Posts by sunstarr

Gosh Fred, not everyone can live out some deranged feline fetish and post on a board that supposedly undermines their entire system of beliefs. We should all try to be more like you.

You're a weirdo.

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Okay Fess Up: What's Your Handle Mean?

by Mindchild in

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okay fess up: whats your handle mean?.

my handle: mindchild comes from computer scientist and futurist dr. hans moravec: who wrote the book, the future of robot and human intelligence which is a book about when we will be able to construct machines capable of human intelligence and raises the possibility of uploading ourselves (every thought we ever had) into an android body much superior to the human ones we have now.

i entertain the hope that not only will i live long enough to see this happen, i will transfer myself (the complete essence of what is me) into a body of my own choosing and become immortal if i so choose.

sunstarr

Seemed redundant to call myself "Planetearth."

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Quality of this Forum

by stevieb1 in

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just a quick thought - i am a firm believer in freedom of speech etc, but having been on this forum for some time i honestly can't say that i can introduce a doubting jw interested in true christianity to this board.

some of the deep discussions on jw doctrine are excellent, but everything else seems to be nonsense in my opinion.

why can't this site be more like the old www.witnesses.net which seemed to have more spiritual meat rather than backbiting, gossip, and rumour and even obscenity.. sorry for my frank opinion

sunstarr

Naturally, to say you believe "on faith" is to say you believe because you believe... And this is precisely why many exJWs reject Christianity.

Can't argue with you there. Thanks for the clarification.

-sunstarr

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Do you like to talk while having sex?

by butalbee in

"oh baby, oh baby, yes..."

sunstarr

I once had a GF who called out my name right at orgasm. You just can't beat that.

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Quality of this Forum

by stevieb1 in

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just a quick thought - i am a firm believer in freedom of speech etc, but having been on this forum for some time i honestly can't say that i can introduce a doubting jw interested in true christianity to this board.

some of the deep discussions on jw doctrine are excellent, but everything else seems to be nonsense in my opinion.

why can't this site be more like the old www.witnesses.net which seemed to have more spiritual meat rather than backbiting, gossip, and rumour and even obscenity.. sorry for my frank opinion

sunstarr

But it should not be like that when you investigate a subject.

Perhaps I was mistaken in assuming that the discussion between yourself and aChristian was more of a debate than an investigation. If so, disregard my statement.

That aChristian engage in massive intellectual dishonesty is a matter of record in this very thread. That is actually separate from the issue of him being right or wrong. He speculated wildly to save a preconceived position, before having done any research on the topic.

My intent for quoting you on that phrase was not to determine aChristian's intellectual honesty or dishonesty. Again, I was under the assumption that this discussion had taken the course of a debate. Therefore, my intent was to show that each side in a debate perceives as though they are correct unless proven otherwise.

Your "argument" is the same the GB and JW apologsist like Rofl Furuli uses to support the 607 date for Jerusalem's destruction. Sure, they admit, thousands of known documents from the Neo-Babylonian era fail to mention the "missing 20 years". But they take comfort from the fact that thousands of known documents are still not translated, and hope some will turn up supporting their chronology. DO I really have to point out to you the folly of this reasoning?

Believe me, I have no desire to rely on the idea that something is correct only because evidence proving so has not yet been discovered. Rather, my point is that, when discussing an issue that involves faith (which clearly indicates lack of evidence), some speculation may be necessary. Also, since we don't know what evidence may turn up in the future, one can merely speculate based on all that is present. I guess I'd boil that one down to: How many things in life are for certain?

Again, apologies if this is an investigation vs. a debate.

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Quality of this Forum

by stevieb1 in

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friends

just a quick thought - i am a firm believer in freedom of speech etc, but having been on this forum for some time i honestly can't say that i can introduce a doubting jw interested in true christianity to this board.

some of the deep discussions on jw doctrine are excellent, but everything else seems to be nonsense in my opinion.

why can't this site be more like the old www.witnesses.net which seemed to have more spiritual meat rather than backbiting, gossip, and rumour and even obscenity.. sorry for my frank opinion

sunstarr

Jan,

When you see contrary evidence, you are already convinced that your preconceived ideas are correct, and you speculate wildly to "harmonize" the accounts.

IMO, everyone who enters a debate begins with the notion that they are correct. Would you suggest that your posts in this thread are any different? Do you really post things such as:

You are engaging in sheer, massive intellectual dishonesty.

with the idea that you may or may not be correct? Further, is it not speculation to suggest that no written record of Herod's slaughter of children exists simply because none to date has been discovered?

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Screen Name vs Character

by Amazing in

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since my character is part of the issues that have been addressed by several posters, i thought that i would clear this up:.

teejay said: conclusion: no more insulting than you when you mentioned that one has to wonder about someone who'd pick the screen name "amazing.".

i am not sure if teejay shares agreement with what he quoted, but for discussion sake, i will treat it as though he does.

sunstarr

I thought you left. If you are gonna stck around I hope you will start talking about issues and ideas rather than just talking about yourself. It will make for much more interesting reading.

Faithful,

It's always about you, isn't it?

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An Opinion Question

by DIMs Wife in

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do you think that it is better to be disassociated or disfellowshipped or do you think that drifting away is the best option?

sunstarr

Have to agree that drifting allows much connection to family and friends. However, I believe DA'ing has it's uses too. I personally sent in my letter of DA several months ago. No one expected this, and so I was approached by many friends questioning what was wrong. This allowed opportunities to for me to give them a little insight into the corruption of the organization. At the same time, I felt better in that no one could rumor that something "immoral" had been committed on my behalf to allow for a disfellowshipping. Further, I felt that no one could label me as a "drifter" who had lost interest in serving God. Everyone had to be left with the unresolved notion that I walked out on my own two feet. No one expelled me, and I didn't lose interest in God. Kind of unsettling.