glenster
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Bart Ehrman...Jesus Existed
by XJW4EVR inwhen the uber-liberal, agnostic bart ehrman says it...it must be true.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bart-d-ehrman/did-jesus-exist_b_1349544.html.
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Songs that are atmospheric
by FlyingHighNow inthis is a song thread that will take a little thought.
i'd like for you to share songs that sound atmospheric and conjure up feelings of night air or a smokey room, the energy of the ocean's roar or capture the joy of a party or celebration.
the songs can be transportive and take you other places by their sound and the visuals they evoke from the stories they tell.. my first one is from tim mcgraw.
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glenster
Voices reaching into the atmosphere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9GrjZhi4BA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZFtr_EKSDo
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Locusts
by irondork inthe revelation...climax book describes jehovah's witnesses as being the locusts of rev.
9:2, 3. but i have never seen with my own eyes the description they give of being a torment to christendom.
a colossal pain in the butt to householders, but hardly a torment to other religions.
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glenster
Progressive/Reform is good at faith understood as such and keeping up with the known things. Orthodox/Conservative is where you'll find more bupkis things. The JWs leaders are liars to sell literature, so I don't think of them as representing any variety of actual faith--I think of them as belonging on the library shelf where you find books by Erich von Daniken and about pyramids that sharpen razor blades. The nicest Universalist spin on Revelation I can thnk of for the JWs followers are people set free with the destruction of institutions.
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The cosmic struggle between the forces of good and evil
by Celestial inthe idea of a cosmic struggle between the forces of good and evil has prompted endless speculation by writers and philosophers throughout history.
there is a book, however, that contains the accurate history of the battle between god and the devil.
that book is the bible.
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glenster
Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Levenda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_Hitlerism
http://www.amazon.com/Unholy-Alliance-History-Involvement-Occult/dp/0826414095
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyM5RDlJzU
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Dead God
by edmond dantes inif god decided to kill himself how would we know ?.
has god terminated his existence already and we don't realise it ?.
horrible things have been happening to the human race and other creatures for so long how can we tell the difference whether god is alive or dead?.
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glenster
There is no proof of God (unless you experience an intervention), only faith
in a possible God, so no proof of God dying. You could say it's ruled out of
the concept of an eternal God. If you use the sustainer aspect but not the
eternal aspect, God dying would mean the cosmos would stop existing. Nietzsche
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Dead God
by edmond dantes inif god decided to kill himself how would we know ?.
has god terminated his existence already and we don't realise it ?.
horrible things have been happening to the human race and other creatures for so long how can we tell the difference whether god is alive or dead?.
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Barack 2012
by Celestial inobama will be reelected.
i won't vote but i'll bet my hands on it.
who in their right mind would want a right-wing gop candidate?
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glenster
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/barack-obama/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/2011/02/25/ABjfuEJ_category.html?blogId=fact-checker&tag=barack%20obamahttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/elections/2012/us-president/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/2011/02/25/ABjfuEJ_category.html?blogId=fact-checker&tag=GOP%20Candidateshttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/gop-pledge-o-meter/browse/
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Is it too much to ask the "CREATOR" in this technological, scientific age to give us a modern update for his intentions?
by smiddy inis this a fair question to put to jehovah / yahweh or whoever ?
in all sincerity i do not mean any disrespect to any beleivers in the god of the bible, but this is a truly remarkable age with communication advances incomparable with 2000 years ago , if the creator or jesus christ were truly interested in giving everybody the chance of everlasting life , wouldn`t they be giving people the opportunity to hear a more current up to date warning now ?
and not relying on messages in languages that are not in use today and are subject to so many different interpretations ?.
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glenster
According to the church/temple/mosque/gymnasium where they're having a meeting
of Glen, the first post is correct in calling for an update. I'd add updates
should be administered regularly by those of faith in a God beyond the known as
called for by increased knowledge, and some of them are:People
Understand faith as such--a hope in a possible God beyond the known proven
things.
Keep up to speed about the proven rational things God is possible beyond
(evolution, etc.).
Nobody should be hurt or killed over belief/non-belief in a possible or you
have the ethical/theological dilemma of arbitrary hurting or killing, so have
separation of church and state (like freedom of subjective reaction beyond the
objective math of music).
Don't be 'centric and intolerant about basic belief/non-belief or things that
aren't character determinents (race, gender, sexual orientation, age, handicap,
etc.).
Don't lie, steal, murder, or own slaves.
See old texts as allegorical, representing the culture of the time and not
God, etc.--interpreted as needed for the above (progressive/reform).God
God's prerogative--it's all His to do what He wants with, with the impunity of
life itself (or of people over animals if considered to be). Life is a known
and God a possible, but either may be complained about or believed in--prefer-
ably ultimately grateful or hoping for it. A really thorough disparagement of
belief in God based on complaint about life is to show no hope for life, so I
woudn't recommend it. If this happens, please see a professional.Afterlife
Could be inclusive or exclusive--there are pros and cons for each.
A hope for a possible eutopia on Earth beyond what can be expected realistic-
ally doesn't require that you Imagine no hope for a possible eutopia in heaven
(possibly Paradise on earth) beyond what's to be expected realistically. The
concern for Earth to not have disharmony over the matter is serviced more even-
handedly by discouraging that people not be 'centric or intolerant about belief/
non-belief since there has been too much harm cased by the 'centric/intolerant
types of either.If both the Earth and heaven concerns come with the pluses and minuses of
imagining either as inclusive or exclusive to make them work, Earth more
guaranteeably requires an exclusive stance (prisons, etc.). Remember, when the
guy who recommended otherwise tried Christianity, he didn't indicate the option
of the progressive/reform choice--he went to Oral Roberts. No wonder he didn't
end up seeing it as a viable option.The hadith is wrong--you don't have to keep a puppa dog outside, but you can
lose a share of your reward in the afterlife if you have a puppa dog and don't
take good care of it. You can tell a man by his dog--don't strap it to the roof
of a car.
"Judgment is mine sayeth the Lord" is an actual scripture and good for
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Songs that are atmospheric
by FlyingHighNow inthis is a song thread that will take a little thought.
i'd like for you to share songs that sound atmospheric and conjure up feelings of night air or a smokey room, the energy of the ocean's roar or capture the joy of a party or celebration.
the songs can be transportive and take you other places by their sound and the visuals they evoke from the stories they tell.. my first one is from tim mcgraw.
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Will Jehovah himself kill me, or will Jesus, Satan, or someone else?
by InterestedOne ini've heard people here say jw's believe that jehovah will slaughter non-members of the jw religion when armageddon comes any day now.
does the watchtower teach that jehovah himself will do the killing, or is it delegated to someone else like jesus, satan, angels, or humans killing each other?
who is the actual killer in the picture?
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glenster
Current beliefs
Jehovah's Witnesses teach the imminent end of the current world
society, or "system of things" by God's judgment, leading to deliverance for the
saved. This judgment will begin with false religion, which they identify as the
"harlot", Babylon the Great,[19][20] referred to in the Book of Revelation. They
apply this designation to all other religions. They do not currently place their
expectations on any specific date, but believe that various events will lead up
to the end of this "system of things", culminating in Armageddon. Armageddon is
understood to include the destruction of all earthly governments by God. After
Armageddon, God will extend his heavenly kingdom to include earth.[21][22]They believe that after Armageddon, based on scriptures such as John 5:28, 29,
the dead will gradually be resurrected to a "day of judgment" lasting for a
thousand years.[23] This judgment will be based on their actions after resurrec-
tion, not on past deeds.[24] At the end of the thousand years a final test will
take place when Satan is brought back to mislead perfect mankind.[25] The end
result will be a fully tested, glorified human race.[26]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses#Current_beliefs