Posts by EvilForce

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Many many books from library on 586/87

by ithinkisee in

i have listed all the books i found at the library that mention 586/87 as the fall of jerusalem.

i was also able to link to all of them (except the first one listed) on amazon.com!

many are out of print or unavailable as new books but you can buy almost all of them used on amazon.com ... some are only $10-12 each!

EvilForce

You never cease to amaze me Scholar.

****Franz has hung himself out to dry with no religion, church, theology, mission or brotherhood but has to content himself with a life of irrelevance.
I didn't realize that serving God was predicated on status and rank. I guess I'm wrong.
****Raymond Franz in his stupidity proved nothing about chronology because we only have his word that he had anything to do with chronology with respect to the Aid book.
Oh, and your hero Freddy Franz, you accept every statement, innuendo, and whisper about his scholarly ability.

Your last post speaks volume about your true self Scholar. Very sad!

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I could use some help........need to get it right 1st time.

by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

it's been ages since i have posted anything on the forum.

i guess life outside the borg is busy and rewarding!.

to get straight to the point, my daughter rang me today to tell me her boyfriend's step dad (an inactive dub for many years........1st time i'ld heard) was studying again and was moving toward going back to the borg.

EvilForce

I find the quotes.ca site good too. It's amazing how much the doctrine has flip flopped over the years. Can God's true borg be this indecisive?

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The Skeptic's Worst Nightmare (S)

by Shining One in

check some of this out and you may see why there are two sides to the issues that are portrayed as so one sided here.

you will immediately smell the b.s.

emanating from the skeptic's book of bible stories!

EvilForce

Funny every time YOUR god is invoked my dear Shiny One is usually in the march to war. Ala, Iraqmire.

*****If I must look like a fool and be laughed at by everyone here, to give one person reason to hope, so be it! I know how the story ends and regardless of whether or anyone here believes it. The darkness cannot overcome the light!
Well you might "save" 1 but lose 99 due to your silly assertions. Who really has the light? Let the more enlightened argument win.

Ok, I have more productive things to do than read more inane crap from you shiny.....I got paint drying I should go watch. Later.

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Any Buddhists here? My sister is interested...trying to get info

by Eyebrow2 in

jw
friends

my sister and i were talking, and she is interested in buddhism (h or no h?

i have seen it both ways).. anyhoo...i am looking up some temples in the area.

i told her she should visit one if she is interested and do some reading.

EvilForce

Terry I have no complaint with you at all. I am challenging your "view of the world". If I'm overstepping tell me to shut up. LOL.
Let me see if I can explain myself a little better. (I am borrowing statements from Wikipedia so as to use another author's voice to explain my meaning.)
Religion—sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system. ( IMHO your belief system is the reliance on intellectualism )
Ok...what do I call intellectualism
Strictly a doctrine about the possibility of deriving knowledge from reason alone, intellectualism can stand for a general approach emphasising the importance of learning and logical thinking. Criticism of this attitude, sometimes summed up as Left Bank, caricatures intellectualism's faith in the mind and puts it in opposition to emotion, instinct, and primitivist values in general.
The spiritual and the religious
An important distinction needs to be made between spirituality in religion and spirituality as opposed to religion.
In recent years, spirituality in religion often carries connotations of the believer's faith being more personal, less dogmatic, more open to new ideas and myriad influences, and more pluralistic than the faiths of established religions.
Those who speak of spirituality as opposed to religion generally believe that there are many "spiritual paths" and that there is no objective truth about which is the best path to follow. Rather, adherants of this defnintion of the term emphasize the importance of finding ones own path to god, rather than following what others say works. The best way to describe this view is a variation on Ockham's Razor: The path which makes the most sense is the correct one (for oneself). Many adherents of orthodox religions who consider spirituality to be an aspect of their religious experience are more likely to contrast spirituality with secular "worldliness" than with the ritual expression of their religion.
Directed spirituality
One aspect of 'Being spiritual' is goal-directed, with aims such as: simultaneously improve one's wisdom and willpower, achieve a closer connection to god/the universe, and remove illusions or false ideas at the sensory, feeling and thinking aspects of a person. The 'Plato's cave' analogy in book VII of The Republic is one of the most well known descriptions of the spiritual development process, and thus, an excellent aid in understanding what "spiritual development" exactly entails.
Others say that spirituality is a two-stroke process: the "upward stroke" is inner growth, changing oneself as one changes his/her relationship with god/allah/lifeforce/or intellectualism, and the "downward stroke" is manifesting improvements in the physical reality around oneself as a result of the inward change.
Terry, you say that you follow the logical, truthful, provable...hence why I am saying you rely on your intellect to give you your "truth".
When someone sincerely agrees with an assertion, they might claim that it is the truth. While one might have a good intuitive sense of what it is to be true, providing a definition of truth that achieves wide acceptance is quite difficult. One reason is that often truth is first stated as a goal and only after that people start arguing what truth actually is. So when people are arguing about the definition of Truth they may be arguing about the goal to which they should aspire. Truth is the goal of religion, philosophy, mathematics, law, and science, yet those fields use different methods and seek different goals. Not surprisingly, using a single word for all of them is very likely to cause confusion and conflict. So when it comes to "truth" are we talking about subjective vs. objective truth, relative vs. absolute truth, or possibly even double truth.
Ok...so after all that what I'm saying is:
IMHO you rely on intellectual "truth" for your core belief system (or religion) and don't recognize that using intellectual "truth" is a artifical construct for you to understand the world. Using intellectual "truth" is no better/worse than Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism. It is what it is. If it is your path, then it is your path. We all use our own constructs to understand reality through our perspective eyes. As I posted above your spirituality should guide and reflect your inner self. So you must judge intellectualism, Buddhism, Taoism, etc. on whether it is helping you to achieve a happy, well adjusted, meaningful existence. Is your belief structure doing this for you? This is strictly a rhetorical question....I'm not seeking an answer.
I've seen many posters on this board that dismiss all "organized relgion" and "god" out of hand instead relying on their intellects to help them explain the world. I say that this is as artificial as believing in God/Allah/Buddha.
I'm sleep deprived right now....so did I make any sense????

Respectfully,
EvilForce

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i want a tattoo!!!

by tsunami_rid3r in

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friends

i want it covering my left bicep, shoulder, and left boob.

add a nipple ring on the left side too.

maybe tribal, maybe a big ass snake, i dont know, something that expresses me, something artsy...ideas?

EvilForce

My ex ripped his nipple ring out when surfing....the metal sticks to the wax on the board. Hurts like biatch too. LOL

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i want a tattoo!!!

by tsunami_rid3r in

jw
friends

i want it covering my left bicep, shoulder, and left boob.

add a nipple ring on the left side too.

maybe tribal, maybe a big ass snake, i dont know, something that expresses me, something artsy...ideas?

EvilForce

****like in my personal indivual atitude, my hair, and my body style would complete me.
Nope you are complete just the way you are. Learn to feel comfortable in your own skin FIRST. Then go get a tat if you want one.

****i dont know, after my trip to hawaii, some of those surfer dudes looked so bad ass with their tattoos.
Well I'm a white cracker that flails around the water on his board. But I have fun and don't care what other people think. Tsu...I promise you no matter what you do, how you look, how much money you have....you will still have a % of people that hate you or think you are stupid. Live YOUR life. The funny thing, people will be intimidated by you then because you don't care what they think....and they'll be the ones thinking your a bad ass.

Stay the way you are, you are fine. If you want a tat, try a small 3" or 4" on your back, shoulder, waist, etc.

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How long is too long?

by Insomniac in

just a question, for those who might know.

how long should you hang onto a relationship, when it's becoming undeniably clear that it's going nowhere?.

i'm so in love, with the most wonderful person i've ever known.

EvilForce

As I posted before you BOTH may have to compromise if you want to stay together. However one must not compromise one's integrity. So if you feel that's what you are doing, you will only build a wall of resentment between you.
Hope things work out for the best whether you stay together or move on. Either / or I'm sure you'll land on your feet. Keep us updated.

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The Skeptic's Worst Nightmare (S)

by Shining One in

check some of this out and you may see why there are two sides to the issues that are portrayed as so one sided here.

you will immediately smell the b.s.

emanating from the skeptic's book of bible stories!

EvilForce

Ah, you can dismiss the Bahai and Islam with a 5" paragraph..... did a lot of serious study there eh? NOT.

You so desperately want to believe dear Shining One you've checked your intellect at the door.

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