when i started posting this morning it struck me that i was in the company of others around the world who were just getting up or going to bed.
one can actually see when the brits have hit the forum - like now .
do you post from home or work or both?.
I have a fairly strong sleep cycle of 1.5 hours. So, I'll oftentimes wake up after 4.5 hours, get up, have a smoke, and post a bit, then go back to bed for another 3.0 hours. Sometimes it's 3.0 and 4.5.
In other words, there is no predicting when I may stick out my ugly face.
edit to add: We live in Oregon, so we get the sunshine way earlier than you Brits! LOL
hang on, folks.
if a) is true then god is arbitrary: anything he says is right, is right.
so you admit that gods decisions are purely arbitrary?.
hs:
You are wasting your time with BA. He has absolutely no idea how to think outside his own tiny paradigm. Ninety per-cent dumb as a rock and so full of Watchtower that he can hardly breathe, he has the kind of arrogance that only an elder fixated on his mirror can have. A very depressing mix.
A legend in his own lunchtime.
As is demonstrated by his refusal to address any of the fundamental questions propounded in the original topic...inquiries which have been examined for thousands of years by people who have clearly demonstrated an ability to push the boundaries of their own subjectivity and even concede to that which they are initially reluctant to accept.
As for "lunchtime," well, we all have our own preferences for "lunchmeat," eh?
please note that this contains a possible email addy.
http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/author/profile.aspx?auth=%22obves%40aol.com%22+%3cobves%40aol.com%3e&sd=5/31/2007
In view of recent postings (my own included), perhaps it is relevant to bring this back to the top.
this may seem like a shameless plug for www.freeminds.org.
but it's not.. randy has been a source of significant information for me (and countless others) over the last decade(s), and very recently sent me (at his expense) some additional information about the wts.. now, one thing i must say is that randy and i do not share the same ideologies about religious perspectives.
but, ya know what?
This may seem like a shameless plug for www.freeminds.org
But it's not.
Randy has been a source of significant information for me (and countless others) over the last decade(s), and very recently sent me (at his expense) some additional information about the WTS.
Now, one thing I must say is that Randy and I do not share the same ideologies about religious perspectives. But, ya know what? He accepts me for what I am, and I accept him for what he is.
He's the kind of guy that I would gladly sit with around a campfire, and have a good chat.
Seriously.
Craig
thoughts on the spirituality of atheismc.
george boeree.
i am an atheist.
Perhaps it's your personal definition/understanding of the word spirituality.
I must, of course, consider that possibilty.
Rather, though, I'm speaking to the unknowabilities of human nature, such that I, on the one hand, am convinced of what I "know," but on the other hand need to consider that "what I know" is not knowable at all.
There's where I believe (have experienced) that the interpretation of "spirituality" comes into play: I must find a way to compartmentalize and categorize such experiences, and, for lack of a better term, have been inclined to define (internally identify) such experiences as 'spiritual.'
However, in my best current attempt to be objective, I must freely admit that such attempts on my part are nothing less than subjective.
And thus we get back to the notion of "spirituality?"
hang on, folks.
if a) is true then god is arbitrary: anything he says is right, is right.
so you admit that gods decisions are purely arbitrary?.
"God has godly qualities" isn't circular, it's repetitive and redundant. Used properly for emphasis, such wording can help close the thought emphatiically.
Of course it does! Why couldn't we all see this before????
Thank you, BA, for your remarkable elucidation of the obviously obscure.
hang on, folks.
if a) is true then god is arbitrary: anything he says is right, is right.
so you admit that gods decisions are purely arbitrary?.
Logic
Knowledge
Wisdom
Reason
Faith
You lack all but the last.
hang on, folks.
if a) is true then god is arbitrary: anything he says is right, is right.
so you admit that gods decisions are purely arbitrary?.
BA, all I can say is that others far more fit than I to respond to your last post will have a field day, if they so choose to respond.
For myself, I will only say that you obviously don't have a clue about the context and content of anything that was discussed in this thread.
thoughts on the spirituality of atheismc.
george boeree.
i am an atheist.
I don't believe in spirituality, whether it be about theism, atheism, agnosticism, etc etc etc...
but then there are times when I feel that there is such a thing.
Perhaps it's genetic?
i've come to love and cherish much of the wisdom that emanates from the dear ladies of this forum and believe watchtower boobed in making all women subservient to the men.
so, do you think women would make good elders?.
ian.
nvr:
On a more serious note: There a numerous social constructs where women really do hold the power, both socially and financially.
I think you still have time to edit that out, ona.
So, how about this?:
Women are stupid, men are smart.
Therefore, logic requires that women could never (nvr LOL) be good elders.
Craig (of the "itching-to-take-a-spanking" class)
