i'm still determined not to vote - just to write something unpleasant about pollies on the ballot paper.
if i lived in victoria, i just may, as an act of sheer bastardry, vote for julian assange (of wikileaks fame), but i don't live in vic, so i cant.. my objection to voting is that the political choice offers two self-perpetuating oligarchies (who are something like the governing body).
they make up a slate of candidates and election advertising consists of attempting to persuade swinging voters to vote for their slate of candidates.. anyway, i noted that k.rudd has made a video in chinese, aimed apparently at mainland china.
mP:
When they author laws, they need to understand humanity and close the gaps and holes.
The exact same argument can be used against Abbott's 'stop the boats' policies. Except there, the result is that the humanity dies because of the holes in the boats.
an interesting read the emporia gazette: www.emporiagazzette.com.
the israelities needed moral codes, civil codes and holiness codes.. when the jews were getting ready to go to the promise land, god.
had to prepare them to become a nation.
mP:
Actually the Bible story of Cain is further confusing because it speaks of cities when there was according to xians supposed to be only Adam & Eve and a few kids.
Yes, that is indeed another contradiction in the ridiculous story.
Is it ok to marry your sister according to the BIble ?
The Bible only suggests that marrying one's sister is against the Mosaic law - which Christians can apparently ignore. Abraham was purportedly married to his half-sister.
an interesting read the emporia gazette: www.emporiagazzette.com.
the israelities needed moral codes, civil codes and holiness codes.. when the jews were getting ready to go to the promise land, god.
had to prepare them to become a nation.
Perry:
Jesus then proceeded to define exactly what God views as a morally permissible marriage.
In short, who the hell cares what a fictional tribal deity is said to think what is 'morally permissible'?! A great deal of what is 'morally permissible' in the Bible is despicable.
For example, Deuteronomy 22:28, 29:
“In case a man finds a girl, a virgin who has not been engaged, and he actually seizes her and lies down with her, and they have been found out, 29?the man who lay down with her must also give the girl’s father fifty silver shekels, and she will become his wife due to the fact that he humiliated her. He will not be allowed to divorce her all his days.
Not doing well with the ladies? Just rape a virgin, then buy her from her father. Mission accomplished - married for life.
And let's not forget the 'satisfying' answer to 'Where did Cain get his wife?' - It's perfectly fine to marry your sister or niece.
Ah... such a 'wonderful' source of morality.
The fact is that Christians happily ignore the moral repugnance of the Bible until it happens to accord with their own bigotry.
when moses met jehovah, he was on a mountain.. .
"for i have not dwelt in an house since the days that i brought up israel.
" - i chronicles 17:5. .
Why was Jehovah interested in gold & silver & food?
It was a ruse by the priests, so that the priests got the best of everything.
i'm still determined not to vote - just to write something unpleasant about pollies on the ballot paper.
if i lived in victoria, i just may, as an act of sheer bastardry, vote for julian assange (of wikileaks fame), but i don't live in vic, so i cant.. my objection to voting is that the political choice offers two self-perpetuating oligarchies (who are something like the governing body).
they make up a slate of candidates and election advertising consists of attempting to persuade swinging voters to vote for their slate of candidates.. anyway, i noted that k.rudd has made a video in chinese, aimed apparently at mainland china.
The roof batts
A good idea that was poorly implemented doesn't automatically make someone a 'bad person'. And the implementation wasn't solely Rudd's decision anyway.
and boat people policies are unforgivable.
It's funny how people suddenly become so very concerned about 'boat people' when using the issue as a political football as you're doing here. It is absolutely a good idea to try to prevent people smugglers from their business. It is the people smugglers who should ultimately be held responsible for asylum seekers drowning at sea (unless a policy is actually enacted to scuttle asymlum seeker vessels, which seems unlikely). Sending asylum seekers somewhere is certainly better than 'turning back the boats' - an unsafe action that violates maritime law.
i'm still determined not to vote - just to write something unpleasant about pollies on the ballot paper.
if i lived in victoria, i just may, as an act of sheer bastardry, vote for julian assange (of wikileaks fame), but i don't live in vic, so i cant.. my objection to voting is that the political choice offers two self-perpetuating oligarchies (who are something like the governing body).
they make up a slate of candidates and election advertising consists of attempting to persuade swinging voters to vote for their slate of candidates.. anyway, i noted that k.rudd has made a video in chinese, aimed apparently at mainland china.
mP:
Probably the only direct honest thing KR has ever said.
I guess that makes him one up on Abbott.
the more i read about ritual shunning and disfellowshiping in the society, the more i wonder how the governing body and elders have pulled the proverbial wool over the eyes of the congregation.
first, the society doesnt consider itself a church (unlike the ancient christians, who did consider themselves to be part of a church).
yet, like other sectarians, they have their hands out for contributions and exercise immense power over their members.
And why doesn’t it use the term “excommunicate,” which is to ostracize, banish, cut off, exclude, eject or expel. Disfellowshiping is essentially the same thing, but considered less drastic.
Disfellowshipping isn't less drastic.
Catholic excommunication means a person doesn't receive communion but the person isn't shunned (many other Christian groups view it in a similar way). Excommunication vitandus (actual 'shunning') was reserved for things like physically attacking the Pope, but excommunication vitandus was abolished in 1983.
Christadelphians also use the term disfellowshipping, where it refers to exclusion from membership, but it doesn't require shunning.
In Catholicism and most formal religions, excommunication means a withdrawal of salvation, whereas disfellowshiping is a withdrawal of fellowship. Catholics (even hardened Mafia killers) fear excommunication because it means sure damnation. And the reason they fear the church is because of those dreaded “keys.” If the church says you’re out on Earth, you’re out in Heaven!
That's a valid point for people who leave but still believe it's true. But if a person no longer believes Catholic doctrines, it hardly matters what that same Church says about 'getting in to heaven' (and they aren't shunned whether they believe or not). On the other hand, JW specifically impose shunning on people who no longer believe.
i'm still determined not to vote - just to write something unpleasant about pollies on the ballot paper.
if i lived in victoria, i just may, as an act of sheer bastardry, vote for julian assange (of wikileaks fame), but i don't live in vic, so i cant.. my objection to voting is that the political choice offers two self-perpetuating oligarchies (who are something like the governing body).
they make up a slate of candidates and election advertising consists of attempting to persuade swinging voters to vote for their slate of candidates.. anyway, i noted that k.rudd has made a video in chinese, aimed apparently at mainland china.
Rudd should have added that not everyone in Australia is Christian, and marriage isn't restricted to Christians, and secular laws about marriage should not be restricted by religious definitions.
While Rudd's answering the question, the pastor seems to be hoping that staring at Rudd so intently will make him burst into flames.
i just noticed that the august 2012 "our kingdom ministry" has at the bottom of the last page a two dimensional bar code!.
when did that start?.
is the watchtower putting bar codes on its other publications as well?.
notjustyet:
A simplified example just to explain it would be to create and print a separate QR code for each circuit. They all point to the same URL, just are graphically different in looks, okay.
Ain't happening, and it's not worth the effort. Changing the pattern of the squares would result in a different URL, and QR readers show the URL. It is not technically possible to generate a unique QR code for every JW 'circuit' worldwide and still have all of them result in the same URL. It is possible to impose an image (e.g. a watermark) in QR codes without affecting the URL, but that also would be obvious.
"she's anionted and she knows it!!!!!
" like the song.
so all mortals are sex maniacs.
Situation is too different for a meaningful objective comparison, but your mother sounds like a walk in the park.
