Posts by Realist

did that thread title shock some of you.....i hope so.. jehovah, slow to anger, merciful and just.....how rightous his ways are.. does jehovah kill innocent little babies?

the bible tells us that jehovah does not punish children because of their parents error,.

the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father... (ezek.

i never got to exodus ...genesis was so stupid that i quit after that....BUT there are good books that trie to give the nonsense in Genesis a deeper meaning...you should read one...its pretty interesting.

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"We Were Soldiers"

by IslandWoman in

jw
friends

like the movie of that title, we also were soldiers.

we were soldiers serving a religion.

like the vietnam war soldiers many of us suffered and some of us paid the ultimate price.

Realist

hmmmm,

there is a little difference...the young man who were killed in vietnam didn't go there voluntarily...they had NO choice!

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God "DOES NOT" ...know everything

by gumby in

many have argued here if god knows all.

some say no....or he would have to have known the outcome of his creation and he wouldn't have continued.

he chose not to know.

Realist

hello you bloody old bastard!

my question is...did the guys who wrote that nonsense want it to be viewed as a metaphor or did they intend it as an actual account of what happened? in case of the latter they were just total idiots. ... but i would say they tried to put some kind of deeper meaning in all that trash.

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George Bush most admirable male??!!

by back2dafront in

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friends

http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=4&cat=0800&id=021228153038559146

poll: bushes, j. lo among most admired

the associated press.

Realist

Aztec i like you!

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George Bush most admirable male??!!

by back2dafront in

jw
friends

http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=4&cat=0800&id=021228153038559146

poll: bushes, j. lo among most admired

the associated press.

Realist

again.....WHAT??????????????????????????????????????

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George Bush most admirable male??!!

by back2dafront in

jw
friends

http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=4&cat=0800&id=021228153038559146

poll: bushes, j. lo among most admired

the associated press.

Realist

WHAT??????????????????????????????????????

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How do you see God?

by JH in

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what kind of person do you think god is?

do you see god as your friend or are you in constant fear of being destroyed by him?

Realist

neither nor.

if something like GOD exists it can be considered the cause of the universe... but it obviously does not care about us...hence i don't fear it or hope for its help.

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Where is God?

by donkey in

why does god allow this stuff?

according to your teachings, believers, just so he can stroke himself and show how man has failed.

in fact believers will read this stuff and shrug it off because in the future god will fix it it and it just proves why we need god..

Realist

Shelby,

it is how we go about trying to understand that runs us around in circles.

i don't want to read between the lines....just talk to me like to a 5 year old or a mentally handicapped person....no metaphores etc. ...just plainly what is it that we should do?

but rather because the lesson is NOT "rocket science", but quite elementary.

what is the lesson?

Your answer surprises me, truly. As one who claims to think along the lines of science... why assume? Why not put it to the test (do research, conduct an experiment): simply ask some adults... and then ask some young children? Seems quite an "easy" experiment, to me... but...

my answer would be the sky is blue and one cannot go on water...i will ask my cousin what he thinks in about 6 month (he just turned 1 the other day). what would be your answer to the questions?

However, our understanding of the spirit world has suffered greatly. As we focus on the physical, we tend to dismiss that which is not physical, but spiritual, as if it doesn't exist simply because it is NOT physical.

have you considered the possibility (at least before your encounters with God) that a spirit world simply doesn't exist? that it is an imagination of our mind and a crouch to explain phenomena that were/are unexplainable so far?

the problem is this universe follows exact rules...and there is no 'physical' evidence that would lead someone to conclude that spirits exist or interact with this physical world. so unless someone sees God as you did there is no evidence for his existence or that of any other spirit creatures.

that which is SPIRITUAL... must be REALIZED/EXPERIENCED... spiritually! And we... all of us... man and beast alike... have the capacity to DO that; we just don't all realize/accept/acknowledge/know how... or truly want to learn. "We"... want to do it... our way. And so... here we are... attempting to prove... or disprove... God... who is a SPIRIT... by means of physical phenomena. But it doesn't work like that. Truly.

how does it work?

ou limit your understanding and knowledge to that which is physical... can be "proven" physically. And I gave you the benefit of the doubt... and a measure of consideration... in not dismissing your position, but actually engaging you in it... with some measure of knowledge. Rather than arrogantly respond that you're wrong and I'm right (which is not the issue at all), I responded to your position. I do not believe you have given me the same benefit of the doubt, and simply because you have no knowledge of it. That... is arrogance. Like one culture belittling another... because they have no knowledge or understanding of the other's customs, etc., and thus, consider them inferior. That... is arrogance.

hmmm why do you say i dismiss your position? i am not aware that i did that. you made an extraordinary claim (that you have spoken to christ)...and i asked if you have a way to prove it ...i hope that is not considered arrogant.

best wishes,

Realist