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  The Assumption Widely Ridiculed .. But Rarely Discussed

  by metatron in

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  if you are a christian, a jew, or a muslim, you belong to a revealed religion.

  you believe that an angel, a prophet.

  or other divine being came to earth and truthfully explained what your place in the universe should be.

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  Brenda

  I read Whitley Streiber's Communion, Transformation, and Secret School. (Hey - To all the skeptics out there, I needed something to read as escape at circuit and district assemblies, being the whipped teen that I was). If your or your hubby haven't read the later books, maybe you'll find Streiber's changing views on the intentions of his visitors, to be a small release for any anxiety he may have over his own experiences. I personally have never had such a thing happen to me.
  

  If you're interested at looking at the "Visitor" phenomenon from a different perspective, I suggest Passport to Magonia from Jacque Vallee. It will show you alot of similarities between the modern alien/ufo experiences and folklore from the past. He has his ideas on whats behind it all. You can draw your own.

  Leolaia

  There's a body of lore thats growing in the field of ufos and aliens that has gnostic overtones. In particular with forces of light, (like the Nordic Aliens, or even angels) trying to reveal life-saving information to us, while in struggle with dark forces (like the Greys, or demons or archons) that only wish to exploit and keep humans trapped for their own ends. Gnosticism goes with anything, much like ketchup, and I love them both.
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  The Assumption Widely Ridiculed .. But Rarely Discussed

  by metatron in

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  if you are a christian, a jew, or a muslim, you belong to a revealed religion.

  you believe that an angel, a prophet.

  or other divine being came to earth and truthfully explained what your place in the universe should be.

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  Midget-Sasquatch

  Contactees have done alot of damage to the respectability of the idea of ETs IMHO. That along with "here a saucer, there a saucer, everywhere a flying saucer" false IDs. Many contactee experiences show religious and supernatural overtones as well as some strong similarities to lores of the past (i.e. the wee people , or the old hag or incubi). I think they should be seriously analyzed by anthropologists as well as sociologists. Maybe we can find out something more profound about our own psyches and perceptions since apparently these have been recurring themes.

  I wish a confirmed ET contact would happen. Then maybe, maybe all people will perceive each other as "Us" and start being a bit more cooperative on the global scale.
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  What Are Things "Jehovah" Says That Really The "WT. Organization" Says???

  by minimus in

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  when i talked to my mother yesterday, everytime she would try to defend the watchtower organization, she would say, and jehovah says..." i would respond, "noooo.

  the watchtower organization says that.

  show me the scripture in the bible that says, "jehovah says" right now".

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  Midget-Sasquatch

  That Jesus is only the mediator for the 144,000.
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  Some people followed Jehovah's Organization, and God killed 'em

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  gina and i were batting around how the organization calls itself "god's channel" out of one side of their mouth and then reminds everyone that they are "imperfect men" out of the other.

  this allows them to claim a position of authority as "god's organization" while at the same time allowing them to make mistakes and get away with it.

  (1975, "generation", all the flavors of blood, etc).

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  AA

  Tis true the dubby "answer" spewed was weak, in fact twas all tongue in cheek.
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  Some people followed Jehovah's Organization, and God killed 'em

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  gina and i were batting around how the organization calls itself "god's channel" out of one side of their mouth and then reminds everyone that they are "imperfect men" out of the other.

  this allows them to claim a position of authority as "god's organization" while at the same time allowing them to make mistakes and get away with it.

  (1975, "generation", all the flavors of blood, etc).

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  Midget-Sasquatch

  I think my mistaken exposure to the meeting yesterday has brought up some pernicious "code" in my head....must resist...oh no! :

  Hondo

  Brother....friend....may I suggest you read the insightful information found in Let Your Kingdom Come -Appendix to Chapter 14. The different lines of secular evidence for 586 are discussed and shown to be less solid than critics would wish you to believe. Never mind the thousands of contemporary documents that don't show any missing 20 years...there was a very effective Seleucid conspiracy to mess with the records. So Trust in Borg.

  This board is sooo therapeutic.
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  Some people followed Jehovah's Organization, and God killed 'em

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  gina and i were batting around how the organization calls itself "god's channel" out of one side of their mouth and then reminds everyone that they are "imperfect men" out of the other.

  this allows them to claim a position of authority as "god's organization" while at the same time allowing them to make mistakes and get away with it.

  (1975, "generation", all the flavors of blood, etc).

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  JDubby mode:ON

  Well it was the nagging of the people that made Aaron cave in and then they all apostasized together. He wasn't forcing a new God onto them and was a bullied into being a sort of wicked slave. Moses was still the rightful earthly lead of Big J's org. Neener Neener Neener

  I still haven't gotten word on how to refute those examples of the Judean Kings. But, fear not, the light shall shine brighter very shortly.

  JDubby mode:OFF
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  JOHN - The Lazy Apostle ?

  by Lampokey in

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  from the gospel according to john , 21:25 new world translation :.

  "there are , in fact , many other things which jesus also did , which , if ever they were written in full detail , i suppose , the world itself could not contain the scrolls written.".

  well , john , here you are , charged with the responsibility to relate the life and times of jesus , and you do not tell us what these "many other things" are.. why not ?

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  Orobus

  I personally love all the extra info thats shared by various posters. I don't see any flaunting, not even in your own little bit about there being competing christologies. But uhmmm, correct me if I'm wrong Orbi, but I believe Q isn't a gospel per se but more a collection of Jesus' sayings. So similar to Gospel of Thomas that I've read some scholars have proposed it as Q or that there was yet another source a Common Sayings Tradition that was the source of both of the above. I like showin' off like this .

  Leolaia

  Yes, whatever the content, it would be valuable to see it so that more can be learned about the development and transition from oral to written tradition. Being the heretic that I am I have my biases and am still suspicious about what those stories about the resurrected peoples have to say on that. Getting a sort of inside scoop to the Apocalypse of John would have been sweet though. I'm going to have to see if the nearest university library has any of those works you've mentioned.
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  JOHN - The Lazy Apostle ?

  by Lampokey in

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  from the gospel according to john , 21:25 new world translation :.

  "there are , in fact , many other things which jesus also did , which , if ever they were written in full detail , i suppose , the world itself could not contain the scrolls written.".

  well , john , here you are , charged with the responsibility to relate the life and times of jesus , and you do not tell us what these "many other things" are.. why not ?

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  Midget-Sasquatch

  Too bad the book was lost for good during the Middle Ages.

  I didn't even know about such a compilation. If the stories and sayings were along the lines of "he who is without sin" then its a great loss. But if it was overwhelmingly anti-gnostic then good riddance. I would have loved a peek either way though.
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  The Holocaust - do we need to know?

  by eyeslice in

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  this week in uk, there starts a new 6 week series to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=tuesday&service_id=4224&filename=20050111/20050111_2100_4224_37699_50.

  personally, i do not like cinema films about the holocaust and, therefore, have never watched things like shindler's list or the pianist.

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  Avishai

  I'm so sorry and I wish I could tell you that those animals were really going to pay for it. But Here's hoping.

  Realist and Brenda

  I agree with both of you that some Isrealis are disregarding the lessons of the Holocaust and are now mistreating Palestinians. And that we're seeing the irrational drives for supremacy and revenge bring both sides into bloody conflict. There's alot that both sides have to answer to in that case.
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  Biggest mistake of my life

  by SixofNine in

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  that's how i titled my response to a thread (on a non-religious discussion board i frequent) asking: "in honor of the lord's baptism today, were you baptised?

  (poll)".

  my reply:.

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  Midget-Sasquatch

  Mine too. I was either 19 or had just turned 20. Over time I no longer cared to remember exactly because its the point where I betrayed myself. I was made to live as a dub from age 5 on and really never liked it. I found out some of the bunk in the dub past in my teens (the multiple end dates, the many myths in the Bible).

  But I really wanted to experience the spirituality so many others talked about which I never felt. I fooled myself into thinking that I could become a changed person with that step. If I put in the effort and follow what seemed like the positive teachings of the dubs, I'd feel it. I could easily gloss over the current errors in eschatology, because I wasn't going to serve for any soon to arrive "paradise". That path never brought me closer to God and then I later read CoC. I suckered myself and from then on have been living under the Sword of Dfing. I killed my integrity with that act (If I had any to).