taoism...& lao tzu.
last week i was an existenialist when i read a little of dostoyevsky's 'the possessed'.
the weeks before that, i just couldn't careless, since i was too caught up in the olympic hype.. sport is a semi-religion down here.....
I've only really read Nietzsche....but Tolstoy says he was 'abnormal', so there you go...
Neitzsche was insightful, but i find very little i can actually live by in his stuff. I hate intellectualism really, it's not very practical, hence the divergence into Eastern Philosophy. But that'll probably amount to nothing too...
Carl Jung makes the most sense to me when i think about it.
another fact: "know jehovah.
do we really, "know jehovah!
do we "know jehovah!"?.
Those 'REPORT' guys are at it again, arn't they.
They never even put up that homepage they promised me. Yeah, well thats cause i have a 'bad heart'....i know, i know, so what else is new!!!!
taoism...& lao tzu.
last week i was an existenialist when i read a little of dostoyevsky's 'the possessed'.
the weeks before that, i just couldn't careless, since i was too caught up in the olympic hype.. sport is a semi-religion down here.....
Taoism...& Lao Tzu. Last week i was an existenialist when i read a little of Dostoyevsky's 'The possessed'. The weeks before that, i just couldn't careless, since i was too caught up in the Olympic hype.
Sport is a semi-religion down here.....
ahhah .
i did not want to complicate paths thread.
although this is directed to you, ahhah, naturally i welcome comments by all who participate here.. in reference to a portion of what i posted to seven:.
Why does God allow evil and suffering?
hmmmm
big question
Suffering is a neccessary part of life, like it or not. Everyone needs a degree of suffering in their life to grow as individuals. People who haven't experienced pain are usually pretty shallow people.
The existence of Suffering and evil isn't a problem to me, more so the extreme nature of it in this world.
But anyway........I'm planning on asking God this Question -along with a few others- when i make it to the pearly gates. I'll let you guys know the answer to it all when God cuts me in on the deal.
check out this little clip from witnet.
[url] http://discussion.witnesses.net/forum67/html/000120-2.html[/url].
i guess the "truth" is true, even when its not true.
'What is truth', thats what Pilate said.
Truth is out of style these days. Its almost a meaningless word now.
...for the average jw as i see them out in door to door work.
i shake my head and think; they just don't know.
or maybe they do, but are in a dilemma similar to thousands if not millions right now.
I use to think, 'these guys have the truth'. Now...well, Simon said it:
I feel sorry for the people that are unknowingly wasting their lives but who are really genuine people.
carmel,.
since you are there, care to let us in on what's the deal?
is it primarlily a religious dispute?
Read up on some Noam Chomsky for an alternate view on things. He's highly critical of the U.S. and has written some quite interesting analyses of the Middle east.
who's demanding?
faith in ourselves has superseded faith in god .
early in the 19th century, disputing the religious dogmatism of the puritans, ralph waldo emerson preached that "it is by yourself without ambassador that god speaks to you.
btw, did anyone see the movie "Contact" with Jodie Foster? What did you think of it?
Yeah, it was kinda neat. I thought it was going to be complete BS, but it was good in the end!
The bible is inexplicable to me. I just take the wise bits like: do to others etc, and just forget the rest. I give up!
simply respond to each question with a yes or no answer (or '?
' if unsure):.
before answering, please see my comments on general/main - "how about a survey?"..
1. Do you believe in God (or that the universe has a Creator)?
????? sort of!
2. Have you ever regularly attended meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses (either baptized or not)?
???? kinda!
3. Do you personally agree with all current teachings and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses?
NAH!
4. Do you believe that the modern-day organization of Jehovah's Witnesses has God's blessing?..
NAH!
5. Do you believe that the modern-day organization of Jehovah's Witnesses is God's ONLY channel of spiritual revelation to mankind?..
NAH!
6. Do you believe that Christianity is the only form of worship approved by God?...
See, I dont know who god is, so i can't say.
7. Do you believe that the Bible (or parts of it) are inspired by God?
Define 'inspired'...If you mean written by him personnally, then i say a big fat NO!
8. Do you believe that any religious book(s) other than the Bible are inspired by God?...
? haven't read any!...i'd say NO!
9. Do you believe that there will be a judgment day from God -- when God will judge living humans and put to death any that are not approved?...
????
10. Do you believe that mankind is living in the Bible's prophesied "last days" and that a judgment day from God will come in the near future?...
??? Not really!
the way i figure it, this is a rather small group, with really a handful of posters.
probably we've all talked ourselves out, reached our own conclusions by now.. personally, i'm so tired of everything at this point.
i'm tired of looking at a million things a million different ways.
You said it Path.Personnally, i dont give damn about religion at the moment.Though i am slowly reading the NT, just seeing if it'll speak to me all.Also read a little of 'The Blind Watchmaker' by Richard Dawkin's, dealing with evolution and stuff. But other than that, i'm just tired of spirituality and all that jazz, i dont care, its on the backburner pretty much.I sure dont care about the WT or some silly 1914 doctrine etc etc........
