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  Is God Truly Omnipotent??

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while acknowledging god as the most powerful force in the universe, i wonder if he is omnipotent.

  this thought came to me as i watched an old star trek: tng, where everyone's favorite fictional omnipotent being, q, was featured.. .

  if he is omnipotent, why could he not remove the "bitter cup" of suffering from christ in the garden?

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Logically if God is everywhere than he is also nowhere, which could explain his absence.
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  How Modern Christianity has failed Christians

  by Christ Alone in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've recently been thinking about our culture and how christianity in our western culture has failed to keep up with advancements in science.

  ) churches have let reason sink into the intellectual closet of fundamentalism.

  "feel good" churches seem to be the norm today.

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  Logic tells me that it is foolish to keep having the same discussion with believers and expect a different result or outcome.
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  Anyone Else See Les Miserables?

  by BizzyBee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i went to see it today - by myself (mr bee is on a golf junket).

  i was glad that that i was by myself because i cried so much at the end, i wouldn't have wanted to be with anyone who wasn't crying - and that would not have been mr bee!.

  les miserables the current film is adapted from what is considered one of the half-dozen greatest novels of the past 150 years and one of the longest novels ever written.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Saw Les Miserables in London once. We have booked to see the film at a local cinema at 1pm on 13th. I hear that Russell has nothing to Crowe about but shall reserve judgement before deciding if he should stick to playing a gladiator. If you require other information about my leisure activity just ask.
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  Why has the WT not tried to shut down this board?

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we all know that beth hell monitors this site.. they have repeatedly had sites shut down for quoting large portions of their litterature.

  not this one.. do you think this board enables them to keep a finger on the pulse of what is going on in ex and aposto land?

  hb.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Re: Why has the WT not tried to shut down this board?

  The Watchtower Society has only one god.

  We have many and Simon is top god.
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  God in your brain....

  by EntirelyPossible in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just came across an interesting study.

  during brain scans, when people were asked how they felt about something, the same part of the brain was active as when they were asked how god felt about something.

  when asked how other people felt about something, however, a different part of the brain was at work.. specifically, the portion of the brain that was active when asking people how god felt about things was the portion of the brain associated with self-referential thinking.... people are literally making god up in their own image as they go.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Wow! All these people with voices in their head I feel more normal now.

  This should be encouraged as it helps to develop communication between different parts of the brain. Some years ago I started keeping a detailed 'dream diary.' Doing this encouraged more dreams and greater detail. It didn’t make much sense at the time but when I looked through the diary a couple of years later I was able to see what my mind had been trying tell me.

  It’s not that the mind predicts what will happen, it knows what our deepest feelings are and guides our actions and decisions to help us arrive where we need to be. We know much more than we think we know.
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  God in your brain....

  by EntirelyPossible in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just came across an interesting study.

  during brain scans, when people were asked how they felt about something, the same part of the brain was active as when they were asked how god felt about something.

  when asked how other people felt about something, however, a different part of the brain was at work.. specifically, the portion of the brain that was active when asking people how god felt about things was the portion of the brain associated with self-referential thinking.... people are literally making god up in their own image as they go.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  "Maybe you should seek professional help."

  Don't want to. They would try to convince me that I'm not a gladiator.
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  God in your brain....

  by EntirelyPossible in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just came across an interesting study.

  during brain scans, when people were asked how they felt about something, the same part of the brain was active as when they were asked how god felt about something.

  when asked how other people felt about something, however, a different part of the brain was at work.. specifically, the portion of the brain that was active when asking people how god felt about things was the portion of the brain associated with self-referential thinking.... people are literally making god up in their own image as they go.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  If we are trying to make a difficult decision, once we have done our research, we should allow the subconscious to work on the problem while we sleep. This makes full use of our brain. This is why we are encouraged to sleep on a problem. Sometimes I hear a voice talking to me, usually in dreams and occasionally during the day. This information is useful and usually based on something I have been trying to work out. I am aware that this is a projection from my subconscious mind to the frontal lobes of my brain.

  We all do this to some degree but interpret its source according to our beliefs. Confirmation bias enables us to create our own map of life according to our needs and wishes. It is almost impossible to convince someone that the messages they receive come from anywhere other than the source they claim.
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  Is God Truly Omnipotent??

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while acknowledging god as the most powerful force in the universe, i wonder if he is omnipotent.

  this thought came to me as i watched an old star trek: tng, where everyone's favorite fictional omnipotent being, q, was featured.. .

  if he is omnipotent, why could he not remove the "bitter cup" of suffering from christ in the garden?

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Cold Steel "While acknowledging God as the most powerful force in the Universe..."

  God is not a He - no dangly bits.

  I woke up this morning and realized that God is just another name for the universe.

  Everything comes out of the universe.

  Everything is in the universe.

  Everything is part of the universe.

  We are all an expression of the universe and fashioned from the universe.

  It’s all so beautiful, groovy and so easy to understand man.
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  Anyone with Happy Memories from being a JW born in, please post here....

  by SkyGreen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  first up, happy new year .

  hi everyone, ok i guess this is controversial, but im doing it as therapy for me - so im not bitter about the way i was raised.

  plus i want to see if i can be the op of an "epic thread"!!.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Is anyone born a JW?

  Perhaps it is the years of calculated brainwashing that make one a Jehovah's Witness.
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  GIVE A PITHY recounting of what 2012 did to or for you life!

  by Terry in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i moved in with my cousin deb and her husband bobby at the first of 2012.. this mean i didn't live alone any longer.

  that was both a good and a not so good thing!.

  i eat home cooked meals.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Terry I’m glad your infected jaw is better. All the best for the new year.

  This year has been good for me. As I explained to a lazy friend who calls me a lucky bastard - the harder I work the luckier I get.

  During 2012 I made a point of turning down invitations from people that I don’t enjoying being with, and seeing more of the people who are worth seeing.

  I have become more reflective and aware of how wonderful being alive is. It is too precious to waste with people who are boring, or perhaps I mean selfish.

  My excuse to them - I don’t need an excuse - this is my life. I just say that I prefer to be at home, alone if necessary.

  As you Americans love to say, “Go figure.” Sometimes it's the simple things that that bring the most satisfaction.

  I have not walked as much as I usually do, so today I went on a long hike with my very fit and determined wife.

  We are resolved to do more walking, rambling and less drinking this year. To be more precise in how we spend our time and who we spend it with.