Posts by unshackled

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Grand Theft Auto 5: Patterson Edition

by Mr. Falcon in

recently, i have heard several comments during the watchtower study regarding how today's ultra-violent entertainment might actually be "training and preparing people to butcher their own families when the great tribulation hits.

" this rather dystopian thought was also alluded to in several convention talks within the past year or so.. how do you feel about this?

while there is no doubt that explicitly violent media is abundantly available in this day and age, do you feel that this is a plausible conclusion to draw?

unshackled

Hey Falcon....I had a world-changing thought reading your OP. Until...I got to the last word....and now can't remember a damn thing. Thanks, boobs.

On another note, is todays entertainment more or less violent than the Roman Arenas?

jean-luc brings up a good point. Are we really more morally deviant and violent nowadays? Consider the account in Samuel where Saul's bride-price is 100 Philistine foreskins. So David and his army go out, kill and collect 200 Philistine foreskins. Give them to Saul and David gets his daughter as a bride.

WTF? That's some f'd up crap right there. Put that in a movie nowadays and how well will it be received by the masses? Not. But yet the bible is widely accepted as the ultimate moral guide. Go figure.

Regarding "training and preparing people to butcher their families"....nah, just another batshit idea used to create the Us vs. Them illusion. Everything outside of the Org is pure evil. Scare tactics.

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Why the stunning lack of accurate, historical evidence for Jesus Christ?

by nicolaou in

by no means a new topic for discussion but always worth a fresh airing .

i'd suggest that the 1st century was quite a well documented time.

we have lots of historical evidence for important people who actually existed.

unshackled

Because if a man like Jesus ever actually existed he beared little resemblance to the fiction embellished character in the bible.

Vague, incomplete, are the substance of Christianity.

Think you could also replace Christianity with the word Faith.

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Everything In The Universe Was Created By Absolutely Nothing.

by Philadelphia Ponos in

jw
friends

this is the purest example of an oxymoron.

repeat this sentence over and over again and you will realize why it's impossible for some people to accept the big bang model.

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unshackled

I pity people who can't see the beauty in creation. They can't see what their missing out on. Let them sulk and be miserable.

Yep, for people who don't believe in creation sunsets look absolutely disgusting. Such miserable people.

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Did I Have a Stroke?

by compound complex in

dear friends:.

is it just disorientation, getting old...?.

i awoke this morning and really did not know where i was.

unshackled

Agreed...go see your doctor. Take care, sir.

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How the WTBTS creates atheists

by Nickolas in

i am an atheist.

i arrived at this juncture in my life despite not wanting to.

when i first met the witnesses at 22 i was a seeker looking for answers to the question of life - in other words, prime cult target material.

unshackled

Good post Nickolas...guess in a way I too can thank the WT for helping me become an atheist. For me it started when I began questioning the god of the bible. Most religions today are based, in part, on the bible....and it's a house of cards. Once you realize the bible is simply a work of fiction the rest unravels.

"Beware the man of one book."

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Who is the Better Superhero - Jesus or Batman?

by undercover in

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friends

from failbook.

someone posted on facebook that jesus beats all other heros.

a batman fan challanged that assumption.

unshackled

Even Jesus is a Batman fan. Batman FTW...

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Everything In The Universe Was Created By Absolutely Nothing.

by Philadelphia Ponos in

jw
friends

this is the purest example of an oxymoron.

repeat this sentence over and over again and you will realize why it's impossible for some people to accept the big bang model.

.

unshackled

If God can create light on the first day and then LATER creates the sun & stars certainly it must be powerful enough to come from nothing.

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Everything In The Universe Was Created By Absolutely Nothing.

by Philadelphia Ponos in

jw
friends

this is the purest example of an oxymoron.

repeat this sentence over and over again and you will realize why it's impossible for some people to accept the big bang model.

.

unshackled

In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. But this is mere temporizing. If we wish courageously to pursue the question, we must, of course ask next where God comes from? And if we decide this to be unanswerable, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always existed?

– Carl Sagan

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How Do You Feel About Your Country?

by sizemik in

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friends

there is such an international flavour on this board .

and i really love that.. as an xjw .

how do you feel these day's about your country .

unshackled

Canadian...born and raised. Love this country with our vast resource-rich land. Lots of fresh water which will only increasingly become a sought-after resource. And we love our hockey...we have ice in our veins. Politically, not so much right now. 40% of canadians gave Harper a majority Conservative gov't. The other 60% are left going WTF?

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National Geographic - 11 Failed Doomsday Prophecies

by Iconoclast in

guess who made the cut!

lmao!!!.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/pictures/110520-may-21-doomsday-harold-camping-judgement-day-rapture-end-of-the-world/#/jehovahs-witnesses-world-end_11613_600x450.jpg.

unshackled

Just read the comment you posted on there nugget......