Posts by doofdaddy

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What is the truth?

by hardtobeme in

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friends

that is what my professor of philosophy asked us last night at class.. he said that pontius pilate asked jesus that question and that it was a hard one that jesus couldn't answer.. what do you think about this question?

what is the truth?

does the gb has any truth?

doofdaddy

Let's assume there was a man called Jesus and he got to be in front of the Governor....

Pilot, despite what christians say did not dither over guilt or innocence. He was a soldier and had used major force on the Jews previously. Imagine trying to rule this surly bunch who assumed they were god's people and that god would support their insurrection (despite dismal past and future failures).

He surely wouldn't have been interested at all in this know it all carpenter who claimed to be a king. Pilot was pragmatic. Keep the peace even if it costs the life of one possibly innocent man. Better to kill him than having to slaughter unknown hundreds if he let him free and the religious leaders stirred the people up on the "holy' festival day.

After Jesus said he was sent to earth witness the truth Pilot who was living evidence of the superiority of Greco/Roman knowledge and understanding (and power) asked a basic philosophical question "What is truth?"

Jesus knew that what ever his response Pilot would quickly and easily show how foolish and childish a belief in absolute truth is, so remained silent.

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Today's groundless speculation thread - so why would a German copilot deliberately fly an airplane into a mountain?

by sir82 in

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friends

just can't wrap my head around this.

the guy (a) evidently did all of this on purpose, and (b) evidently had no reason at all to do so.. there is a huge chunk of the puzzle missing from this one (so far)..

doofdaddy

“When I heard about the crash, there was just a tape playing in my head of what he said, ‘One day I will do something that will change the system and everyone will then know my name and remember me’,” she said.

Seems I was correct. This is a quote from his ex girlfriend.

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Today's groundless speculation thread - so why would a German copilot deliberately fly an airplane into a mountain?

by sir82 in

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friends

just can't wrap my head around this.

the guy (a) evidently did all of this on purpose, and (b) evidently had no reason at all to do so.. there is a huge chunk of the puzzle missing from this one (so far)..

doofdaddy

To go down in history, do something great or be notorious. He chose the latter.

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The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University Cult

by cofty in

as an apocalyptic cult the brahma kumaris have some similarities to the watchtower.. they believe that all humans will die during an imminent and desirable end of the world they called destruction, in order that 900,000 faithful brahma kumari followers will inherit a heaven on earth before 2036.. to outsiders, bks refer to this event as a transformation and adherents are led to believe that a heavenly royal status can be achieved after it by donating money, free labor and unquestioning mental submission to the brahma kumari leadership, who will rule the world as emperors and empresses.

the brahma kumaris leadership has sought to cover up or deny child sex abuses at its headquarters, multiple suicides of followers at centers, financial corruption and abuses, immigration abuses, the persecution of minor or breakaway groups and the breaking up of families.. with echos of russell's divine plan of the ages, time, according to the brahma kumaris, is limited to a single, identically repeating, 5,000 year period called, the cycle in which human beings procreated by the power of mind for the first 2,500 years, and will do again from 2036, and the dinosaur period existed at the time of ancient greece.

likewise, in another 2,500 years into the future, brahma kumaris world spiritual university leaders teach that abraham, buddha, christ and mohammed will all be reborn again in order to start to teach, after having re-learnt their religion under them at this time.. the bkwsu leadership continues to financially benefit from their position by encouraging their adherents to a total mental, physical and financial surrender to their god.

doofdaddy

I'm really excited waiting for Nikola Tesla to return from the grave! Yes that piece of wisdom was from that video that Abiather vomited up. I can't believe that "they" denied being BK's then had the arrogance to put that video up on this site. Liars!

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REASON demands belief in God

by abiather in

it has been the history of mankind that they proceed from the crude to the subtle in all spheres of life: they seek the subtle amidst the crude, and in the subtle, they seek the subtlest.

when hunger is extinguished, humans looked for art.

ancient humans appreciated the harmony of music; they also liked to dance in joy.

doofdaddy

abiather a year ago

doofdaddy

The very fact that I am speaking negatively of JWs shows that I do not belong to Brahmakumaris. Those who really know Brahamakumaris know that they do not see/talk about others’ negatives, but accept the good of all religions. eg. They took the best of Jesus Christ—His concept of God as Father of all humans, and celibacy.

LOL LOL

Will be so happy to see the "Iron Age" be overtaken by the "Golden Age" when Nikola Tesler comes back and Mt Abu in Rajastan will be the centre of the Universe. Geez this stuff you wouldn't read in a comic book.

LIAR!

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REASON demands belief in God

by abiather in

it has been the history of mankind that they proceed from the crude to the subtle in all spheres of life: they seek the subtle amidst the crude, and in the subtle, they seek the subtlest.

when hunger is extinguished, humans looked for art.

ancient humans appreciated the harmony of music; they also liked to dance in joy.

doofdaddy

abiather a year ago

cofty, and doofdaddy,

I have always talked about Principle of Cause and Effect (which is the hall-mark of science and almost all religions in the world), but you want to discredit it reducing it as the sole property of just one organization on earth. It reminds of me of people who asked: “Can anything good come from Nazareth?" (John 1:46) Thus they diverted the attention from the good things Jesus was doing, to Nazareth.

YOU LIAR!! (via this video) Finally you are admitting you have been preaching for the BK's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma_Kumaris_World_Spiritual_University.

Mt Abu, 5,000 year cycles. You need to be finally kicked off this site.....

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My Day's Long and Arduous Journey

by compound complex in

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friends

this, my day's long and arduous journey, is winding down as infinite night gracefully descends and takes me into her welcomed embrace.. i have no reason to fear the inevitable, my transition into a higher and more glorious estate than was allowed me upon this beautiful but angst-filled habitation.. what must be borne with calm, with dignity, with rejoicing, has been prepared for me from earliest times.

its accomplishment requires nothing of me .

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doofdaddy

COCO
Sad to hear of your health issues but very glad that you have been given more time to spread your thoughtful words and gentle attitude

Your words reminded me of this piece I am sure you have read and contemplated

JAPANESE MAPLE

Clive James

Your death, near now, is of an easy sort.
So slow a fading out brings no real pain.
Breath growing short
Is just uncomfortable. You feel the drain
Of energy, but thought and sight remain:
Enhanced, in fact. When did you ever see
So much sweet beauty as when fine rain falls
On that small tree
And saturates your brick back garden walls,
So many Amber Rooms and mirror halls?
Ever more lavish as the dusk descends
This glistening illuminates the air.
It never ends.
Whenever the rain comes it will be there,
Beyond my time, but now I take my share.
My daughter’s choice, the maple tree is new.
Come autumn and its leaves will turn to flame.
What I must do
Is live to see that. That will end the game
For me, though life continues all the same:
Filling the double doors to bathe my eyes,
A final flood of colours will live on
As my mind dies,
Burned by my vision of a world that shone
So brightly at the last, and then was gone.

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My mother says I should just DA already.

by Julia Orwell in

cut the cord.

sever all ties.

start new.. and she's right.

doofdaddy

Well after reading all this esp your comments, I see that you yourself would make an excellent cult counsellor. Go back to Uni and do a psych degree maybe at Bond as it is so close to you. No doubt you would get a lot of Advanced Standing for your Dip Ed and from reading your posts I could imagine that you would flourish under attending a campus rather than distance education (of course you will run up a HECS bill but hey you only live once).

I have a relative who went back and did her Psch Degree and Masters post jws and she learned so much about herself and the religion via study and talking to her lecturers. The first thing she got was confidence in herself and her ability to think after the total conditioning of the cult.

Oh and sorry about the cat

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Passenger plane missing

by zebagain in

passenger plane from surabaya (indonesia) missing on flight to singapore.

everyone is out looking for it.

sad sad sad.

doofdaddy

It's the beginning of the wet season in SE Asia so massive storms build within minutes. Early reports are that they were not granted rights to fly over a large storm due to heavy traffic. Very sad and terrifying for those on board.

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New forum 'parousia' is upon us! (software version)

by Simon in

the time has nearly come to switch over to the new forum software.

of course it's not completely finished yet (and never will be) but i think it's good enough to go live with and probably already better than the current one.

i'll give you a quick overview of what to expect and post more detail about the changeover process later.. cloud platform.

doofdaddy

I found the sign in process simple and fast. Love the new lay out and the ability to edit personal info