Big Jim
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On Belief In God
by Big Jim init is an insult to god to believe in god.
for on the one hand it is to suppose that he has perpetrated acts of incalculable cruelty.
on the other hand, it is to suppose that he has perversely given his human creatures an instrument -- their intellect -- which must inevitably lead them, if they are dispassionate and honest, to deny his existence.
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Billions of $$$$$$$$$ For Who???
by Big Jim inwho would you say benefits from the billions of dollers the watchtower and bible tract society makes?.
is it the governing body?.
if no one group benefits then why all the deception that seem's to be going on in the organization?.
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On Independence (here go sister fred)
by Big Jim ini don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad.
it is cantankerous, and it is independent.
the idea of independence is the key.
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On Independence.
by Big Jim ini don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad.
it is cantankerous, and it is independent.
the idea of independence is the key.
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Controversy and Truth (famous quote)
by Big Jim inwhen a subject is highly controversial... one cannot hope to tell the truth.
one can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold.
one can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker.. virginia wolf.
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Was Our Faith Tested?
by Big Jim ini have been having long conversations with my brother in-law who is the only one that will talk to me about the non-truth.. he claims that my attacks on the society in reference to there false prophecy is nothing more then a test on our faith and that the fact that jw's are the only ones that don't teach the immortality of the soul makes them the only true relegion.. how would any of you respond to the the test of our faith response?
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About Truth and Religion (famous quote)
by Big Jim inthose who believe in their truth -- the only ones whose imprint is retained by the memory of men -- leave the earth behind them strewn with corpses.
religions number in their ledgers more murders than the bloodiest tyrannies account for, and those whom humanity has called divine far surpass the most conscientious murderers in their thirst for slaughter.. e.m.cioran (1911-,rumanian-born french philospher)
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Hellen Keller On The Bible
by Big Jim inthere is much in the bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that i regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it through from beginning to end.
i do not think that the knowledge which i have gained of its history and sources compensates me for the unpleasant details it has forced upon my attention.
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Sacrifice / Death
by Big Jim inperhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, which is the only fact we have.
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On Religion
by Big Jim inreligions die when they are proved to be true.
science is the record of dead religions.