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  Is there anyway anyone can deny all religion is nothing more than guesses?

  by The Dragon in

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  see it all the time...and children even talking about it!.

  is there any evidence that can prove all religions are nothing more than other mens guesses into the intentions and plans of god?.

  we cannot even discern each others intentions or thoughts...how can someone claim to know god's?

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  Carmel

  Not intending to derail this thread but any claim that Jesus was unique by naming miracles He aledgedly performed can be matched by similar hagiographics assigned to other "unique" individuals throughout history. The virgin birth, resurrection, etc. etc. are not unique to Jesus, nor are claims of divinity. Those individuals also taught similar spiritual principals which elevated the lives of humans on all quadrants of the globe. Even in this age of information, folks see their own "prophet" as special, which leads to feelings of superiority.

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  talking to a lone jw sister today

  by johnny cip in

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  i'm sitting in heavy traffic .

  on a busy avenue.

  with 100's of people walking around.

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  Carmel

  Hey Butters, could you send me a pm with specific scriptural references and include any scripture that contradicts that doctrin?

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  Wouldn't It Be Nice...

  by Justice-One in

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  wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world were religion/cults did not get in the way of family relations?

  i have now gotten the "cold shoulder" for almost two weeks from my wife of almost 28 years.

  i'm sure it has something to do with finally telling her the elders can kiss my ass, and that i don't want to be there when the kool-aid comes out.

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  Hey I can piss off my wife in the sweetest tone of voice! At least she can't accuse you of being a raving maniac apostate! Or, maybe she can if the idea is planted by the psychosurgeons of the Borg!

  Hang in there mate! Hope for a miracle!

  Carm
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  "Big Daddy" Religion

  by onesong in

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  here are some excerps from a great book i just read called "shattering the crystal face of god" m.l.

  fischer.

  from the chapter "big daddy religion" :.

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  Carmel

  was that "scares the dear..." a Freudian slip?

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  I need a new bible

  by Mrs Smith in

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  i still own my new world translation bible and i really would like to buy a new bible.

  there are so many translations out there i don't know which one to get.

  any advice?.

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  Carmel

  None of the above!

  Sounds like a political poster, eh?

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  2nd Corinthians 3

  by Butters in

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  i want to get a solid opinion on this chapter from everyone.

  2nd corinithians 3 is a major set back for those who believe in keeping the 10 commandments.

  possibly.

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  Carmel

  II Cor. 3:12 NOT!

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  All of us, we are wrong...

  by daystar in

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  so, 75% of the world's population is religious, believes in a higher power.

  how can they all be wrong?

  in the early 1600s, a great deal of controversy surrounded one particular astronomer.

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  "....religious truth is not absolute but relative, that Divine Revelation is not final but progressive."

  (Shoghi Effendi, Baha'i Administration, p. 185)

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  Holy spirit my ass!!!

  by unbeliever in

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  my mom called to tell me that my cousin made ms and how happy everyone is.

  we got to talking about how the elders think they are led by holy spirit and crap like that.

  it damn near killed me not to say anything but my cousin is a double lifer.

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  Carmel

  maybe the "holy" spirit is a horny, lying hypocrit....na, yer right..

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  Does anyone see the UN as having any power?

  by free2beme in

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  i remember growing up as a witness and thinking that the un was this great world power.

  i remember hearing how it was part of this global plan of the end of days, and how jehovah would use it to fulfill prophecy.

  now, i see the un as a giant waste of time and money and if it was disbanded tomorrow, i think it would be the best thing for the world.

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  Carmel

  I suggest you take a look at the UN website and get some other views rather than listen to the critics. Generally those folks tend to want the UN to perform magic, especially if it is in the intersts of the US. The anti UN folks used to claim it was a tool of communism. When that buggaboo went away it is now the tool of the nasty Muslims. Give me a break. The UN has been crippled by limited resources and the US is one of the biggest hypocrits of all. Pledging large $s then not paying when the neocons are in power. In spite of this, it has done far more than the League of Nations and I suspect it will evolve into a more effective organization if the member nations finally realize it is in their best intersts to adopt a lot of the principals adumbrated in its charter.

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  Question

  by Moomin in

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  you've been invited to stay on the island of fiji for 6 months.

  your loved ones are not invited, only you are welcome, would you still go?

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  Carmel

  Since I accepted such an invitation to go to Siberia for a month, Figi sound like a nice alternative..of course, I've been there but never left the airport...

  carmel