Posts by Mariusuk.

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WELCOME MARIUSUK!!

by Mariusuk. in

jw
friends

just realised after nigh on 100 posts i don't have a welcome thread, i know it is arrogant to do your own but screw it i want a welcome

WELCOME MARIUSUK!!

by Mariusuk. in

jw
friends

just realised after nigh on 100 posts i don't have a welcome thread, i know it is arrogant to do your own but screw it i want a welcome

Mariusuk.

Just realised after nigh on 100 posts I don't have a welcome thread, I know it is arrogant to do your own but screw it I WANT A WELCOME

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What's the intent of Mat.23:1-3 ?

by Hoping4Change in

then jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying: the scribes and the pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of moses; therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.

(mat.23:1-3 nasb).

i've been wondering a lot about what these verses.

Mariusuk.

Apparently a pharisee would stand to read from the scriptures but sit to teach from them. I think the emphasis on sitting indicates that they had taken it upon themselves to interpret the scriptures and teach from them. Jesus was perhaps explaining that just because the pharisees hypocritically taught but did not adhere themselves gave no justification to people to ignore what they taught as it was still the truth

my opinion

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Jehovah Witness confusing doctrine about abstaining from blood

by Blindbutnowisee in

why do jehovah witnesses say they abstain from using blood when they are now allowing their members to use certain blood fractions.

the answer i always get "if their concious allows them its ok it not for us to judge".

if that is the case, whole blood should also be allowed if their concious allows them to.

Mariusuk.

It's just so weird to see something that was so important when I was a kid fading away so easily

I know what you mean, this was a real core belief and the sad thing is the way it will be slowly accepted by the r&f as if it is no big deal, bit like 1914

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IDIOTS Welcome

by Satanus in

the internet is a great tool for learning.

it's also a place where even idiots can get a hearing, attention which they often crave, and often, if their ideas are wacky enough but strongly and coherently presented, they often get followings.

take, david icke for example.. idiots, who wouldn't get as much as a sniff from those who know them, can get all the attention that they want on the net.

Mariusuk.

The internet is also a tool for idiots to find yet more idiotic information to support their idiotic viewpoints

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DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CURE FOR CANCER?

by Mary in

do you think the scientists, doctors and pharmeceutical companies know of a cure for cancer that they're not telling us?

when you consider the leaps and bounds in medical discoveries that we've made in the last 50 years, it seems incredible that they're still using chemotherapy and radiation as the treatment for cancer.. while i was one of the lucky one who has survived cancer (so far), it's always in the back of my mind that it could return.

we all have friends who died before their time because of this rotten disease, yet the only progress that seems to have been made is that they can now 'detect' it earlier, which of course gives you a much greater chance of survival.. there have been stories of people who have been cured through alternative medicine, yet no one in the medical field seems to be interested in anything other than chemo or radiation.

Mariusuk.

Nope no cure

They could not resist the huge amount of money they would rake in by releasing it if they had

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What Maintains the Universe?

by metatron in

does it ever seem weird that evolutionists and creationists endlessly debate about events vastly distant in the past - without discussing what.

maintains the universe now?

clearly, electrons and protons have a certain mass, light has a particular speed and so on - why should any of.

Mariusuk.

This thread reminds me of an Eddie Izzard dvd I was watching last night.............

"Ok now remember to stand well back when the universe is lit"

"What"

"well how big??" "oh really" *steps back a bit more*

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What Maintains the Universe?

by metatron in

does it ever seem weird that evolutionists and creationists endlessly debate about events vastly distant in the past - without discussing what.

maintains the universe now?

clearly, electrons and protons have a certain mass, light has a particular speed and so on - why should any of.

Mariusuk.

LOL, i will rephrase

Time came into existance with the big bang

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What Maintains the Universe?

by metatron in

does it ever seem weird that evolutionists and creationists endlessly debate about events vastly distant in the past - without discussing what.

maintains the universe now?

clearly, electrons and protons have a certain mass, light has a particular speed and so on - why should any of.

Mariusuk.

I think the popular understanding of the "big bang" as absolute beginning is no less deceptive than the old metaphysical notion of eternity which it opposes and/or replaces in many contemporary minds

I don't have a problem with the big bang being the absolute beginning

Time was created in the exact moment the big bang occured, there is no "before the big bang", this is a hard concept to grasp

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What Maintains the Universe?

by metatron in

does it ever seem weird that evolutionists and creationists endlessly debate about events vastly distant in the past - without discussing what.

maintains the universe now?

clearly, electrons and protons have a certain mass, light has a particular speed and so on - why should any of.

Mariusuk.

To say that the universe is running down seems a little one sided to me. Is light slowing down? Much of the universe is accelerating. Also, almost infinite numbers of areas are increasing in complexity/order, which i think is an increase in entropy. Perhaps some of the universe will be lost into nothing, while other parts of it will be 'salvaged'. Not bad.

Erm nope this is wrong

The universe is not accelerating per se, the universe is "expanding" at a rate which is larger than the gravitational force is pulling it back together, this does not mean that the galaxies are literally travelling away from each other, the space between the galaxies is expanding which gives the illusion that the galaxies are rushing from each other. The effect of this is that far in the future the only object visible in the sky will be the milky way which will likely merge with Andromeda, overtime the stars will die naturally or be consumed by blackholes until nothing is left but a void