facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
what l see plainly in Stalin’s psychotic system has echoes in my own country. - Humbled
It is beyond my ability to comprehend how anybody can say that with sincerity. Are you really familiar with life under Stalinism?
The people who are most vocal in accusing western governments are suffering from a degree of cynicism that is totally irrational. It's nothing but moral posturing.
i now know which system i was under!.
theocratic/theocracy: a system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god.
(oxford dictionary).
Theocratic systems are are a subset of autocratic dictatorships.
Autocratic - ''Do what I say'.
Theocratic - 'Do what I say because I speak in the name of god'.
so, i have a guy that is emailing me after listening to my podcast series "this jw life" about my life story before, during, and after being a jw.
this guy happens to be an elder and pioneer serving where the need is greater.
i love this guy.
Marking.
can you imagine what the world of mankind would be like if their was never any concept of a god or religious beliefs ?.
for the love of me i can`t ,maybe i don`t have an imaginative mind equipped well enough to do so .. how about you guys ?
any takers ?.
I'm not sure if we would have got this far without religion.
Should it now be discarded? Is that even possible? I'm not sure.
jesus was a real and historical person (not the way jws or the rest of the people think him to be) because of the following historical facts:.
1) the fact that the most influential political establishment of that time (roman empire) was convinced that jesus’ name would sell to suit their political agenda (to promote slavery) shows that jesus was as historical as roman empire itself; hence they implanted slavery-friendly verses into the bible as though spoken by jesus (such as mathew 5:39, 41; 24:45 ..etc) this was in contrast to the real personality jesus really was—he was a man of courage, who ‘walked alone to do what is right if those invited refused to accompany him.’ when his family and disciples were fond of sleeping, his delight was to spend early morning hours alone, in meditation, with god to the extent he could say he was “one” with qualities of god.
(mark 1:35; john 8:1, 2; 10:30) such a person would naturally be too famous and too crowd-pulling against whom even the influential people were helpless even when they were whipped out of the temple which reminds us of “hollywood rambo style” merely because of his moral authority (not that he had any supernatural powers to perform miracles).. 2) similarly, emerging religion (apostate christianity) too knew they could misuse the name of jesus to serve its commercial agenda.
Ireneus you have invented your own Jesus.
facts we don't want to know.
the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .
which humans?.
Britain has its own gulags as does the USA. - Ruby
What?
entire world used to be covered by water.
i am not talking about the 'great flood', but on earth's formation itself.
the bible talks about earth being only water and then god making dry land appear.
That would also explain why no mammals of earliest fossils
Earliest fossils are of prokaryotic life more than 3 billion years ago. Mammals didn't evolve until 160 million years ago.
entire world used to be covered by water.
i am not talking about the 'great flood', but on earth's formation itself.
the bible talks about earth being only water and then god making dry land appear.
Entire world used to be covered by water.
Says who?
in 1991 we build a 250 seat hall and had 125 publishers so about 175 in attendance and filing fast.. just spoke to someone from my old congregation they now have 50 to 60 publishers and 100 in attendance on a good day.. very few pioneers.. seems this is happening everywhere.. karter..
We need to reverse shunning policy to promote revival - SBF
'We'?
Why would anybody who knows as much about the WT as you do desire its revival?
diane abbott has often given me moments of amusement throughout the years.. whenever i'm feeling depressed, 30 mins of watching her varied gaffes on youtube usually cheers me up.. the following is a clip from this week (feb 2008) in which she seems to wonder out loud whether mao did more good than harm.
it's great to hear michael portillo's initial reaction ("whaaat!
") and then watch him and andrew neil belly-laugh at diane abbott's comments at the end of the clip.. perhaps she'd been at the blue nun xd.
Abbott and Corbyn were lovers back in the day - what a horrendous mental image that is!
McDonnell is a self-confessed Marxist.
