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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

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  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

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  herk

  SixofNine,

  If you're so sure that casting lots was a form of divination, show me your sources. You know you can't, so all you're giving me are your own emotional feelings. As I told IW,

  Now you're making up your own definitions. No wonder we don't see eye-to-eye. Really, there's no way to deal with someone such as you. You have an answer for everything, no matter how illogical and ridiculous.

  If you can't do any better than that, we can go on all night with this back and forth banter -- you with your silly notions and me with the facts.

  Herk
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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

  iw

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  herk

  SixofNine,

  Thanks for the meaningless "welcome." Do you call people names all the time, just because you can't cope with the arguments they present?

  You should know that I haven't made up my own language as you and IslandWoman are doing. We have to have standards, and when speaking English or Hebrew or Greek, the standard is the dictionary or a lexicon, not someone's whim or fancy.

  Herk
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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

  iw

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  herk

  Outoftheorg,

  You're reading a whole lot more into this if you think it's come to the point of forgiveness and lack of forgiveness.

  Herk
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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

  iw

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  herk

  COMF,

  My humble apologies. Finally I've met my match. In fact, I now bow to you as my superior. Thank you for shedding so much light upon one of the most awesome mysteries of the universe.

  Herk

  PS: Thanks for bringing some light-hearted humour into a discussion that's been getting a little too heavy.
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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

  iw

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  3. 
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  herk

  IW,

  Now you're making up your own definitions. No wonder we don't see eye-to-eye. Really, there's no way to deal with someone such as you. You have an answer for everything, no matter how illogical and ridiculous.

  Call it what you will, the Bible does not refer to the casting of lots as divination, neither do English-language dictionaries. But apparently you think you know better.

  You wrote:

  you seem to be stuck in the Christian mentality

  So why did you lie earlier and claim you were a Christian? Either we have a "Christian mentality" or we don't. Earlier it was okay. Now you ridicule it. You really are a piece of work, IW. You really are.

  Herk
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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

  iw

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  herk

  IW,

  You're going from bad to worse. Earlier you said the apostles cast lots with divine approval. Now you seem to be suggesting they did something wrong by praying to God and then casting lots for the choice of an apostle. You're even implying that they resorted in that instance to some form of omen divination.

  So, which is it? Did the apostles cast lots with divine approval or were they consulting demons? You did say earlier, " My only point was that these things when used properly and by someone who is approved by God, will work. They will not work though if used to appeal to demons or the dead etc."

  If I'm not reading you correctly, you have yourself to blame. Try explaining yourself instead of throwing in a Bible verse and a dictionary quotation as if I'm supposed to know what you have in mind by doing so.

  Herk
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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

  iw

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  herk

  COMF,

  You pagans are all alike! You know very well that your definitions come down to us from the ultra Platonic demon-worshipping demigodical Carzythians, and not from the original inspired manuscripts approved by the great giants of prehistoric and orthodox decipherers of the Palestinian cuneiform scrolls kept in the caves of El-Withitall.

  On the other hand, maybe you've got something there, and I promise I'll consider it. Thanks for the contribution.

  Herk
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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

  iw

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  herk

  IW,

  Again I have to say that I wonder if you know how to think.

  We've been discussing the "casting of lots," not divination.

  Games. Games. Games. I hope you're having fun with yourself.

  Herk
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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

  iw

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  3. 
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  herk

  IW,

  Now I'm starting to wonder if you even know how to think! Of course you never said anything about Christianity to begin with. It's what you did say in the posts that followed that gave away where you're coming from.

  You even distorted the reason I made the comment about being your enemy. Either you're an enemy or possibly just playing games. From here on, in view of your last post, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and think the latter. But don't be surprised when people get suspicious because you all of a sudden pull the rug out from under them.

  It's hard to know what you believe, IW. First you said, "I believe the same [often giving wrong answers] could be said for the 'casting of lots.'" Now you're saying that "these things [the casting of lots] when used properly and by someone who is approved by God, will work." Which of your two viewpoints is the one you really believe?

  You know you were merely playing a game when you wrote: " They will not work though if used to appeal to demons or the dead etc." It's a game because you know there are no instances - especially "often" instances - where the casting of lots have been used for consultation with demons or the dead. If there are, as you seemed to indicate, then I asked you to inform us. Instead, you made a ridiculous point about my own personal casting of lots, something that nobody does in these modern times.

  You also speak in riddles when you state that you're "not a Christian in the accepted use of the term." Not acceptable to whom? The Catholics? the JWs? the Protestants? The first definition of a Christian that most dictionaries give is: "One who believes or professes or is assumed to believe in Jesus Christ and the truth as taught by him." If that definition doesn't apply to you, then you are not a Christian at all. So again, IW, you are simply playing a game, with yourself as with others.

  Herk
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  To Ros, Re. "Ouija Please"

  by IslandWoman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi ros, .

  i was just wondering what the phrase "ouija please" means and what is it's significance?.

  iw

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  herk

  IW,

  Instead of being such a hypocrite, you should have stated your intentions from the beginning. This thread has nothing to do with the defense or criticism of Christianity, and you know it. All of a sudden I'm your enemy because I thought you were honest and were really inquiring in sincerity. You won't fool me again.

  Herk