After speaking with my Young Earth Creationist friends, I think the term open minded Christian is an oxymoron.
wannabefree
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If you are an open minded christian...
by snare&racket ini would appreciate your opinion on this historian and his explination for the birth of christianity.. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mwuzozn-9dc.
please watch all of it before you comment.
i found it very interesting,.
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My friends don't believe dinosaurs existed ....
by wannabefree ini just found this out last night.
(preface: this is a husband and wife that i have come to be friends with after leaving the borg, they are christians).
we were sitting around visiting last night and having a good time when my friend starts in on illegal immigration and politics and starts throwing out his hate speech which eventually turns to homosexuals.
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wannabefree
John_Mann ... probably not a bad idea
LostGeneration ... we didn't get into where the fossils came from, our conversation lost civility by this point, but I did pick up that he has no respect for carbon dating and most of dinosaur records are conjecture and fabrication
Band on the Run ... fossils, apparently that's not enough for some, I mean, how do you know those fossils are accurate? Were you there to see how they were made?
Apognophus ... I know! I respect this couple in ways, they are certainly entitled to their belief ... even if it isn't based on facts ... but this kind of changes how I view them as a whole. I like them, they have good qualities, but knowing that they are just as crazy as JW's in a different way, UGH ... their kids go to public school, I wonder how those dinosaur conversations go, that is mental abuse
I have been reading up on Young Earth Creationism ...
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My friends don't believe dinosaurs existed ....
by wannabefree ini just found this out last night.
(preface: this is a husband and wife that i have come to be friends with after leaving the borg, they are christians).
we were sitting around visiting last night and having a good time when my friend starts in on illegal immigration and politics and starts throwing out his hate speech which eventually turns to homosexuals.
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wannabefree
I just found this out last night. WHAT?!?!
(preface: this is a husband and wife that I have come to be friends with after leaving the borg, they are Christians)
We were sitting around visiting last night and having a good time when my friend starts in on illegal immigration and politics and starts throwing out his hate speech which eventually turns to homosexuals. This made me feel very uncomfortable and I of course should know better than getting into either of these subjects, but I couldn't help it. Why should some be allowed to make dumb comments without it being countered. I tried to remain calm but the more I spoke my opinion, the more the guy got excited.
.... anyway, that's a whole story, back to dinosaurs ....
For some reason I went back to a subject that was breached a few days ago ... the age of the earth ... another conversation we had, I asked the wife how old the earth was and she said 6,000 years, she paused before answering and we had been joking about other things so I wasn't too sure .... so last night I asked, "you don't really believe the earth is only 6,000 years old, do you?" ... "Yes" was the answer.
... still much more to the story, but when I realized they were serious, I asked "do you think dinosaurs and humans walked the earth together?" ... the husband answerd, "No, dinosaurs never did walk the earth"
WHAT!?
This guy thinks I was in a cult and I have talked with him about how I can't get my wife to reason on things, he thinks he has the faith and all of the answers himself, last night I confronted the same walls that I hit with my wife. I am going crazy! I think I will have a hard time being friends with a guy that is a young earth creationist.
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Science proves there is a God
by seekchristonly infusion with god natural .
in the cosmos universe or whatever.
all things are made of the same materials etc so humans will always be fused with the universe in life and death because those building blocks are eternal.
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wannabefree
If there is a God (clearly the God of the Bible is a myth) I have decided to believe that this God is SPACE. Space is something even though we think of it as nothing. It has always existed, it is in and through everything and everything has originated from it.
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How do you shut your mind down so you can get a good night sleep???
by jam inthe more i learn about jw's the harder it is.
to sleep at night.
the wife hit the pillow and within 5 min.. she is snoring.
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wannabefree
When I have to do this I take night time sleep aid that I get from Walmart. The ingredient is diphenhydramine. Knocks me right out. I used to take Extra Strength Benadryl for alergies and I discovered I had to take it at night because it put me to sleep, low and behold, it contains diphenhydramine.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-Nighttime-Mini-Caplets-Sleep-Aid-100-Ct/12444652
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What did Jesus really mean, when he said he had made his Father's name known?
by Faithful Witness ini am preparing for my meeting this friday with miss k. we are reviewing the bible teach book, and she is looking forward to "showing me some things about the divine name.
" i don't know what she might pull out of her hat this time... but that section of the teach book is so completely assanine, i don't even know what to say.
) what did jesus mean when he said that to his father?.
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Faithful Witness ... here is a line of reasoning that worked for me when i was trying to come up with a different answer than my JW programming ... it may be helpful because these are sriptures familiar to your JW study conductor used a little differently than she is programmed to think about ...
Jesus said ...
(John 17:26) .And I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them."
A proof text held on to by Witnesses to support the fact that they are the only true religion.
Now think back to Moses.
(Exodus 6:3) . . .And I used to appear to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty, but as respects my name Jehovah I did not make myself known to them.
Was God known by his name before this statement to Moses? Insight on the Scriptures says yes indeed and explains how this verse can be understood.
*** it-1 p. 78 Almighty ***
This could not mean that the name Jehovah was unknown to these patriarchs, since it was frequently used by them as well as by others before them. .... they had not had opportunity to appreciate the full meaning and implications of his personal name
With this thought in mind, how can Jesus' words at John 17:26 make sense, especially since the Divine Name does not appear at all (with the exception of hallelujah) in the Christian Greek Scriptures?
Think too of the famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus' most extensive recorded teaching event. Nowhere on this occasion does he teach others to use the Divine Name or does he use it himself. If it was Jesus' intention to literally declare the name Jehovah, isn't it odd that he didn't on this occasion? Could making his name known have a different meaning?
Look back a little in John chapter 17 ....
(John 17:11) . . .Holy Father, watch over them on account of your own name which you have given me
What is "your own name which you have given me"?
The Father gave the Son the name....
(Matthew 1:21) She will give birth to a son, and you must call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
And what does that name mean?
*** it-2 p. 51 Jesus *** (Je′sus) [Lat. form of the Gr. I·e·sous′, which corresponds to the Heb. Ye·shu′a? or Yehoh·shu′a? and means "Jehovah Is Salvation"]
How did Jesus make that name known?
The Son made known God's name (John 17:26) by providing meaning to the name, just as the name was defined through Moses and the acts of deliverance from Egypt, so too the Son gave meaning to God as "Jehovah is Salvation" ... Jesus.
God's name IS made known through the name Jesus! The divine name, while not appearing anywhere in the Greek Scriptures as Jehovah, is in actuality throughout the text as "Jehovah is Salvation" (Jesus). By preaching the name Jesus, God is not relegated secondary to the Son, that is the Name the Father gave, his own name.
Now other texts that seemed problematic take on a whole new meaning and make sense. (At least it did to me.)
Such as ....
(Acts 4:12) . . .there is no salvation in anyone else, for there is not another name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must get saved."
(Mark 13:13) . . .and YOU will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.
(Acts 1:8) . . .YOU will receive power when the holy spirit arrives upon YOU, and YOU will be witnesses of me both in Jerusalem and in all Ju·de′a and Sa·mar′i·a and to the most distant part of the earth."
(John 14:26) . . .But the helper, the holy spirit, which the Father will send in my name, that one will teach YOU all things and bring back to YOUR minds all the things I told YOU.
(Acts 2:38) . . .Peter [said] to them: "Repent, and let each one of YOU be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of YOUR sins, and YOU will receive the free gift of the holy spirit.
(Acts 3:6) . . .However, Peter said: "Silver and gold I do not possess, but what I do have is what I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Naz·a·rene′, walk!"
(Acts 4:18-20) . . .With that they called them and charged them, nowhere to make any utterance or to teach upon the basis of the name of Jesus. 19 But in reply Peter and John said to them: "Whether it is righteous in the sight of God to listen to YOU rather than to God, judge for yourselves. 20 But as for us, we cannot stop speaking about the things we have seen and heard."
(Acts 8:12) . . .But when they believed Philip, who was declaring the good news of the kingdom of God and of the name of Jesus Christ, they proceeded to be baptized, both men and women.
(Acts 9:27-28) . . .and he told them in detail how on the road he had seen the Lord and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 And he continued with them, walking in and out at Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord;
(1 Peter 4:16) 16 But if [he suffers] as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name.
(1 Corinthians 5:4-5) . . .in the name of our Lord Jesus, when YOU are gathered together, also my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 YOU hand such a man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
(Matthew 24:9) 9 "Then people will deliver YOU up to tribulation and will kill YOU, and YOU will be objects of hatred by all the nations on account of my name.
(Matthew 7:21-23) 21 "Not everyone saying to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. 22 Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?' 23 And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew YOU! Get away from me, YOU workers of lawlessness.
(Acts 4:29-30) . . .grant your slaves to keep speaking your word with all boldness, 30 while you stretch out your hand for healing and while signs and portents occur through the name of your holy servant Jesus."
(Acts 9:15-17) . . .the Lord said to him: "Be on your way, because this man is a chosen vessel to me to bear my name to the nations as well as to kings and the sons of Israel. 16 For I shall show him plainly how many things he must suffer for my name." 17 So An·a·ni′as went off and entered into the house, and he laid his hands upon him and said: "Saul, brother, the Lord, the Jesus that appeared to you on the road over which you were coming, has sent me forth, in order that you may recover sight and be filled with holy spirit."
(Acts 9:27-29) . . .he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 And he continued with them, walking in and out at Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord; 29 and he was talking and disputing with the Greek-speaking Jews. . . .
(Matthew 18:20) . . .For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst."
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What Do Mormons Really Believe? RE: The Nov. 8, 1995 Awake Magazine
by D_Rolling_Kearney ini am a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, and i have written a heavily-documented response to the official magazine of the jehovah's witnesses, awake!, that claims to teach what we believe.
i saw an article from last year's watchtower about a guy who had barely been mormon for very long, and obviously did not know what we believe, who was given this magazine by jw's to show him "the truth.
" he claims to have proven to himself that it was true from information on the lds church's website.
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wannabefree
What i want to know is, where can i get myself a pair of these ?
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LIVE from Ford Field international DO
by darth frosty injust wanted to show the activity in downtown detroit from the convention.
trafic is on jam!.
lots of people .
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What are the consequences if a JW files for an unscriptural divorce?
by Daniel1555 inin january my wife separated from me, because she views me as an apostate (to make the story short).. at that time the elders explained to us, that the bible doesn't approve of such a separation.
i heard from my mother in law, that my wife finally wants to divorce.
(when i think of how my wife treated me the last year i actually want a divorce too).. now my question to you:.
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wannabefree
A couple that I know recently divorced without the proverbial grounds to make it legit. The young lady returned to her home area approx 400km away. The brother told me that she wants to date and that the elders in his area have been driving by frequently late at night and early in the morning hoping to find a reason to give her the grounds.
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Detroit Style Ballroom Dancing
by KateWild intrying to make rcs less of a snorefest.
not exactly award winning either, but worth a laugh.
kate xx.
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wannabefree
wow! times they are a changin'.
