Posts by Sargon

If Adam and Eve were so happy, why did they feel they needed something else? If they were truly happy they would not have been vulnerable to Satan's temptations.

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Political Corectness must stop

by Adam in

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friends

please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test.

(the events are actual cuts from past history.

they actually happened!

Sargon

Good points Adam:

Do you know what the worlds longest undefended national border is??

It's the one between Canada and the United States. The reason for this is that these two countries have not gone to war against each other since 1814. For most of this time both countries have experienced a long period of mutual growth and prosperity.

There was a front page article in my local paper the other day about the Arab Canadian Federation complaining about racial profiling at the border. Apparently Canadian Citizens born in certain target countries are being subjected to lengthy delays in trying to enter the United States. They are objecting to the fact that they are being fingerprinted, photoed, and searched.

Well duh!!! Why do they think this might be? They feel that as Canadian citizens they should be exempt from this. I say Bull Shit. America's security, and our long-earned international co-operation is at stake here. Enterring a foreign country is a priviledge not a right. And our freedom of access is one earned by our ancestors.

During the 1850's up until WWII, Americans of Irish descent had a very difficult time entering Canada. Why? Because a handful of them were coming over here to blow up our British institutions. Damn Fenians.

Keep vigilant America, beware the Arab in Canadian clothing.

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Can Good Exist Without Evil??

by Sargon in

some ponderings:.

the laws of physics tell us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

good and evil are equal and opposites of the same concept.

Sargon

sixofnine:

I'd have to agree, peace and plenty can stand on their own and be just that, they don't need an opposite to support their existence. I think however hope does need an opposite to fully thrive.

Kat:

I think the concept of good and evil can exist separate from a concept of a Creator. However if one chooses to beleive in a creator then one must realize that He had to have created both concepts. It seems all of existance is governed by rules. Man is just another part of the Animal Kingdom, hence he should be governed by the same rules. Mans intelligence separates him from the rest of the animals and this is why he diverges from the rest of the pack. Man alone in the animal world has a concept of his past and future.

Derek:

You're close to the point I'm trying to clarify. Unfortunately I picked a bad example of evil by mentioning starvation and plenty. For good to make sense there has to be an understanding of evil. Interesting, this would provide a basis for good to exist without evil actually being present.

Crinklestein:

You've misunderstood what I'm trying to figure out. I don't actually want war for peace to make sense. But how would you know you've got good health if no-ones ever been sick. Without a knowledge of illness one might not realize what one actually has. It's never the quest for knowledge, Crink, that makes the world the way it is, it's the suppression of knowledge. As long as humankind is willing to honestly question it's motives, it may be able to better itself.

Derek's point:

the existence of evil is not necessary for the concept of evil to be meaningful.

Back to one of my initial questions: would the elimination of evil remove many of lifes challenges and result in a stagnation of creativity

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It's Friggen COOOOOOOOOOLD!!!!!!

by Elsewhere in

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friends

we texas apostates just aren't used to this kind of weather!

it's 21 degrees and getting colder.... there is snow and sleet and freezing rain... the roads are alll frozen over with ice and people are sliding all over the place.

current conditions scroll down for map and 10-day forecast 21fheavy sleetfeels like.

Sargon

It's 21 degrees and getting colder.... there is snow and sleet and freezing rain..

LOL!! That would feel like spring here. This morning was -18, and it's supposed to go down to -26 tonite. Good whiskey drinking weather. I don't know what these temps translate into Americanese.

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Can Good Exist Without Evil??

by Sargon in

some ponderings:.

the laws of physics tell us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

good and evil are equal and opposites of the same concept.

Sargon

Some ponderings:

The laws of Physics tell us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Good and evil are equal and opposites of the same concept. If we were to picture the relationship between them as a giant scale; with good (such as love, hope, charity) balancing out evil (hate, despair greed). If evil were removed from this scale, would not good become meaningless as there is nothing to measure it against. After all what is peace without war, hope without despair, starvation without plenty...? Would the elimination of evil remove lifes challenges and create a stagnation of human creativity? Or would good just become a concept of degrees of goodness, ie. this is more good than that?

I don't think good can exist without evil. Any thoughts on the matter??

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My first post....

by Urpi in

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friends

hello, after one year of lurking i finally decided to write, introduce myself and tell my short story .

after being jw for more than 20 years, one year and 4 months ago, my husband read some news in internet.

it was the un affair.. i cant use any more words that have been already used to express what it ment to us to discover what we did.

Sargon

Welcome Urpi,

The UN story opened alot of eyes. Keep digging you may find more.

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What Are Your Goals For The Memorial Season?

by minimus in

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friends

be zealous for what is good!

is the article of the latest km.

there's a box in the article that has the following question---what are your goals for the memorial season?-----here are the check off points that should be answered to this question.