i dunno...in the back of my mind, i seem to recall that back when i took some lessons with the witnesses that they told me that adam and eve were going to be in pretty bad shape in the grand scheme of things.
or does jesus' atonement cover adam and eve?
they quoted to me the scripture about john the baptist where jesus says, "he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Even fairy tales are often allegory and have deeper meaning than what's at the surface.
There is always a message to the story. The problem is just deciphering it accurately. Then again, it makes for very subjective literature which gives a wide path to conjecture. And interpretations reveal a lot about the persons themselves.
i was thinking the other day about our complicated immune systems.
if gods plan was for adam to live on earth forever, and never die, then why was he given an immune system.
he obviously was (if he existed), because we have inherited it.
"became defective." Ok, became more defective. That comment was in relation to the fact that our bodies stopped manufacturing vitamin C and now we have to rely on outside sources for it. Vit C is a great immune booster.
isn't it weird how so few know that there were actually two major trees in the garden of eden account.. there was the tree of knowledge (of good and bad) and there was also the tree of life.. genesis chapter 3 makes is quite clear that god banished adam and eve from the garden and placed an angel to guard the tree of life, so that they might not eat from it again.
is this implying that the two perfect humans had to eat from the tree in order to have eternal life?
if not, why protect it?.
The story does not say that the Tree of Life was for eternal life. When you inject 'eternal', you are going beyond what is written. However, I think religious leaders imply and count on you assuming certain things that just are not in the story. And that holds true for many other stories as well.
The Tree of Life is the opportunity of living on earth as a blind sheep, happy to just graze in the garden, not minding when the Masters take your wool and leave you cold in the winter. Some of the sheep did not appreciate being fleeced all the time. They wanted to know why they were being used and abused. Eve was such a sheep.
Adam and Eve worked hard in the garden, only to have some man claiming to be God, take all of the fruits of their labor. Eve was not content to break her back all day in field service, even though she was permitted to enjoy TV at the end of the day and hot tub on Saturday's only. She wanted to know WHY. What was it all for? Why did God not have to work? Why did God get the hot tub everyday? Why did God get all the money?
That's why she chose to eat (eat=learn; discover) from the Tree of Knowledge. She knew there was much more going on than what they were being told by 'God'. She was not content to be a blind sheep slave captive anymore. Tree of Knowledge was a quest for Truth.
i was thinking the other day about our complicated immune systems.
if gods plan was for adam to live on earth forever, and never die, then why was he given an immune system.
he obviously was (if he existed), because we have inherited it.
Hello and WELCOME, Chukky!
Curious thing about the immune system. Animals are able to manufacture natural vitamin C in their bodies but humans cannot. However, at one time humans DID naturally create vitamin C in their bodies. I wonder what changed that? Could that be one reason we became defective?
new light or not?.
the watchtower, october 15, 2010, p.17.
what about those who are of the other sheep?
Where in the bible does Jehovah have a wife? Why does WT keep making such an absurd assumption? Is this some kind of take-off on the "bride of Christ" ? If so, then is WT using Jehovah/Jesus interchangeably?
Every time I hear this nonsense about Jehovah's wife, I think it is a reference to Ashtar.
And I think it is insulting and degrading to women when I hear the phrase that WT organization is "God's woman." There is just something so uncouth when a man refers to his spouse as "his woman".
i dunno...in the back of my mind, i seem to recall that back when i took some lessons with the witnesses that they told me that adam and eve were going to be in pretty bad shape in the grand scheme of things.
or does jesus' atonement cover adam and eve?
they quoted to me the scripture about john the baptist where jesus says, "he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
You ask too many varied questions for one post. But I will take on one subject here. Adam and Eve wore clothes made of plant material while they were in "the garden". It's in the big book. Reread it.
Before they were expelled from the garden, God himself killed their family pet and made them wear a masonic-like apron fashioned from the animal skin.
up front and first off....some of my bestest friends on the planet are lesbian and i love them to death so this has nothing to do with acceptance or not of it.
im all over same sex marriage and respecting all human beings' rights to live their lives as they see fit.
i was wondering...and i have wondered this for awhile....why some lesbians, who obviously dont like men, then choose to dress in men's clothes, have men's haircuts, wear men's shoes, flatten their chests, wear no makeup and look and act like men.
I don't think that the "types" mentioned are actually dressing that way to be attractive. It is more of a statement they are making. If anything, they probably want to be loved for who they are and not what they look like.
I think that the one girl who is rescuing and hoarding animals has a very telling behavior in that she is very compassionate with fragile, defenseless, innocent creatures. She is identifying with these creatures. There is some deep psychological meaning in what she is doing. She is projecting a persona of becoming the "strong savior"--- able to defend others because there was probably a time when no one came to defend her and she could not defend herself.
She is hoarding them because she sees herself as their protector and wants to keep them safe.
I think the cross dressing is more of a psychological issue than a fashion statement.
saul and the witch of endor.
28in those days the philistines gathered their forces to fight against israel.
achish said to david, you must understand that you and your men will accompany me in the army.
So what could look like a spirit coming up from the ground? Maybe some dry ice and a fan blowing? Whatever it was, it was ILLUSION.
The story is about hipocracy for one thing. And the reason mediums were not allowed by God even if it was just for entertainment purposes only....is because diviners, whether using ventriliquism, necromancy, reading entrails, etc. were all in competition with the religious institutions. The fees would take $$$ out of the church coffers. All of the "thou shalt not visit fortune tellers" was a ploy to eliminate the competition.
And yes. Mediums, psychics, etc. were competition to the church. The high priest only had his magic light up buttons and just having one trick gets old. So people were likely to stray for "second opinions".
There were no ghosts. There were no dead people coming back from the spirit world. It is all fantasy make believe. Another point of the story is that leaders are above the law. Just look at modern day examples! Get it, now?
up front and first off....some of my bestest friends on the planet are lesbian and i love them to death so this has nothing to do with acceptance or not of it.
im all over same sex marriage and respecting all human beings' rights to live their lives as they see fit.
i was wondering...and i have wondered this for awhile....why some lesbians, who obviously dont like men, then choose to dress in men's clothes, have men's haircuts, wear men's shoes, flatten their chests, wear no makeup and look and act like men.
Wuz, I have known some lesbians that are like the ones you described.
I knew a child whose attacker came in through the bedroom window wielding a knife and threatened to kill her baby brother if she screamed. You don't get over these things. It is always in the back of your mind and it shapes your personality and your future. She was 8 or 9 at the time. After this horrifying experience, she never let her hair grow past her ears. She refused to wear jewelry. She never wore a dress again. I suppose she began to "disguise" her feminity because it made her feel vunerable or made her look weak. She was probably afraid that this nightmare could happen to her again and something clicked in her mind that she did not want to be recognized as being female. Perhaps her masculine gestures were her psychological defense.
I will bet you that most "butch" type women have had a terrifying experience with men in their childhood. This projection is camoflage; it is also an act of bravery that they are taking responsibility for their personal welfare because there was no one to 'rescue' them...no one to 'save' them. You can only depend on yourself. These girls are always very independent. They learn to do "man's work" (i.e. their own plumbing repairs, electrical, etc.) simply because they never want to have to depend on a man for anything. Deep down there is probably a fear and loathing of men in general. And these women probably never had a kind or strong father figure in their youth.
as far a wild internet rumors, is there one that you have heard that is especially memorable?.
wacky, outrageous, terrifying, disturbing, etc?
share one you remember.. has there ever been a disconcerting internet rumor you heard that actually turned out to be real?.
As far a wild internet rumors, is there one that you have heard that is especially memorable?
Wacky, outrageous, terrifying, disturbing, etc? Share one you remember.
Has there ever been a disconcerting internet rumor you heard that actually turned out to be real?
