faith (fth)
n.Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
I have faith that everytime I leave my apartment in the morning to go to work, my cats begin conversing aout world affairs and the latest episode of FRIENDS.
-Dan
bboyneko
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What is faith REALLY?
by Silverleaf ini've been interested in the discussion on the 'for those of us who believe in god' thread and aguest wrote this:.
"we have been misled into understand what 'faith' really is.".
if we have all been misled, then can someone explain what exactly faith really is?
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Jehovah
by TweetieBird inwhen i was first having doubts about the organization, i stumbled across the following site.... .
http://www.eliyah.com/jhovah.htm.
it really opened my eyes, because i have a mother-in-law that tells me constantly that the witnesses are the only ones that bear god's name.
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bboyneko
If gods name is so important, why hasnt its pronounciation survived?
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The scariest Place on Earth........
by spike inno, i'm not referring to the borg palace in n.y. i was watching the tv show where they select a family to spend a night roaming around a haunted island, castle etc.
now if the god/devil concept isn't right, what causes the energy forces to scare the hell out of those people?
if this was discussed before, bear with me i'm a newbie trying to figure out what to believe.. never give up, and never under any circumstances, face the facts-r.gordon
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bboyneko
Now if the God/devil concept isn't right, what causes the energy forces to scare the hell out of those people?
Dont be so close-minded...lets assume ghosts are real. Why must there be a God or Devil for this to be true? Also, if ghosts are real, they would haunt any time of day, not just night time. What would it matter to them?
The evidence I've heard of for ghosts seem to suggest that if they are real, they are unaware of us, and dont harm us. Most of the time they seem to be reenacting their activities from when they were living. Like in Sixth Sense, they dont realize they are dead.
I want to beleive in ghosts because it would prove there is something after death, and Id like that to be true.
Im a part of a ghost hunting club in maryland, www.marylandghosts.com
I joined to see for myself if this is a true phenomena. Ive already verified ESP, and so who knows what else might be true?
-Dan
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Any Chess Players in here?
by jelly inhello,.
any chess players in here, and if so how about a match on yahoo?.
jelly
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bboyneko
I only play strip chess...
but I think I am a decent chess opponent, I will lose, but it wont be too easy :)
I LOVE PLAYING ONLINE GAMES!. But usually violent ones..like soldier of fortune, TRIBES, half-life: Counterstrike..stuff like that. Strategy-wise I like starcraft. Starcraft is great.
The greatest joy in life is crouching behind a dumpster and lining up an enemy in your crosshairs and blowing his virtual brains out with a single bullet from 1000 yards from your AWM sniper rifle.
Anyone seen ENEMY AT THE GATES?? its jus like dat.
Another one bites the dust...-Dan
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Jehovah
by TweetieBird inwhen i was first having doubts about the organization, i stumbled across the following site.... .
http://www.eliyah.com/jhovah.htm.
it really opened my eyes, because i have a mother-in-law that tells me constantly that the witnesses are the only ones that bear god's name.
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bboyneko
Jesus real name: Yeshua bin Joseph if I remember correctly
-Dan
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For those of us who still believe in God...
by MrMoe ini would like to know why you still beleive in god and what, based upon the bible, leads you to believe in god.. i likethe scripture that states the earth was a circle and hung upon nothing.
i also find that there is evidence the flood existed.
anybody know the stats of the "supposed" ark on mr. ararat?.
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Once I heard voices in my head, but it turned out it was just that the little hamster who runs on the wheel in my skull was making personal calls to his hamster buddies. I was mad at him cus he was slackin at the job.
For a minute I had thought i was crazy.
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Holidays: Do you celebrate?
by Vitameatavegamin ini smell something burning; oh, just me thinking again!!.
anyway, one thing i always missed were the holidays-christmas especially.
i know that this is an unproven celebration to say the least, but i have always loved the warmth and beauty of this holiday, although very commercialized in this day and age.
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bboyneko
Halloween makes me cry :( Cus its the one holiday I always wanted to celebrate and I never did. Last year i gave out candy to little kids it was great. This year maybe I will go trick or treating as a borg. WHo knows?
-Dan
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For those of us who still believe in God...
by MrMoe ini would like to know why you still beleive in god and what, based upon the bible, leads you to believe in god.. i likethe scripture that states the earth was a circle and hung upon nothing.
i also find that there is evidence the flood existed.
anybody know the stats of the "supposed" ark on mr. ararat?.
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Why do human crave food that are bad for them? Harmony?
I think there's a screw up there of the natural order. Humans were meant to want the foods that are good for them, but our brains get in the way of our instincts and we are able to put aside our natural inclinations to survive and make decisions that are unhealthy for us
Think about this one...what is 'bad' for us? Fatty foods? Sugary foods? Everything bad can be categorized in those two things, like fried and salty. Things things are not bas in themselves, just in large quantities. Even too much water can kill you.
In the past, we had to survive in the brutal world. An important aspect of foods is to keep us alive, duh. It provides nurtients and energy. The most immidietly important aspect is energy. Sugars provide instant energy, although not very effective since it is temporary. Fats are good because they provide energy we can store and can provide insulation against cold.
We crave fat because we needed it in the past, anything with fat in it tastes good. Non-fatty meat, dosent taste nearly as good as a very fatty steak. Sugary foods are also still craved by us. look at fruits like pineapples. It makes sense that trees and plants and bushes that evolved fruit that was sugary would survive and thrive. Animals like humans and bats love the sweet fruit, eat it, and disperse the seed in our dung and help the plant reproduce. If the fruit tastes bitter we wont go near it.
Today, we dont need as much fat, food is easily available. However we tend to eat too much of fatty and sugary foods because it still tastes 'good.' We still crave it. We also crave nutritious foods like salads and fruits. But vegetables are neither fatty nor sweet so we dont like them as much as the other two, fats and sugars provide more instant energy than the long term benefits of vegetables.
Salts are also essential to replenish the salt loss that we incurr in sweating and other day to day activities. Our craving for 'bad' foods is really our survival instinct.
The fact that our bodies crumble under too much fat and salt, with heart disease problems being commonplace, goes to show that our bodies never evolved under high fat diets, fat wasnt easy to come by at the quantities now available.
The same goes for 'bad' smells. We are revolted by rotting flesh, its unhealthy and harbors bacteria and harmful gases. Its pretty sick nasty stuff. Eating rotting flesh will make us violently sick. However, to animals like flies, this smell is 'good.' They love the stuff! They use carcasses to reproduce by laying eggs in the putrifying flesh so that when they hatch they eat the dead flesh. The hatched maggots will not eat living flesh, only dead tissue.
Many of our 'good' and 'bad' responces are a result of evolution. We have hairless bodies because we evolved the ability to sweat heavily. This is more effecient method of colling down an overheated body. As a result we lost most of our fur except on areas important to help in infection, such as eyebrows, eyeleashes, nose hair, ear hair, etc. Our head hair is great for regulating body temperature. A shaven head leaks out body heat at an astonishingly rapid rate.
Our 'goosebumps' are a residual effect of the time when we had a ton of fur, and raising the hairs would actually warm us. Goosebumps now with our hairless bodies dont do anything. But its still there, just as the remains of our tails when we were once arboreal animals and needed it for balance.
We can thank tree limbs for our opposable thumbs. The opposable thumb made grasping branches easier.
-Dan
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Does the WTBTS surf here? Question ANSWERED!
by biblexaminer inmany have pondered the question.... "does the watchtower bible and tract society read what they themselves have labeled "apostate", whether it be books, or web sites?
the answer to this question could be verified by a future "whistleblower", who perhaps worked in the watchtower's basement, but there is already enough proof for a definitive answer.. we will examine the question regarding the watchtower's "surfing habits" by means of proof as found in the awake of august 8, 2001. this article is currently being "placed" (sold) from door to door this month.
i know, i 'sold' some.. on page 7 we find these paragraphs beneath a picture of a miserable looking guy surfing the inet in ramshackle surroundings... (the watchtower's basement no doubt).
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Next AWAKE article:
Pornography on the Internet
Many people surf the internet today. But besides the many benefits, there are hidden dangers, such as Satan's tool, pornography.
Some sites, such as www.poopsex.com deal with disgusting fetishes, and for only $9.99 a month you can join on satans debauchery. A true christian would never click on the link of free previews and download such images to his or her harddrive under the heading 'Theocratic Study material' to hide it from fellow governing body..i mean fellow brothers.
......you get the picture
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Big Bang Question
by chappy inwhat is the origen,(fact, theory or speculation) of the infinitly small point of energy that started it all?.
later,.
chappy
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SHIT HAPPENS?
Nothing happens that god dosent know about and permit. And God has a purpose for everything. Your shit has god's blessing and approval.