Posts by Rod P

I'm tryin' ta figur out dis damn Bible 'n Stuff and you geys keep distracting me with Sexual innuendo. Shame on you!! Paant!!! pant!!!...fades into the dust..

Rod P.

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Do you think the world will end soon. If so, when?

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predictions for the end of the world have been going on since the time of christ, and in every century since then.

during the past 100 years there have been more predictions for the end of the world than have been made in all the previous centuries combined.

many of these prophesied dates have since come and gone.. people look around and see the possibility of many different natural or man-made disasters by which the end could come.

Rod P

Hey Gerard,

Why won't your picture come up on the screen?

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Does the Bible interpret itself, or a fiddle you can play any tune with?

by Rod P in

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testing this thread.

well, after three times, it finally worked.

why are there so many religions all professing belief in the bible, yet all of them interpret the bible differently?

Rod P

O.K. Gumby, I'll bite. Tell me what kinda cookies ya got.

I hope they're better than those last ones you fed me! Had to go behind the barn and spit them out. Ughhh.....Plaaaah!!!

Rod P.

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When you see a JW or two on the street, do you ignore them or speak tothem?

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most of the time i just walk on by.

i just can't be bothered, and they are not going to believe what i say anyway.

besides, should i tell them i am disfellowshipped, which may scare them away?

Rod P

Markfromcali,

I am not talking about ego-tripping on JW's, if you get my meaning.

I am saying that we who have been steeped in "JW Think" cannot help but use their lingo and their logic. That's what gives it all away. Kind of like a "Freudian slip". It has nothing to do with showing off or showing them up in an intellectural sparring match.

Rod P.

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Does the Bible interpret itself, or a fiddle you can play any tune with?

by Rod P in

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friends

testing this thread.

well, after three times, it finally worked.

why are there so many religions all professing belief in the bible, yet all of them interpret the bible differently?

Rod P

Narkissos,

While it takes a Subjective path to find the spiritual, once found or realized, and then embraced and applied, then I think what happens is that it begins to manifest in the Objective world thru the person experiencing the revelation or inspiration or catharsis. Those within his/ her sphere of influence will also recognize it, if they are in tune with the spiritual.

As members of the human race, we all have our "input channels" that are particularly receptive to certain truths or insights. Some of us refer to these as "gifts" from God. Others merely see this as "talent", whether innate or learned.

I also agree with you that we are all on a "level playing field" when it comes to matters spiritual. Forest Gump, Bubba, Savants and many of the so-called "mentally challenged" people we have witnessed have taught us all some very important lessons. Even small children (i.e."Out of the mouths of babes") are instruments of the Divine, and some of their insights can be quite startling. I believe that God uses the humble of the earth to teach us all about spirituality in the context of how to apply it in our daily living. It is the Spiritual that drives the Material, and not the other way around. The "heart" is the doorway and the compass to this inner world.

Rod P.

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Should JW's be trying to convert others to their faith?

by Rod P in

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if you think about it, what happens if one of the persons in a marriage gets converted to the jw religion, while the other one chooses not to believe?

or the husband is at work, and the wife gets to meet the jw at the door, has bible studies with them, gets converted, and then the husband wakes up one day and finds he is living with a jw mate.

what happens if a jw couple is out in the field service, and one gets converted to another religion, precisely as a result of doing the kingdom field service work.. in all of these instances, it results in a religiously divided home.

Rod P

Little Toe,

Yep. Three groups: JW, Mormon and now Ex-JW/Ex-Mormon (i.e. Apostate)

I was disfellowshipped by the JW's for joining the Mormons. I was excommunicated from the Mormon Church essentially because, as an Elder, I asked to have my name removed from the membership rolls, and the only way they can do that is to excommunicate.

Now, as a Non-Believer, don't you Apostates go excommunicating me from this forum, cuz then I got nowhere else to go! I promise, I won't believe. I promise! I promise!

Rod P.

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Does the Bible interpret itself, or a fiddle you can play any tune with?

by Rod P in

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testing this thread.

well, after three times, it finally worked.

why are there so many religions all professing belief in the bible, yet all of them interpret the bible differently?

Rod P

Abaddon,

I just want to say that I think you have made some excellect and salient remarks. Some real food for thought, and a few new ones for me!

Rod P.

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Does the Bible interpret itself, or a fiddle you can play any tune with?

by Rod P in

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friends

testing this thread.

well, after three times, it finally worked.

why are there so many religions all professing belief in the bible, yet all of them interpret the bible differently?

Rod P

I think all of the Sacred Texts from many diverse sources are written by men, with many different personalities and viewpoints, but that the writers were "spiritually minded". But thru it all, there was a spark of Divinity peaking thru and entwined within, revealing spiritual truths and principles and concepts that would lead us to God, if we followed the Spiritual Path.

So yes, God let the writers say what they wanted, describe events and situations, and they could even be fallible and contradictory in some of their "comments". Yet there in the midst of it all was the indelible stamp of Divinity.

Now there is an awful lot of stuff in the Old Testament that strikes me as pretty nasty and mean, and the antithesis of the spiritual. And I don't know how much of it was all borrowed from somewhere else (eg. Adam and Eve, the Flood, etc.), but I'm pretty sure there was a lot of it in that category. But thru the pages of the Bible are a lot of spiritual principles that are inspired or "God-breathed". It's like God trying to get thru to us with our thick skulls when we don't even want to listen. (Free Will, and all that.) My search is to find what is and what is not "spiritually valid", in spite of Man, and not because of him. That is why I do not think my search is limited to the Bible, because the God of the Universe is for all mankind, and not just for a chosen few of one race or colour or creed.

Rod P.

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Does the Bible interpret itself, or a fiddle you can play any tune with?

by Rod P in

jw
friends

testing this thread.

well, after three times, it finally worked.

why are there so many religions all professing belief in the bible, yet all of them interpret the bible differently?

Rod P

Gumby,

Wrong answer! Now go to the Principul's Office and explain why you choose not to pay attention. You know where it's at- just down the hall and up the elevator, and stop on the 5000th floor. Look for the door with the big, illuminated "J.C.: on the front.

Anyway you know better than to akuse the teach' of bein' a, what was it yu said..."non-spiritual heathen". Now I don't mind bein' called a "heathen" cuz all that means is someone who comes from the "heath" or the countryside. But to call me "non-spiritual", that's just plain nasty and vindictive. Now for that, I'm gonna wash yur mouth out with spiritual soap, and get rid of all that foul garbage that's in there.

And the next time I catch ya readin' one of them Apostate magazines, feedin' yur head with all that nonsense, I'm gonn make ya write 5000 lines: "I will not read apostate magazines in class." Damn, Gumby, it's no wonder J.C. yanked you outta that Sunday School ministry. I told Him you couldn't handle it, and then we'd have to go into damage control for all those wrong teachings you keep spreading around. Oh those poor, innocent believers! I just hope it's not too late!

Rod P.