ok, here's my uninspired opinion: I believe the Bible is a good book and part of my JW brain washing which is still active will still not allow me to show it disrespect. THe power of the mind is a strange thing. However, I believe that if you were to sit down and write a novel with God and life as the theme, would you make up events and say th Romans invaded Britain in 2001 and the American Cival War was in 1501? No, why would you even think of doing that? You would make it as acurate as possible. I have read many a novel based on true facts which if read in 5000 years time would most certainly pass for extremely accurate historical documents. Therefore I see many things in the British museum which relate to the the bible and many archaeological and geographical proofs of what an important book the bible is, however, I no longer believe in the God of the old testament, or in any possibility that it was written by such a God. After all, why would God write a book for us, mostly written in cryptic signs and leave it to imperfect humans to interpret it. If God wanted to talk to us, is he not powerfull enough? Why would God hide? When you step back and consider the full reality of what we ascribe to God, I can actually see it as demeaning and disrespectfull for us to place such limitations on God.
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Is the bible really inspired ??
by master chief inhere i go again!!!!
!think about it what makes an actor,popstar,author,etc popular, them or its believers i mean cmon anything sells today even if its crap,people go on and on about the bible being inspired and beneficial for teaching but are other self help books inspired or are counselers or therapists inspired so back to the question is the bible inspired by god or mans imagination?
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4 Employment Openings 4 Ex-dubs
by Mindchild inplease note: this is not a fluff post.
this is actually a career opportunity.. job description and qualifications:.
four positions open to work with an international for profit foundation doing business in the college textbook industry.
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If it is such a solid business venture, why does part of the proceeds have to be spent in this manner regarding the island. Why does the business not allow people to do with the money what they will and run the island as a seperate operation with paying guests?
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I AM SICK OF HEARING ENRON SOB STORIES
by teenyuck inthe nbc news just showed the latest update on enron.
ken lay will show up...yada yada yada.
the next clip dealt with a man and wife...he worked at enron.
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The company I work for lost 2% of it's wealth to enron, but hey, 2 % of 40 Bn is not worth what it used to be.
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mouth full of apostates
by ballistic inlast april, i was waiting on my patio with my dog, patch listening to ladonnas greatest hits, when something amazing happened; an englishman i know called simon from kent who is also achristain and a deep thinker rem-embered my borg free aniversary, and said, "i thought it would be logical to bring you some bitter mango, lilacs and flowers, but don't go ballistic - i forgot your billy goat, but you do look closer2fine.
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OK, now it's someone elses go to get as many into one sentence as possible. (I'm not sure how well my sentence holds up to being grammitcally correct as one sentence, but anyway)
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sorry I'm inactive
by ballistic inbut i've been playing this: * http://zone.msn.com/bejeweled/default.asp
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anyone still into bejewelled? I just got a score over 44,000. (not that I'm boasting and I'm sure most of you didn't want to know antway)
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mouth full of apostates
by ballistic inlast april, i was waiting on my patio with my dog, patch listening to ladonnas greatest hits, when something amazing happened; an englishman i know called simon from kent who is also achristain and a deep thinker rem-embered my borg free aniversary, and said, "i thought it would be logical to bring you some bitter mango, lilacs and flowers, but don't go ballistic - i forgot your billy goat, but you do look closer2fine.
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Last April, I was Waiting on my Patio with my Dog, Patch listening to Ladonnas greatest hits, when something Amazing happened; an Englishman I know called Simon from Kent who is also AChristain and a deep Thinker Rem-embered my Borg Free aniversary, and said, "I thought it would be Logical to bring you some Bitter Mango, Lilacs and Flowers, but don't go Ballistic - I forgot your Billy Goat, but you do look CLoser2Fine."
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Dear Robert
by Mann indear robert, i have done quiet a lot of research into the jw's doctrines.
you see; i had to make an important decision on where i stood as far as jw's are concerned.this chat site was very helpful.
i have taken the most controversial members ( lol there are only three of you)from this site, in opposition to eachother and used your arguments and reasongings to "help" make my mind over on what i would do.. the thing that struck me most about your arguments were: you kept giving glory to jehovah and his son, you used scriptures to back up your points (glad you didn't give out where to find those scriptures) you didn't make excuses for the wtbs errors, and misdeeds, and the most important point was your pointing out that jehovah himself will judge and spank his own people.
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Mann, you are going to have a difficult time getting into the org with that attitude. Seeing as you view the world as such a nasty dangerous place, where will you go?
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Dear Robert
by Mann indear robert, i have done quiet a lot of research into the jw's doctrines.
you see; i had to make an important decision on where i stood as far as jw's are concerned.this chat site was very helpful.
i have taken the most controversial members ( lol there are only three of you)from this site, in opposition to eachother and used your arguments and reasongings to "help" make my mind over on what i would do.. the thing that struck me most about your arguments were: you kept giving glory to jehovah and his son, you used scriptures to back up your points (glad you didn't give out where to find those scriptures) you didn't make excuses for the wtbs errors, and misdeeds, and the most important point was your pointing out that jehovah himself will judge and spank his own people.
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Spend your time well here mann, you will not be allowed here soon, oh and check out a few porn sites while you're at it, you'll not even be able to think about masterbating soon.
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Dear Robert
by Mann indear robert, i have done quiet a lot of research into the jw's doctrines.
you see; i had to make an important decision on where i stood as far as jw's are concerned.this chat site was very helpful.
i have taken the most controversial members ( lol there are only three of you)from this site, in opposition to eachother and used your arguments and reasongings to "help" make my mind over on what i would do.. the thing that struck me most about your arguments were: you kept giving glory to jehovah and his son, you used scriptures to back up your points (glad you didn't give out where to find those scriptures) you didn't make excuses for the wtbs errors, and misdeeds, and the most important point was your pointing out that jehovah himself will judge and spank his own people.
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Mann said..... There's nothing out there, the same old shit keeps going down. (Murder,fornication,drug dealings, children killing children and teachers,adultery, homosexuality, etc)
Oh shit mann, if this is what follows you around, I'm not suprised you're running back with squelching hoes.
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Like irony?
by ballistic ini always think irony is very ironic isn't it?.
what do you think is the most ironic scripture the jehovah's witnesses quote?.
i've got one or two, but i thought i would throw it out as a question for a change.
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ok, I was thinking of the scripture they quote, "he that is faithfull in little things is also faithfull in what is much" or words to that effect.
Interesting that they can take fractions of blood but not pints of red cells.