I agree agonous.Many of the proverbs of Jesus and Buddha are the same. I read in my book that I am reading Jesus and Buddha the Parallel sayings.The book talks about how similar the two were in fact it even says that some elements of Buddhism may have existed in Jesus's time.
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by foster ini would really like to talk to some ex-jws that have converted to buddhism, specifically sgi but any branch would be great.
i converted in 1990 but was raised jw from birth.
my father was an elder my mother a regular pioneer.
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What Did You Not Do Because You Were A Jehovah's Witness That You Wanted To Do?
by minimus ini didn't go to college and of course, "higher education" was never recommended.
still, i never felt terribly deprived because of not going further in my education.. yet, i did wish that i could've had "normal" aka "worldly friends".
i wish that as witnesses, we could've been better integrated with other people.
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I did not date. I was socially akward as a teenager, I could not watch R rated movies even if was mature.I had a limited number of friends.I missed my senior prom but whatever.I do not do birthdays or holidays.I also could not do student goverment or vote in the 2008 elections. I felt weird talking about my religion to my classmates I got made fun in school most of the time and often I had a lot of pent up anger. But I think this site is helping to release all the anger.
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The Return Of Jesus
by ChristianIssues inand so we will be with the lord forever (1 thess.
in matt.
that sign is given in matt.
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Welcome. I hope you people are not fundemantalists.
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A few Dawkins quotes to think about.
by AK - Jeff in"faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.
faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.".
"my last vestige of "hands off religion" respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of september 11th 2001, followed by the "national day of prayer," when prelates and pastors did their tremulous martin luther king impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place.".
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Everyone should read the God Delusion.
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Anyone here converted Buddhism?
by foster ini would really like to talk to some ex-jws that have converted to buddhism, specifically sgi but any branch would be great.
i converted in 1990 but was raised jw from birth.
my father was an elder my mother a regular pioneer.
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I have the teachings of buddhism and have also done research I like some elements of Buddhism.Here a few quotes I like.
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
BuddhaThe mind is everything; what you think you become.
Buddha
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
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Job interview tips
by d ini have a job interview tommrow.
i have looked on career builder and talked to my college career counselor.i some extra last minute pointers i feel a little nervous for my interview..
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I got a call for a kitchen postion for tommrow.
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Guernica
by d inthis a famous anti war paintings of guernica done by pablo picasso.
this is a cubism paintings of the devastion of a town called guernica in spain.
i had some trouble posting the picture so i posted the link tell me what you think of the image.. http://page247.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/guernica_pablo_picasso1.jpg.
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This painting speaks volumes of the horrors of war
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Guernica
by d inthis a famous anti war paintings of guernica done by pablo picasso.
this is a cubism paintings of the devastion of a town called guernica in spain.
i had some trouble posting the picture so i posted the link tell me what you think of the image.. http://page247.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/guernica_pablo_picasso1.jpg.
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Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso. It was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, Basque Country, by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the SpanishNationalist forces, on 26 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Republican government commissioned Picasso to create a large mural for the Spanish display at the Paris International Exposition at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris
Guernica is grey, black and white, 3.5 metres (11 ft) tall and 7.8 metres (25.6 ft) wide, a mural-size canvas painted in oil. This painting can be seen in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid. Picasso's purpose in painting it was to bring the world's attention to the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by German bombers, who were supporting the Nationalist forces of General Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso completed the painting by mid-June 1937. [ 1 ] Picasso exhibited his mural-size painting at the Spanish display at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) (Paris International Exposition) in the 1937 World's Fair in Paris and then at other venues around the world. The San Francisco Museum of Art (later SFMOMA) gave the work its first public, free appearance in the United States from 27 August - 19 September. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City then mounted an important Picasso exhibition on 15 November 1939 that remained on view until 7 January 1940, entitled: Picasso: 40 Years of His Art, that was organized by Alfred H. Barr (1902–1981), in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibition contained 344 works, including Guernica and its studies. [ 2 ]
Guernica shows suffering people, animals, and buildings wrenched by violence and chaos.(Wikipedia not a reliable source for academics but it is useful for general information).
- The overall scene is within a room where, at an open end on the left, a wide-eyed bull stands over a woman grieving over a dead child in her arms.
- The centre is occupied by a horse falling in agony as it had just been run through by a spear or javelin. It is important to note that the large gaping wound in the horse's side is a major focus of the painting.
- Two "hidden" images formed by the horse appear in Guernica:
- A human skull overlays the horse's body.
- A bull appears to gore the horse from underneath. The bull's head is formed mainly by the horse's entire front leg which has the knee on the ground. The leg's knee cap forms the head's nose. A horn appears within the horse's breast.
- The bull's tail forms the image of a flame with smoke rising from it, seemingly appearing in a window created by the lighter shade of gray surrounding it.
- Under the horse is a dead, apparently dismembered soldier; his hand on a severed arm still grasps a shattered sword from which a flower grows.
- On the open palm of the dead soldier is a stigma, a symbol of martyrdom derived from the stigmata of Christ.
- A light bulb blazes in the shape of an evil eye over the suffering horse's head (the bare bulb of the torturer's cell.) Picasso's intended symbolism in regards to this object is related to the Spanish word for lightbulb; "bombilla", which makes an allusion to "bomb" and therefore signifies the destructive effect which technology can have on society.
- To the upper right of the horse, a frightened female figure, who seems to be witnessing the scenes before her, appears to have floated into the room through a window. Her arm, also floating in, carries a flame-lit lamp. The lamp is positioned very close to the bulb, and is a symbol of hope, clashing with the lightbulb.
- From the right, an awe-struck woman staggers towards the center below the floating female figure. She looks up blankly into the blazing light bulb.
- Daggers that suggest screaming replace the tongues of the bull, grieving woman, and horse.
- A bird, possibly a dove, stands on a shelf behind the bull in panic.
- On the far right, a figure with arms raised in terror is entrapped by fire from above and below.
- A dark wall with an open door defines the right end of the mural.
[ edit ] Symbolism and interpretations
Interpretations of Guernica vary widely and contradict one another. This extends, for example, to the mural's two dominant elements: the bull and the horse. Art historian Patricia Failing said, "The bull and the horse are important characters in Spanish culture. Picasso himself certainly used these characters to play many different roles over time. This has made the task of interpreting the specific meaning of the bull and the horse very tough. Their relationship is a kind of ballet that was conceived in a variety of ways throughout Picasso's career."
When pressed to explain them in Guernica, Picasso said,
...this bull is a bull and this horse is a horse... If you give a meaning to certain things in my paintings it may be very true, but it is not my idea to give this meaning. What ideas and conclusions you have got I obtained too, but instinctively, unconsciously. I make the painting for the painting. I paint the objects for what they are. [ 3 ]
In "The Dream and Lie of Franco," a series of narrative sketches also created for the World's Fair, Franco is depicted as a monster that first devours his own horse and later does battle with an angry bull. Work on these illustrations began before the bombing of Guernica, and four additional panels were added, three of which relate directly to the Guernica mural.
Picasso said as he worked on the mural: "The Spanish struggle is the fight of reaction against the people, against freedom. My whole life as an artist has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against reaction and the death of art. How could anybody think for a moment that I could be in agreement with reaction and death? ... In the panel on which I am working, which I shall call Guernica, and in all my recent works of art, I clearly express my abhorrence of the military caste which has sunk Spain in an ocean of pain and death. [ 4 ]
However, according to scholar Beverly Ray [ 5 ] the following list of interpretations reflects the general consensus of historians:
- The shape and posture of the bodies express protest.
- Picasso uses black, white, and grey paint to set a somber mood and express pain and chaos.
- Flaming buildings and crumbling walls not only express the destruction of Guernica, but reflect the destructive power of civil war.
- The newspaper print used in the painting reflects how Picasso learned of the massacre.
- The light bulb in the painting represents the sun.
- The broken sword near the bottom of the painting symbolizes the defeat of the people at the hand of their tormentors. (Berger 1980; Chipp 1988) [ 5 ]
In drawing attention to a number of preliminary studies, the so called primary project, [ 6 ] that show an atelier installation incorporating the central triangular shape which reappears in the final version of Guernica, Becht-Jördens and Wehmeier interpret the painting as a self-referential composition in the tradition of atelier paintings such as "Las Meninas" by Diego Velázquez . In his chef d'oevre, Picasso seems to be trying to define his role and his power as an artist in the face of political power and violence. But far from being a mere political painting, Guernica should be seen as Picasso’s comment on what art can actually contribute towards the self-assertion that liberates every human being and protects the individual against overwhelming forces such as political crime, war, and death. [ 7 ]
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Job interview tips
by d ini have a job interview tommrow.
i have looked on career builder and talked to my college career counselor.i some extra last minute pointers i feel a little nervous for my interview..
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I just got a call today from Camp Horizations and they they offered me a kitchen position.
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Jehovah's witness meetings are NOT BORING......
by punkofnice in...i was told but they usually were as i look back.. as a lad i'd sit and look to see who the lights would fall on.
i'd get an almond and see how long i could suck it before i chewed at it.
i'd imagine playing rock'n'roll on the congregation's piano.. how did you get through the meetings when you were bored?.
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The meetings were mind numbing to say the least. I like reading material that makes me think, not material that at the end of the day is going to give a headache.