Can you name any evil buddhists?
ringo5
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What was the first thing Adam said when he set eyes on Eve?
by ballistic inaccording to the bible he decided to name her "woman".
in the previous verses he had been on an exercise to name all the beasts of the field and birds of the air.. personally, if i'd been wandering around a paradise garden on my own for years naming animals and suddenly set eyes on a perfect naked woman, i think i would be inclined to invent the first swear word.. although later, when eve gave birth, adam said it had been "with the lord's help".
so maybe he wasn't quite as spontaneous as i'd imagined, or maybe adam thought god was serious when he said she was a "helper".
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ringo5
in my best Pacino voice "WHOOOOAAAAAH"
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1st post, but not new!
by brother inhello everyone, been browsing the forum for quite a while now(about a year) and decided its time to post.
i'm male, just turned 36 on the first of april, i've been in a the process of fading for about two years now, not that easy having come from a witness family.
i've been in doubt about this religion for most of my life, but finally built up the courage to stop going to the meetings, finding out now how big and beautiful this world is and realizing how much i missed out on "real" life!.....i started to fade about the time i was being pushed, yes pushed into becoming a ms. i did not want to have that duty, and i say duty, not "privelege" as they would say because thats what it is, a duty!
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ringo5
Nice avatar, consider your hand shaken ;)
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How "Stupid" are you?
by JH inhttp://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14964688665927201537
my results .
door knob!.
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The Finished Project
by SickofLies ini just got home from the appeal, and i won i'm not df'ed!
lol how crazy is that?
anywayz, i'll post the results when i get them on my computer, it make take some time so don't expect the recordings until tomorrow.
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Hey, did the scholar look like this...
Me thinks I know where the former Iraqi Information Minister found his next job... Official Watchtower Information Minister! -
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Fluff Alert: Humorous Cat Pictures
by blondie ina poster is looking for an animated picture of two cats looking out the window, snow falling.. in looking i found some funny pictures.
do you have a favorite to share?.
2) a sharp knife, 3) a large lime, 4) a patient cat, 5) too much tequila, 6) and it's football season?.
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Counsel for Mormons on when doubts arise. PUT ON BLINDERS!
by PaNiCAtTaCk inmormon quote
should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts: 'i propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.
i know that happiness and contentment are there, and i forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.
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ringo5
Now for all your attack on religion actually read the whole article and make up your mind whether what is said here is positive, uplifting and designed to encourage good and to validate our youth and give them a sense of worth and purpose. Remember this is for LDS, it isn't a conversion tract for non-believers - its teachings for those who already believe these things.
Of course it isn't for conversion. They wouldn't mention doubts to new recruits, as that would be counterproductive to mind control! -
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Counsel for Mormons on when doubts arise. PUT ON BLINDERS!
by PaNiCAtTaCk inmormon quote
should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts: 'i propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.
i know that happiness and contentment are there, and i forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.
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ringo5
If a similar quote was to be found in a watchtower, would you still defend it Q?
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Letter to Mom (for your review)
by ringo5 inno this isn't really an "outing " letter, but it might make her think.
she already knows i'm not going to meetings, and we've had discussions about the possible extent of the flood , so she knows i'm on the edge .
which is probably why she picks out articles in the watchtower and sends them to me.
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ringo5
No this isn't really an "outing " letter, but it might make her think. She already knows I'm not going to meetings, and we've had discussions about the possible extent of the flood , so she knows I'm on the edge . Which is probably why she picks out articles in the watchtower and sends them to me. I have been avoiding the subject in our e-mails but thought, this seemed to be as good an opportunity as any to raise some questions .
so here's a letter for your review...
Hi mom, sorry with the tardiness of my reply. Okay no excuses. xxxx seems like a total jerk but you probably already know that. I hope Dad knows what he’s getting into with this guy, because I’ve had my share dealing with unstable people and it can get out of hand pretty quickly.
Yeah, I got the watchtower that you sent me. I guess I’m not quite sure why you sent it to me. Do you mind me asking?
The article “walking In the path of increasing light” did make me think. The first subheading “Enlightenment leads to organizational refinements” talked about that 1922 assembly with the “Advertise, Advertise, Advertise” slogan. The point seemed to be that a refinement was made in the primary day that the witnesses called on people, as Sunday was deemed more productive.
Can I ask you, was that refinement spirit directed or God directed? The reason I ask is that are you aware of what was being preached at that time?
*** jv chap. 7 p. 78 Advertise the King and the Kingdom! (1919-1941) ***
“Unrealized Hopes Are Not Unique to Our Day”
“We may confidently expect,” stated the booklet Millions Now Living Will Never Die, back in 1920, “that 1925 will mark the return [from the dead] of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old . . . to the condition of human perfection.” Not only was the resurrection of faithful men of old expected in 1925 but some hoped that anointed Christians might receive their heavenly reward in that year.
The year 1925 came and went. Some abandoned their hope. But the vast majority of the Bible Students remained faithful. “Our family,” explained Herald Toutjian, whose grandparents had become Bible Students about the turn of the century, “came to appreciate that unrealized hopes are not unique to our day. The apostles themselves had similar misplaced expectations. . . . Jehovah is worthy of loyal service and praise with or without the ultimate reward.”—Compare Acts 1:6, 7.
*** jv chap. 28 p. 632 Testing and Sifting From Within ***
In the lecture “Millions Now Living Will Never Die,” delivered by J. F. Rutherford on March 21, 1920, at the Hippodrome in New York City, attention was directed to the year 1925. On what basis was it thought to be significant? In a booklet published in that same year, 1920, it was pointed out that if 70 full Jubilees were calculated from what was understood to be the date when Israel entered the Promised Land (instead of starting after the last typical Jubilee before the Babylonian exile and then counting to the beginning of the Jubilee year at the end of the 50th cycle), this could point to the year 1925. On the basis of what was said there, many hoped that perhaps the remaining ones of the little flock would receive their heavenly reward by 1925. This year also was associated with expectations for resurrection of faithful pre-Christian servants of God with a view to their serving on earth as princely representatives of the heavenly Kingdom. If that really occurred, it would mean that mankind had entered an era in which death would cease to be master, and millions then living could have the hope of never dying off the earth. What a happy prospect! Though mistaken, they eagerly shared it with others.
What do you suppose God would be more interested in adjusting, the message which was in error, or adjusting their schedule so that this “misplaced expectation“ could reach the most people possible? These are the kind of questions that I ask myself and I’m hoping you’ll understand why I generally keep these things to myself.
Back to the article, do you suppose you’re in for some “new light”? I can recall a few times receiving “new light”. The least one time I was a little disturbed by it…. But I guess that’s my problem. While doing a bit of research in this area, I found I could relate to this article…
*** g70 4/22 p. 8 Changes That Disturb People ***
Changes That Disturb People
THE churches are in rapid decline. Even in the United States, where religion still enjoys perhaps the greatest popularity, nearly three out of four persons polled said that it is losing influence. Why is there this decline in religion?
One of the reasons is that people are disturbed by what is happening in their churches. Yes, millions of persons have been shocked to learn that things they were taught as being vital for salvation are now considered by their church to be wrong. Have you, too, felt discouragement, or even despair, because of what is happening in your church? A businessman in Medellín, Colombia, expressed the effect the changes have had on many.
“Tell me,” he asked, “how can I have confidence in anything? How can I believe in the Bible, in God, or have faith? Just ten years ago we Catholics had the absolute truth, we put all our faith in this. Now the pope and our priests are telling us this is not the way to believe any more, but we are to believe ‘new things.’ How do I know the ‘new things’ will be the truth in five years?”
What are some of these changes that disturb people?
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Anointed "Remnent" projections
by Elsewhere ina person who cannot reveal his/her identity has asked that i post this research regarding how long it is taking for the "remnent" to die before armageddon comes.. ====.
a recent jwd posting (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/110850/1.ashx) got me playing with remnant figures in excel.
the results are obvious, and frankly not surprising.
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ringo5
"That trend line must be wrong, that is impossible" the JWs might say. That is the point! The trend-line *IS* impossible... But it is a tightly fitting trend-line of what is *ALREADY* happening. Therefore, what is already happening IS IMPOSSIBLE (or at least, doesn't make any *freaking* sense).