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  The secret of how Christianity spread across the world

  by Terry in

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  what i am going to say may sound nasty and mean-spirited.

  i assure you it is not intended in that tone.. men are power seekers and control freaks.

  without using women as drones to do the grunt work of religion.

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  I have no problem with scholarly debate. I do have a problem with misogynistic overtones and egotisitical attitudes being thinly disguised as a scholarly discussion. And, by the way, Terry, I've written a few scholarly papers and my husband has written and defended the dissertation that got him his Phd, so we can state quite correctly that just because you footnote a book does not mean that you have supported your premise. It just means that you have found and quoted others who happen to agree with your opinions.

  Again, this discussion borders on silly and seems rather misogynistic as it is presented to this board.
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  The secret of how Christianity spread across the world

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what i am going to say may sound nasty and mean-spirited.

  i assure you it is not intended in that tone.. men are power seekers and control freaks.

  without using women as drones to do the grunt work of religion.

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  Hmmm, I wish I could give Terry's assertations in this thread more credence except that I cant. Because in my family, it was my father who converted to JWs and dragged the rest of us along screaming and kicking. Granted, years later, when my father wanted to leave, my mother hounded him into staying. Thank God all of us have finally left.

  I don't interpret the Bible literally. Hell, I don't even believe most of it. But all I have to do is look around me and see how men are still blaming women for all their faults and I can almost believe the story where Adam blamed Eve for his sin. Please open your Bible and let's read from Genesis, Chapter 3, Verses 8-12.

  8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”

  10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

  11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

  12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

  As this thread and scripture clearly indicates, it is ALWAYS the woman's fault. We all know men would be blameless if it weren't for women.

  Granted, I have converted to Judaism and the Jews DO NOT interpret the above scripture in the same way Christians do. In Judaism, Eve is blameless and it was Adam who sinned. Women do not even have to participate in Jewish ritual unless they choose to do so. It is men who must make ammends to God. I also have problems with the Jewish interpretation but that is a different discussion for a different day.

  Actually, my husband and I agree that this whole discussion borders on silly. Some men are spiritual, some men are not. Some women are spiritual, some are not. Some men are gullible, some are not. Some women are gullible, some are not. It has everything to do with the person in question, and nothing to do with gender. Greg also wanted to add that he doesn't describe as gullible somebody who doesn't agree with him.

  We're leaving for a small vacation, so we will not be back for a while. We hope everybody has a good week.

  Robyn & Greg
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  One Hour With The Beast (17 days)

  by Este in

  1. watchtower
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  let us pray this prophecy is being fulfilled........ 12and the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast.13these have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.14these will battle with the lamb, but, because he is lord of lords and king of kings, the lamb will conquer them.

  also, those called and chosen and faithful with him [will do so].. .

  commencng from march 19th, 17 days later.......libya?.

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  Robdar

  I wanna party like it's 1999...

  Me too! Me too!
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  One Hour With The Beast (17 days)

  by Este in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let us pray this prophecy is being fulfilled........ 12and the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast.13these have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.14these will battle with the lamb, but, because he is lord of lords and king of kings, the lamb will conquer them.

  also, those called and chosen and faithful with him [will do so].. .

  commencng from march 19th, 17 days later.......libya?.

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  Robdar

  LMAO at Poopsie!
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  One Hour With The Beast (17 days)

  by Este in

  1. watchtower
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  let us pray this prophecy is being fulfilled........ 12and the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast.13these have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.14these will battle with the lamb, but, because he is lord of lords and king of kings, the lamb will conquer them.

  also, those called and chosen and faithful with him [will do so].. .

  commencng from march 19th, 17 days later.......libya?.

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  Can't you end up in prison for that? :0 Sounds yummy. :D Where did they procure it?

  Damn! I sure hope not. I thought it tasted great. I am not sure where they procured it but it was south of the border. My former rabbi used to go to south and central America to assist the converts who didnt have a rabbi.
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  One Hour With The Beast (17 days)

  by Este in

  1. watchtower
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  let us pray this prophecy is being fulfilled........ 12and the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast.13these have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.14these will battle with the lamb, but, because he is lord of lords and king of kings, the lamb will conquer them.

  also, those called and chosen and faithful with him [will do so].. .

  commencng from march 19th, 17 days later.......libya?.

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  You have coca wine? Interesting... interesting! :D

  Had it one night during Kiddish after Shabbat. Some of the members of the temple brought it back from their trips. We felt so naughty!
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  One Hour With The Beast (17 days)

  by Este in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let us pray this prophecy is being fulfilled........ 12and the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast.13these have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.14these will battle with the lamb, but, because he is lord of lords and king of kings, the lamb will conquer them.

  also, those called and chosen and faithful with him [will do so].. .

  commencng from march 19th, 17 days later.......libya?.

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  Robdar

  I f'ing hate gay monkey. And Canadians.

  Free your mind and your ass will follow.
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  One Hour With The Beast (17 days)

  by Este in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let us pray this prophecy is being fulfilled........ 12and the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast.13these have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.14these will battle with the lamb, but, because he is lord of lords and king of kings, the lamb will conquer them.

  also, those called and chosen and faithful with him [will do so].. .

  commencng from march 19th, 17 days later.......libya?.

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  Robdar

  Dont know about the tea but the coca wine is fabulous.
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  One Hour With The Beast (17 days)

  by Este in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let us pray this prophecy is being fulfilled........ 12and the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast.13these have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.14these will battle with the lamb, but, because he is lord of lords and king of kings, the lamb will conquer them.

  also, those called and chosen and faithful with him [will do so].. .

  commencng from march 19th, 17 days later.......libya?.

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  Robdar

  Love Waits but you can keep the whiskey. I'll bring the cigars.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrkThaBWa5c
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  One Hour With The Beast (17 days)

  by Este in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let us pray this prophecy is being fulfilled........ 12and the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast.13these have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.14these will battle with the lamb, but, because he is lord of lords and king of kings, the lamb will conquer them.

  also, those called and chosen and faithful with him [will do so].. .

  commencng from march 19th, 17 days later.......libya?.

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  Robdar

  Poopsie, there is always room for one more hot babe.

  BP, I totally LOVE Amsterdam and now is the time to go. Prices go up considerably after mid April.