Yahweh is a mythical concept, so he could not have commanded anything. The story is part of a foundation myth to give a divine sanction to the development of a rather minor state (Isael).
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Did Yahweh command child sacrifice at one time?
by srd inalthough there is no explicit commandment or stipulation that ordains child sacrifice in the bible, there are nonetheless numerous passages that discuss it as if it was being practiced.
this post lays the query out.
http://contradictionsinthebible.com/firstborn-sons-redeemed-or-not/.
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Question for some of the other gay posters
by littlerockguy inhave you guys seen the meme on facebook going around about "tim tebow vs jason collins" comparing tebow "bashed for professing christ" and collins "praised for homosexuality" and then at the bottom the scripture isaiah 50:20: woe to those who call evil good and good evil?
i have had a couple friends of mine post that on their wall and it showed up on my wall.
i don't care what they believe however it just bothers me that they didn't think that i would find it offensive.
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What you have posted, LRG, is evidence that Christianity, as traditionally presented is NOT a suitable religion for pluralistic societies.
However, it is clear that the bigoted type of Christian is losing out. Even, in a little country like Singapore, which has a very controlling government, strongly influenced by traditional Christians, and which maintains an anti-gay stance, they are being forced to change.
To cheer you up, I offer this video.
The background is that gay people in Singapore, prevented by Government strictures from other forms of protest, such as are common in Western democracies, have evolved their own unique style of protest. It's called Pink.dot.
Presently, the government does not stop assemblies, so GLBT people in Singapore, have organised a meet-up in Hong Lim Park in central Singapore, in which everyone wears pink. From a small start it has grown into a large event, attended and supported by many straight people, who can see the injustice of the position maintained by the government and their Christian supporters.
The image below, shows just how small the first Pink.dot was.
By 2012 support had grown exponentially, as seen in this brief video, demonstrating the crowd at night, through the use of pink lights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXM5-hAKaSQ
And for this year, just received from my GAY XJW friend, here's part of the advertising for this years celebration. The message is simple, using a popular song, often sung on national day, they advocate an inclusive stance for Singaporan civil society.
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More piks of rural North Korea from FP magazine
by fulltimestudent inhope these can be accessed.
the american foreign policy magazine is now a pay site.
for whatever reason i could access these piks, but not other pages.
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Yeah! that's the trend, Satanus! All the 'free' sites are disappearing behind a paywall. Guess it's fair enough. Even the Sydney Morning Herald (one of my faves) will soon be a 'pay to read', site.
Anyway, if you get an opportunity, the above images are worth seeing.
And, in the meantime, try this site. The photographer is Niall Cavanagh, and they've been taken since the Dear Leader's death.
http://busanhaps.com/article/photos-exclusive-look-inside-north-korea
Actually, there are quite a few sites with good piks of rural NK. The BBC has one, as does TIME. Try googling, Images of rural North Korea, and see what turns up, if the subject interests you.
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Governing Body on a roll, claiming more territory in spiritual paradise?
by prologos inas reported from a recent co visit talk: .
the man with the inkhorn is picturing the governing body, who has the task of marking people for salvation ezek.
9:2,4.. it used to be christ's brothers, the remnant, the anointed, and you better help them* or be a goat as per the math:25 judgement.
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oh! bugger, think I'll got sh*t myself !!!!
I'm in deep sh*t anyway, for disrespecting Yahweh's arrangement
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More piks of rural North Korea from FP magazine
by fulltimestudent inhope these can be accessed.
the american foreign policy magazine is now a pay site.
for whatever reason i could access these piks, but not other pages.
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Hope these can be accessed.
The American Foreign Policy magazine is now a pay site. For whatever reason I could access these piks, but not other pages.
Anyway, if you can access it, the images are interesting. An Asian friend said it looked like his home area.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/03/11/north_korean_pastoral#22
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Geza Vermes dies.
by fulltimestudent inif you dont know of him, may i recommend, what may have been his last book, " christian beginnings, from nazareth to nicea, ad 30-325.
" he was surely one of the best of contemporary bible scholars( yeah, seriously (haha) better than dear freddy).. and, here's one of a number of obituaries around at the moment:.
http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21578017-geza-vermes-jew-ex-priest-and-translator-dead-sea-scrolls-died-may-8th-aged.
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Vermes chose to end "Christian Beginnings, From Nazareth to Nicea, AD 30-325," with a postscript, in which he asks a question about Jesus?
"What," he asks, " would the historical Jesus have made of the Council of Nicea?" .... " Would Jesus, hearing about his consubstantiality with the Father, be as perplexed as (the) Moses of the legend was, when confronted with the rabbinic interpretation of the law?"
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The Fourth Korea
by fulltimestudent inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gvxlhixgfra#!.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwn6nk0tt9e.
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Cant promise you a sixth Korea sbf! A case could be made for a fifth, by claiming that the Korean diaspora represented another "Korea." But IMO, that's very tenuous.
The areas and the populations, that I've described, represent areas with Korean language and culture, outside the political boundaries of either N. or S. Korea, that in some way have a bearing, or provide insights on the problems of a divided Korea.
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My selected topic for the essay the study unit requires, concerns a movement and event known as, 'The March First Movement (of 1919)," a rather spontaneous protest against Japanese occupation and colonisation. It's interesting to me, because you can draw an almost straight line from that protest to the division of Korea and the formation of North Korea. It's an idea in the west, that the USSR 'established' the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). It, that is the Soviet occupation was only one of a range of complex causes behind the formation of the DPRK. While clearly the north was occupied by the Soviet Army, the formation of a socialist government represented the aspirations of many Korean fighters for Independence. Communist sympathisers in the South actually moved north, to (they hoped) to be involved in the formation of a socialist state.
As an aside, its very interesting that we can still see the residue of that East Asia interest in Communism in Japan. According to its Facebook* page, the Japanese Communist party is one of the largest non-ruling Communist parties in the world, they claim a membership of 318,000 organised into 22,000 branches. Since the 2012 election, they have eight seats in the lower house and six in the upper house. I suggest that this represents an interest that also started in 1919, kicked off at first by Woodrow Wilson's call for national autonomy and self-determination, and spurred when the western colonial powers refused to act on Wilson's call. The disappointed, turned to what seemed to be an alternative, in the form of the Russian Revolution and the emergence of the Soviet Union.
But to focus on my "fourth Korea," we find the same division among these sometimes stateless Koreans, as we find on the Peninsula itself. One of the largest groups supporting the 'Zainichi' as the Koreans in Japan are called, is the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, Chae Ilbon Chosonin Ch'ongryonhaphoe in Korean, or Zai-Nihon Chosenjin Sorengokai in Japanese. Its often referred to in abbreviated form as Soren. And, it supports North Korea. At one stage it was the largest and most active organisation representing Koreans in Japan, but with the changing political landscape and the increasing prosperity of South Korea, a group representing South Korea, known as Mindan, has become more influential. Soren however, still owns and operates, 3 Kindergartens, 19 Elementary schools, 34 Elementary schools with junior high schools, 5 Elementary schools with junior and high schools, 2 Junior high schools, 3 Junior high schools with high schools, 4 High schools, 1 University - (Korea University (Japan)), 8 Banks, The Zainichi Korean Science and Technology Association and Chugai Travel.
* http://www.facebook.com/pages/Japanese-Communist-Party/113118975364958
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The Fourth Korea
by fulltimestudent inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gvxlhixgfra#!.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwn6nk0tt9e.
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Background to the above videos:
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Japan made a determined effort to build its own empire in emulation of European powers, Great Britain and the USA. By 1910 it took over Korea and made it a Japanese colony. Some Japanese had been assisting Fillipino freedom fighters in their war against the United State's vicious attempt to colonise the Philippines. In the Taft-Katsura agreement the USA gave tacit agreement for Japan to takeover Korea and Japan give the same understanding to the United States colonisation of the Philippines.
Out of that agreement came this fourth korea, as Japan forced Korean labourers to migrate to Japan to work at the lowest jobs in that coutnry.
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The Fourth Korea
by fulltimestudent inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gvxlhixgfra#!.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwn6nk0tt9e.
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Geza Vermes dies.
by fulltimestudent inif you dont know of him, may i recommend, what may have been his last book, " christian beginnings, from nazareth to nicea, ad 30-325.
" he was surely one of the best of contemporary bible scholars( yeah, seriously (haha) better than dear freddy).. and, here's one of a number of obituaries around at the moment:.
http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21578017-geza-vermes-jew-ex-priest-and-translator-dead-sea-scrolls-died-may-8th-aged.
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If you dont know of him, may I recommend, what may have been his last book, " Christian Beginnings, From Nazareth to Nicea, AD 30-325." He was surely one of the best of contemporary Bible scholars( Yeah, seriously (haha) better than dear Freddy).
And, here's one of a number of obituaries around at the moment:
