with controversy surrounding a soon-to-be-published book entitled harmful to minors: the perils of protecting children from sex ( http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/dailynews/childsex_book020405.html), it is apparent that attitudes may indeed be changing in our society in regard to sex among youths.
instead of being totally avoided, they may be given encouragement to practice sex (obviously within safe limits) with other youths or even adults.
some cultures already encourage something like this.. socially, it seemed that boys were given subtle encouragement to "score", while girls were always viewed as the innocent victims to be protected from such lustful young men.
It would change my views very little. There's a lot more to having sex than disease and pregnancy.
Out of curiosity, TR (and not to distract from the main thread), but what would that be?
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
true, the knowledge book left out any explanation of earthquakes being part of the sign, but this awake article seams to be a major departure from previous explanations.
marche 22, 2002, p. 9).
before his death, jesus foretold events and situations that would give evidence that this world had entered "the conclusion of the system of things.
I don't see this as a cop-out, though.
Read closer:
Note, though, that the fulfillment of Jesus' prophecy does not require an increase in the number or power of earthquakes....Distress is measured, not by the number of earthquakes or how they rate on the Richter sale, but by the effect that they have upon people.
Although they don't say it (or, indeed, directly imply it), this is the same way they phrase their other doctrinal shifts. EX: 'Oh, we never meant there would be MORE earthquakes, or they would be WORSE - that was just members running ahead of the org thinking that. We only really meant that the damage would be worse from them...'
Note that they NEVER make any mention of 'this publication has, in years past, implied that earthquakes would get worse, but we now know otherwise' or 'we misinterpreted the scriptures to mean....but now we have a clear understanding'.
NO. The problem with this article is twofold:
1) They act as if no doctrinal change has occured....'don't miss a beat' as it were
2) They then imply that those who think that earthquakes WERE a part of the sign were wrong (but never admitted that they ever thought so)
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
when i was young i used to love reading comic books and still have a collection.the marvel commics were always my favorite.although i liked alot of the different characters i would have to say spiderman was my favorite .i can't wait to see the movie it looks so cool from the previews.so common i know some of ya are into comics ,let's have it whose your favorite super hero or villian?
he he
the cat woman costume and join me ven and plh for the super hero orgy
I wonder how the super-friends spent their spare time. With SUPER-ORGIES!!
(EDIT: That'd be the "Meanwhile, back at the superfriends HQ..." segue they never showed....)
Anyway, I never got into the books much, as to movies...X-Men was good, but the first 2 Batman movies were awesome. (I mean, that catwomen - *meow*, indeed! )
(Alright, my FAVORITE comic book heroes - aside from Ace and Gary, are the SUPER-BEST-FRIENDS!!! GO MOSES!!!!!)
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
ok - i'm still fairly new here so don't throw tomatoes......... but what is the "unseen apostate directorate" that i see on some of your signature lines?
i'm curious.
This is a test.
UADNA cells are requested to "release the flying monkeys".
This is only a test.
Xander cell tes......wait, what's happening....OH NO....
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....the monkeys WON'T GO.....AHhhhHHHHH....monkeys, MONKEY!!>!@$@%$3252..3.
ahahahhahAHHH*^&%@#$@%&
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
why did jesus do miracles?.
it is alledged that some 2000 years ago a man claimed to be the son of god , or even god himself (depends what religion you are).. in order to give some weight to his cliam he did some miracles, cured a few lepers, made a slap up lunch out of some fish and bread, and took a walk on some water.. all this to prove he was gods son.. but to prove it to who?.
if you ask a witness why god doen't perform miracles today , what do they say.. we don't need miracles today we have it all written in the bible.. der.
Was the absolute miracle of being able to sit down in front of a "machine", and at a finger's touch, have the ability to be able to communicate with someone in another part of the world
Hmmmmm....looking through the history of the internet....now looking through the history of the PC......nope, not seeing any reference to god, sorry.
Oh, and SPOT ON to Abaddon's post! I think, a-man, you'll find that the human spirit is a lot more powerful than people typically give it credit for. Somebody can be crippled for life with a not-that-serious injury, and some can be nearly paralyzed and recover.
Hardly a proof of god, that's more a testament to the success of evolution. (If, as Abaddon said, you have x-rays showing the spinal cord WAS SEVERED, and said man was not involved in any stem-cell research program , then that'd be an impressive event, I think I agree with his conclusion, though)
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
why did jesus do miracles?.
it is alledged that some 2000 years ago a man claimed to be the son of god , or even god himself (depends what religion you are).. in order to give some weight to his cliam he did some miracles, cured a few lepers, made a slap up lunch out of some fish and bread, and took a walk on some water.. all this to prove he was gods son.. but to prove it to who?.
if you ask a witness why god doen't perform miracles today , what do they say.. we don't need miracles today we have it all written in the bible.. der.
PHILOSOPY was the SCIENCE of it's day.
BUT, natural philosophy had no *method*. The steps of the 'scientific method' guarantees results that are useful. A group of Greeks sitting around trying to piece together the nature of the universe based solely on what they know (while a vast improvement over previous methods), is NOT science.
Aristotle left his school giving the reason he didn't like the growing emphasis on mathematics and theory and the decline in natural philosophy
That's true, but I'm not sure what point it proves. So humans have been progressing in their use of logic to define their surrounding. Good start.
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
hey everyone...i'm new here and i thought i'd give you my story.. i was raised in "the truth".
my mother is still a witness of over 25 years, and a pioneer for over 10. my father is not in the truth.
he was supportive of my mother in her pioneering and everything, and he used to come to meetings occasionally when i was younger, but started coming less and less until he only came to the memorials.
C++ kicks C's ass sideways.
SYN: And Java SUCKS, so there.
Spender:
(Might see you in chat at some point - you seem to have significantly more experience than me, however, so I'm sure I'd just bore you And, in any case, I actually LIKE windows, so....OH, and you most certainly CAN hire me for lots of money. No offers, yet, though. Strange.)
You have a rather extensive list of 'self-taught' items. Out of curiosity, are you certified in any of that? Cause when I do job interviews out here, I can know something backwards and forwards, write sample code, etc., but, since I don't have a degree/certificate yet, I just never get hired. Generally it's a "We'd like to hire you, but we really need someone with a degree." GRRRR. [>:(]
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
why did jesus do miracles?.
it is alledged that some 2000 years ago a man claimed to be the son of god , or even god himself (depends what religion you are).. in order to give some weight to his cliam he did some miracles, cured a few lepers, made a slap up lunch out of some fish and bread, and took a walk on some water.. all this to prove he was gods son.. but to prove it to who?.
if you ask a witness why god doen't perform miracles today , what do they say.. we don't need miracles today we have it all written in the bible.. der.
Centuries ago, in their day, the renown "scientists" thought the Earth was the center of the Universe
Blahblahblah watchtower-isms. Sadly, the truth is less interesting. "Science" as we know it today is a faily new phenomena - 1840s. Prior to the 1840s, the field in question was generally called "natural philosophy", so that even Isaac Newton's great book on motion and gravity, published in 1687, was The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
i just received this email..... special alert!
: this is an emergency request for help from shunned .
father in calgary, canada (actual name withheld due to court ruling), .
anewperson:
Not sure what you're on about. After all...YOU posted first warning not to act on this and warning about potential scammers. I've seen nothing to prove otherwise, and everything points to it being a scam - I will thus assume such until proven otherwise.
Better safe than sorry, no?
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
would the religion of this soul been reported if she was a catholic?.
would this board have quickly posted this news item if the killer was a jehovah witness?.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/14181.htm
All I want to know is where was that big burly angel that always followed the sisters around when they were at a rapists house. Or the one that protected the sister from the burglar in her house.
Maybe most of the angels are just lazy? Or, maybe...*gasp* - all those 'god is protecting me' stories are BS?
Xander F
(Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
--George Santayana
