the following is excerpted from an article by frank r. zindler, "did jesus exist?
" at http://www.atheists.org/church/didjesusexist.html.
emphasis is added.. john e. remsburg, in his classic book the christ: a critical review and analysis of the evidence of his existence (the truth seeker company, ny, no date, pp.
I hope I don't kill this thread but I need to ask.
JosephAlward, and anyone else.
I can understand Not believing in Jesus or even that there never was or will be a Christ. Thats nothing new. But if you truly believe that he wasn't there, why keep looking? I don't get it. Unless you are more unsure then you are unbelieving.
"I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memorystyx
Some happy,some sad"
when i saw syn's post about cake night, i laughed out loud.
i had already been thinking about how much.
candy.
Eating sanwhiches in the front row!!
That is hysterical!!LOL!
I missed the meeting about candy wrappers at our KH but was reminded of it when I started unwrapping my hersheys kisses.
is it because we're a cynical lot?.
maybe because we were the first generation of latch-key kids who learned how to raise ourselves?.
what is it that makes it so 'hard to lie to a gen xer?
Angst
[[[...if you remember the pink songbook...LOL]]]
LOL to funny.
I remember getting my brand new pink song book thought it was cool.:)
as an active jw, did you really ever believe that you would survive armageddon?
with me, i served as an elder, regular pioneer, was over the book room at district conventions, but i always felt it was not enough, i was never real sure i would survive the big day of god almighty!!
the reason i ask y'all is, i don't think you can feel real sure in a organization that is legalistic and work orientated .
I didn't think I would make it. Not spiritual enough. So I "Thought"
I feel more spiritual now then I ever have. The reason I went back in 1995 was to try and become more spirtitual and hopefully save my children. That was my motivation anyway at the time. It was during that time after really paying more attention to the "Brother-hood" I just could not believe Jehovah would overlook the hearts of my children but rather give prudence to the half hearted idiots, some who at times sat next to me during many meetings. Nope just don't buy it.
I still believe in god. I have not any scrolls in front of me to confirm his "True" name in order to satisfy those who argue over his name but I believe he knows whats in our hearts and that what counts.
I can't just chuck it all and choose to not believe in god at all.That for me anyway isn't even interesting.
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I didn't think about "spiritual" things very much,
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I noticed this problem a lot at many Kingdom Halls i attended. Not everyone. But way more then there should have been. Lots a talk. No actions. It was like if you spend enough time TALKING about being spiritual then thats enough. Like putting in a time card. Ok I was spiritual 7 hours this week, I'm outa here till next week.
plmkrzy
"I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memorystyx
Some happy,some sad"
he has some really good articles on his website, however, when i try to read one i cannot read all of it as i cannot scroll down on his zoomed pages.
is there a way to correct this?
i have emailed him about this, however, he has not seen fit to correct this.
I can't log on to Kents site. I just sit there and time out. tried a f
few times this morning then just gave up.
.....................504 Gateway Timeout.......................
I defraged my PC this am after cleaning it out. This site pops right up no problemo.
Other sites no problem either. Just Kents. My PC is spoiled.
plm
some contact infor for anyone who wants it:.
here is the address of the chruch:.
325 nw.
Dungbeetle
[[When confronted with someone who is exhibiting symptoms of depressions, bi-polar disorder or other mental illness, Watchtower elders call in the literature, meetings and filed service instead of a physician and mental health professional.]]
This is EXACTLY what the WTBTS should be paying more attention to.
Not knowing the circumstances surrounding these people there is that possibility that he did not receive the PROPER counseling and obvious treatment he needed.
If he murdered them so they would be reserected in the new system(as some have suggested) then he could have simply let his jw relitives have them rather then blow them away.
He didn't just get mentally ill enough to kill his family overnight.
"I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memorystyx
Some happy,some sad"
i nominate myself as dominatrix of fluff, queen of the sex threads, with nothing theologically worthy or biblically challenging to say, unless it has to deal with sex, sex, and more sex.
yes, i live for those sex threads i post so freguently, if it's not snow sculptures of penises, it's does looks really matter, so i crown myself fluffiest poster on this board.. lara
Then again S.S UR pretty cute URself.
i nominate myself as dominatrix of fluff, queen of the sex threads, with nothing theologically worthy or biblically challenging to say, unless it has to deal with sex, sex, and more sex.
yes, i live for those sex threads i post so freguently, if it's not snow sculptures of penises, it's does looks really matter, so i crown myself fluffiest poster on this board.. lara
I have to go with Lilacs on this one. How can you read farkel's stuff, look at that little stinker face and not crack up?
plmkrzy
im a young high school girl who thinks that this is crazy.
Don't feed the.....
illiterate, dung-smearing.....
"I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memorystyx
Some happy,some sad"
this is the web site of a certain bethel baptist church: http://www.bethelmac.org/.
notice the two waving american flags at the bottom of their home page.. .
certainly a nationalistic bunch, aren't they!.
I love these threads
"I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memorystyx
Some happy,some sad"
