Being on message boards for the past four years, I've heard so much bullsh;t regarding American citizens that it's unbelievable. Most people get their "information" about Americans from movies and/or media bias.
listening to your president talking about "the finest people", hearing senators talking about "better kill them arabs than get one american killed" and seeing that very president elected over again, seing those senators still in place, and remembering all those demonstrants insulting france and germany for not going to war, i don't think it's all bullsh;t and lies.
i don know however, that american != american. if you reelect a president like this, you can be damn shure what the rest of the world thinks about the mayority of americans. doesn't mean that you are one of the r&f though.
as for patriotism: it's probably one of the most stupid ideas on earth. how can one be proud of a country (s)he only was born in, nothing more, nothing less... it's not an accomplishment one achieves to be proud of. i just don't get it.
googlemagoogle
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The Star Spangled Banner
by rebel8 inoh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,.
what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?.
whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight;.
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The Star Spangled Banner
by rebel8 inoh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,.
what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?.
whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight;.
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The Star Spangled Banner
by rebel8 inoh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,.
what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?.
whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight;.
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googlemagoogle
that's what it sounds like...
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Need help on the trinity and John 1:1
by toladest inmy brother, who has been dfed for many, many years is going to a baptist church.
he just started attending recently and had a discussion with the baptist minister about the trinity.
my brother still believes many doctrines of the jw's.
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googlemagoogle
you know LT, the belief in the IPU is based on faith and logic - like most religions.
- based on faith: i believe it is pink.
- based on logic: it's invisible, cos noone has ever seen it.
but there are loads of evidence and personal experiences around.
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Need help on the trinity and John 1:1
by toladest inmy brother, who has been dfed for many, many years is going to a baptist church.
he just started attending recently and had a discussion with the baptist minister about the trinity.
my brother still believes many doctrines of the jw's.
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googlemagoogle
Never met Fluffy or a unicorn, but God was pretty cool...
never met fluffy or god, but the invisible pink unicorn was pretty cool...
But here's the big question, can doctrine develop?
of course it can, and it does. but what's the point in developing your very own image of god? if i read an old book about the "invisible pink unicorn" (IPU), what's the point in adding more attributes to "her", other than just for fun? -
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quick builds
by loosie inok was lying awake last night @ 3am wondering: when jw's build a hall in a weekend how do they get an inspectors approval so quickly?
( i know i need a life).
i mean various portions need to be inspected before the next step can be built, right?
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they get inspected by JEHOVAH himself! anytime.
btw: the "quick-builds" always were the biggest mess i've ever seen. the only good thing about it was the food. and the nice sisters :-) -
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Need help on the trinity and John 1:1
by toladest inmy brother, who has been dfed for many, many years is going to a baptist church.
he just started attending recently and had a discussion with the baptist minister about the trinity.
my brother still believes many doctrines of the jw's.
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googlemagoogle
It's quite possible for evolution to be true, Holy Books to be a bunch of diaries, and God to exist.
yes, that is possible. however, if the holy book turns out to be a bunch of diaries, there's no reason given to believe the things it says about god. especially when it says exclusive things about god.
there definately is the possibility that god exists, most atheists won't deny that, there's only no evidence to believe it. it's also possible that a rabbit named "fluffy" lives on mars. but there's no reason to believe it.
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Need help on the trinity and John 1:1
by toladest inmy brother, who has been dfed for many, many years is going to a baptist church.
he just started attending recently and had a discussion with the baptist minister about the trinity.
my brother still believes many doctrines of the jw's.
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googlemagoogle
now you'll tell me about your "personal experiences", mr. flanders? ;-)
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What kind of a response would I get if I asked the JW's at my door
by Agnes in.
to explain theocratic warfare?
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the thing is, that they don't do that conciously. it's a sort of brain-washing. you don't even notice you are telling a lie when defending the WTS.
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Need help on the trinity and John 1:1
by toladest inmy brother, who has been dfed for many, many years is going to a baptist church.
he just started attending recently and had a discussion with the baptist minister about the trinity.
my brother still believes many doctrines of the jw's.
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googlemagoogle
It seems to me that anyone can rationalize ANYTHING with the scriptures.
it not only seems so.
that's why there are so many "bible-based" or "bible-explaining" books out there. and they all disagree. if god existed (and i don't believe that) and the bible would be "god's word" (which i also not believe of course), he did an awful job making his point clear. he doesn't deserve being praised.