Posts by Robert K Stock

i go this idea from simons post on bob dylan's documentary.. my first choice would be..... joan baez.... she had the most beautiful voice, and with her excellent guitar picking, didn't need any backup music or singers.. next would be ...peter, paul and mary.

they could really harmonize magnificeintly.. what are your favorites?.

hubert.

Robert K Stock

Judy Collins, Someday Soon has been covered by a host of people most recently Jewel.

Kingston Trio, Send My Mail To The Tijuana Jail.

Glen Yarborough, Baby The Rain Must Fall

Shel Silverstein, The Dying Beatnick's Lament Louden Wainwright III, Dead Skunk In The Middle of The Road (seventies song but Louden's been around since the sixties)

Born in 1958 I wanted to be a Beatnick as a young child in the sixties. I dreamed of wearing a beret, drinking lots of expresso, playing the bongos, applauding by snapping my fingers and reciting poetry that doesn't rhyme at smoke filled coffee houses called the Hungry Eye. In modern times, David Wilcox is my favorite Folk Singer.

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Stargate SG-1 The Ori

by blondie in

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has anybody been watching this season's shows with the new menace, the ori?.

daniel and vala have been saved from the fanatical ori followers, but because their savior is an ori priest and they're still trapped in "borrowed" bodies in a distant galaxy they're not exactly home-free.

instead, the priest transports them to the ori's holy realm of celestis, where daniel begins to uncover the secrets of the mysterious gods.. .

Robert K Stock

Zen:

The Twilight Zone episode was "To See The Invisible Man" Watching that episode all I could think of was I wish every Witness I knew could watch this.

Just as the Watchtower promises a Paradise Earth that will never come, the Ori on SG-1 promise enlightenment and ascension that will never come.

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Where Is Paradise?

by Honesty in

the wtbts says it is on earth.

however, an examination of the 3 scriptures that mention paradise raises questions as to the validity of the wt's claims.

for instance, at luke 23:43 jesus tells the criminal beside him that he (the criminal) will be with him (jesus) in paradise.

Robert K Stock

According to the singer, song writer Meat Loaf, paradise can be seen by the dashboard light.

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Why naturalism is irrational

by Shining One in

irrational naturalism (#201) .

by henry morris, ph.d. .

abstract .

Robert K Stock

Shining One:

What evidence do you have to prove the existence of a soul?

If something exists it can be measured and tested with repeatable results. That is why I do not think the supernatural exists. No God, no Devil, no Angels, no Demons, no Spirit, no Soul. Just the physical universe around us. Humans are flesh and blood with no magical etherial parts.

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What in the Hell Were We Thinking / The Disco Years into the 80's

by prophecor in

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what was on your mind during those halcion days of the 70's.

when disco was king, and real men back then were required to dance.

johnny terrio, saturday night fever, medallions and open shirts exposing much chest hair, if you had any.

Robert K Stock

Being a faithfull Witness in the 70's and 80's I thought Disco was spawned by Satan and avoided the music and the dancing like the plague.

In the 80's I loved New Wave music. I saw nothing Satanic about Blondie (70's band but thought of as 80's New Wave) Devo, Gary Newman or all those electronic keyboard playing big haired British bands.

Realizing the folly of my youth I sing a lot of KC and the Sunshine Band tunes at my local karaoke bar. I intend to shake my booty this evening with the Commodores "Brick House" as my show stopper.

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Which enemy of the Xian faith are you?

by rebel8 in

here is a funny little quiz in case you're bored.

ok, the real title spells it "christian" but i have to spell it with an x when i'm on jwd, you know, because of hibe.. http://www.justafreak.com/christianenemy.shtml.

i am a "nothing, don't care".

Robert K Stock

I am an Atheist, Got It Right!

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What do you beleive?

by Ragnar1211 in

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since it is pretty clear what all of you do not believe i am wondering what you do beleive?

1) who is the creator of the universe?

3) why do we grow old and die?

Robert K Stock

I was a true believer in God and the Bible and a devout Jehovah's Witness for many years.

I have come to understand that the supernatural does not exist. The most logical scenario for me is evolution with no intelligent design.

I believe that truth only exists in science. If something exists it must be measured and tested with repeatable results. Anything else is a fairytale.

Jesus was a nice Jewish boy who became terribly confused.

I am not harsh on believers since I was one myself. If others are willing to listen I will explain why all religion is bunk. I have no desire to convert anyone who is happy in his superstition. It wouldn't work anyway.

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Have you ever LIT A CANDLE - did it work?

by hamsterbait in

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i have a friend, paddy (rc - yeah i know, why would a dub have a satan worshiping friend).

she is so kind and caring.

amazingly she claims that when she lights a candle and prays for something it works.. maybe this is just another boring "does prayer work" question - but: .

Robert K Stock

I practised Judaism for five years. Every Friday at sundown I lit two candles and said prayers. It did make me feel good. Like all prayer it is the effect of the person's own mind and not a non existent supernatural being or non existent supernatural world that gives the feeling of well being.