i've been reading a lot lately about the historical jesus, and the latest archaeological findings and what a comparative, horizontal, reading of the 4 canonic gospels actually do tell us about the historical jesus and his teachings.
pick your side, but let me ask you this, because that's the core question i have been asking myself lately:.
if the historical jesus wasn't the son of god, but simply a human prophet with no previous super-human existence, hence, merely the "son of man", with very appealing teachings, but no previous super-human existence, hence, not "son of god" as we commonly believe as jw's, would you still be a christian?
While not an exact quote Thomas Paine said in "Age of Reason" that jesus was the son of god in the same way we are all the "son of god"
No more or less divine than any of us are.
Age of Reason is an excellent logical explanation if any are still on the fence about the divinity of the "word of god"
pbrow
for those of you who believe in the bible, have you ever seriously thought about the events that led up to the creation of eve?.
genesis 2 - 18 the lord god said, it is not good for the man to be alone.
i will make a helper suitable for him.. .
curse you jws... you beat me by mere minutes!!
pbrow
the other day my wife and i listen to a talk about making the planet and it's people better.
one of the things the speaker brought out was on education.
she brought out studies show that fear causes a person to keep from learning.
I dont know that I was afraid of all the other kids.... I sure wanted to do all the things that they could do, except Halloween. Halloween and armageddon were powerful when I was a kid. I wanted nothing to do with something "directly linked to satan.
I would say lack of education allows others to scare you for sure.
I tell my kids as much as possible.... if anyone tells you not to read a certain book then they are trying to hide something from you. Get knowledge wherever you can !
pbrow
poor sod.
i felt quite sorry for him in the end.. for context, i was brought up as a jw since i was very young.
i left 6 years ago (faded) a little before turning 30. i was on here a lot around that time but under a different profile that's no longer active.. for the past 18 months, i'm back living in the territory of the congregation i grew up in.
DATA DOG..... The JW anti-masturbation video is not shitty! It is hillarious!!
pbrow
i went to a small non-denominational church yesterday - first time in a church since i left the borg 4 years ago - and this is how i observed several of the members singing.. .
boy... do those people love to sing.. .
i try not to judge the sincerity of others but i was a little put off by the experience because it looked fake, showy display-ish.
hey konceptual... beat me too.... i remember being floored at this "optical illusion"
pbrow
dear reader,millions of americans believe prayer works.
yet the mainstream media tends to avoid the subject altogether.but our mind health report team at newsmax health wanted answers to questions like these:can modern science explain prayer?does praying strengthen your brain and prevent mental decline?what benefits, if any, does prayer offer you physically, mentally, and emotionally?to this end, the team went out to the scientific and medical community to learn the potential benefits of prayer and what they found both surprised and excited all of us here at the mind health report.the results were so startling, in fact, we created a free video presentation to share with you exactly what we discovered.when you watch this free video, youll discover how prayer actually changes four distinct areas of your brain.
in fact, youll see exactly how prayer or other spiritual practices increase activity in the areas of your brain that are most helpful to you, and diminish activity in areas that are less helpful or even harmful.youll also see:how a specific amount of prayer time per day can help prevent memory loss, mental decline, and even dementia or alzheimers .
Navytown... you must be an ex dub! You said that some are praying "for their favorite football team to win" LOL, i cant tell you how many times i heard that from the stage about seeing athletes on the field all praying together.
pbrow
i will be renting out some property and want to run background checks before lease signing.. at the application stage i always get permission to run credit and background checks but i rarely ran them.. does anyone have suggestion for a good and reasonably-priced site to run the checks?
what experiences do you have with credit and background checks?
are they thorough and accurate?.
You need to check your local circuit court access. Near me its called CCAP. Most of my prospective tenants are local and I can find out nearly everything I need from ccap. It has been a great resource
I do verify employement & wages as well. I would suggest using caution in talking with previous landlords simply because your renting to their current tenant could solve all of their problems.... if you know what i mean.
pbrow
Something like 9,000,000 million children under 5 years old die every year. I am sure that the parents just didnt pray.
But your prayer for a contact list worked.......
Allah, I hope you dont have kids..
pbrow
snapper creek (miami, fl) congregation, had 2 pioneers (female), partake at the memorial for the first time.
one is 20 years old, the other 23.. the gt delayed again!!
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I would venture to guess most are women because they take the religion more seriously than men.
My two children still have to go with their mother and I simply tell them to listen to what jesus says about partaking... not what the man on the stage says about partaking. I think they get it already and they are not that old.
pbrow
i did not know anything about ttatt while attending the meetings.. .
ttatt=the truth about the truth..
Lisarose.... have you seen V for Vendetta?
When you watch it there is a point where you will know exactly why I recommend this movie to everyone
pbrow
