a new book i thought some would be interested in reading it.
sun, september 12, 2004 .
why west is losing by eric margolis -- contributing foreign editor.
Satanus
That's interesting (see, not ignoring you).
Soledad
Now I'm really curious if you think that's stupid. I hated the Mars/Venus book but I thing he has a sort of interesting point there. Makes a nice reverse anyway, from those in power wanting to scan the general population for pre-criminal tendencies.
why must men have the biggest tv they can cram in the living room?
i figured we had a nice size for now.
it is a 36 inch.
Mine wants to get a beamer and project on the wall. He thinks it will be great for watching the World Cup.
here's a take-off on panda's thread "which dog breed do you like?":.
which dog breed are you like?...any thoughts?.
i'm just a mutt
I've often been compared to a Rottweiler (mostly by my husband). I identify more with bull terriers, because they can be so sweet and lovable but they do have a tendency to be very stubborn when they've got hold of something. And if you treat them badly they become dangerous.
My Chinese horoscope sign is the dog, so I've thought about this topic before.
i've not been too good at creating topics thus far, but for my 1000th post (in case you wouldn't notice .
we often oppose reason (ratio) and belief, as if those were mutually exclusive.
reason always works from presuppositions.
narkissos
I totally oppose Israel's foreign policies but I see why it's offending Jews. For one thing he's got only the star and not the flag, as someone pointed out, identifying the dog with all Jews and not just the nation of Israel.
And for another thing, Hitler and his propoganda machine strongly identified the Jews with dogs during his campaign to eliminate them. I hope that Oliphant published this cartoon in ignorance of that fact. I've always liked his work.
all of my life,, except for the last two years i was a jw, and i wonder if i will always feel like i am still so very different from the rest of most everyone i know.
i guess i still feel like i am on the "outside" looking in, in on the world of the people i was so alienated from for so long.. i celebrate birthdays, all the holidays, i stand for the national anthemn, but still it does not quiet feel second nature to me .
as i stand watching my son play high school football, my mind is always wandering on the marvel of what i am seeing.
(((Soledad))))
Wasn't it horrible? I used to lie in bed at night and pray that god would make my mom leave the religion. Thank goodness it's over!
Hi Dawn
I used to be so jealous of kids that had an unbelieving parent - there were some in our hall and they got to celebrate x-mas and birthdays because their dad insisted on it. Guess I didn't realize the other side of the story.We didn't get to do any of the worldly stuff, because my mom totally dominated the scene. But we couldn't have afforded holidays anyway (can't blame JWs for that), so I think it was rather convenient for him. But there was an advantage to having an unbeliever father, which is that I got to grow up with skepticism right in the house. I think that made it very easy to separate from their beliefs, and was really a gift in general, in life. Thanks, dad!
all of my life,, except for the last two years i was a jw, and i wonder if i will always feel like i am still so very different from the rest of most everyone i know.
i guess i still feel like i am on the "outside" looking in, in on the world of the people i was so alienated from for so long.. i celebrate birthdays, all the holidays, i stand for the national anthemn, but still it does not quiet feel second nature to me .
as i stand watching my son play high school football, my mind is always wandering on the marvel of what i am seeing.
Thank you, Soledad. That makes me feel better (not that you feel bad about it too, just that someone knows how I feel).
i've not been too good at creating topics thus far, but for my 1000th post (in case you wouldn't notice .
we often oppose reason (ratio) and belief, as if those were mutually exclusive.
reason always works from presuppositions.
But has it ever occurred to you that it might as well be just boring? Making up too shallow, or too narrow a "reality" where at least some people don't feel like living?
That's what I think. Fear isn't the problem, or anyway for me neither religion nor atheism solve the problem of fear. I was just as scared about the existential issues the whole time I was an atheist. After all, the idea of just ending, of going to hell, of living forever in a perfect heaven, and of coming back over and over, are all equally anxiety provoking if you think about any of them too long. But I found it so boring and empty being a skeptic and restricting myself only to what could be scientifically proven. No challenge, no excitement, no surprise. The only real pleasure in it for me was feeling right all the time, and that palls after 20 years.
first off....let me qualify something.
lets keep this to modern day christians in civilized lands.. many on this board are non-believers, and there are quite a number of christians.....so we have a mix.. non believers feel they need to speak out concerning what they have come to understand regarding the bibles authenticity to believers because they feel these ones need to at least see the sceptical side so they can make an honest choice.. believers feel they need to speak out to others concerning what they have come to understand about salvation.
here's the deal..............if believers can live a happy, good, healthy life, and take this to the grave with them..........should a non-believer try to mess all that up.....or leave well enough alone?.
Narkissos,
I didn't think you were being obscure, I'm just not very up-to-speed an bible matters, I need things spelled out for me.
I'm a bit blown away by those quotes from Paul. It seems to me that if he had followed the thrust of his own logic, Christianity would be a very different religion. The view he's dismissing seems rather Taoist.
all of my life,, except for the last two years i was a jw, and i wonder if i will always feel like i am still so very different from the rest of most everyone i know.
i guess i still feel like i am on the "outside" looking in, in on the world of the people i was so alienated from for so long.. i celebrate birthdays, all the holidays, i stand for the national anthemn, but still it does not quiet feel second nature to me .
as i stand watching my son play high school football, my mind is always wandering on the marvel of what i am seeing.
My JW upbringing was 30 years ago and I've never gotten over that feeling of being different. But I got a double whammy, because my dad was an unbeliever and so I was different within the congregation too. There was absolutely no place I could fit in. (still sorry for myself after all these years)
