Posts by Lore

i don't see much difference between paul writing a letter to the corinthian congregation and the gb writing a letter to the timbucktoo congregation.. is what paul wrote to the ephesians just as fallible and subject to 'new light' as the letters the wts writes to congregations today?.

if a letter from the governing body today which says it's immoral to have an organ transplant can be dead wrong and changed later.

can the letter from paul which says it's wrong to eat blood be dead wrong and subject to change later?.

Lore

I don't see much difference between Paul writing a letter to the Corinthian Congregation and the GB writing a letter to the Timbucktoo Congregation.

Is what Paul wrote to the Ephesians just as fallible and subject to 'new light' as the letters the WTS writes to congregations today?

If a letter from the governing body today which says it's immoral to have an organ transplant can be dead wrong and changed later. Can the letter from Paul which says it's wrong to eat blood be dead wrong and subject to change later?

I'm just curious why simple letters would ever become considered the inspired word of god. (I'm also curious why anything written by a human would be considered the inspired word of god, but lets not go there in this topic mmmkay?)

Lastly, in Revelation it says not to add or remove anything from these words.
I'm purdy sure this was just talking about the book of Revelatoin, but witnesses apply that to the ENTIRE bible.
If nothing should have been added to the scriptures after Revelation, and 1st 2nd and 3rd John were written AFTER Revelation, then they can't be scripture can they?

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Are You Afraid To Die Alone?

by minimus in

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i know of someone that is concerned that she will be all alone when she dies.. are you afraid to die alone??

?.

Lore

I guess the only way to make sure you don't die alone is to become a suicide bomber. . .

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Question

by redspider in

why was it 3 days before jesus was resurected after he was torched on the stake?.

Lore

But he was talking about the temple of his body.

In the Bible “three days” does not necessarily mean three full days

I didnt mean torched I ment when he was on the stake and died

I have decided that figurative speech should NOT exist. End of discussion. We'll all be better off.

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A Neighbor

by EmptyInside in

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today,i took my dog out for a walk.

i waved to my neighbor from across the road.

she just had a baby a few months ago.

Lore

Grats.

And if you suddenly stop posting we'll all assume you were murdered by your mentally disturbed neighbor and her evil attack baby.

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What is Intuition?

by frankiespeakin in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/intuition_(psychology).

for some reason the ) at the end needs to be added in the address bar after being clicked.. .

Lore

Intuition is the ability to make a completely random guess, and when you are randomly wrong to think: "Darn" And then when you're randomly right to think: "I KNEW IT!

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Are You Afraid To Die Alone?

by minimus in

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friends

i know of someone that is concerned that she will be all alone when she dies.. are you afraid to die alone??

?.

Lore

Afraid of it? No.

Would I be upset? Depends on what kind of mood I'm in at the time I guess. . . It might be more annoying to die with company depending on who it is.

I'd be more afraid of dying BECAUSE I'm alone. . . I could be really old and fall and not have anyone to help and die because of it.

But if I'm dying either way I'd probably prefer if there was nobody around at the time.

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So Why Exactly Did Joe Paterno Get Fired?

by Philadelphia Ponos in

someone reported to joe that they witnessed one of his coaches molesting a young boy.

joe reports it to his bosses and his bosses reports it to the da.

betweeb joe, his bosses, and the da someone questions the coach about the alleged molestation and he denies it.

Lore

I'm not from Philadelpha, and I geniunely don't give a crap about Joe Paterno or whatever sport it was he was coaching.

But if I understand correctly here's what happened.

Joe is a coach. This puts him in a position of authority over his team. Not over the whole school and only so far as the law allows, he doesn't have the ability to throw people in jail.

Sandy was a coach-in-training or something and was somehow under Joe's authority maybe? Not sure on that one.

An assistant coach (unnamed, would this be a child or a school employee?) told Joe that he SAW Sandy molesting a 10 year old boy.

Joe, not an eyewitness and going soley on this assistants word, told the higher-ups what he knew.

The higher-ups 'investigated' and decided there was no evidence to prosecute.

If I were in Joe's shoes I'd assume that this was all I was required to do. I could go to the police, but I have NO evidence, I didn't see it, and the guys who should know about these things have already decided there was not enough evidence to do anything.

Knowing that, I'd STILL tell the cops and say: "Hey, I have no evidence whatsoever, but someone told me that Sandy was molesting a 10 year old. . . that's all I know, kthxbai"

But seriously I might not even do that depending on how reliable the assistant coach was and how much I trusted the judgement of my superiors.

Who the heck is this assistant coach, and if he actually SAW this take place, why isn't he the one in trouble? Why did he tell Joe instead of the police. . . what the heck did he expect Joe to do about it?

The people Joe reported this too, they are under the EXACT same obligations Joe was under.

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Let's play God.

by Knowsnothing in

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say you were god, and you happen to have fallen asleep for these past couple of thousand years.

you wake up to see all the turmoil and such happening in the world.. what would you do to make yourself known and to improve things in the world?.

i'll start it off.

Lore

Any omnipotent being who can't figure out a way to prove he exists, is an omnipotent being with no imagination.