today putin accused the united states of making the world a more dangerous place by pursuing policies aimed at making it "one single master".
attacking the concept of a "unipolar" world in which the united states was the sole superpower, he said: "what is a unipolar world?
no matter how we beautify this term it means one single centre of power, one single centre of force and one single master.".
Today Putin accused the United States of making the world a more dangerous place by pursuing policies aimed at making it "one single master".
Attacking the concept of a "unipolar" world in which the United States was the sole superpower, he said: "What is a unipolar world? No matter how we beautify this term it means one single centre of power, one single centre of force and one single master."
The USA has a kingdom (hegemony) over the kings of the earth. Revelation 17:18
does the belief that there is no all-loving diety in which to be accountable to make it easier or harder to treat and judge others they way that you want to be treated and judged?.
since evolution supposes that life and ultimately man who is at the top of the chain got here through a process of the fittest dominating and killing off the weaker, and since most modern evolutionists in democracies no longer think that this is good to practice, how do you deal with the fact that you are a living contradiction of your own belief since you pronounce the same thing both good and bad?
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Perry:
It is tempting to answer your questions. But I won't. There are hundreds of books that specifically deal with those issues.
Why don't you create your own characters and have them argue this out. When you reach closure then post the discussion on board.
T = Theist
A = Atheist
T= How do you live a moral life as an Atheist?
A=I behave morally even though there is NO God that's going to punish or reward me? I think that is a higher morality than yours.
T= The only reason you know about morality is that you were born into a world of Theists who have already worked out morality. And they have developed a set of laws that define correct human behavior.
A= The very existence of laws in a world of Theists is a contradiction. You wouldn't need laws if religion was up to the task of teaching people how they ought to behave and IF they really believed God will punish or reward them for their behavior.
etc. etc.
If this subject is of serious interest to you then you ought to construct an argue-log like the example above. Argue both sides. Do the research to make it interesting. The objective of argument is to arrive at truth.
A lot of the mega-post discussions on this board could be eliminated if people would learn to debate both sides of an issue BEFORE taking it public.
It's like watching chess players. The best chess players don't sit down to a game of chess without a knowledge of thousands of games. Watching novices play the game is boring. It is a sequence of stupid mistakes.
I think that's why guys like AlanF have given up discussing these subjects.
A=
i know this part of jw.com is about 'friends" and i also know that i don't have any, or very few of them.
the friends i do have are awesome, and the friends i don't have don't know what they are missing!.
that being said, several human beings have asked me to provide them access to some of the music i have recorded in the last few years.. since i happen to be working on a website that i can get access to, i uploaded some of my stuff there.
Farkel:
I've got to listen to your music. I love piano. Just went to a performance of Rhapsody in Blue last weekend.
Good to hear you are still around. Congratulations on having a life.
history is punctuated by events that have a permanence, an effect on the direction we move in.
the 20th century was marked - among other things - by it's world wars and moon landings.
so far in the 21st century we have 9/11 and, i'd say, an explosive leap forward in biological knowledge.. so what's the next big thing?
Needproof:
I don't quite understand your point. Are you saying that it is unlikely for a state to use nuclear weapons on another state and then let terroists take the blame?
Seems like a perfect way to hurt your enemy without a return address.
i was very curious about dinosaurs as a child.
what was jehovah's purpose for them?
my mother used to say that they were used to prepare the earth for living, you know, like mulch and stuff.
The dinosaur that gets me is the one that is as big as the old volkswagon bug that has thick armor on it. Now, why would an animal need such thick armor? What is it defending against?
I've heard some people say that the dinosaurs were giant lawn mowers - keeping the vegetation in check. Ridiculous! Rodents could do a better job chewing on the roots.
i hope this will be as respectful a debate as possible.
here is the premise: many of us (most) seem to be ex jw's on this board.
that means, whatever your motivation, for a time you bought into the theology of jw to one degree or another.
I do not believe in evolution, nor do I think that the current understanding of how life got here should be represented as fact.
Well, that is a page out of your story that I missed.
Gilead DOES wreck your thinking. You really need to work on other things before you tackle subjects like Is Faith Dangerous.
history is punctuated by events that have a permanence, an effect on the direction we move in.
the 20th century was marked - among other things - by it's world wars and moon landings.
so far in the 21st century we have 9/11 and, i'd say, an explosive leap forward in biological knowledge.. so what's the next big thing?
I also believe that a nuclear bomb will be exploded in a major city. But, I don't think it will be terrorists. I think it will be Russians and it will be blamed on terrorists. The purpose? to set the US back economically and break up their hegemony and distract the USA from pushing NATO into Georgia, Ukraine etc.
i hope this will be as respectful a debate as possible.
here is the premise: many of us (most) seem to be ex jw's on this board.
that means, whatever your motivation, for a time you bought into the theology of jw to one degree or another.
Little Toe:
There is a big difference between imagining you are talking to a human (there are now over 6 Billion of them) and talking to a deity.
i hope this will be as respectful a debate as possible.
here is the premise: many of us (most) seem to be ex jw's on this board.
that means, whatever your motivation, for a time you bought into the theology of jw to one degree or another.
USSR tried to destroy religion. It failed. People are dangerous. Faith and Religion are NOT dangerous. Kind of like National RIfle Assosciation slogan "Guns don't kill - people kill".
Society has to slowly mature to the point where they don't need God. Just like kids have to grow up to the point where they don't need their parents.
i hope this will be as respectful a debate as possible.
here is the premise: many of us (most) seem to be ex jw's on this board.
that means, whatever your motivation, for a time you bought into the theology of jw to one degree or another.
Little Toe:
You have not in reality actually met God. You imagine you have met God. And that's why such belief is useless to me or anyone else unless they too are trying to justify their delusions and fantasies.
You've simply got a "bug" in your brain.
