Posts by RAF

the following regarding john 1:1, one of the most noteworthy verses to jehovah's witness and ex-jehovah's witnesses alike, provides a case example of how and why the nwt cannot be trusted.

there some few scholars that translate the word was "a god" or "a god" or "divine" but they are in the very low percentages.. in greek john 1:1 says: "en arche en ho logos, kai ho logos en pros ton theon, kai theos en ho logos.

RAF

errrr ... Sorry Ross
I mean Essence x Evolution x Maturity
but I would use the algebric expression which in French is "puissance" maybe ("power" in English) as levels of evolution ...
ok so now what do you think about it?

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The New World Translation is a Mess

by Amazing in

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the new world translation (nwt) contains thousands of serious errors.

the following regarding john 1:1, one of the most noteworthy verses to jehovah's witness and ex-jehovah's witnesses alike, provides a case example of how and why the nwt cannot be trusted.

there some few scholars that translate the word was "a god" or "a god" or "divine" but they are in the very low percentages.. in greek john 1:1 says: "en arche en ho logos, kai ho logos en pros ton theon, kai theos en ho logos.

RAF

Sorry I'm not talking for Jim here Ross but what if we take it on an other perspective? Think about it please ...
Essence + Evolution + Maturity might be what it is exactly? what do you think?

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The New World Translation is a Mess

by Amazing in

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the new world translation (nwt) contains thousands of serious errors.

the following regarding john 1:1, one of the most noteworthy verses to jehovah's witness and ex-jehovah's witnesses alike, provides a case example of how and why the nwt cannot be trusted.

there some few scholars that translate the word was "a god" or "a god" or "divine" but they are in the very low percentages.. in greek john 1:1 says: "en arche en ho logos, kai ho logos en pros ton theon, kai theos en ho logos.

RAF

Amazing = 1 x 1 x 1 = 1. Amen!

Ok at this point I agree with this algebric solution - we do evolve (and we can only evolve) at the primal essence state (not more not less - since we are related to him)... that's why the Christ is God = Maturity (sorry I'm on fire ... LOL) ... and we are not there yet ... we just have a clue means that at this stage we are only on the 1x1 ... we just miss the last x1 ... to get there

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Congratulations to the newly weds!

by Crumpet in

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please join me in toasting our two friends, dedpoet and fullofdoubtnow who have just exchanged vows.

linda and trevor - we love you so much and know that your happiness will join you together for so many years to come.. congratulations!.

RAF

Congrats !!!

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Trevor: Meditation

by onacruse in

in one type of meditation the mind is able to be fully conscious without he intrusion of words, which lead to thoughts,.

trevor, i'm not trying to get on your ass here, but, please.... thoughts without words?

that is a fundamental epistemological impossibility...rather like farting without emitting gas.. or, perhaps, we're talking about a purely personal "mystical" experience, which cannot be put into (and did not spring from, nor finds any possible formulation within) words?

RAF

Poppers ... ...

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If you could be anywhere right now.....

by PaulJ in

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if you could be anywhere right now, doing anything.... what would it be?.

right now, i'd be watching oasis in concert, bottle of beer in one hand, a tiny tiny bit drunk.....

RAF

at home with my son sharing lots of stuffs ... but he is fare from here and tired !!! ...

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CAN YOU IDENTIFY YOUR EMOTIONS accurately???

by Terry in

many people don't know why they "feel" what they feel.

they fall in love with the wrong person.

they cry unexpectedly.

RAF

Kid-A you're getting very technical on this

but from that :

Emotions are simply the essential subtext to the formation of a value, as we would not develop a particular "belief" or "value" if it failed to have an emotional "core" attached to it, regardless of what that emotional meaning may be.

That's why to get informed or analyse an emotion we have to check our values to beging with ...

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CAN YOU IDENTIFY YOUR EMOTIONS accurately???

by Terry in

many people don't know why they "feel" what they feel.

they fall in love with the wrong person.

they cry unexpectedly.

RAF

Our emotions are not a source of information

to me our emotions are a very good source of information about ourselves and others it talks about our weakness and forces.
and yes to me emotions begins with values too :
it is so true that one way to get read or reasoning about a big emotion (as the emotion is ours = so totally about ourself) is to see it as an answer about our values about ourselves and others. if we have to deal with it (good or bad) the only way to get there is to forget about ourselve first so you can see things objectively as an outsider (in knowing that we know a lot about ourselves - then it's all about sincerity).
If we can't forget about ourselves when we have big emotions ... we are not able to be objective (so many things can be mixed about the "why" in front of a "What") ... we follow them wherever they lead us (good or bad) ... but the information by then can be very biased.
Take a simple example the one which most talking "anger": forget about yourself and the probleme is solved ... no emotion left ... then you can analyse "why" from the outside in checking yourself and the others in lots of different perspectives. Then you think about yourself with all those new informations and you have way more weapons to fight against (or to enjoy the emotion if it is a good one).
That's why since we had this jokes with my friends about the "shame is good methode" (put whatever probleme you've got in "shame's" place in this sentence) it became on the long run, way more easy to deal with big and bruptal emotions in the most short notice possible. Because it allow us to accept it at first and for instance laught about ourselves (I mean If needed give it even more weight against yourself / to the point it is just not bearable or not justified this way but just laughable - but in this process you already have argument which says IT IS NOT THAT BIG).

That's a methode to forget about ourselves in the most enjoyable way. And since we don't take ourselfves, anyone or anything to seriously from that ... we can think way more objectivly in this state about ourself, anyone or anything.
I've got read of my anger against my father when I realiased how stupid it was for me to put so much weight on him (he was my first and my last big emotional issue). He was not stupid (well maybe he is but I don't care anymore at all) ... but I was to feed my angers (related to him) ... That's almost a year ago and with this anger againt my father a lots of angers (that in fact was related to him) just disapeared.