adynaton
Noun
adynaton (plural adynatons )
- (rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility.
Examples:
1. "When pigs fly"
2. "When hell freezes over"
3. "What if JWs are right?!?"
peacedog
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What if JWs are right?!?
by brotherdan ini know this is a pointless question, but what if this happened:.
you came home from work one day, sat down, and turned on the tv.
there is a sudden announcement that the un has banned all religion.
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Hunger vs. Furuli
by Augustin inhttp://goto.glocalnet.net/kf4/dating.htm.
interesting .
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peacedog
Furuli is a hack...
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-11-10 WT Study (OUGHT)
by blondie into christians in his day?.
comments.
comments.
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peacedog
Paragraph 18 says:
Think of this: As a direct result of our preaching work, God’s enemies will not be able to plead ignorance when they come face-to-face with him during his great day.
Does God read hearts or not? To seriously suggest that "pleading ignorance" is a viable option when standing face to face with the omnipotent Creator just reeks of ignorance and simple-mindedness...
Secondly, and more importantly, why should a jw care whether or not "God's enemies...plead ignorance...during his great day"? Why is this noteworthy? For what reason does the WT$ tell jws to "think of this"?
Isn't the insinuation that by participating in the "preaching work", the JW has the opportunity to CONTRIBUTE TO THE DESTRUCTION of "God's enemies" (which of course is ANYONE who rejects the WT$ or its teachings) by taking away his ability to "plead ignorance"?
The WT$ goes on to say:
...they will know that it is Jehovah who is acting against them. At the same time, Jehovah will honor his faithful servants by making it abundantly clear that they were, indeed, his representatives.
So when "Jehovah" is destroying his enemies on his "great day", he'll see to it that they know that the individual JW was indeed God's representative.
This is textbook appeal to emotion (logical fallacy where the position or claim is accepted because of the emotion of approval the individual feels in regard to the position or claim). Sadly, the emotion the WT$ appeals to is less than flattering and says something indeed about the WT$ and (unfortunately) JWs in general.
Peace.
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What's the best cover version of a song you've ever heard?
by VampireDCLXV inthe title pretty much says it all.. it's true that there are many classics that simply can't be topped but it doesn't stop people from trying anyway.
and what do ya know; occasionally someone does succeed.
here i will post at least one notable example.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o9gf_sofbm&p=301f39587863d18d&playnext=1&index=3.
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peacedog
Heather Nova covering The Beatles, We Can Work It Out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUunSZkaVgU
Great cover.
I Am Sam soundtrack....
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Challenge to DJeggnog Regarding his Lies.
by Essan ini'm disgusted.
so, i'm formally challenging djeggnog to either substantiate or retract his outrageous claim that:.
1. russell made no predictions about 1914.. 2. specifically, russell never predicted christ's "coming" for 1914.
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peacedog
Eggnog,
Did I miss your reponse? Don't tell me you are once again unable to answer one of my questions??
[Given that Russell believed the "parousia" to have occurred in 1874, and the establishment of the kingdom and Christ assuming power as king to have occurred in 1878,] what did he mean by COMPLETE establishment of the (already established since 1878) kingdom for 1914?
You are here equating my use of brackets in correcting your typos as akin to being in "NWT" style because you are lacking somewhere when it comes to education and you are sounding rather stupid to be chiding someone for their use of brackets in their posts because you never quite understood why such were inserted into the text of the NWT, and the text of the KJV, and the text of what Bible translation you might name, as brackets are used in all of these Bible translations for the very same reason that they are used in the NWT.
And you sound rather pretentious on top of sounding rather stupid...
FYI, when a legitimate bible translation includes bracketed text it DOES NOT CHANGE THE MEANING OF THE VERSE. On the other hand, when the NWT "bible" does it, all bets are off. Colossians 1:16,17 being the preeminent example...
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Challenge to DJeggnog Regarding his Lies.
by Essan ini'm disgusted.
so, i'm formally challenging djeggnog to either substantiate or retract his outrageous claim that:.
1. russell made no predictions about 1914.. 2. specifically, russell never predicted christ's "coming" for 1914.
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peacedog
Eggnog,
Again I ask:
[Given that Russell believed the "parousia" to have occurred in 1874, and the establishment of the kingdom and Christ assuming power as king to have occurred in 1878,] what did he mean by COMPLETE establishment of the (already established since 1878) kingdom for 1914?
You caught another one of my typos. Good for you!
Typo. Freudian slip. Whatever...
Explain, if you possibly can, how "God's Messianic Kingdom", in all of its invisibleness, is now "trampling...these Gentile nations"
Sure. It was in 1914 that the time had come blah blah blah blah blah....................................................
Uh-huh. I see. I guess it only makes sense that your magical fantasy INVISIBLE kingdom would be INVISIBLY TRAMPLING the nations...
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peacedog
As regards the alleged involvement of children the applicant association [The Watchtower Society] submits that children cannot become members of the association but only participate, together with their parents, in the religious activities of the community. In respect of the refusal of blood transfusion, the applicant association submits that there are no religious sanctions for a Jehovah's Witness who chooses to accept blood transfusion and that, therefore, the fact that the religious doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses is against blood transfusion cannot amount to a threat to "public health".
I wonder how the parents of these children would feel upon reading the above?
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peacedog
So they outright lied to the court!
Reniaa's lies are much easier to "understand" when one remembers she is defending a LIAR ORGANIZATION.
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peacedog
How is this not controlling thoughts and speech - not what people do - but what people believe and their right to assemble and worship?
Don't get me wrong; I can see your point. And yes, freedoms will be curbed. The question here is should a hate group that requires the death of its members (including children) have the right to assemble and "worship"? I guess some would say yes. I say no.
But it seems obvious to me, nobody here has proven otherwise, that this will lead to a lot of individuals - some I know and like personally - getting mistreated, physically abused, losing their jobs, prison, labor camps, and who knows what else.
I really don't know whether this sort of thing will happen or not. It would be unfortunate if it did. I'm certainly not in favor of that. But I tend place the blame on the WT$. Were the WT$ not a hate group requiring the death of its members, it wouldn't be placed under ban...
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peacedog
Really, I still can't get past how there are actually people here that like having old men (govt) decide what you can and can't believe.
You shouldn't paint with such broad strokes. I doubt people "like having old men (govt) decide what [they] can and can't believe."
I simply happen to agree with the govt in this case. The WT$ is flat out a dangerous cult - dangerous to the point of requiring the death of their members, including children.
Because I agree with the govt stance in regard the WT$, does that require me to like or want the government deciding what I can and can't do in all instances?
