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  What is spirit, exactly?

  by Viviane in

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  i've always wondered that.

  recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.

  cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?

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  Viviane

  V, you have your straw persons lined up to shoot down by insisting for them to define as kind of a STUFF that it is made of, perhaps knowing very well that it can not be a material, stuff question.

  Not at all. The question is simple. People claim something exist, I am simply asking what it is made of. So far, no one has been able to give an answer as to what it's made of. That has caused quite a bit of anger, name calling and misrepresentation on the part of the claimants.

  How about the movement, energy, vibrations, that stuff goes through to produce the ephemeral experiences, lust, joy, exuberation, love?

  What about them?
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  What is spirit, exactly?

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've always wondered that.

  recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.

  cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?

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  Spirit is the invisible source which enables all beings to either enjoy or abhorr their existence. Hence, joyful or vexacious spirit. Spirit can be quantified in a love to hate sprectrum through the passion one exerts to live their life.

  That doesn't tell us what it is made of, though. You're just using it as a metaphor for emotions.

  Is Knowledge more important than Imagination? NO. Why? Because knowledge is Limited and imagination Unlimited. Imagination and Observation is the root cause of Knowledge and It Encircles the world.

  People often imagine they have more knowledge than they do. This thread is filled with examples.
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  God Says Scripture is Enough

  by Perry in

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  from the 2013 new world translation 2 tim.

  all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, so that the man of god may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.. .

  as jw's we must have read that scripture a thousand times.

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  Viviane

  So, a person can be alive with a dead spirit? What is this spirit made of? How is it replaced? How does Jesus atypically change people's biochemistry? It is the dead spirit replaced or renewed? You've claimed both in your post, which is it? If attitude is different from spirit and attitude is largely determined by chemical reactions in the brain, how does this spirit affect your brain? Is every spirit unique or are there templates used?

  It doesn't so much sound like mumbo jumbo as claims where you are not even aware of what you are claiming, just stringing words together.
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  God Says Scripture is Enough

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the 2013 new world translation 2 tim.

  all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, so that the man of god may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.. .

  as jw's we must have read that scripture a thousand times.

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  Vivane, You can find testimony all over the internet about this.

  I am sure I could find claims about this. I am asking specifically how Jesus is changing your biochemistry, though. What specific changes is he making?
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  2014 God's Kingdom Rules PDF!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2014 god's kingdom rules pdf!

  we would like to thank cedars who contacted a friend who sent us the book to scan.

  the sender was promised that the book would be rerurned to them unharmed.

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  FYI, when I downloaded this, three different virus and malware scanners picked up adware embedded.
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  God Says Scripture is Enough

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the 2013 new world translation 2 tim.

  all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, so that the man of god may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.. .

  as jw's we must have read that scripture a thousand times.

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  What, specifically, is Jesus doing and how is he doing these things? Describe the mechanism by which he implements these changes.
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  The movie Lucy, human only use 10% of their brain.

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so weird, you may remember we had a discussion about.

  this myth.

  lol..the movie cominng out soon, young lady.

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  I mean a computer doesn't use all of it's memory at once or it will crash but you still use 100% of the computer.

  The brain/computer analogy is a poor one at best. A computer can use more than 100% of it's physical memory!
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  God Says Scripture is Enough

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the 2013 new world translation 2 tim.

  all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, so that the man of god may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.. .

  as jw's we must have read that scripture a thousand times.

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  Viviane

  When I totally trusted in Jesus alone about 9 years ago, things started to change, steadily gaining momentum.

  What, specifically, is Jesus doing and how is he doing these things? Describe the mechanism by which he implements these changes.
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  The movie Lucy, human only use 10% of their brain.

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so weird, you may remember we had a discussion about.

  this myth.

  lol..the movie cominng out soon, young lady.

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  Neurologist Barry Gordon describes the myth as laughably false, adding, "we use virtually every part of the brain, and that [most of] the brain is active almost all the time". [ 1 ] Neuroscientist Barry Beyerstein sets out seven kinds of evidence refuting the ten percent myth: [ 12 ]

  • Studies of brain damage: If 90% of the brain is normally unused, then damage to these areas should not impair performance. Instead, there is almost no area of the brain that can be damaged without loss of abilities. Even slight damage to small areas of the brain can have profound effects.
  • Brain scans have shown that no matter what we're doing, our brains are always active. Some areas are more active at any one time than others, but unless we have brain damage, there is no one part of the brain that is absolutely not functioning.
  • Evolution: The brain is enormously costly to the rest of the body, in terms of oxygen and nutrient consumption. It can require up to 20% of the body's energy—more than any other organ—despite making up only 2% of the human body by weight. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] If 90% of it were unnecessary, there would be a large survival advantage to humans with smaller, more efficient brains. If this were true, the process of natural selection would have eliminated the inefficient brains. It is also highly unlikely that a brain with so much redundant matter would have evolved in the first place.
  • Brain imaging: Technologies such as positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allow the activity of the living brain to be monitored. They reveal that even during sleep, all parts of the brain show some level of activity. Only in the case of serious damage does a brain have "silent" areas.
  • Localization of function: Rather than acting as a single mass, the brain has distinct regions for different kinds of information processing. Decades of research have gone into mapping functions onto areas of the brain, and no function-less areas have been found.
  • Microstructural analysis: In the single-unit recording technique, researchers insert a tiny electrode into the brain to monitor the activity of a single cell. If 90% of cells were unused, then this technique would have revealed that.
  • Neural disease: Brain cells that are not used have a tendency to degenerate. Hence if 90% of the brain were inactive, autopsy of adult brains would reveal large-scale degeneration.
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  US Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby wins we lose

  by designs in

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  2. current

  the old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.

  intact- is viagra for the guys.

  funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.

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  Viviane

  That you have access to google to look it up.