I think I'd enjoy being a Mason if it weren't so expensive. Hundreds of dollars for each "degree." Plus the silly pranks one has to endure, such as walking blindfolded and barefoot on an electrified carpet, drinking from a container that's supposedly full of urine and feces (actually ginger ale and hotdogs), and other such juvenile pranks. The teachins themselves are intriquing and interesting...to a degree. (Pun intended)
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"Watchtower" is a term from witchcraft NOT Scripture
by FuzzyPaul inhas anyone else ever noticed that there is no watchtower in scripture as part of any particular teaching but there is prominent use of watchtower in dungeons and dragons type games and forms of witchcraft including spells involving watchtower?
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watchtower_%28magic%29.
and msn search for watchtower alone & with magic spell or occult or witchcraft.. ct russell was a 33rd degree freemason ( illuminati) nutcase who read books by guys that measured the lengths of the halls in pyramids to foretell the future by.
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Graced with His somewhat slimy Touch
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JUST BE GLAD YOU HAVE YOUR LIVES BACK
by FireNBandits insome of you are quite old with most of your life behind you.
make the best use of what's left.
forget the years that were stolen from you and wasted by the tower.
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Again, my thanks for the many welcomes! I enjoy these smiley faces. What can I say? Simple minds enjoy simple pleasures. This board is a grand place for all of us on our journey out of the bOrg. (I really resonate with the comparison between Dubs and the Borg) I don't think one is ever completely free. At least, not when it comes to being interested in whether or not the bOrg is finally crumbling, how those who have left or were DFed are faring, how one might help those who simply opted for another mental and spiritual cage, etc. I too opted for Despot B after abandoning Despot A. I embraced Hellfire Jehovah after being DFed from Annihilation Jehovah. I was NOT "free." My thoughts were as controlled and constrained as ever. "Bring every thought into captivity to Christ." I had to be as careful of my thoughts, of what I allowed myself to read, ponder, study, as I ever did as a Dub. Cetrainly, I was free to pick and choose from the Christian Smorgasboard, but only from the Christian Smorgasboard. My thoughts had to reflect Biblical Truth as I understood it.
Now I think whatever the hell I want, ask whatever questions I want, study whatever subject from whatever view point I want, and if some deity doesn't like it, well, they know where my posterior is located and how to pucker up.
Glad to have my life back,
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THE GOD WHO WASN'T THERE
by FireNBandits inex-christian fundamentalist brian fleming shines an unflinching spotlight on christianity and the supposed historical existence of jesus christ, demonstarting that no such man ever existed in history.
rather, the earliest forms of christianity, just as the mystery religions, believed in a spiritual christ--the logos an emanation of god that is the divine reason in man and nature--and a spiritual death and resurrection of the spiritual logos.
the evidence, the logic, and the compelling arguments are simply too much for fundamentalists, so please protect your mind and faith from this video at all costs if you're a fundamentalist.
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Hi greendawn. I like your attitude. Hopefully, some of your descendants will be among the slaughtered. It's only fitting given your positive attitude toward it.
As to the mythicist/historicist positions: scratch a historicist find a mythicist. Mythicism (as to Jesus Crisco) is extremely unpopular with the populace. Slowly but surely the tide she is turning as many "historicists" embrace the full monty, mythicism. Now, as for myself, I was a staunch historicist, and taught such in my classes. I still have to teach it, but I throw in some mythicist arguments and evidence too. It keeps things interesting and stirs the pot. Pot stirring prevents stagnation. -
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Watchtower to Sell Standish Arms
by moomanchu ini didn't see this posted by any one else soooooo ......... http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/982.
they're cashin in the real estate for mo money, mo money, mo money.. moo who wishes he had mo..
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I wonder if the tunnels make hanky-panky more convenient for the GB and their underlings?
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"Watchtower" is a term from witchcraft NOT Scripture
by FuzzyPaul inhas anyone else ever noticed that there is no watchtower in scripture as part of any particular teaching but there is prominent use of watchtower in dungeons and dragons type games and forms of witchcraft including spells involving watchtower?
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watchtower_%28magic%29.
and msn search for watchtower alone & with magic spell or occult or witchcraft.. ct russell was a 33rd degree freemason ( illuminati) nutcase who read books by guys that measured the lengths of the halls in pyramids to foretell the future by.
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"I have known several mature and life-long JW sisters that were in the "Daughters of Job" part of the Free Masons."
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THE GOD WHO WASN'T THERE
by FireNBandits inex-christian fundamentalist brian fleming shines an unflinching spotlight on christianity and the supposed historical existence of jesus christ, demonstarting that no such man ever existed in history.
rather, the earliest forms of christianity, just as the mystery religions, believed in a spiritual christ--the logos an emanation of god that is the divine reason in man and nature--and a spiritual death and resurrection of the spiritual logos.
the evidence, the logic, and the compelling arguments are simply too much for fundamentalists, so please protect your mind and faith from this video at all costs if you're a fundamentalist.
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Yadda yadda yadda yaddayaddayadda. Rather than a "my scholars versus your scholars" pointless debate, gimme your evidence that Jeebus Creebus--oops Jesus H. Christ--is an historical personage. I will be happy to demolish your woeful evidence. FYI discovering the mythical nature of Jesus Christ was quite a shocking and difficult shift in my worldview. It was no easy shift. Propaganda, begun in infancy (infamy?) runs deep.
To the rest of you, thank you for responding. To you as well yaddayaddayadda.
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"Watchtower" is a term from witchcraft NOT Scripture
by FuzzyPaul inhas anyone else ever noticed that there is no watchtower in scripture as part of any particular teaching but there is prominent use of watchtower in dungeons and dragons type games and forms of witchcraft including spells involving watchtower?
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watchtower_%28magic%29.
and msn search for watchtower alone & with magic spell or occult or witchcraft.. ct russell was a 33rd degree freemason ( illuminati) nutcase who read books by guys that measured the lengths of the halls in pyramids to foretell the future by.
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Hello IP-SEC I realize it makes no diff to modern day Dubs. I was one not all that long ago. It does, however, explain Russell's pyramid obsession. I enjoy good speculation. A good scientific hypothesis begins as good speculation, a good way of accounting for the facts. If CTR was a Mason, I find that interesting intellectually, but of no actual consequence in my day to day life. It's cool. Let's all fire up a peace pipe and unlax.
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What did 539 AD mean to Russell?
by glenster ini've been writing down russell's chronology (no, i don't believe a word of it).
he had 539 ad to 1799 ad as 1,260 "days.
" 1799 ad (the pope had to go to napolean; the ability for the papacy to persecute was waning) to 1914 ad was the end times period.
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"Many moon come Choctaw."
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THE GOD WHO WASN'T THERE
by FireNBandits inex-christian fundamentalist brian fleming shines an unflinching spotlight on christianity and the supposed historical existence of jesus christ, demonstarting that no such man ever existed in history.
rather, the earliest forms of christianity, just as the mystery religions, believed in a spiritual christ--the logos an emanation of god that is the divine reason in man and nature--and a spiritual death and resurrection of the spiritual logos.
the evidence, the logic, and the compelling arguments are simply too much for fundamentalists, so please protect your mind and faith from this video at all costs if you're a fundamentalist.
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Ex-Christian fundamentalist Brian Fleming shines an unflinching spotlight on Christianity and the supposed historical existence of Jesus Christ, demonstarting that no such man ever existed in history. Rather, the earliest forms of Christianity, just as the Mystery religions, believed in a spiritual Christ--the Logos an emanation of God that is the divine Reason in man and nature--and a spiritual death and resurrection of the spiritual Logos. The evidence, the logic, and the compelling arguments are simply too much for fundamentalists, so please protect your mind and faith from this video at all costs if you're a fundamentalist. Run from it if you see it coming down the street toward you. Hide from it. Pray that it will go away.
Fleming also documents the alarming rise of the angry mob of fundamentalist Christians in America who wish to force their religion upon all of us. They wish to burn books, execute gays and lesbians, and pretty much rule the world "with a rod of iron." The same iron rod with which Christendom once ruled the world in an earlier time we call The Dark Ages. Certifiably insane people such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell are spotlighted as are the ugly--and unspoken--teachings of Jesus such as: "But those enemies of mine who didnot want me to be King over them—bring them here and slay them in front of me." (JESUS in Luke 19:27, in a story about his first and second coming)
The track record on "truth" by Christianity is examined, such as their once solid stance that the earth is flat, is the center of the universe, the sun and planets and stars revolve around the earth, and the universe was made in six days (and God rested on the seventh). These are the same people who insist that Jesus is historical, Adam and Eve are literal science and history rather than allegory. Thse same people are trying to force creationism into public schools.
I give this film six stars and two thumbs way up. It only runs 62 minutes, but there are extras, such as extended interviews with Earl Doherty and Robert M. Price. If you're a Freethinker, atheist, agnostic, or simply a spiritual person rather than religious, you will enjoy this DVD very much. If you can convince a fundamentalist or two to watch without stopping their ears and running away shouting "blasphemy!" (You know, acting the way WE did when we were Dubs) all the better. -Saint Martin the Inquirer
