reading some of the revealed facts about her life and work - i thought this was just a little out of the realm of polite conversation (but was interesting):.
atheist group at dartmouth plans anti mother teresa event.. .
http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?id=4503.
Chariklo - I am not saying that you cannot discuss the topic or defend Mother Teresa. What I am objecting to is that you are again trying to turn this into a personal arguement about others on this forum. It wasn't a member of this forum that wrote the article ! It was brought here for discussion. But you are again bringing up past arguements, and you are again bringing up something that happened on a completely different forum to this one.
while i am no fan of mother teresa after reading some of the revealed facts about her life and work - i thought this was just a little out of the realm of polite conversation (but was interesting):.
atheist group at dartmouth plans anti mother teresa event.. .
http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?id=4503.
in a discussion with some other dear ones, the question was asked as to what such ones put their faith in.
in response to one comment that"one can't function without faith," another disagreed, stating ones can, that "many do so every day... the ones who have trust" (in things like the sun rising in the east versus the west).
that trust extended to "faith" based "on nature and the natural order of things.
I think some people have gone overboard on the Sunny-D
in a discussion with some other dear ones, the question was asked as to what such ones put their faith in.
in response to one comment that"one can't function without faith," another disagreed, stating ones can, that "many do so every day... the ones who have trust" (in things like the sun rising in the east versus the west).
that trust extended to "faith" based "on nature and the natural order of things.
{{{{{ However since the owners of the board seem intent on supporting your tirades and trying muzzel anyone who attempts to question your bitchy nature.}}}}}
Utter bullshit - we have taken action on BOTH sides of this debate, you just choose to read what suits you and you have NO idea what happens behind the scenes
Personal attacks on both sides are not acceptable. Shelby lost her temper and did say something that was insulting but you seem intent to ignore what prompted it.
{{{{{ou shouldnt even expect a response to a PM. You'll just be banned with a smart ass remark or something and everyone else will simply know crossing some people isnt allowed. All animals are created equal, just some more equal than others. And the bigger and more rediclous your visions and the longer and more pointless your posts, the more "equal" you are evidently .}}}}}}}
You seem to be going out of your way to make trouble and be insulting, it sounds like you would like to get yourself banned to prove your rediculous point.
in a discussion with some other dear ones, the question was asked as to what such ones put their faith in.
in response to one comment that"one can't function without faith," another disagreed, stating ones can, that "many do so every day... the ones who have trust" (in things like the sun rising in the east versus the west).
that trust extended to "faith" based "on nature and the natural order of things.
There is no need for your comments to be so personal against Aguest - if you don't like her forum don't go there. We are not going to allow this forum to be a place to attack and insult people that go there. It's an internet forum, end of story all this talk of it being a cult and a church is just ridiculous, we will not be allowing stuff from over there to be brought here for the sole purpose of ridiculing it and the people that post there.
ricky gervais tweeted this 11/14/12 and i totally agree with it:.
"there are good atheists and bad atheists.
there are good believers and bad believers.. no god has ever changed that.".
Tell Pup to try Hadespuppy or something. I don't think they like "hell".
No problem with the name hellpuppy ! They should probably check that they verified their email
ricky gervais tweeted this 11/14/12 and i totally agree with it:.
"there are good atheists and bad atheists.
there are good believers and bad believers.. no god has ever changed that.".
The small group of evangelical atheists here display many (not of course all) of the characteristics of the JW's that many of them once were - Chariklo
I think this is a huge generalization and completely inaccurate these sort of comments are just going to cause more bad feeling. I think this thread needs to get back on track, it was started with good intentions and there has been some excellent posts, it's a shame some people cannot let things go and move on.
