Posts by bboyneko

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How will Gen-Xers contribute to the fall of WTBS?

by LDH in

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is it because we're a cynical lot?.

maybe because we were the first generation of latch-key kids who learned how to raise ourselves?.

what is it that makes it so 'hard to lie to a gen xer?

bboyneko

I'm also a young former JW, I am 23 now, I left when I was 17 from the JW's. I left because of doubting. I worked at a public library and because of the vast information at my fingertips began to research things for the sunday watchtower study. I remember the first thing that got me doubting was trying to find things about the 607 BCE destruction of Jerusalem, and finding NOTHING...all the sources said 587 bce. I knew the Society based the 1914 date off the 607 date, so if THAT was wrong then 1914 was also wrong.

It grew from there slowly, for a year. By the time I was 17 I had written a 100 page essay on the wrongs i had found about the society, and why I was leaving. I refused to speak to any elders unless they read my paper. All of them refused. They did not want to read ideas from apostates.

So then I went to college, and now I'm unfortunatley unemployed but supporting myself thru many irregular freelance work. So I guess technically I am not unemployed, but I certainly don't have a regular income.

I agree most people seem to leave because of being caught for offesnes like illicet sex or growing facial hair :) Out of the 8 or 10 youth at my congregation only 4 are still there. The rest DA'd themselves.

It's getting harder and harder to indocrinate people in this age of instant information.

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Your best money saving tips here, please

by LDH in

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larc's thread on coupons gave me this idea.. we all know coupons can save you a few dollars or more.

but how do you save real money???.

do y'all have any tips that you wanna share?

bboyneko

You can save lots of money by
1) don't eat out so much
2) don't buy name-brand so much
3) cut down on drink costs, buy powder drink mixes like kool-aid or tang
4)Try shopping at bulk-rate warehouse shopping places, like here in the U.S. we have places like SAMS CLUB, PACE, and others. YOu might have to buy a gallon of ketchup, but its at a very cheap rate. Milk is as much as $1 cheaper at places like this
5) get the best rate you can on your health and car insurance
6) Do you really need cable/sattelite tv?
7) To save on electricity don't leave your computer monitor on a lot, it eats HUGE amounts of electricity. hand-wahs your dishes more instead of constantly using the dishwasher machine.
8) Keep your car in good repair to avoid huge repair bills. Routine maintenance like regular oil changes, tune-ups and tire changing can save you tons.

That's all i can think of for now.

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Online Bibles

by JosephAlward in

i believe there are many on this forum who are not aware of the many online bibles from which they could almost effortless copy verses to paste into their arguments.

when one refers to a particular verse in a particular book, few readers have the patience to go seach through the whole book.. the online source i use is called "bible gateway.

" it provides several different versions of the bible, and offers word search, which is an indispensible tool for those who take their bible research seriously.. bible gateway is at http://bible.gospelcom.net/.

bboyneko

bible gateway is my favirote also

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Who is actualy a jehovah witness here? I mean Jeez

by ShyGurlie in

im a young high school girl who thinks that this is crazy.

bboyneko

Every organization, especially a large billionare corporation, is not exempt from valid critism. Just because you work for that corporation does not make peoples critisism's about the company lies, hate, or bitter venom.

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What The Heck Is UADNA???

by Dutchie in

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several posters are using this signature.

is this a distinct group or a clique, or what?.

when i do good, i feel good.

bboyneko

It really is nothing you should be concerned about....

-Dan
Chief of Maryland Operations UADNA

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I got an X-Box!

by ISP in

i guess i was a victim of hype etc...but what the heck!

i can play halo, wreckless etc.

having fun?.

bboyneko

The x-box is far superior to the PS 2 dual processor. It's a technically superior machine. I love dead or alive 3 on x-box, and you have GOT to play jet grind radio future. It's awsome.

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Riddle from Gospel of Thomas

by bboyneko in

gospel of thomas verse 11: the dead are not alive, and the living will not die.

during the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive.

when you are in the light, what will you do?

bboyneko

I liked your ideas thinker. I didn't bother to look up what religious scholars have said about that passage. I should see. Most people say this is a gnostic viewpoint presented in gospel of thomas but the gospel pre-dates gnostics by quite a bit.

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Riddle from Gospel of Thomas

by bboyneko in

gospel of thomas verse 11: the dead are not alive, and the living will not die.

during the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive.

when you are in the light, what will you do?

bboyneko

Greetings bboyneko this is interesting, where does one find this gospel of Thomas? Can you tell me more about it as I have never heard of it. Thank you .......Jedd

The gospel of Thomas begins like this:

These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.

It's quite an interesting book. This "secret sayings" gospel does not tell the story of Jesus' life, but rather is a list of over 100 of his sayings, some of which are familiar to readers of the New Testament, others enigmatic and strange.

The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of traditional sayings, prophecies, proverbs, and parables of Jesus. The Coptic Gospel of Thomas was translated from the Greek; in fact, several fragments of this Greek version have been preserved, and can be dated to about 200 C.E. Thus the Greek (or even or Aramaic) collection was composed in the period before about 200 C.E., possibly as early as the second half of the first century, in Syria, Palestine, or Mesopotamia. The authorship of the Gospel of Thomas is attributed to Didymos Judas Thomas, that is, Judas "the Twin," who was an apostle of Jesus.
Some scholars have suggested that Thomas is also based on the Q source or is actually Q itself. Of course, these remain only hypotheses since there is no conclusive proof that a Q source ever existed. Still, the existence of a collection of sayings of Jesus as early as the dates proposed for Thomas suggests that there did exist such a collection in the early church.

This Thomas is mentioned in the 'official' bible:

John 11:16 - Thomas, nicknamed the Twin,[1] said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go, too--and die with Jesus."

Tradition holds that Thomas was the twin brother of Jesus. Cool huh?

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MetalGear Solid 2

by KissAFish in

has anyone here enjoyed metal gear solid 2...?

:)

bboyneko

In some ways i liked metal gear one better, and the ending to metal gear solid two was freaky and weirded me out man.

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Riddle from Gospel of Thomas

by bboyneko in

gospel of thomas verse 11: the dead are not alive, and the living will not die.

during the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive.

when you are in the light, what will you do?

bboyneko

Gospel of Thomas Verse 11: The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. During the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive. When you are in the light, what will you do? On the day when you were one, you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?"

This is an interesting riddle I read in the gospel of thomas. Wether or not you beleive Jesus actually said that it's a fun riddle to try to interpret. Here is my idea of what he is saying:

The dead are not alive, and the living will not die.

Dead people are dead and vanished from exsistance, yet living people will not die in the sense that there is a circle of life. You die only to become dirt and gases and get eaten by other ogranisms and still live on in that sense.

During the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive. When you are in the light, what will you do?

All the food we eat is dead. we eat the flesh of dead animals or dead plants. We make it come alive by eating it and it becomes energy that runs our bodies and minds. Then the part about being in the light, maybe that is talking about being born. When you come into light, how will you live your life, the only life you have?

On the day when you were one, you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?"

This one seems to be talking again of being born. You became one and two on the same day you were born. You were 'one' with your mother, then became two by being born and having the umbilical cord severed. And again you became 'one' by being an individual. Again Jesus seems to ask, how will you live your life when you have it grantd to you?