Posts by Midget-Sasquatch

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JOHN - The Lazy Apostle ?

by Lampokey in

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 ?

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

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 ?

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.

Midget-Sasquatch

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:.

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).

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The Holocaust - do we need to know?

by eyeslice in

jw
friends

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.

Midget-Sasquatch

Realist

Sure there are Jewish lobbies that try to influence government and people, but its not like America is merely their puppet.The US support for Isreal IMHO has to do more with using them as a way of exerting American influence and control over that region. I also think that the current US zeal for Isreal also has to do with the now closer sharing of hurt that the populations feel from those that hate them. I don't see some Zionist conspiracy in this.

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The Holocaust - do we need to know?

by eyeslice in

jw
friends

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.

Midget-Sasquatch

I agree with you FrenchBabyFace that individual evils, those lives are equally valuable. I think that in those cases its easier for people to be less reflective and think that they'd never act that way.

Every generation needs to know and realize the danger of systemic evil though, and especially how so many otherwise "good" people can be part of it. Like that other poster mentioned, there were many who complied with it, like "the one who drove the train" etc. Could that have just as easily been us and what would have been enough to bring us to that point? If we can learn the facets of society and of people that were capitalized on to bring it about, then maybe another one can be averted.

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The Untold Smurf Story -- Soldier of Fortune / XJW Edition January 2005

by Bendrr in

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note to mods: this issue has been edited and i'd like to re-submit it for the perusal of jwd.

leaving no shark unjumped, sof's xjw staff is thrilled to present our readers with an all-new format.

we're now a website instead of crude jpeg's, though we're still proud to be crude.

Midget-Sasquatch

ROFLMAO!

We only had crappy booms for our mics, but others got bayonets!?

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India May Disclose ET Existence

by metatron in

this is not the first time that this has been reported.

i have thought it was possible that a non-christian nation might be the first.

to disclose ufo reality.

Midget-Sasquatch

Unfettered

If the FAA witnesses have radar returns and other verifiable evidence then I'd be very interested in that. The disclosure project has been held up for a while though even from when I first heard of it. What gives?

I was a young teen when I first read The Roswell Incident coauthored by Charles Berlitz. IIRC it was the first book that promoted the story. But even then, I was thrown off by the actual description Brazel gave of the debris he found. It was from the original newspaper article that broke the story. Sticks like balsa wood? ringlets? foil? --- it sounded more like a kite to me and not like a ufo. But I was too hooked to let this passion fizzle out. I'm still a ufo freak to this day.

Notwithstanding, the Mogul balloon trains do match up very well with the debris as originally described by Brazel. The tape with purple designs they used even explains the purple "heiroglyphics" on the "ibeams". Project Mogul fits the time frame as well. One of the ballon trains they sent off, went missing just about the time of the "crash".The dummy drops were years later though. I agree with you there.

I still like following these stories though and even have SETI@home running on my PC.

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Gettin' disfellowshipped

by Low-Key Lysmith in

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i was just wondering if there was anyone else out there whose "friends" came to the elders and told them a bunch of fabricated crap about you before your "meeting with the elders.

" i had people that i grew-up with tell them that they had "personally seen me beat-up my mom.

" i had also been known to "host seances" in my parent's basement.

Midget-Sasquatch

I've never instigated enough hate or jealousy (nothing there to be able to it seems) to have false accusations brought to the elders...BUT among the dubs my age I was increasingly being excluded and avoided for a number of reasons...not being cool enough, not being party animal enough and as I later found out because they thought I was secretly gay. Evidently I was spending too much time with an outted dub friend of ours (well ex-friend for them).

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India May Disclose ET Existence

by metatron in

this is not the first time that this has been reported.

i have thought it was possible that a non-christian nation might be the first.

to disclose ufo reality.

Midget-Sasquatch

Elsewhere

You're right. That picture was one of many fakes made by Billy Meir. Whats really funny about having Russel in the cockpit was that supposedly those ships were from the Pleiades. So maybe he did actually speak with you know who.

I would really love for ETs to be real but its a secret they just couldn't keep. The disclosure project is interesting but its all anecdotal testimony. Can any of it be verified? Corso's book is just bunk. I'm surprised it was still published after the release of info on Project Mogul.