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If you are an open minded christian...
by snare&racket in
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i would appreciate your opinion on this historian and his explination for the birth of christianity.. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mwuzozn-9dc.

please watch all of it before you comment.

i found it very interesting,.
James Brown

I watched listened to it, while I played scrabble.

There are always two sides to every story and some times there are many sides to a story.

He poses some posibilities. And he critiques Paul and his writngs.

He is like many preachers, not all, He is in it for a buck.

He is highly educated, phd and he specializes in critiquing Chrisitainity.

Google him, go to his web page.

I enjoy reading history and how things came about.

Maybe the priest class created Jesus,

and maybe they didnt.

If you want to believe Jesus was not real, this guy gives you some

amunition for your belief.

I think in the end you will be empty and he will keep chugging along makng a living

doing what he does.

Unless you think your life is better off, believing there is no God and there never was a Jesus.

Then its a win, win.
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Books that changed your life-
by new hope and happiness in
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i am not much of a reader as i have two many distractions, but i fancy a challenging read, so please list any book that has changed your entire world view on everything.

i remember as a teenager buying at a yard sale, norman vincent peales " the power of positive thinking" and at the time that had a big impact on me.

but i am a little bit more in to " realistic positive thinking" now..
James Brown

On the way out, I just bought your book from Amazon.

It had good reviews.

I am lookng forward to reading it.
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Would God (Jehovah) really choose lying and corrupt religious Charlatans like the Watchtower Corporation ?
by Finkelstein in
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the watchtower publishing house has been going strong now for over 100 years, publishing numerous.

books and magazines, many which are now out of circulation.

many of the doctrines created by this.
James Brown

to JB....out of sheer morbid curiosity, maybe you can list for us which religion is:

grade school?

junior high?

high school?

college?

Ok. My opinion on my journey.

They are all kindergarden all religions.

How can I know, I am only 62 and there is a world of information out there.

But the best I can see they are all kindergarden.

The answer is within.

Each person has to work out their own salvation.

Each person has to make and complete their own journey.

We both started out in the kingdom hall and now we are on our paths leading to the progression of our

journey.

But the reward is the journey, not the destination.

The unexamined life is not worth living, I think it was Aristotle, or Socrates.
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There is no difference between people
by cassuk11 in
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just to point out that there is no difference between those who are in an organization or church and those who are not.

it rains on us all.

the mistake some make is to think some people are more righteous than others.
James Brown

You'd think, JB, that all that preaching would have more of an effect on people's actions.

Preachings just a start, then you have to read the word.

Ultimately, I think there are some good people.

I don't know how many and I don't know how good.

But I have met some good people.

No ones perfect.

There are a lot of things that make a peson good or bad.

A lot of factors are external so they do fall on leaders religious, political and social.
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Would God (Jehovah) really choose lying and corrupt religious Charlatans like the Watchtower Corporation ?
by Finkelstein in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower publishing house has been going strong now for over 100 years, publishing numerous.

books and magazines, many which are now out of circulation.

many of the doctrines created by this.
James Brown

Would God (Jehovah) really choose lying and corrupt religious Charlatans like the Watchtower

It depends on what scenerio you choose to look at the world and life from.

I have many.

One of the ones that God uses the watchtower in is,

The Watchtower is a spiritual kindergarden.

Your not supposed to stay in it for ever.

You have to wake up and move on.

Those that stay in kindergarden all their life are very slow.

You could say they wasted their life.

But it is up to each person to wake up and smell

the coffee, smell the roses

It must take some tremendous character defect to spend ones life in the watchtower.

It is like being ungrateful to God,

apathetic to life, indifferent, unconcerned, ungrateful for being born

uninterested in life.
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Is it selfish to enjoy life?
by new hope and happiness in
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i mean there are some great debates running on this forum :-.

what is spirit exactly?.

what is love?.
James Brown

eat the best food--drink the finest wine--and f*ck the prettiest women

----IF you can afford to

Big Mac, That's why I got to go to the gym every day for an hour.

All that good food and drink and then to still look good for the pretty women.
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There is no difference between people
by cassuk11 in
1. jw
2. friends
just to point out that there is no difference between those who are in an organization or church and those who are not.

it rains on us all.

the mistake some make is to think some people are more righteous than others.
James Brown

I like cruising Barna surveys, which make it clear that self-professed evangelicals live the same as their "worldly" contemporaries.

https://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/15-familykids/42-new-marriage-and-divorce-statistics-released#.U6MOKvldV8E

It makes one wonder, what difference does a profession of faith make?

The way I see it, God made Balams ass talk.

If the preachers didnt preach God would make the stones cry out or so the scriptures say.

All the preachers I know were super hypocrites and i knew a lot from working at the county jail

and life in general.

But to those who much is given, much is expected and each person has to work out theri

own salvation.

From the preachers I knew, it was like they viewed it as a job.

I'm not saying that is good or bad. It is just the way it is.

Of course there are some that are very spiritual, whatever that means.
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There is no difference between people
by cassuk11 in
1. jw
2. friends
just to point out that there is no difference between those who are in an organization or church and those who are not.

it rains on us all.

the mistake some make is to think some people are more righteous than others.
James Brown

The bible says God makes no distinction.

Atheist use that argument as one of many in support of their beliefs.
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What would be your favorite job if you could do anything.?
by new hope and happiness in
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on the basis that most of us realise the w.t wasnt really the best " job" or way to spend our days, it would be fun to find out what people would really have liked to have done with there lifes and if this is still possible.

or maybe its not even a very realistic ambition just a dream.

in my dreams i stay at home all day and make a living from being a professional artist.maybe i need a phycholgist?.
James Brown

James Brown that was a really interesting read. I have had beers with Mike Estes ex guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Gilbey Clarke ex guitarist of Guns and Roses. Both were very friendly and humble but as Gilbey said to me " ive never had a big pay check".

New Hope and Hppiness

Artimus Pyle Skynrds drummer does drum clinincs here at the local music store.

So does Carmen Appice.

I know they arent making a lot of money doing these.

The rock stars that do well ran their careers as a business

and their fincances as a business and invested well.

I know one sideman from a big act from the 80's and 90's

that made 30,000$ a year for living on the road.

and directing the band, as well as playing bass guitar in the band.

After the band leader died, he talked about how little money he had and

how he was considering going to school to learn computer programing.

A lot of rock stars can become rock stars because they were rich to begin with

and they could take the time and money to promote their carrer.

Kid Rock and Adam Levine were both well off/ rich before they started.

Neil Young who is very successful and invested well, He owns 20% of Lionel trains,

always said "dont quit your day job"

He has 39 albums.
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Is it selfish to enjoy life?
by new hope and happiness in
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2. beliefs
i mean there are some great debates running on this forum :-.

what is spirit exactly?.

what is love?.
James Brown

You should enjoy yourself, every minute of your life.

And when you figure out how to do it.

Watch out because you will piss off a lot of people around you.