i had a lovely mirrored windchime in my house.
my study conductor told me it attracted deemunz and i threw it in the trash.
i've since bought another.. what's the reasoning behind that idiocy??
Roman chimes called tintinnabulum were hung up in gardens and porticoes Where they would make a tinkling sound as the wind passed through them. Bells were believed to keep off evil spirits and so they were often combined with the phallus, which was also a symbol of good fortune and a charm against evil. The image shows one example with a main phallus portrayed with wings, and the feet and tail of an animal, perhaps a lion. These added to its protective powers. [1]
listen to the brilliant alan watts on this subject and on many other spiritual/philosophical matters.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytivrfv3s2c.
You probably need to listen to more of Watts, Cold Steel. He didn't believe in a Christian God per se, although he did formally train as a priest as a young man but espoused the Chinese system.
He's just pointing out the absurdity of saying that one must follow either Jesus or Mohammed or Buddha or whatever, as its impossible to objectively say which one is right. Everyone reflects the bias derived from their own culture and religious milieu, as your very post demonstrates, no disrespect. It's impossible to say who Jesus really was or whether he or Mohammed performed real miracles or whatever.
So ultimately he's saying that what matters is the underlying message across all of them that we have a divine spark within us that we can tap into, but it can't be discovered through talking and dogma. 'God' can only be found from going inside oneself, in silence, which is the essence of all Eastern religious philosophy.
This makes sense Biblically when you consider that even the Bible teaches we are created in God's 'image'. That idea is common across all religions. So Eastern religion is basically just saying that 'God' can only be found by going inside oneself in meditative silence and understanding what that 'image' is, what that divine blueprint is that we all share, and conforming more closely to it.
That's what Watts means by anyone becoming like God and becoming one of God's 'sons'.
listen to the brilliant alan watts on this subject and on many other spiritual/philosophical matters.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytivrfv3s2c.
Listen to the brilliant Alan Watts on this subject and on many other spiritual/philosophical matters.
though i have written this for the alternative daily text, it is quite serious.
jws complain that the nations refused to submit to god's kingdom in 1914. what if they had done this?.
the kings of the earth take their stand and high officials gather together as one against jehovah and against his anointed one.
brilliant.
a friend of mine recently had his co visit and in the elders meeting the co out-right asked the question: how are the friends doing in your cong.
as regards pursuing higher education?
the co continued...you know in view of all the counsel from the slave regarding the dangers.
Keep on dumbing 'em down to keep 'em coming to the Kingdumb halls.
i know that just recently they've made billions by cashing in their real estate from brooklyn.
i also saw somewhere that only the uk branch, in a year, made 16 million pounds in profit with their stock portofolio.
my cousin worked personally for a guy in italy, who was involved in the mafia , and was a jw, and apparently he donated at a single convention more than 1 million euros(probably as a way to wash his sins).
How much does the Watchtower give to the poor and starving of the world? ZILCH. Instead, they actively discourage JW's from donating to charities dedicated to fighing famine and disease.
The Watchtower ihoards hundreds of millions of cash from it's Brooklyn real estate sales to build it's luxurious GB retirement complex in up-state New York all through voluntary slave labour while not lifting a finger to help the worst kinds of suffering in this world!
They are a disgrace, like the Catholic Church, anathema to everything Jesus taught and stood for!
i'm fed up of my still-in wife using this excuse that they can utter wrong beliefs and doctrines.. .
the fact that there are imperfect humans involved in the organisation is very much irrelevant.. .
we all accept, including jdubs, that these men are just men who may think and say wrong things like the rest of us as they go about their own lives.
Yep, you summed it up nicely. The Governing Body cannot be THE faithful and discreet slave and also just get off the hook every time for teaching falsehoods by claiming to be eight imperfect men.
JW scholar Greg Stafford correctly says PUT THEM TO THE TEST! http://elihubooks.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07/put-them-to-test.html
on another thread, i read that a few adherents may be traveling (cough-cough) to other cities and wouldn't be able to make field service on christmas day.. what is the likelihood that going out on christmas will be encouraged at the weekend services at the khs?
...or do most halls stay neutral on this?
given what i've read on this forum, i have the impression that disrespecting a day of other's celebration wouldn't be discouraged which annoys the heck out of me..
so moses was denied the promise land because he struck the.
rock instead of talking to the rock.. exodus 17;6 he is told to strike the rock but in numbers 20;8 he.
is told to speak to the rock.. ok folks, this is one stupid story.. first of all maybe moses thought i will stand before the assembly and.
It's not real history, it's a stupid old fable made up by some ancient Jewish priest or scribe to keep the people scared and subservient, sheesh. As are all the 'miracles' in the OT.
one fb friend posted the faq link about "why dont jw's celebrate xmas?
" after reading the link i concluded that it is either another collossal lie the wt is telling, or it is now ok to celebrate x-mas!.
from jw.org faq:.
It's talking about the right of others to celebrate it, ie, non-witnesses, you womble.
