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  Head of gold

  by hoj in

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  one night i woke up and couldnt get back to sleep.

  then the next verse has ...thou art this head of gold.

  (36) this is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

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  I'll try again... the image Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream.

  He saw a greek statue that wasn't made until a thousand years later?
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  Have you ever noticed how similar the Society is to a Multi-Level Marketing Business?

  by SAHARA in

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  maybe this discussion has already taken place on this forum, or maybe some of you may scoff at this observation as just stating the obvious, but i think it may be worth while to post this for those of you who have yet to discover this paralell.

  i was involved in a mlm business in the insurance industry from 1993 - 2000. this life insurance agency was started in 1977 by just a few individuals and had grown by recruiting average working class people to become part-time sales agents and sold them the american dream.

  in just a few years time, this agency entered every state and grew into a sales force of roughly 200,000 people, part time and full timers, and by 1984 had become the #1 seller of life insurance in the country for approximately 15 years straight.

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  A. L. Williams, eh?
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  Are there any decent arguments for God's existence which do not fall prey to the argument from ignorance fallacy? (i.e. God of the gaps)

  by Psychotic Parrot in

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  god of the gaps arguments are simply not convincing, god is no more likely to be the correct gap filler than anything else, in any case where god is squeezed into a gap, we could easily just fill it with (for example) a committee of eternally existing physical lifeforms, god is no more plausible than they are as an explanation.

  as for the arguments themselves:.

  the cosmological argument = god of the gaps: we think (though we are not certain) that the universe had a beginning, it was probably the big bang, the big bang needed a cause.

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  To be fair on pisswordprotected, knowing he's a wife beater & drunkard raises my opinion of him slightly.

  True. If he's still a NAMBLA member, though, he'll just be the bee's knees in my book.
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  Is the Gospel of Matthew a clever fake ?

  by wobble in

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  the answer to the above question hinges on when the gospel was actually written.

  many scholars feel it was written some time after the destruction of the temple in 70 c.e.

  if this is so, it is a clever fake, pretending to have been written earlier by an eye-witness to the events, or someone close to an eye-witness.

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  notverylikely

  yah I do have a retirement home to play at. It beats working at Mcdonalds or 7-11

  and those old cougars still flash there boobies at me.

  And so do the young ones.

  That shows exactly how much you know about the business of...well, anything. The answer is nothing. And 65 isn't young, even if she is the hottest one at the home. That hip replacement just makes her more flexible, though.

  I could sell books just like I could sell music.

  The discussion was about writing, publishing and distributing books with royalties and payments to the author, not hawking books off a MySpace page. Which again just shows that you still have no idea what you are talking about.

  Dont the JW's have there meetings at night anymore?

  Just one night a week now.
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  Are there any decent arguments for God's existence which do not fall prey to the argument from ignorance fallacy? (i.e. God of the gaps)

  by Psychotic Parrot in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  god of the gaps arguments are simply not convincing, god is no more likely to be the correct gap filler than anything else, in any case where god is squeezed into a gap, we could easily just fill it with (for example) a committee of eternally existing physical lifeforms, god is no more plausible than they are as an explanation.

  as for the arguments themselves:.

  the cosmological argument = god of the gaps: we think (though we are not certain) that the universe had a beginning, it was probably the big bang, the big bang needed a cause.

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  Yeah, the last time I smacked her about I got pinched for it, and after spending a few nights in the cooler I decided it wasn't worth the grief. These days I just drink.

  So why should we listen to an admitted wife beater and drunk?
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  Is the Gospel of Matthew a clever fake ?

  by wobble in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the answer to the above question hinges on when the gospel was actually written.

  many scholars feel it was written some time after the destruction of the temple in 70 c.e.

  if this is so, it is a clever fake, pretending to have been written earlier by an eye-witness to the events, or someone close to an eye-witness.

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  notverylikely

  Not very likely you seem pretty immature and ignorant I'm not going to waste my time or energy explaining

  very obvious business principals and practices to you.

  I know. It's so immature and ignorant to point out that you are comparing two completely different business models and fields of interest. It's probably exactly like the music business 30 years ago and hawking $10 CD's off your MySpace page today.

  Or you have exactly zero idea what you are talking about.

  Dont you have a meeting to go to?

  Nope, all wrapped up for the day. Don't you have a retirement home to play at?
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  Are there any decent arguments for God's existence which do not fall prey to the argument from ignorance fallacy? (i.e. God of the gaps)

  by Psychotic Parrot in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  god of the gaps arguments are simply not convincing, god is no more likely to be the correct gap filler than anything else, in any case where god is squeezed into a gap, we could easily just fill it with (for example) a committee of eternally existing physical lifeforms, god is no more plausible than they are as an explanation.

  as for the arguments themselves:.

  the cosmological argument = god of the gaps: we think (though we are not certain) that the universe had a beginning, it was probably the big bang, the big bang needed a cause.

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  Sorry, the question was "Can you be an atheist and believe in logic and maths?. The unequivocal response I go was "yes". And by receiving that answer it was confirmed to me that atheists have an inconsistant and contradictory worldview. What more was there for me to say?

  Actually, the response (I hesitate to use the word answer) was that you were setting up a false choice. And you never did answer whether or not you had stopped beating your wife.

  Did you?
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  Head of gold

  by hoj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one night i woke up and couldnt get back to sleep.

  then the next verse has ...thou art this head of gold.

  (36) this is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

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  notverylikely

  If the image were female, that would explain that the breasts would be plural.

  Men have breasts, too, you know. Some even need a bra.
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  November 2010 JW Campaign

  by dozy in

  1. jw
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  to be entitled "offering the bible - what is its message?".

  possibly a tract or brochure - haven't had any other details yet.

  maybe they are even going to offer the bible (now that would be a novelty!).

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  notverylikely

  It's the 32-page brochure released at the district conventions last year.

  Wow. To think I go to meeting semi-regularly and was at the assembly and have zero recollection of that publication.

  Of course, during the songs I often try to fit metallical lyrics to the music, so....YMMV.
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  Is the Gospel of Matthew a clever fake ?

  by wobble in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the answer to the above question hinges on when the gospel was actually written.

  many scholars feel it was written some time after the destruction of the temple in 70 c.e.

  if this is so, it is a clever fake, pretending to have been written earlier by an eye-witness to the events, or someone close to an eye-witness.

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  notverylikely

  Not verylikely you can read my bio then go to my myspace page and buy my cd and tell me how much I know about publishing.

  Not very much.

  I know a lot about books research and sales.

  Right. That's why you have no idea how things work.

  My wifes family worked for capital records back in the 70's and I know how they make hit albums.

  Which aren't books....

  I can sell cd's for 10$ with an investment of less than 1 $ in material.

  Which has nothing to do with books...

  I know about marketing and promotion in fact this Friday I will be out playing at Lake Tarpon resort

  promoting my music that you can buy on my space or CD baby.

  Which has nothing to do with books...