Posts by Tashawaa

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Battleground God

by Tashawaa in

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http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/god.htm

you have reached the end!.

congratulations!

Tashawaa

http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/god.htm

You have reached the end!

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of this activity.

You took zero direct hits and you bit zero bullets. The average player of this activity to date takes 1.39 hits and bites 1.12 bullets. 234733 people have so far undertaken this activity.

Congratulations!
You have been awarded the TPM medal of honour! This is our highest award for outstanding service on the intellectual battleground.

The fact that you progressed through this activity neither being hit nor biting a bullet suggests that your beliefs about God are internally consistent and very well thought out.

Good luck! Its tricky!

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Learning more about dinosaurs!

by Tashawaa in

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http://www.christiananswers.net/dinosaurs/j-where1.html

i was in the mood to learn about dinosaurs today.

this is a very scientific site.

Tashawaa

http://www.christiananswers.net/dinosaurs/j-where1.html

I was in the mood to learn about dinosaurs today.

This is a very scientific site. For example, when we learn how the dinosaurs became extinct, we need to reason on this:

The latest dinosaur extinction theory suggests that the earth was struck from space by a six-mile-wide meteorite (a comet or asteroid). Such a collision could have left a huge layer of dust in the atmosphere. The dust could have been enough to block out the sun's light for months and perhaps years. Because most plants need lots of sunlight, this would have destroyed many of them. The dinosaurs would have starved on a cold, darkened planet.
What is wrong with this theory?
If the meteorite collision really happened, why did other forms of life survive--including birds, small vertebrates (including mammals), big crocodiles, insects, flowering plants, freshwater plants and animals, various types of sea life, etc.?

So, the only LOGICAL answer is a flood... 'cause, after all, everyone knows that flowering plants, freshwater plants, sea life, etc. can all survive under water for a year (uh, without sunlight).

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Who are these people?

by Soledad in

as i was walking home today (about 7pm) i passed in front of madison square garden.

there, a little boy, about 7-8 years old, hands me some literature.

the literature is eerily similar to a watchtower, but i knew that the people handing them out were not jws.

Tashawaa

seems his wife was seventh day adventist,

those silly seventh day adventists! I swear, more cults have come out of this group than any other!

They have an interesting take on the "end"...

http://www.projectrestore.com/library/wordsimple/word_simple3.htm

6. During the 1,000 years to top
The 1000 years in heaven will be spent in vindicating God. The saints will look through the books and judge the wicked dead, who have already sealed their destiny. Satan will be as if he is bound on this earth with no one to tempt during the millennium.

7. The New Jerusalem to top
After 1000 years, God's people descend from heaven with the New Jerusalem. The wicked are raised and, during their attack on the Holy City , are destroyed in a rain of fire and brimstone. God then creates a beautiful new earth for the redeemed saints.

32. The Judgment to top
Everything we say, do, or think will be held against us in the judgment. The only way of escape is by confessing our sins and accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.

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Is Imperfection the same as Sin?

by jgnat in

lately i have made some pretty bold statements about the value of dialogue.

so i thought i would put it in to practice.

i've picked this topic, one i have not studied out thoroughly.

Tashawaa

a Christian said the same thing as Onacruse except he used way more words!!!!!!!!!!

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Is Imperfection the same as Sin?

by jgnat in

lately i have made some pretty bold statements about the value of dialogue.

so i thought i would put it in to practice.

i've picked this topic, one i have not studied out thoroughly.

Tashawaa

sin=missing the mark,( or informally put anything then will seperate us from God)so adam and eve brought imperfection to existence

So does sin=imperfection???? What is imperfection? Are they tied together? Explain how both Job and Noah were perfect.

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Is Imperfection the same as Sin?

by jgnat in

lately i have made some pretty bold statements about the value of dialogue.

so i thought i would put it in to practice.

i've picked this topic, one i have not studied out thoroughly.

Tashawaa

Job 1:1 "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and turned away from evil"

Genesis 6:9 "THese are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations; Noah walked with God"

hmmmm, perfect people die I wonder, did they sin????

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Did God really create the mosquito? Or, was it Satan?

by Schizm in

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people who profess belief in the god of the bible refer to him as the "creator".

thus, they believe that god is responsible for all forms of life here on the earth and in heaven.

the thought of even one living thing as being the creation of any person other than god himself would no doubt be a completely foreign thought to the average bible-believer.

What bothers me is why the animals have defenses against predators? Schizm mentioned a few. I mean, if we leave alone the idea of "predators" - lions with big teeth to eat hay (ROTFLMAO) ... and look at animals with DEFENSE mechanisms, why? If all of them were to eat vegetation?

Yah, when you look at the mosquito, did it drink the fluid out of flower stems until AFTER the flood, when it was allowed by God to suck blood??????

The witnesses seem to give Satan as much, if not more, power than Jehovah - I wonder how many of Satan's creations are walking around?

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Mum passed away two weeks ago

by acsot in

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well, i finally received that dreaded phone call from the hospital.

mum died peacefully in her sleep two weeks ago.

she'd been paralyzed on one side since her last stroke and could no longer swallow.

Tashawaa

{{{ascot}}}

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. Even when we're "preprared" for a death, it still doesn't lessen the pain you must be feeling.

I'm glad you have no horror stories about the funeral. That is not the day to have any.

My condolences

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They came by today

by czarofmischief in

so my wife is standing at the door, waiting for me to finish my morning ablutions so that we can go out, and she asks me to go to the door.

i met a very friendly couple who wanted to talk to me about jehovah.

i informed them that i was raised as a jehovah's witness and that i had been disfellowshipped for about (and i had to think about this) five years now.. and the dude was offended by my existence.

Tashawaa

this elder suddenly realized that he had NO control over me.

I doubt you were reading anything into it. It is a very real look. It sends them into confusion, and they don't know what to say to regain "control".

I've seen this look twice... in the last year before I was df'd. By this time I was mentally "out", but in for family. One time, after a long stretch of missing meetings, I was at home, doing spring cleaning. I had missed the Sunday meeting, and the CO came by to "encourage me". I came to the door, jeans & t-shirt, hair in a pony... my hallway messy with boxes and bucket & mop. He said he missed me at today's meeting, and wanted to know why I wasn't there (I didn't look sick or depressed ), so I said I was Spring Cleaning. He got the "elder look" and sternly asked me if I thought that was more important than the meeting (trying to make me feel bad or guilty - hey, isn't meeting attendance voluntary???)... anyhoo, I looked him straight in the eye, with a big smile and said "Yes. I needed to get my house cleaned".

He got that look... that "I don't have control" look. He didn't say anything... he just stood there. I asked if there was anything else, and he said "no, just wanted to make sure I was OK". I said I was fine, thanks for popping by, and closed the door. It felt great.

The other time was even more funny... happened at the Kingdom Hall infront of everyone.... but I'll save it for another time.

Awesome the way you handled this though! Feels great to be "there" - to be free in every sense of the word from that cult.

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Does Belgium Have it Right About JWs?

by ezekiel3 in

us criticises religious .

discrimination in belgium

source: expatica (belgium) http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=11964&name=us+criticises+religious+freedom+in+belgium.

Tashawaa

This is one reason I LOVE being "out"

How many of us really ever discussed this type of issue in this context. When I'd sit in a Kingdom Hall and hear about a country trying to place restrictions, or bans on us, I'd shake my head with the "persecution" we were facing. How unloving the "world" was to not accept true worship and allow our freedoms!

Then, I'd listen to how soon we'd be united, all in pure worship, under Christ's rulership. All false religion destroyed.

No tolerance there for "outside" thought or freedom.

Now, how do I feel about it? Garybuss expressed how I feel. I believe having the title "religion" allows to many liberties that are not tolerated in secular society. Under the guise of religion, emotional pain can be inflicted, abuse can be hidden and tolerated, financial responsibilites to society are ducked, etc.

Believe what you want, but do "no harm".