Craig, Oh yes. The Genesis account. God and Satan both seem like game-players here. If the account is to be believed, everyone(Satan included) wants to be "like God." 4000 years later "Satan" even requests an "act of worship." TMS ps. I think Yeru and XQ missed the thrust of my post. I was trying to hint at the ludricous nature of the biblical god. I guess I'm not a "Great Communicator!" "sigh"
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by TMS inalthough i'm unlicensed, untrained and beyond doubt unqualified in this field,.
i'm thinking about designing, creating a god.
don't laugh.
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a god of my design
by TMS inalthough i'm unlicensed, untrained and beyond doubt unqualified in this field,.
i'm thinking about designing, creating a god.
don't laugh.
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XQ,
"you eat with a spoon/fork right? "
You've lost me. Perhaps, I'm just very different from you. I select an appropriate utencil, if needed. No more. No less.I don't put out a salad fork without a salad . . . . You may be confusing habits that serve some purpose with religious rituals.
My original point was that a god does not need a fingered Rosary, lit candles, a field service report, chants or the fat of a lamb. A secondary point is that humans do not NEED to perform those rituals.
TMS
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a god of my design
by TMS inalthough i'm unlicensed, untrained and beyond doubt unqualified in this field,.
i'm thinking about designing, creating a god.
don't laugh.
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Yeru,
I understand and appreciate your counterpoints.
You prefer the status quo.
"The human need for ritual"? Not so sure about that.
TMS
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a god of my design
by TMS inalthough i'm unlicensed, untrained and beyond doubt unqualified in this field,.
i'm thinking about designing, creating a god.
don't laugh.
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Although I'm unlicensed, untrained and beyond doubt unqualified in this field,
I'm thinking about designing, creating a god.Don't laugh. I'm not the first charlatan to try.
Let me run by you a few preliminary, random thoughts about the kind
of god I'm thinking about inventing.My god will disdain worship. No, my almighty one will possess enough self-esteem.
He will not need your rituals, sacrifices, praise or alms. Respect
and love, yes. Worship, no. Rather than an empty sacrifice, he will
be more impressed with a productive life. Accomplishment, invention,
creativity, generosity, love will all be more important to Him than
idle ritual.My god will not be threatened if you build a ziggarut tower to the
"heavens" or discover electricity or nuclear fusion. He will simply
smile his "that's my boy/girl" smile of pride.My god will not select a "chosen nation."
My god will communicate clearly. He will not use prophetic imagery, visions,
antitypes, types, spiritual "notification," "times," shadows,
or new light.My god will be very tolerant of new ideas in art, thought, science,
philosophy and exploration.My god will not permit disease, hunger, child abuse, Adolph Hitlers, war,
theft.TMS
ps. While my drawing board is still out, what would you like to see in a god?
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It's Time to Find New Vistas
by Farkel ini cannot compete with threads anymore.
they beat me!
threads about pit bulls and other dogs and virginity get all the attention.
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"Obviously you have your issues with me."
Farkel
I just have a low tolerance for crybaby "goodbye" threads.
The irony is that most of the ego-strokes this thread provided u were from generation X.
They loved it when you called people a "dipfuck."
As to your essays: Argumentation is overrated.
Charles Russell put the "hose on hell."
But it meant nothing.
Anti-witness argumentation is no more effective than witness argumentation.
It's all bullshit.
No one knows a gawdam thing for certain.
Get some rest and enjoy your "golden years."
TMS
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they beat me!
threads about pit bulls and other dogs and virginity get all the attention.
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"Smile, think of the homeland, and it won't hurt as much."
Holey Cheeses
Actually, Cheese, it doesn't hurt at all. Being "farleled" is sort of like being "Don Rickled"
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they beat me!
threads about pit bulls and other dogs and virginity get all the attention.
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"How about your wife? Obviously you have your issues with me.
I'm not asking anyone to "beg" for my return, dummy. Do you know the meaning of "hiatus" or should I toss up a flash card up for you to help you remember what it means?"
Farkel
Naaaah! Ur a little full of urself but that could be JW residue.
I appreciate logical essays and you have submitted quite a number.
A "hiatus"? That is soooo Hollywood! I've been on a permanent one since the first of the year.
Actually, I think these kids do a fine job of showing the way out of the Watchtower. We raised a generation of so-called double lifers.
They never gave two hoots about the "70 weeks of years" prophecy. They just knew damn well they didn't want to be JW's.
They're articulate enough. William Shakespeare and Jack Kerouac could both express the same thought, but differently.
What's that card say, again? Oh . . . . hiatus!
TMS
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"goddam old people...."
Valis
I've sensed those vibes B4.
TMS
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"You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore"
Many of the younger ones will not recall this statement of Richard Milhous Nixon in 1962 after losing the California governor's race. The words were primarily directed at the press, who Trickie Dickie felt had been biased against him.
Nixon recovered from his wounds and went on to become president in 1968.
The "Goodbye" thread, statement, gesture or speech is a staple of the feeling of rejection whether it involves the loss of a political race by a few hundred votes or the disappearance of a thread after a few meager replies.It is a lash back at those ignorant ones who failed to fully recognize the worth of the one saying "goodbye."
I have enjoyed Farkel's threads. My wife especially appreciated the recent one about the WTBS' pseudo-shepherding and she is not a JWD afficianado.
But I will not join the chorus humbly begging his return.
He is a man whose brilliance and warts are out there, fully documented by his posting history.
TMS