Has anyone a transcription of "Beware of The Voice of Strangers"?
I've already made this question long time ago, but I'm still looking after it
Greets,
Heianderen
has anyone a transcription of "beware of the voice of strangers"?
i've already made this question long time ago, but i'm still looking after it .
greets,.
Has anyone a transcription of "Beware of The Voice of Strangers"?
I've already made this question long time ago, but I'm still looking after it
Greets,
Heianderen
interesting story.
personally, the lack of evidence for someone supposedly so important is a bit pathetic.. i remember a wts that said "there is more evidence that jesus lived than julius ceasar died in rome".
notice the twist - of course there is plenty of evidence that julius ceasar lived, and lots of writings that he died in rome.
the history of Chistianity is filled with fraudulent relics. Jesus for me is just another mythological character. Is just the same with a "new" name. The gospels are filled with astrological (yea astrological) simbols...
_Heianderen_
so often people here confuse just what the real evil is.
we think it is the theology and practices of the watchtower.
neigh!
Christianity (in general, the judeo-chistian cosmovision) foundations are definitely wrong. It is true that you can learn some usefull "principles" from some parts of the bible (some provebs, golden rule, etc......) but mainly is a bunch of non-history, non-sensical visions and prophecies, false viewpoints of reality (for example: in the bible the world, is a flat disc with a dome over it. That the Bible says that the world is spherical is simply what believers want to read in the text) And a very negative and counterproductive point of view of humanity. Not to mention the violence, of the OT, sponsored by YHWH. The bible is also a masterpiece in creating submissive man and women, easily manipulable by the ruling elite, promoting as virtues blind obedience, credulity (faith) conformism. In fact the bible (that is some of the "books" that later became part of the Bible) were simply that, politico-religious tools, including the gospels (the 4 that are in the "canon", here I have a book with 20 "gospels" some complete, some only fragments). Christianity haven't had a pure origin, there were a lot of christianities at the start. All with diferents "bibles" and beliefs. The united Chistianity that came after is simply a political tool of Rome.
For diferent reasons, arguments, studies I think that a "real" or "historical" Jesus never existed. I subscribe the "mythical origin theory". Anyway if there was a "jesus", he has nothing to do with the biblical Jesus and since there are not more information about him. Is like he was inexistent.
Chistianity is just another pagan religion, but with the exclusivism of judaism (us vs them mentality)
Therefore the foundation of this religion is false. And you can see the real fruits of it: dividing people ever more, dark ages, wars, intolerance,...
In the other hand, the greatest scientist like Galileo and Newtown were driven by their religious feelings, they believed in a creator, therefore the "creation" can be understood, and in some sense sometimes christianity promoted the development of science.
But not religion, but the need of preserving the culture, the way of live and cosmovision, material prosperity, these is what promoted the wars and other evils, religion is just one form of it, there were also another non-religious idologies with the same potencial to create wars and divisions between people.
Is of capital importance to avoid fanatism and to be open to new ideas, dogmatism is foolishness.
_heianderen_
is humanity only 6000 years old like the witnesses say?
here is an interesting link to drawings found in a cave in france.
these drawings are older than 6000 years.
Talking about civilized humans, here I post a link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1768109.stm
(Is this city well dated?, I don't know)
Let the reader think about it
_Heianderen_
not alcoholics anonymous, mind you.
:) atheists/agnostics.
i know there are some of us here; who's with me?
I'm an atheist, of the "soft" variety. I don't believe in a God, goddess in the traditional sense, not in the modern sense (abstract creator). I don't see proof of it's existence.
Upper levels of existence? How knows...
_Heianderen_
hey,.
a friend of mine sent me this link:.
http://beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html.
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
3. Liberal Quakers (96%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
5. Neo-Pagan (80%)
6. Orthodox Quaker (80%)
7. New Age (77%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (72%)
9. Reform Judaism (72%)
10. Sikhism (72%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (68%)
13. Taoism (68%)
14. Nontheist (65%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (60%)
16. New Thought (54%)
17. Scientology (52%)
18. Jainism (51%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (48%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (43%)
21. Islam (43%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (43%)
23. Roman Catholic (43%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (42%)
26. Hinduism (36%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (24%)
What a change!!!
Special K, Unitarian Universalist is a "religion" that accept members of every religion, even secular humanist, is very popular in USA, I've read about it, there are 6 mill of members worldwide I think, their religion servervices includes diferent rituals, meditation, prayer, etc... they wan't to unify humanity by means of religion/cultural tolerance.
My problem is, that after my JW experience, I dislike religion in general, even this UU, because they are an Organization, I don't want/need an organization.
Heianderen
have you ever suffered sleep paralisys?.
if you don't know what sp is, take a look here http://www.skepdic.com/sleepparalysis.html and here http://www.skepdic.com/sleepparalysis.html.. i used to have this kind of "nightmares", now sometimes i experience it, but something has changed, since i did some meditacion practices when i did taiji and since i don't belive in demons, i can control what happens when this "nighmare" comes.
therefore i conclude that this phenomenon is purely psycological and it's has nothing to do with the paranormal.. for me this have been the most frightening experience of my life, until i've gained control over it.. depending on the nature of the question and the populations surveyed between 20 - 40 % of people report having had such an experience.. have you ever suffered sleep paralisys?
Have you ever suffered sleep paralisys?
If you don't know what SP is, take a look here http://www.skepdic.com/sleepparalysis.html and here http://www.skepdic.com/sleepparalysis.html.
I used to have this kind of "nightmares", now sometimes I experience it, but something has changed, since I did some meditacion practices when I did taiji and since I don't belive in demons, I can control what happens when this "nighmare" comes. Therefore I conclude that this phenomenon is purely psycological and it's has nothing to do with the paranormal.
For me this have been the most frightening experience of my life, until I've gained control over it.
Depending on the nature of the question and the populations surveyed between 20 - 40 % of people report having had such an experience.
Have you ever suffered sleep paralisys? If you did, what did you see, hear, feel?
When a was JW, I thinked that "they" were demons trying to posses me, I heared their owfull voices, feeled their presence, and feeled even their hands or bodies pressuring me!!! I saw some human-shaped shadows, and some floating objects, once I saw a women (all of this being aware, not asleep)
What about you?
_heianderen_
This is one of the best covers that the WT has ever done. It's pretty elegant. Minimalist style. I know that there are some that doesn't like it. To put such an importance on fashion.. whether we are slaves of it or not...is stupid.
_Heianderen_
this elder refers to (himself)14 times in this article.
james 4: 16 reminds us, "but now you take pride in your self-assuming brags.
all such taking of pride is wicked.
mmm It's a resume isnt' it? Voyager, I think your are wrong regarding this matter. If we want to help others see that the WT don't have "THE TRUTH", being paranoid, looking for unexistent flaws in every witness individual(elder, pioneer, etc..), this wouldn't help. I really dislike de WT, the organisation, but we must try to be objetive. Any inaccuracy, and an actitude of this kind, will be pointed out by WT apologists, and apostates will continue to be portrayed as liars, paranoids, etc....
_Heianderen_
i decided i need a life....after the watchtower...not that being in there was a life..
so ive taken up playing counterstrike ... again.
anyone here that plays?
I use to play CounterStrike!!, A friend of mine, want to lure me into playing REAL CounterStrike, it is call Airsoft... it is like paintball, but more realistic. But the weapons are very expesive, 300-400$. Nobody is killed in this game .
_heianderen_