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  6-6-6 -vs- 9-11

  by breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess the 666 notion is here?

  i wonder if something big is going to happen today.

  i thought that maybe the terrorists would hit the us again today.

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  I'll have a delightful time going to see The Omen tomorrow... unfortunately there isn't a 6:06pm showing.
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  Absolute truths have been admitted....

  by Shining One in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had to wade through a lot of muck to find anyone with any reasonable arguments in my last post.

  most were just the usual personal attacks from the fringe and their flock of followers.

  instead of dealing with them, i have decided to post one response to those who made some valid points.

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  So if absolute morality is true, then Hinduism can't be true. Atheism is false. Agnosticism is untenable.

  I think your logic is flawed here. Atheism doesn't negate absolute morality. You've failed to make the argument in the other direction.

  If moral laws depend on god, then god must be absolutely moral. Does morality exist independent of god, or does god determine morality? If morality exists outside god, then god can't really exist, or if he does, his credibility as an all-powerful being is severely harmed. If god determines what's moral, then morality cannot be absolute. God can change his mind (and he has) at any given time, since he's all-powerful.

  Let me borrow an old phrase: "I think, therefore I am." That is the aboslute. I am, therefore I have a unique claim on my life. My life exists, so I naturally have a right to that life. My right is independent of anyone else's right, therefore all other personal rights flow from that. My liberty is my ability to use my life as I see fit, as long as I'm not infringing on someone else's life. My liberty leads to the use of my faculties to accumulate things - property - in voluntary interaction with other equally-free individuals. No god is needed.

  God inserts rules which declare activities which do not harm other people as "sin." God's morality is an arbitrary set of rules above and beyond the basic morality of respecting your fellow human. In fact, god allows one to kill your fellow man if he commands it. God is exempt from his moral rules and he can exempt anyone he wishes from his rules. It's similar to a corrupt dictatorship.
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  Were All God's Animals 'Good'

  by Satanus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in genesis, god looks at all the animals that he created and he pronounces them good.

  yet, the species that exist today are less than 1% of those that existed.

  http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_background.htm were they 'bad' in god's eyes, practice for him?

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  Must be. ; God must still need them, since he didn't wipe them out along w the dinos.

  How did they survive the flood? Did Noah have a bad case of every parasite out there? Two of each?
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  Were All God's Animals 'Good'

  by Satanus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in genesis, god looks at all the animals that he created and he pronounces them good.

  yet, the species that exist today are less than 1% of those that existed.

  http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_background.htm were they 'bad' in god's eyes, practice for him?

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  Parasitic worms are particularly "good" of god to create.
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  SECTRET DOCUMENTS: Talk Outlines for 2006 District Convention

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thanks to an anonymous source we are now able to see two of the talk outlines for this years deliverance at hand district convention.. talk no.

  8: deliverance from painful distress.

  talk no.

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  Are you down? Are you unhappy? Good! Because Jehovah will destroy you for wearing revealing clothes!

  It's unbelievable how they appeal to depression and fear.
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  My Questions about the US.

  by ballistic in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my god, there's going to be so many - so rather than spam the board, i'll put them all here... any help appreciated.. .

  what is the best mobile phone (cell phone) to buy when you arrive in the us that has coverage right from the east to west coast and central regions?

  the phone itself will get ditched after the trip, i just need one that's cheap to use.

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  Internal flights aren't that cheap. Usually it is cheaper to pay for gas, but the cost of a rental car may throw that equation out of whack.
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  One Watchtower/Catholic comparison...

  by Confession in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  don't know how many of you have read m. james penton's "apocalypse delayed: the story of jehovah's witnesses.

  " honestly it's not what i'd call an "easy read," but it does contain very well researched information.

  i enjoyed his recognition of a similarity between the wts and catholicism.

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  The Catholic Church apologist in me just wants to say this: The critical difference between the WT and RCC is that the Catholic Church is just cool. I mean, they have a whole country as their headquarters, a cool heirarchy with cool Swiss guards, and a fascinating history. I've only seen pictures of Bethel and the Vatican blows it out of the freakin water.
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  My Questions about the US.

  by ballistic in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my god, there's going to be so many - so rather than spam the board, i'll put them all here... any help appreciated.. .

  what is the best mobile phone (cell phone) to buy when you arrive in the us that has coverage right from the east to west coast and central regions?

  the phone itself will get ditched after the trip, i just need one that's cheap to use.

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  What is the best mobile phone (cell phone) to buy when you arrive in the US that has coverage right from the East to West coast and central regions? The phone itself will get ditched after the trip, I just need one that's cheap to use. Do you use prepaid cards? Pay as you go?

  The best way to go is probably a pay as you go phone. The major carriers in the US are Verizon, Cingular, Sprint/Nextel. All those will work just about anywhere in the country.

  What's the best ticket to get in New York to use the sub ways for about a week to go anywhere?

  You can get day and week passes for the new york subway system. You can buy those tickets at any subway station with a credit card.

  I understand when driving inter-state people use all lanes to pass on the inside and outside. Is it still courtesy to use one side as a slow lane and one as a fast lane?

  General rule of thumb is that the right lane is the slow lane and the left lane is the passing lane.

  Do you use those two pin mains plugs in every state (110v) ? Does anyone know if they use the same power supply in Toronto?

  Yes, the adapter you have for the US will work anywhere. I'm pretty sure the same for Cananda.
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  Advice from the guys, please

  by Emma in

  1. social
  2. family

  i have a 17 year-old son who's become interested in health and fitness (he wants to drop a few pounds) but i can't find information for him.

  everything seems to be geared toward women or body builders.. i'd appreciate suggestions of material you've found useful.. thanks!.

  emma

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  See if your local community college has a weight training class.
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  Governing body members pay

  by snarf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone know what the governing body members make a month?

  do they make more money than the average bethelite because of greater responsibility, or do they just get the benefits of first class travel when they go to different areas of the world?

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  What would they spend the gift money on?

  Swiss bank accounts.