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  String theory, Relativity, and angels

  by onacruse in

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  current mathematical models of the universe involve what is termed 'hyper-dimension.".

  ever read the book flatland?

  it describes how a 2-dimensional being would perceive the intersection of a 3-dimensional object in "their" universe.. a flatlander would never be able to comprehend a sphere.

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  dolphman

  The concept of 0 and of putting it with the number 1 is still a viable analogy, nonetheless. Using the Roman X is another way of not using a zero, not another way to dispel a concept completely.

  I simply allow for the possibility. We should all doubt. And doubt our doubts as well.

  I would doubt if I could, but all doubt has been erased for me due to direct experience. But I do expect people to doubt, and doubting is fine. It's simply not an option for me anymore, although at times I wish it was. And that is the honest truth.
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  String theory, Relativity, and angels

  by onacruse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  current mathematical models of the universe involve what is termed 'hyper-dimension.".

  ever read the book flatland?

  it describes how a 2-dimensional being would perceive the intersection of a 3-dimensional object in "their" universe.. a flatlander would never be able to comprehend a sphere.

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  dolphman

  Hey, I'm no math guy, but check this out.
  

  God is a big fat 0. 0 is nothing, yet it is something. Add a 1 to it, and you get the number 10. 10 is tangible, 0 isn't. Yet 10 cannot exist without 0.

  The Hindus believe God is both nothing (like a zero) and the source out of which consciousness and creation comes. It's a paradox that is BEYOND our minds. Does that make sense? How could you see a germ without a microscope? How can we understand god with our physical brain? Our intellect, although a by-product of a much bigger one (God consiousness), is not the tool by which we can use to understand the concept of a God that is both nothing and the source of everything. Does that add up to you? Probably not. Because you're using the wrong tool for the job. However, I think our brains have the capability to at some point.

  Many mystics have said that at the moment of enlightment they "understand" this concept, but they are not "understanding" with the part of their mind that worries about the stock market, thinks about not getting hit by a car when crossing the street, etc. It is a "super-consciousness" that understands it. And the best way to describe the concept of "God" is to say it's nothing and something at the same time. Concepts such as parallel universes may help articulate it, but do not in totality describe it.

  I'm thinking that soon the two worlds will marry, string-theory and quantum mechanics will evolve our mindsets to the point where we can see god and the physical universe connect. It will help those understand who cannot access these realities through direct mystical experience.
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  Is God able to help everybody all the time?

  by Gopher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  let's assume that there is a creator of life who gots things started eons ago.

  that's my persuasion, although i am not actively religious.. one major problem with belief in a creator is that he/she/it is supposed to be benevolent, loving and caring.

  many evangelical christians feel he has helped them personally in various ways, emotionally, even financially.

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  dolphman

  I believe we view God too much in the literal sense of him being a person like us. I view god as a higher form of consiousness, that transcends death and doesn't view death as the end to anything. If people get sick and die, murdered, etc, it doesn't forever extinguish them, other than ridding them of the physical body and paying off a karmic debt. That's a big generalization, but would you be that concerned with death if it really didn't mean the permanent fate we believe it does mean? If it, along with other evils of men, were viewed as lessons to be learned, as steps to be taken to evolve the universe from where it exists now into a better place. Would death really be the concern that it is if this was an undisputable truth? A tree dies, but it returns to the earth to be turned into something else. Our physical bodies feel pain and die but our souls, our true essence, never die. So in god's eyes, what's happening is part of the evolution of souls taking physical bodies to further spirit and maintain the universe by applying the lessons of love and love lost here in the physical realm.

  If you think about God being the source of all life, of every atom in the universe, then of course he would able to help everyone at every time. If not, an angel could do it. I believe when we pray we are tapping into these higher vibrations, and do recieve help. But whether we realize it or not, we are created in his image which means we have the same capabilites to tap into higher universal truths and algorythms. We posses through the power of will, manifested by prayer to a degree, to change our destiny. We are helping ourselves.
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  More poetry

  by LittleToe in

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  the emptiness

  i lay awake in the womb of the night.

  darkness, deep, surrounds.. an interplay of dancing lights,.

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  True Begginings

  From depths of cold depravity,

  And sometimes hidden light

  Comes a wind that blows so suddenly

  As a warning to those who might

  Hope to find its resting place

  In the souls for which it fights

  And wish away its beautiful sadness

  Into a world long since said its goodnight

  It's the power within the Everyman

  The power that asks the question

  "Do I fear because I am afraid?"

  Or do I fear, because with this fear

  I can silence those sounds that scare me

  And wake up from those dreams that show me

  That path that has always truly layed before me

  Although I do not know my way through it's darkness

  It matters not

  For out of this world without place and without ending

  can come the only

  True Begginings
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  after 6 years, maybe looking for a new church/religion..

  by orbison11 in

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  2. friends

  any suggestions, just thinking that my spiritual person is dying and need to feed her:).

  i am terrified of churches, etc, due to my jw time,,,so any input would be well received from my friends here.

  wendy

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  dolphman

  Check this out:

  Once you get past the main dogmas of every major religion, you find that they all begin teaching THE SAME ONE TRUE RELIGION.

  Take for instance the religions below. Look at their corresponding "mystical" or "esoteric" fields of study

  Judaism = (Kabbalah)

  Islam = (Sufism)

  Hinduism (Tantric)

  Buhdissm (Tantric)

  Each one of these religion's mystical and esoteric components teaches exactly the same concepts as the others. That's right, Kabbalah, Sufism, Buhdissm, and Hinduism, once they are stripped away of whatever cultural and political inclanations and are left with their higher arts and esoteric studies intact, pretty much teach the one same true religion. That everything is God, and than man can attain and actually know god through direct mystical experience, as opposed to having to sit through 3 meetings a week and a day in field service spent hoping to not run into anyone from school.

  It's true. Do the research. Why waste time having blind faith in something when you can really know that a god exists. Don't be fooled by an organized religion that says the only reward for you waits in an afterlife and until then, be content with chasing a carrot on the end of stick into whatever madness they put you through. Spirituality IS NOT the same as organized religion. Jesus's teachings fundamentally aren't any different than buhddas, or the myriad of Hindu and Sufi saints that have appeared throughout the ages.
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  How Many Here Are "Technically" Still JWs???... Who's Not??

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  what i mean is according to the society, there are a number of persons that are "technically" "inactive" yet are viewed as jws still.

  i'm sure that i'm viewed as a witness still because i am not df'd or disassociated.....what about you??

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  I got pronounced bad association when I was 17 or so. When the Elder made the announcement I let out a weird demonic laugh. I don't know where it came from. Something about the moment made me squeal out a primal laugh that was both exhuberant and constricting.

  I'm 30 now, so it's been well over 10 years. Most of the other kids I knew are all disfellowshipped or inactive. I know maybe a handful who are sticking it out. They are some of the most depressed people I've ever seen.
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  Just got back from the YMCA

  by Atilla in

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  i went to the y last night just to relax and go swimming.

  the y near my house is pretty clean and after 8 p.m., not very crowded.

  i find it very relaxing to go work out, play basketball, go swimming and then sit in the sauna after a long shower.

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  dolphman - you're kidding right?? Are you a homophobe? Do you think gay men are also rapists? Do you think you are that desireable? (I'm sure you are - but gang rape, c'mon - even queers have some impulse control!)

  Yeah man just kidding. And no, I'm not a homophobe. But I did walk into the YMCA showers once, never to return again. There was a group of gays with boners pointed at each other, and I wasn't willing to walk their gauntlet to try and shower myself.

  I hadn't seen a guy pop wood in the showers since 7th grade, and then it was most likely just a hormonal surge. These guys meant business.
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  Charles T Russell -a freemason and the connection to the illuminati...

  by dolphman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, i'm not one for conspiracy theories but lately i've uncovered some interesting facts that i think warrant some attention.. first of all, russell was a freemason.

  all the early watchtower and books he authored have freemason symbology and art throughout them.

  not a big deal i thought, until i read more about freemasons and the so-called "illuminati", a group of 13 families that supposedly control the world.. supposedly these 13 families, such as the duponts, mcdonalds, kennedys, .

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  Yeah I've heard the same. How does Enochian magic differ from say reading the Kabbalah? They are not one in the same are they?

  There is a lot of info that I've come across that suggest many of the rituals performed by freemasons include enochian magic. I'm assuming this is what their rituals are based on.
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  Charles T Russell -a freemason and the connection to the illuminati...

  by dolphman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, i'm not one for conspiracy theories but lately i've uncovered some interesting facts that i think warrant some attention.. first of all, russell was a freemason.

  all the early watchtower and books he authored have freemason symbology and art throughout them.

  not a big deal i thought, until i read more about freemasons and the so-called "illuminati", a group of 13 families that supposedly control the world.. supposedly these 13 families, such as the duponts, mcdonalds, kennedys, .

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  Charles T Russell -a freemason and the connection to the illuminati...

  by dolphman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, i'm not one for conspiracy theories but lately i've uncovered some interesting facts that i think warrant some attention.. first of all, russell was a freemason.

  all the early watchtower and books he authored have freemason symbology and art throughout them.

  not a big deal i thought, until i read more about freemasons and the so-called "illuminati", a group of 13 families that supposedly control the world.. supposedly these 13 families, such as the duponts, mcdonalds, kennedys, .

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