Alpaca
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Food at the Proper Time
by Alpaca inya' know....as i listen to the great music of my youth from the 60s & 70s ... i've reached the inescapable conclusion that the "food at the proper time" came from simon & garfunkel, the grateful dead, jimi hendrix, led zeppelin, pete seeger, bob dylan, hot tuna, steve winwood and hundreds of other incredible musical philosophers!!!
i can honestly say that my life has been enriched.. i am barreling toward 70 years on this planet and i still get goose bumps listening to the music & lyrics that perfectly capture life's eternal truths.
at that time in my life i had "one foot in the world" spent a lot of time listening to that classic music with "worldly" friends who were there for me when i finally walked out of the fog of dubdom in the late 1990's.
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Captcha is not working consistently
by Alpaca inafter identifying/choosing the appropriate pictures/photos the verify button does not respond.
the captcha screen just sits there.
it has been taking multiple attempts to be able to finally sign in.
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Just want to say thanks to all of the fair, thought-provoking, and balanced posters here--this board has been a huge help to me....
by Alpaca in....but there are a few who insist on just being plain nasty for no reason.. so, i am leaving for a while to concentrate on other stuff that i need to do.
right now, it is a degree of negativity that i just don't need in my life.
if you cannot post about even a benign subject without getting vicious comments it is time for a break.
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If you love google and other search engines...you might want to re-think that?
by Alpaca inwe have arrived at a time & place where we take access to information for granted.
easy, right...you type your query into the search engine and bam, you've got 100 gazillion hits on your subject.
and, most of us are saavy enough to know that a preponderance of the info is total bullshit.
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Just in case you missed it -- great comment by "easyreader" from another thread
by Alpaca inon metatron's thread about dubs going mainstream easyreader said this:.
another issue causing the decay is the lack of a "date".
in order for a cult to work, there has to be a date where everything will culminate.
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The 7th creative day and the 1000 yr. reign--isn't the BORG still on the hook with 1975?
by Alpaca inthe borg has simultaneously used several lines of reasoning in conjunction with one another to argue that we are "in the last days" period of time.
the sequence of events is supposed to be: "the last days," armageddon, and then immediately christ's millenial reign (1000 years).. as i recall one of the pieces of evidence the borg used to bolster the argument for armageddon coming in 1975 was that the period of the 7 creative days was supposed to end up spanning 49,000 years.. according to the "paradise" book and other 50s and 60s publications the 7 creative days started after the earth had been here for a very long time.
each of the 7 creative days was supposed to be 7,000 years long.. god created adam & eve at the very end of the 6th creative day.
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Dubs and homeschooling-- coud the BORG begin promoting it for more thought control?
by Alpaca indo you guys think the borg will begin to encourage more home schooling of dub kids as a means to control independent thinking?
that's what other fundies do to keep their kids from being exposed to the evils of evolution.. most dub kids who attend public schools (especially the really smart ones) will get at least a modest exposure to critical thinking in their science and literature classes.. with all of the weird changes and tightening of the screws on the dubs being able to think for themselves i could easily see the borg "suggesting" that parents "prayerfully consider" the "spiritual advantages" to schooling their kids at home.
then they would go into a discussion of how the ancient israelites did not have formal schools for their children but it was the parents responsibility to teach them....blah, blah, blah..... when i was still in the borg there were lots of kids who were home schooled and at one point a bunch of dubs from 5 or 6 congregations actually started their own school.
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Has anyone lost a friend or known of someone who committed suicide over BORG-induced guilt?
by Alpaca ini am not going to use any names for this because i don't want to cause potential hurt to anyone.. there was a very nice family in my congregation when i was a teenager.
step-dad, mom, and her 4 kids.
the dad became an elder, had a great business, the mom spent lots of time with the kids.
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A question for you guys who edited your own "Revelation Climax (AntiClimax) Books
by Alpaca ini left in 1997 so i didn't enjoy the privilege of editing my personal copy of the book.. there was a thread on here a few years ago about it but i was left with the impression that it was just a few marginal notes.. now, on another thread there are comments about cutting and pasting stuff into the book.. just how extensive were the edits?.
i cannot believe the borg (sorry, yes i can) would direct such a bizarre exercise for publishers.
how many of you said wtf?.
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Scuttlebutt on a new publication...
by Alpaca incall me gullible but i heard that the next major publication is going to be the:.
"revelation anticlimax" book that will explain in full detail why dubs are still waiting.. what do you think?
could a publication like this stop the downward spiral of the borg?.
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