how many elders do you know that have produced bad.
fruits, their kids???.
i was thinking and three prominent elders one a co.. i realize that young people leave when they become adults, but.
Dis-Member , I didn't realize we had an oldster among us! What was Russell like in person?
Hahaha that's so funny.. LMAO!!
I mean 1984. I came in as a teen around 82'.. slipped out the back door in 84'.. back again in late 2013 and quit 4 months later. Took me just a week for the TATT to wake me up.
this summer i met a russian women i worked at a summer camp for people with developmental disabilities and she is going back to russia in september.
i grew to really like her as a person.
i just feel empty that she is now gone to new york heading beck to moscow we hung out on three seperate occasions and i enjoyed myself and her company .
this summer i met a russian women i worked at a summer camp for people with developmental disabilities and she is going back to russia in september.
i grew to really like her as a person.
i just feel empty that she is now gone to new york heading beck to moscow we hung out on three seperate occasions and i enjoyed myself and her company .
You get Windows 8.
Not untill you connect without protection to the internet are you welcomed into the world of viruses.
when people willfully believe something without evidence, or contrary to evidence, are they neglecting thier moral responsibility?
so many people say faith is a virtue but i just can't comprehend why anyone would think that.
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Dis-Member, then at least a part of me never grew up. My marriage is a November romance and I fell just as hard. Even as my logical side cried for caution, I fell in to the well of emotion. Illogical, foolish, but it worked out anyhow.
Dis-Member, I have an idea why faith might be more dangerous. Why do you think so?
When I fall it's with without reservation but tempered with reason.
Blind Faith is more dangerous.. because with blind love you can only hurt 2 people, the love object and yourself, with blind faith your can hurt yourself and potentially every other living thing you come into contact with.
1) take meds for your megalomania and delusions of grandeur.. .
suggestions welcome.. .
dd.
Lol no worries
how many elders do you know that have produced bad.
fruits, their kids???.
i was thinking and three prominent elders one a co.. i realize that young people leave when they become adults, but.
Of the 6 elders that were on my committee in 1884: 10 of their collective children have left 'the truth' completely, 3 are gay, one is on class A drugs, 3 are apostate, the rest had mental breakdowns and fell away. The one married elder that did not have kids was removed as an elder but not disfellowshipped for sexually molesting a younger sister during and one-on-one home shepherding visit at her place.
"By their fruits you will know them."
1) take meds for your megalomania and delusions of grandeur.. .
suggestions welcome.. .
dd.
Hey D-M:
Have you located that information yet 'proving' your claim that no (atheist) Chinese has invented anything in the last 1,000 years? I'm dying to read that....
It was not me that made that comment ADCMS.. I would never be so reckless. But you thinking it was me makes your previous statment make sense now.
A quick search will show the Chinese have been extremely busy in the inventions game.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_inventions
1) take meds for your megalomania and delusions of grandeur.. .
suggestions welcome.. .
dd.
Dis-Member seems to be one of those people who will do the right thing only because....fear of punishment from some god keeps him from doing what he really wants to do. In his view, an atheist must be wicked because he doesn't believe in god...therefore apparently has no goodness or morals whatsoever.
Perhaps I need to qualify ADCMS.. I was referring to the extreme ends of both the so called Christian and atheist spectrum. And you have to admit there are some pretty unpleasant individuals in both camps. I'm sure too there are also gentle and kind individuals in both circles.
.. and no I try to do the right thing because it feels right to me.. not because I am told or because I read it in some book. If I feared punishment I would still be at the meetings I quit over a year and a half ago and on my knees pleading. I do neither. Even when in I was extremely independent. I fear neither punishment or death as I have had many close dealings with both in my life.
I'm currently floating in no-mans land till I can figure out what I exactly do and do not believe. I am neither a Christian nor an atheist.. what ever options are left I'm in that blur somewhere.. One thing I feel somewhat sure about though is that everyone of us is wrong.
@Objectivetruth: You just confuse me that's all. I meant no offense..
when people willfully believe something without evidence, or contrary to evidence, are they neglecting thier moral responsibility?
so many people say faith is a virtue but i just can't comprehend why anyone would think that.
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Let's take romance as an analogy. In the early stages there is plenty of deception on both sides as we present our best selves. There's a fair bit of self-deception too, as our hormones kick in, the rose coloured glasses are firmly installed, and all our evolutionary drive is hurtling us towards coupling and commitment. It is not logical or reasonable, but we do it anyways.
That usually only applies to young naive and often inexperienced teenagers. Not mature, experienced and critical thinking persons. I mean when was the last time you 'hurtled towards coupling'?
Between blind love and blind faith I think blind faith to be the more dangerous.
