Posts by Quentin

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WHY DOES RELIGION BECOME VIOLENT?

by Quentin in

almost without exception all major religons become violent at there inception, or not long after they have become established, why?

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Quentin

Almost without exception all major religons become violent at there inception, or not long after they have become established, Why?

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have been away for the weekend to the races in doncaster with friends and some of hubbie's clan...had great fun and lovely surprise birthday cake today too...appreciate all the lovely people in my life these days.....and i'll be partaking (privately) after sundown here too!.

Quentin

Happy birhtday...sounds as if you are and have been enjoying the day. With that in mind carry on. Like your private time for the memorial...

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Does God speak to you? HOW?

by Quentin in

an answer to this question is subjective to the individual an a posteriori experiene.

however, can there be an a priori experence, one that is objective, outside the bounds of personel experiene, or does it remain subjective?

god speaks to me, through many venus, except audible.

Quentin

Taking the time to thank all for your comments. This topic has been interesting and educational.

Quentin

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Distrubing cartoons

by d in

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does anybody remeber any distrubing cartoon as children.

i remeber ren and stimpy from the early 90's.. .

http://youtu.be/pxe2cbd-jwe.

Quentin

Stupid is the word I'd use...

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Six Screens

by minimus in

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any opinion that you'd like to share regarding six screens?.

(i don't get the fascination, but rick has succeeded in making us know his site, hasn't he?

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Quentin

Would somebody please put this broken leg ad infintum topic out of it's misery, Enough....

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Which one of these men will you kill...if either?

by Terry in

i like to perform "thinking experiments" like einstein use to do.

of course, he was better equipped for it than i am.

but, dash it all, i do anyway.. i imagine two men sitting side by side in a train station waiting on a train.. they more are less look like fairly "normal" people.

Quentin

Boy, I had a snot slining kick the walls out post , sigh ,my meds have gotten the better of me. Re-read Terry's last comment in which he summs it up well. Don't think I can add to that. This is a Philosophical question you are being asked to answer, not something you actualy DO. It is a question the answer to which is WHAT WOULD YOU DO. Most of you would walk away, doing nothing. Then there are always those who want to CHANGE the rules. Then those that want to interject God and other things into the exercise corruptimg thr exercise itself.

People there is a difference between God's judgment and an individual judgment you may, or may not be called on to make. I leave it at that, and a positive point Farkle made in his comment.

"..if the peaceful populace at large were allowed to keep and bear arms as they should be, that serial killer in your poser would stand a good chance at getting his commupance in short order."

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LETS TALK SATAN....WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?

by Quentin in

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i for my part do not believe there is a satan the devil.

he does not exist.

there is a creator, but no oposite number, no satan.

Quentin

Thank all of you for your comments, been interesting and educational as well...

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MESSSIAH, MESSIAH..who is the Messiah?

by Quentin in

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list of jewish messiah claimants (wikipedia)see also: list of messiah claimantsthis is a short list.

there are hundreds, check out the wikipedia articals, interesting to say the least.

in judaismmessiah originally meant a divinely appointed king or the hebrew word moshiach means 'anointed one' and may indicate jewish priests, prophets and kings, such as david, cyrus the great[1] or alexander the great.

Quentin

WHAT???? No takers?

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What if EVERTHING you believe to be true.....is a LIE?

by Terry in

what if everything you thought was true turned out to be a lie?.

what if some of the most important "facts" turned out to be false?.

does seeing your strongly held convictions shattered, refuted, disproved hold out liberation for you or a sense of doom and embarassment?.

Quentin

I belive we start with abstract thinking which leads to subjective reasoning, not seeing the world in an objective manner, we discover many things we believe are lies. Which starts the whole process over. Being objective is hard to do, being subjective is the easier road to follow.

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does anyone have a relative or know someone with autism/aspergers syndrome ?

by looloo in

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i know this subject is not jw related but , i believe my older brother in his 40s has aspergers but my mum wont except it and says its depression , i want to help him but how can i without my mums support in getting him diagnosed ?

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Quentin

My 8yr old grandson is a high funtion autistic. He does well at school even to the point of being ahead of classmates in math and reading. But, when he gets home it's like a tornado ripping through the house. Fits, bouts of extrem anger, games of any kind send him into a tailspin especialy if he feels he is not winning. He sees things in patterns, his words, any change in routine no matter how slight causes problems, He burys his face in pillows, or balnkets, Jumps from furniture to furniture and cannot be reasoned with when he is aggitated, everything is YOUR fault. He demands to be the center of attention, drives his sister nuts. He goes to bed every night between 8 and 9 wore out from the in home struggle.

Over the last several months his condition has gotten worse. He is on respedine. I belive it is either the wrong med, or the dosage is incorret. When he frist started with the med things were great. Anger has become the biggist problem. We want him tested to make sure there is not more to his problem. All we get are excuses, or stonewalled. He's a bright kid. When not in one of his moods he is helpfull and wants to do positive things. . I fear for his future. I also believe when he visits his father he is being told we don't care abot him, or love him. This attidude started several months ago as well.