Siddhashunyata

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  Baby's "second head" removed -- no moral issues described?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  in this news article, a baby is described as being born with a second head, referred to as "the parasite".

  as a parent, i would have had a hard time looking at this under-developed conjoined twin as a "parasite".

  it really looks like a second child, though one incapable of independant life.

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  There is no way to reconcile such things with the existence of an omnipotant ( not to mention loving) God.
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  DA-ing Announcement in the Society's New Book

  by Mark in

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  the society's new book 'organized to do jehovah's will', to be released in the congregations .

  on the 20th of march, introduces a change in the df and da announcements.

  announcements will read the same: "[name of person] is no longer one of jehovah's .

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  In my opinion,we are witnessing a progression. While it appears the WT is on the offensive, the truth is that they are on the defensive. They no longer have control. The fight is being brought to them because of the Internet and the networks that are forming. Indiscreet DFing, DAing, and Shunning will not stop this. In fact , it will only hasten the end of Shunning and thereby the end of centralized control of the congregations.
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  When you die, I suspect you wake up crying

  by IronGland in

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  this post isn't about the paranormal or whether there is, in fact, life after death.

  rather, it's about the mistaken philosophical conclusions to which atheists sometimes come.

  2. the passage of time is not a process.

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  IronGland are you saying that "all that is " exists as an eternal (timeless non moving ) tapestry (so to speak)?
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  paradise

  by sun_dae in

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  who do you want to see again if the "earth be restored to a paradise?

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  A change of environment does not transform us. Many men of fame have found Paradise in common places.
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  Intelligence

  by onacruse in

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  this matter has been brought up for discussion here many times before, but for certain reasons i ask that you will patiently bear with me as i bring it up yet again.. what constitutes intelligence?

  is it (among many possibilities):.

  1) the mere accumulation of knowledge...factual information?.

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  kitties, .. " It's the old concept of quaria ". What is the concept of quaria ? Thanks

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  An interview with Rupert Sheldrake,, the whole Universe a living organism??

  by frankiespeakin in

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  partial clip:.

  http://www.wie.org/j11/sheldrake.asp?page=2.

  rupert sheldrake: i'm interested in the recovery of the sense of the life of nature.

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  A good question for Sheldrake : if the Universe is a living organism , is it conscious?
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  Intelligence

  by onacruse in

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  this matter has been brought up for discussion here many times before, but for certain reasons i ask that you will patiently bear with me as i bring it up yet again.. what constitutes intelligence?

  is it (among many possibilities):.

  1) the mere accumulation of knowledge...factual information?.

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  Direct perception of what is. Free of conditioning. There is only one intelligence. Knowledge is time related. Intelligence is timeless perception. There are no problems to solve, just action guided by timeless perception. Thinking is a tool with limitations because it relies on knowledge. Intelligence is something entirely different. It is direct understanding as though all things were language. Language without language so to speak.
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  Do you think that the "U.N." will one day ban all religions?

  by JH in

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  for many, religion is the root of terrorism and war.

  since the beggining of creation or evolution, mankind is at war not only for religious reasons, but economical ones too.

  oil is a good example.

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  A major nuclear event traced to religious fanaticism, through fear this might generate a united secular movement against organized religion. It would be similar to the kind of global unity we could expect if a comet were about to impact the Earth.
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  The Truth or the Way ??? Just a thought

  by blueztunez in

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  i don't bother to query the "brothers" about their doctrine any longer i just get the old run around (not so here) so my question or rather statement is this.

  the truth (i feel) is in the bible and well the jw's do use the text to some degree but why oh why are they not in "the way" as the first century christians called their beliefs ?

  "the way" being a practice of christian beliefs\values ect .

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  Letting Life live through you is The Way. It is not belief , nor is it dogma. These things are dead.
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  Is the Universe and Life both the same thing? (out-of-the-box)

  by frankiespeakin in

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  is the universe and life both the same thing?

  i mean is there really duality in life and universe??

  a crude examlpe of what i mean is like take your body it is made up all kinds of specialized cells and even aminals like bacteria and virus not to mention molecules etc.. yet you veiw it all as "you" what if the whole universe is like that,,and we only think we are seperate.

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  " Is the Universe and Life both the same thing? (out-of-the-box) " Yes, but more.