i was pondering this today during lunch, and to me it seems that it comes down to whether or not you can accept that you will one day be permanantly gone and anyone you have lost in death will never be alive again.
once a person becomes comfortable with these two ideas, there isn't really any incentive to believe.
maybe it's an over simplification, but it seems to me that this is the heart of the matter.
What it takes to become an atheist.
Just take away faith, hope and love
Faith follows the thing heard.....
all you need to do is cover your ears
but love starts in the eyes of understanding
But if you try to close your eyes
Love turns into a teardrop
but in your heart lies it's broken remains
~~~~~~ by Caliber
i've uploaded a new blog article that addresses the latest dvd release at the current district convention, namely "become jehovah's friend!
" - the tale of young caleb and his brush with divine wrath over a plastic toy wizard.
a link to the article, which includes the youtube samples of the production, is below:.
Definition of Inculcate. Instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction. ~~~ VM44
Another interesting point about the root word....
Latin inculcatus, past participle of inculcare, literally, to tread on, from in- + calcare to trample, from calc-, calx heel
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calab's mom is exhibiting some really psychopathic streaks in talking to him.. her facial expression is on the weird side of things.
if that is the kind of talking to i would have gotten over the years, eventually i would have saddled up, lock and loaded - at best moved out of home at an early age.. .
Using cartoon faces also can help to convey desired effects , body language not expressed in words alone, as show in above post
Real faces can betray lying or non-belief
http://www.blifaloo.com/info/microexpressions.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrgNKGjSyxA&NR=1&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXm6YbXxSYk&feature=player_embedded
What are Micro Expressions?
A micro expression is a momentary involuntary facial expression -- that people unconsciously display when they are hiding an emotion. They are quick & intense expressions of concealed emotion.
Micro Expressions are generally grouped into seven universal emotions: anger, disgust, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise, and contempt
Ironically people who are trained detected these micro expression lie's are called "Truth Wizards "
then why does he practice it?.
didnt he give moses magical powers to prove to pharaoh that he was sent by jehooovah?.
so maybe sparlock is jehovah's emissary..
then why does he practice it?.
didnt he give moses magical powers to prove to pharaoh that he was sent by jehooovah?.
so maybe sparlock is jehovah's emissary..
Nuclear power is neither good nor bad. Tt is a physical property that exists, like gravity or chemistry which has no inherent moral value assigned to it. Whether that property is used for "good" or "bad" all depends on how it is used and what values are assigned to that use. The Earth, for example, uses naturally occurring nuclear power to keep the iron core molten. This spinning molten iron creates the magnetic waves that form a protective shield around the Earth that keeps out the cosmic rays that would destroy our atmosphere and all life on Earth. In this case, all but the most misanthropic wretch would agree that nuclear power is used for the good of mankind ( thus intent and purpose is everything )
then why does he practice it?.
didnt he give moses magical powers to prove to pharaoh that he was sent by jehooovah?.
so maybe sparlock is jehovah's emissary..
The major difference between magic and miracles seems to be intent and purpose.
Magic intends to astonish..to focus attention on power itself.Miracles were to address
real needs of people. Jesus resisted the power to use miracles for his own
benefit during his "in the desert test. "It would have been a misuse godly spirit or power
just as the expression goes" guns don't kill people... people kill people"
Here in Canada at least it is forbidden to sale guns to those who are known to misuse them for wrong intent.
the watchtower has depicted sparlock as a commercial plastic toy to be thrown into the garbage with impunity.. i submit to you all that he is something far greater.
sparlock represents all the hopes and dreams of jw children everywhere.
he is the magic of childhood.
It's just as Botch said. ~~~Dacheech
"break down their spirit, and the WT shall have your soul for life
" Self-esteem is the real magic wand th at can form a child’s future. A child’s self-esteem affects every area of her existence, from friends she chooses, to how well she does academically in school, to what kind of job she gets, to even the person she chooses to marry."
STEPHANIE MARTSON
Childhood is the world of miracle or of magic: it is as if creation rose luminously out of the night, all new and fresh and astonishing. Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing. When the world gives you a feeling of "déjà vu," when you are used to existence, you become an adult."
EUGENE IONESCO
what a shame when your world of magic is thrown away at 3 years old !!!
the watchtower has depicted sparlock as a commercial plastic toy to be thrown into the garbage with impunity.. i submit to you all that he is something far greater.
sparlock represents all the hopes and dreams of jw children everywhere.
he is the magic of childhood.
Criticizing a child over every little thing, berating him, being demanding, will only exasperate him and damage him/her with time. It can create anger and/or depression in the child to last a long time.~~~~ Gayle
You are now ready to be a robot ... an outward force will now drive you !!!
the watchtower has depicted sparlock as a commercial plastic toy to be thrown into the garbage with impunity.. i submit to you all that he is something far greater.
sparlock represents all the hopes and dreams of jw children everywhere.
he is the magic of childhood.
Botch agreed..... to kill imagination is to kill individualized hopes and dreams ....to kill ones spirit & to create nothing but self-doubt
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
Einstein
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personally, i believe the watchtower organization is the real apostate!.
Dictionary definition:
One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; n : a disloyal person who forsakes his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, renegade, recreant] ; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade; a pervert.
Now if you just want to look at the first part, then some would be okay with the use of the word apostacy. Or apostate. But when you see the other derogatory words associated with this word..... faithless to moral allegiance, a pervert
the other thing that is added in
the WTS addition: "Others claim to believe the Bible but reject Jehovahs organization" . nothing in the NT applied apostacy amongst Christians to anything other than rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ!
apostasy seems to have two understandings in the modern world 1) rejecting your religious denomination 2) rejection of the teachings of Christ(for Christians at least)
