reading through reniaa's latest topic i found the following sorts of comments from believers and unbelievers alike.
i think they show how habits of thought run most easily along the well grooved and often travelled ruts in our minds.
we need to question these 'obvious truths' more often .
I agree that for a God to allow free will but then impose restrictions is a paradox. It's like telling a condemned man that he's free to leave the hangman's gallows but not removing the rope. He can only go so for before hanging himself. He's free of the punishment of death, but he's not truly free as he is always in sight of the gallows as a constant reminder.
I like your analogy. I claim it.
not sure if this was the case elsewhere, but i noticed that the contribution boxes with the people attending them stayed out in the hall ways throughout the entire session.
they used to be set up only before and after sessions and during lunch......times are tough!
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That the Society was desperate, or you were?
Yes.
not sure if this was the case elsewhere, but i noticed that the contribution boxes with the people attending them stayed out in the hall ways throughout the entire session.
they used to be set up only before and after sessions and during lunch......times are tough!
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The first time I laid eyes on my ex-husband he was in the middle of doing parking attendance. I thought that meant he was a qualified, spiritual brother. Turns out oompa is right.
i would like to know what to mix strawberries with, any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
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Put them with baby spinach to make a salad. Toss with oil, sugar, poppy seeds and toasted almonds.
wobble, since you're guessing at the society's answers, how do you think they would respond if you pointed out that donating blood is no different than giving governments our tax money? Sure they use portions of it for unchristian means, but we give back for what we get, right?
i do not think being spiteful is a healthy thing to do, but i am not here to judge you..
The people I am spiteful toward are no longer in my life. I don't keep people in my life who are toxic. When I say spiteful, I do not mean that I act in a spiteful way toward them. I only fantasize about it occasionally.
Healthy? I would say not. As the Buddha said, holding on to anger is like picking up a hot coal with the intention of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who will be burned. However, I have not yet had the control to excise my negative feelings. Since I only experience them during the rare times when a memory of the person or event occurs to me, I don't consider it one of my bigger failings.
Ooh, here's something spiteful. A few nights ago someone hijacked my email account. They used it to send a virus to random people in my address book. I sent out a follow-up email warning everyone not to open the link--with the exception of my ex-husband. And I wouldn't be at all sorry if his dumb @ss clicks it.
i do not think being spiteful is a healthy thing to do, but i am not here to judge you..
Ok. Yes, I'm spiteful toward certain people.
i do not think being spiteful is a healthy thing to do, but i am not here to judge you..
I don't mean to be antagonistic. I'm just curious. I notice you start a lot of threads asking questions about emotional or potentially embarrassing subjects, without volunteering much information about yourself. Your not asking for the purpose of judging. What is your intent? Entertainment? Inspiration? Something else?
i do not think being spiteful is a healthy thing to do, but i am not here to judge you..
What are you here to do?
i had an hour to kill before picking julian up at a birthday party, last friday.
so, i decided to go relax at the library.
"when i was a child, we gave up our chairs for adults.
I don't know if it's been said, but I think the fact that children were involved is irrelevant. Say the exact same situation happened except that instead of children, the woman told FHN that her adult friends were sitting in all of those chairs and would at some point be returning to them. It is unfair for a group of people to monopolize a public space when they're not even currently occupying it. How she was raising her children has nothing to do with it. Lack of kindness and respect to neighbors is the issue at hand.
