Dear Frenchy, thanks for your thoughts, but with all due respect I beg to differ, it is that simple. I'll try and give you an example of what I'm trying to say, please let me know if you think it's total bullshit. Have you seen the film The Horse Whisperer? check it out if you havn't. To me the film was dealing mainly with issues such as instinct and intuition. It seemed to me that the Redford charachter, being the Horse Whisperer, as a kind of Shaman if you will, was deeply in touch with this particular side of himself and of this particular side of not only the horses but the people around him as well. For example as the stoary unfolds - the female lead, her daughter and the female leads husband. The female lead is portrayed as an intelligent, New York based, English College educated, succesful, up market magazine editor. Anyway the point I'm wanting to get at here is there's a scene, where the male and female lead are alone in a barn or something, it's kind of a pivotal moment in the film, they realise that they are falling in love, in the discussion they have, i can't remember the exact dialogue but the general thrust of what they say is, the female lead is uncertain about what to do saying that "it's difficult" or "not that easy" a decision to make - the male lead, the horse whisperer says "it is that simple". I took this to mean that he was a person who had a good strong clear connection with the little voice inside, or whatever you want to call it, intuition, you know - you know the answer intuitively, he had a strong sense of himself, and who he was. In a long winded roundabout way what I'm saying is that I think these matters we discuss here are that simple. In my humble opinion it is this inner intuitive voice mechanism within us that the WTBTS fucks with via it's program of indoctrination. That's why we think these decisions are hard.-SolidSender
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To celebrate or not to celebrate
by Dubby ini wonder how much validity is in the wt teaching that it's wrong to celebrate holidays.
did jesus followers in the first century really not get involved in nationalistic activities?
is the celebration of one's nations independence at odds with jesus and the apostle's teachings?.
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To celebrate or not to celebrate
by Dubby ini wonder how much validity is in the wt teaching that it's wrong to celebrate holidays.
did jesus followers in the first century really not get involved in nationalistic activities?
is the celebration of one's nations independence at odds with jesus and the apostle's teachings?.
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Dubby - check it out - as to be expected the WTBTS is full of double standerds, broad categoriazations and generalizations on this subject. Wedding rings for example and wedding anniversaries. Look at it this way, at least if you have an unbreakabble spirit sooner or later the WTBTS is gonna spit you out - maybe not as it found you but a godsend non the less -SolidSender
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Wolfsong
by Seven in[url] http://205.178.160.247/artwork/scripts/artofwolves/wolves-individual.cfm?artworkid=157[/url]
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waiting re: Michael Jackson comment - please spare me the insults you're talking to a MASSIVE George Jones fan here-SolidSender
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To celebrate or not to celebrate
by Dubby ini wonder how much validity is in the wt teaching that it's wrong to celebrate holidays.
did jesus followers in the first century really not get involved in nationalistic activities?
is the celebration of one's nations independence at odds with jesus and the apostle's teachings?.
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Dubby – there is as much validity in WTBTS teaching in this or any matter as there are in the teachings of any the man made and led, hierarchy based organized religions on earth today. To my mind the central issue is – are you going to make up your own mind or have someone else do it for you, is it really harder than this or am I missing something?-SolidSender
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To celebrate or not to celebrate
by Dubby ini wonder how much validity is in the wt teaching that it's wrong to celebrate holidays.
did jesus followers in the first century really not get involved in nationalistic activities?
is the celebration of one's nations independence at odds with jesus and the apostle's teachings?.
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Waiting – if your son is serious about going ahead with the Rudolph plan I’d get the elders to send out your DA papers asap – you’ll be needing them-SolidSender.
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What Do You Eat For Brakfast?
by Carmel inno attempt her at subtrafuge, just thought i'd kick off a subject with an anology.
when i eat breakfast, i usually have one of three things, something with eggs, something sweet or just the coffee!
how much of what i injest for the start of my day is controlled by the culture i live in and the habits i have come to consider "normal"?
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path & seven - hi. Following your thoughts - I don't have scars - i have parts that are completely missing, especially to do with relationships etc.-SolidSender
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What Do You Eat For Brakfast?
by Carmel inno attempt her at subtrafuge, just thought i'd kick off a subject with an anology.
when i eat breakfast, i usually have one of three things, something with eggs, something sweet or just the coffee!
how much of what i injest for the start of my day is controlled by the culture i live in and the habits i have come to consider "normal"?
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Path - to take your thoughts a step or two further if i may - If God doesn't care about the WTBTS why should you or anyone else?-SolidSender
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Purgatory, Limbo or the Twilight Comfort Zone
by SolidSender inno offence meant but is this place some kind of waystation inhabited by beings neither in nor out of the lie?
this is not a criticism just an observation.
i know it can take time to make up your mind-solidsender
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To answer your question more directly, the spiritual teaching of the Bible and the Koran are more than adequate, the social teachings are insufficient.
Carmel, so what is the alternative then if this IS the case?-SolidSender
PS: would you care to elaborate on the ways in which the social teachings of the Bible are inadequate?