Phantom Stranger

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  Do you think people take the bible too seriously?

  by dustyb in

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  i know the bible has a lot of important lessons in it, but such a controversial book that is likely changed and such is quite a bit to live your life by.

  i mean, how do you know that daniel wasn't a constant opium user?

  or how do you know that the bible is complete?

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  Phantom Stranger

  The map is not the territory.

  When any group confuses the two, that's when trouble starts.
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  On the same idea as JHVH VS THOR.. Bible, Comics, Hollywood Matchup

  by gitasatsangha in

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  then there is the always difficult matcup between superman, silver surfer, neo, and jehovah.

  strengths: .

  superman: really strong, really fast, loyal, x-ray vision, heat-beam vision.. jehovah: invisible, immortal, irradiates faces, can destroy entire cities (superman can also do this, but wouldn't of course), supposedly omnipotent and omniscient.

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  Phantom Stranger

  Not sure of the ending, but I bet it's a trilogy.
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  Yes or No----Do You Believe That JWs Are A Cult?

  by minimus in

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  i believe they are "cultlike" but i don't think they are a "cult"........and you?

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  Phantom Stranger

  minimus, I don't think of them as a cult... but I don't believe in mind control, either. How do you reconcile your position in this thread, with your position in this thread?

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/56901/1.ashx

  Do you believe that "mind control" can be used by a religious group that is not a cult?
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  Yes or No----Do You Believe That JWs Are A Cult?

  by minimus in

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  i believe they are "cultlike" but i don't think they are a "cult"........and you?

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  Phantom Stranger

  Actually, no, I don't, at least no more than any other religion. Now lots of people will inform me of books I should read and such... and then we get to go back to the great mind control debates...

  cult
  n.

  2. A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader. I think they're all false...
  3. The followers of such a religion or sect.
• A system or community of religious worship and ritual. Not very differentiating...
• The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual. No...
• A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease. No...
• Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.
• The object of such devotion.
• An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest. No...