Yes true Cofty, but i can understand how having survived a person may either reject that having survived they were some how chosen or somehow feal chosen...either way i personally wouldnt judge.
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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday
by cofty inyesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday
by cofty inyesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
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During a physical examination for an insurance policy the nurse filling in the auestionsire asks, " Are your parents alive or dead and if dead how did they die? If from sickness what kind? answer " Dead they died in the tsununi" The nurse lowers her head " How many sisters and brothers do you have or did you have? Are they alive or dead? " Answer " 4 sisters, and two brothers and they were killed in the tsanmi" The nurses eyes filled with tears and answerd him " arnt you lucky? isnt it great God chose you to stay alive." ....How would YOU answer.
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Millions die in Natural disasters - God is doing nothing. Do I adopt Anthropomorphism to him?
by KateWild ini do not think god is a'morphic.
god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.
there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
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Clarification ..if my cat dies i feel the death deepley....( the cat is part of my day to day life).....if a fire kills a family in a house in my road and the householders are strangers too me i feel it less deepley than the death of my cat. Why? they were not part of my world...
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Millions die in Natural disasters - God is doing nothing. Do I adopt Anthropomorphism to him?
by KateWild ini do not think god is a'morphic.
god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.
there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
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Or lets put it another way Serap we involved in our little world and close circle of friends.. tragity or death within that circle effects us greatley...but the starving millions in Africa , is beyound our comprehension and understanding...maybe thats why some people think God is interested in there mindane problems but not the bigger picture....
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Some vs Many
by Londo111 init is interesting how the watchtower uses these two words.
for instance, the word some is often used to minimize, and many used to maximize.
and yet, it is so unspecific that some might be a greater quantity than many, yet the mind doesnt process these words this way.. for instance, if it is a failed prediction or a changed teaching, they might say, some believed... when it fact some means most or all, because this was food at the proper time coming from gods channel through the watchtower.
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That was a very interesting observation.....cunning, maniputive and deliberate....
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Legitimate Children
by new hope and happiness ini have my own personal viewpoint on why its often so futile to reason with a jehovers witness.. i think many witnesses, feel like legitimate children to the organisation.
( i have often heard the org being referrd to as mother).
and this parental sence of belonging is so strong that new membets become " stepchildren".
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So i have concluded many like the life within the " lie"of the organisation...it must be wonderful living a life where even a trip to the supermarket is an " adventure" in which you feel special and better than all the other shoppers...and you can feel so warm, secure and important within the " lie"....and blame all your " worldley" misfortune on Satans persecution....
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Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?
by jgnat inspinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?
how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.
i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.
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Who invented words?
words are such an imperfect way to communicate .I would no more call Jesus a liar than i would call Cofty or Tec liars.I wonder how Jesus words were understood when he said them and how they are interpreted today.Language changes over time and translation. But like Cofty and Tec he seems a passionate fellow and as solid as the rock of Gibralter in his beliefs.
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Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?
by jgnat inspinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?
how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.
i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.
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Yes but how can a person who has never had children be petfect in love?
The more you love the more you have to loose...and if Jesus words divide and seperate family unity his words in my opinion are from perfect in love and perfect in truth.
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Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?
by jgnat inspinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?
how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.
i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.
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So back to the post Cofty " Jesus words - Helpful or Harmful" and your above examples clearly show they are helpful from an organisational point of view in terms of recruitment...
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Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?
by jgnat inspinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?
how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.
i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.
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Cofty, Jesus was either very charasmatic or he new his desiples well before recruiting them....