Topics Started by Monsieur

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AAWA- i was signed up w/out my consent??
by Monsieur in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i'm obvioulsy out of the loop here, i'm reading comments around that posters at jwn are being 'forced' signed up at this other site?.

is this correct?

?.
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How is Life measured at Death?
by Monsieur in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently an old friend died in an accident at the tender age of 35. the unfortunate event has been described from 'sad' to 'unfair' etc.. dying of old age is one thing, dying of sickness even.. but dying abruptly in an accident (or worse, being eaten by another creature, shark etc) is downright ludicrious.. if there is no afterlife in any shape or form, and one dies being struck by a surviving drunk driver or murdered at a theater, a tornado, or mauled by piranhas, what the hell is the point of that??.

what of all your work to raise a good family, helping your fellow man, doing good deeds, building something etc.??.

it's almost laughable to think that one can do all these things and in the broad spectrum of things death can make it all ultimately meaningless....
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Is 'evil' an invention of man??
by Monsieur in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently i read some essays on animal behavorial patterns and i must say i'm shocked at how little difference (when you honestly consider it) there is between said animals and us, human beings.. this is a very new concept for me personally but here is my take on it (i'm sure its not so new, ex.

evolution) - what if humans in fact are mimicking animals, and not the other way around as we'd like to think.. displays of love and affection, clinginess, mourning etc, they all exist in the animal kingdom, but how are we so different?

a pack of wolves attack and kill a caribou for dinner and its considered nature, the same wolves hunt down a lost man in the woods and now its considered 'evil', and if there are any forest rangers around its guaranteed that they will shoot these wolves.. man's heartless treatment of man is considered 'evil', but if evolution is of any indication (in terms of survival of the fittest) is the 'term' evil just a word to appease our so called conscious?.
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New Pope will be named Peter
by Monsieur in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i remember reading somewhere in regards to a a 'prophet' of sorts who had predicted all the popes that have been chosen.. his 'prophecy' stated that the next pope (since benedict has resigned) would be the last before the 'end' would come.

his name would be pope peter.. let's see what happens.

we are suppose to know who the next pope will be before easter..
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Are you still on a self improvement quest?
by Monsieur in
1. watchtower
2. bible
on another thread i asked about this life being all there is.

if so, what would you consider important to have done or accomplished before you die so that 'your time alive' would not have been a total waste?.

if you haven't done it, or accomplished it, are you currently on a quest to do so?
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So, is this present life it??
by Monsieur in
1. watchtower
2. bible
if there is a possibility that god himself as we thought he was is not real, then,.

is our current and present life, (the daily one we live, not necessarily our aspirations) all there really is?.

what do we have to look foward to if we are aware that we are not infinite.
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Proof that Bible is a Hoax
by Monsieur in
1. watchtower
2. bible
if the bible is really a very intricate hoax, what is the objective?.

i've read some theories that it has been used to succesfully make a 'business' of religion.. is this really it?

to make money?.
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Twins chose death over blindness
by Monsieur in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
read a story last night,.

of 45 year old twins that are already deaf and were now going blind.

the realization that they could not communicate with each other and their parents in a short time lead them to chose euthanization over the alternative.
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Does fear of death equate to need for God?
by Monsieur in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
read a very interesting opinion article on cnn last night.

"why i raise my kids without god".. .

the writer aluded to the fear of the possibility of one's life ending forever (along with our beloved children's).
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Greetings
by Monsieur in
1. jw
2. friends
i visit this site often for various reasons, above all to see the opinions of those in regards to their present state in life in relation to past or present tendencies in thinking (religious, morals, etc).. i had not found anything constructive or worthy of adding to this conversation but for one reason or another here i am doing so now.

i am presently an active jw member.

i believe that our faith provides a haven or parameters from which members can significantly obtain structure and order in many different ways.