Why are there so few Jehovah's Witness R&B bands?
Yeah? Who says?
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At Last! Jehovah Is My Play Thing!
by PublishingCult infor millenia, man has been the play thing of that dreadful deity known as or yhwh.
we knew him as jehovah.. but now, thanks to mark ryden, jehovah can now be your play thing!
grab your gi joes, kids and pretend to blow the f#cking balls off your former god.
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At Last! Jehovah Is My Play Thing!
by PublishingCult infor millenia, man has been the play thing of that dreadful deity known as or yhwh.
we knew him as jehovah.. but now, thanks to mark ryden, jehovah can now be your play thing!
grab your gi joes, kids and pretend to blow the f#cking balls off your former god.
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For millenia, man has been the play thing of that dreadful deity known as
or YHWH. We knew him as Jehovah.But now, thanks to Mark Ryden, Jehovah can now be YOUR play thing! Grab your GI Joes, kids and pretend to blow the f#cking balls off your former god. Make Jehovah dress up like Barbie!
YHWH by Mark Ryden
The long-awaited first and probably only vinyl figure we will ever see from the vivid imagination of Mark Ryden. It has been over 3 years in production and has gone through two different manufacturers and dozens of rejected prototypes. Saying the realization of YHWH has been a bit of a nightmare is an massive understatement!!! Sometimes persistence pays off and sometimes it pays double. YHWH is finally completed and it is everything it was intended to be and comes packaged in what is quite possibly the most beautiful, elaborate box ever produced for a vinyl toy.
Necessaries Toy Foundation has been bombarded by over zealous collectors consistently for the last 8 months. Vinyl collectors are rabid that is of course no surprise, but fans of Mark Ryden are completely devoted and unrelenting in their quest for any product bearing his name and editions of his sell out within minutes on his Porterhouse website.
Edition of 2000 (only 1200+ will be available for wholesale from DKE) 17" inches tall in full color box. -
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A comical take on a closed governing body session?
by Joliette ini am no comic but i really want to laugh today.
if i was a fly on the wall during one of those infamous closed gb sessions, how do you think the meeting would go?.
happy friday everyone!.
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Free College Lectures
by Justitia Themis ini know there are many people on this discussion board who love learning, so i thought i would share this link i received from my undergrad university.. it will take you to a series of lectures at the school that were videotaped, and some look quite interesting.
best of all, you can watch them for free.
http://uwtv.org/video/series.aspx?id=1549959929.
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Meet Israel's Openly Gay High Priest
by PublishingCult inaristobulus iii of israel (53 bc 36 bc) was the last scion of the hasmonean royal house, brother of herod the great's wife mariamne, and paternal grandson of aristobulus ii.
he was a favorite of the people on account of his noble descent and handsome presence, and thus became an object of fear to herod, who at first sought to ignore him entirely by debarring him from the high priesthood.
but his mother alexandra maccabeus (63 bc 28 bc), through intercession with cleopatra and mark antony, compelled herod to remove hananel from the office of high priest and appoint aristobulus instead.. .
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Even the bible avers to this, in the young slave, near death whom his master 'loved'. Jesus healed him, of course. No problem to jesus, iether.
I had nearly forgotten about this account in the Bible.
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Atheists believe in nonsense too.
by NomadSoul inyeah i'll admit that i think people who think they talk to god or believe in a superpower is freaking nuts!.
but i'm a freaking nut too.
i seriously believe that there must be alien life out there!
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Rather than elaborate on contradictions, logical fallacy, and irrational thought, I will simply wish you peace, Tammy.
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Atheists believe in nonsense too.
by NomadSoul inyeah i'll admit that i think people who think they talk to god or believe in a superpower is freaking nuts!.
but i'm a freaking nut too.
i seriously believe that there must be alien life out there!
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Isn't Jesus ALSO the god of the OT?
Not to me. Tammy
Interesting.
Then, does one conclude that you do not believe the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God?
What do you believe, then, is the relationship between the god of the OT and Jesus of the NT?
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Meet Israel's Openly Gay High Priest
by PublishingCult inaristobulus iii of israel (53 bc 36 bc) was the last scion of the hasmonean royal house, brother of herod the great's wife mariamne, and paternal grandson of aristobulus ii.
he was a favorite of the people on account of his noble descent and handsome presence, and thus became an object of fear to herod, who at first sought to ignore him entirely by debarring him from the high priesthood.
but his mother alexandra maccabeus (63 bc 28 bc), through intercession with cleopatra and mark antony, compelled herod to remove hananel from the office of high priest and appoint aristobulus instead.. .
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Aristobulus III of Israel (53 BC – 36 BC) was the last scion of the Hasmonean royal house, brother of Herod the Great's wife Mariamne, and paternal grandson of Aristobulus II. He was a favorite of the people on account of his noble descent and handsome presence, and thus became an object of fear to Herod, who at first sought to ignore him entirely by debarring him from the high priesthood. But his mother Alexandra Maccabeus (63 BC – 28 BC), through intercession with Cleopatra and Mark Antony, compelled Herod to remove Hananel from the office of High Priest and appoint Aristobulus instead.
To secure himself against danger from Aristobulus, Herod instituted a system of espionage against him and his mother. This surveillance proved so onerous that they sought to gain their freedom by taking refuge with Cleopatra. Their plans were betrayed, however, and the disclosure had the effect of greatly increasing Herod's suspicions against his brother-in-law. As he dared not resort to open violence, he caused him to be drowned while he was bathing in Jericho.
This article was taken from the Jewish Encyclopedia (1903).
*** it-1 p. 163 Aristobulus ***
(A·ris·tob´u·lus) [Best (Noblest) Counselor].
An individual, some of whose household in Rome were sent greetings by Paul.—Ro 16:10.
"According to Josephus, Alexandra asked Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, to intercede with Mark Antony on her son's behalf. Antony ignored her request, but he summoned Aristobulus on the advice of Delius, a Roman who had visited Jerusalem and admired both the lad's good looks and the beauty of Mariamne." Jewish Virtual Library
Alexandra II would not be thwarted and sent a secret letter to her friend, Queen Cleopatra VII in Egypt, King Herod’s arch rival and nemesis. Cleopatra, in turn, sent a letter to Mark Antony seeking his assistance in the appointment of Alexandra’s son to the office of the high priest. When Antony’s lover, Dellius, was in Jerusalem, he saw the young prince, Aristobulus, and immediately admired both he and his sister, Miriamme I, now the wife of King Herod. He told Alexandra, to send paintings of her two children to the legendary Roman which she did. Herod, in his true style, with every servant reporting to him about everyone else, found out, but kept his peace till a future day. King Herod was in a bind. Herod had become king of Judea because of the favor to him by Mark Antony. He knew that Cleopatra would every moment she could, seek to influence Antony to remove the royal Jewish throne from the man, Herod, whom she hated.(BibleSearchers.com)
I also saw a documentary about King Herod which described this scene in detail and corroborates the above. It was well known the Mark Antony was bisexual. Aristobulus’ mother, Alexandra was no doubt using the paintings sent to Mark Antony of Aristobulus to entice Mark Antony to appoint her son to the office of High Priest. This was a blatant overture appealing to Mark Antony’s love of young beautiful men. Mark Antony actually sent for Aristobulus, but Herod intervened fearing Ari would be made King and appointed Ari as High Priest, thus Ari never made the journey to meet Antony.
What if Ari had made the trip to be by Antony’s side?
Does one entice such a powerful leader appealing to his sexual appetites then refuse to appease those appetites? Of course not. That would be foolish. One may rightfully conclude that Ari was in fact gay or bi-sexual, in this case openly so. Even if he wasn’t, he was willing to submit sexually to another man. If homosexuality were really prohibited by the Levitical Law, this would certainly be in direct violation of that Law and would have resulted in Ari’s execution by the Jews.I think this is evidence that the Jews in Herod’s and Ari’s time did not view homosexuality the same as today’s Christians interpret Levitical Law, and neither does it particularly harmonize with Christian Fundamentalists' view of homosexuality.
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How do we encourage the science of homosexuality?
by sabastious inat one point in my life i chose to stop listening to my religion's advice to not research outside of their framework.
about the time i made that decision was when the gay marriage debate was going very strong; and still is to this day.
back then i felt like my state of california was leading the front on it to stop the bigotry and oppression once and for all.. it was a hot topic for me because i was questioning the bible and my faith so i started researching the science of homosexulality.
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Saying it is unnatural presumes that sexual activity is only a reproductive function. That is an unfounded premise.
Agreed. Even from a Scriptural standpoint, the biological necessity for procreation does not negate the primary purpose "God" provided a partner for Adam; mutual support and companionship. (Genesis 2:18) Procreation was a secondary purpose that even today many couples do not feel obligated to fulfill. Whenever two men or two women come together for the purpose of mutual companionship and support, they are in fact fulfilling "God's" stated purpose. And so, if God did really exist, such a homosexual couple would indeed have God's approval and blessing.
or YHWH. We knew him as Jehovah.