Heartofaboy
Would you really want that prayer to be answered? How about asking for an end to bigotry and accepting yourself for who you are?
Posts by Laika
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127OK..Seriously..Has GOD ever answered your prayers????
by DATA-DOG inlook...i am not an atheist.
even so, i have never had one prayer answered my entire life.
the only thing that would even come close was learning ttatt.
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Christianity (including Jehovahs Witnesses) is the rejection of Christ
by exWTslave inchristianity (including jehovahs witnesses) is the rejection of christ.
take one of the most important teachings of jesus:.
1) he says one can even love his enemies and do good to them, and can tolerate anything (luke 6:27-32).
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Laika
Ha! Thanks. :)
I just assume that you agree you personally make the wrong choices sometimes? (because we all do, right?) It sounds simple in theory, but in practice it doesn't seem to happen.
And if you never make a mistake, what's your secret? Early morning meditation? ;)
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Christianity (including Jehovahs Witnesses) is the rejection of Christ
by exWTslave inchristianity (including jehovahs witnesses) is the rejection of christ.
take one of the most important teachings of jesus:.
1) he says one can even love his enemies and do good to them, and can tolerate anything (luke 6:27-32).
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Laika
So why do you choose to keep sinning, if it's so simple to choose to stop?
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How many here (believers) believe in the Hell fire doctrine and why??
by jam init's obvious the bible is very clear on a actual hell of fire.
"cursed into the eternal fire with the devil and his angels", rev.20:15.
"lake of fire", rev.21:8 "fire and brimstone".
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Laika
In most churches, if you are good you go to heaven, if you are not....you go to hell....
Legacy, you probably shouldn't pay too much attention to what the Watchtower tells you those churches teach.
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Matt. 24:15 - WTS membership in UN
by berrygerry inhas anyone offered the theory that wts membership in the un was fulfilling matt.
24:15, and that consequently the fds began to turn into the evil slave?.
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Laika
I think I've heard this one before but it seems a little far fetched to me.
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Yes, I see you shunning me!
by Blackbird Fly ineven tho i grew up in the org, so much that once seemed normal behavior now seems so bizarre and even cruel.
i have run into at least 3 people from our old cong since the memorial (i didnt attend) anyhow i have noticed how each time they go out of their way to say hello and flash me a big bright smile, only to immediately avert their eyes and end any possible commitment to a conversation.
i dont really care as i dont have anything to say to them anyhow.
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Laika
If xanthippe had reacted violently the elder would have claimed persecution and used it as an example of demonic apostates forevermore. He'd have probably got a convention part out of it.
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Evolutionary psychology?
by Laika ini've read a little bit of work from the field of evolutionary psychology, but nearly all of this stuff comes across as pseudo-scientific bs to me.
much of this stuff just seems to me to be a case of preferring a particular human behaviour over another one, and then saying that this is what nature intended with a story about how it 'evolved'.
a lot of evolutionary psychologists also seem to use evolutionary psychology as cover for their misogyny or racism.. i think most of our behaviours are socialised rather than genetic.. i am hardly an expert here however so could, of course, be completely wrong.
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Laika
Oubliette, I agree, thanks.
Bohm, I admitted in my op I didn't know much about the field, which is why I asked the question, I don't think I had a bias. Thanks for your post.
Some incident in a lift at a conference led to a huge online battle that became farcical.
I think I found this story, couldn't work out the fuss at all, but seems old news now.
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How many here (believers) believe in the Hell fire doctrine and why??
by jam init's obvious the bible is very clear on a actual hell of fire.
"cursed into the eternal fire with the devil and his angels", rev.20:15.
"lake of fire", rev.21:8 "fire and brimstone".
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Laika
Can there really be paradise whilst there are people suffering outside?
New hope and happiness, I did not understand your post at all, could you clarify?
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Christianity (including Jehovahs Witnesses) is the rejection of Christ
by exWTslave inchristianity (including jehovahs witnesses) is the rejection of christ.
take one of the most important teachings of jesus:.
1) he says one can even love his enemies and do good to them, and can tolerate anything (luke 6:27-32).
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Laika
If your interpretation of Jesus way is so simple why do you keep sinning ExWTslave?
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Evolutionary psychology?
by Laika ini've read a little bit of work from the field of evolutionary psychology, but nearly all of this stuff comes across as pseudo-scientific bs to me.
much of this stuff just seems to me to be a case of preferring a particular human behaviour over another one, and then saying that this is what nature intended with a story about how it 'evolved'.
a lot of evolutionary psychologists also seem to use evolutionary psychology as cover for their misogyny or racism.. i think most of our behaviours are socialised rather than genetic.. i am hardly an expert here however so could, of course, be completely wrong.
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Laika
Here are some articles that I think demonstrate some of the problems with evolutionary psychology:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/18/satoshi-kanazawa-black-women-psychology-today
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2011/01/darwins_rape_whistle.html
It would be unfair to tar all evolutionary psychologists with the same brush of course, but as a field it does seem to attract people who want to claim scientific support for their bigotry, unfortunately.