it can be picked apart scientifically and it's prophetic claims don't withstand scrutiny.
surely god could've come up with something more convincing?.
if the almighty had started genesis by establishing his credentials thoroughly i'd be more inclined to take the rest of the book seriously.
Ironically we can look at Jesus words when he spoke of truth being in you!
Your 'Bible' or god is within you!
Books of men are mere relics of humanity!
Learn what you wish but do not deny the god within by making the whole life mistake of using a book for a brain!
this may be the topic of an old thread but, if the g.b.
and wts don't have good motives, what is the point of the whole religion?
i mean, it doesn't appear that anybody is getting rich or am i missing something.
Some of them have a lifestyle they preserve for themsleves!
3rd 4th generation families have a whole family outfit built on its foundation and even business/ work environments they now have complete control over!
A lot to sacrifice for throwing in the towel of delusion!
the wt likes to quote paul about dealing w women according to knowledge.
that's a hoot.
where/how does a dub man/boy get his knowledge about women, and how to deal w them?
Intensive study with JW females is what some JW boys secretly do on the quiet!
Later they become forgiven and aspire to elder status with all the experience they gain!
Ones who follow WT party line ethics will be troubled humans for life!
The book of life is life itself.
Those who taste its fruit will tell you this!
Effectively the WT get the living to act dead for as long as possible!
if you're a christian, they do.
let me explain.
adam disobeyed god by eating the taboo fruit - a wrong for which he had to die.
Good point Satanus.
Like god is perfect but needed a hit man to get Jesus sacrificed to fulfill his perfect fortune telling prophecies without himslef being guilty of anything.
So god is perfect at prophecy and Judas suffers for getting gods prophecy to come true!
Erm yeah - we have some circular reasoning here again! Why would I ever take this stuff seriously unless someone had put fear as a child into my soul? It is utter bunkum!
The god who was in Jesus is in all humans if only they find it. And the Bible is not its source!
at the washingtonpost.com, one of the regular blogs is called "on balance".
often the topic is the balance between work and home life.
however, today the topic title was "do parents have the right to force religion on their kids?".
This question is like a question within a question!
Excellent WT food! They love circles in spirals to get loaded off.
Firstly convince the adult they need to get into religion before god gets them!
Then that it's their responsibility to get kids to do the same else they have blood on their hands!
The answer to the question is NO but with the above in mind what chance does a kid have?
yesterday, i was in court and was sitting in the front row going through my paperwork waiting to see if the defendant will show, i look across the walk way and there is a very large latina girl sitting directly across from me.
she was wearing a short little black dress that had a slit all the way up to ass cheek, her boobs were nearly popping out, her little black dress shoes looked as if she was baking bread in them.
now don't get me wrong i have nothing against full figured girls, however there are limits, i mean did she not know that when she sat down her dress went up over her ass?
Someone interpret this:
I find the shot of the pregnant female horny! lol
well, i thought i'd start a fluff thread for once, so i'm posting here some of my favorite photos from my many trips over the years.
i hope you enjoy them and they inspire you to take awesome pictures on your own travels (or even your own backyard).
[edited to add...let's hope this formatting helps...jgnat].
Lovely Leo!
Just so.
not my writing.
all i can say is, wow!
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/00/pwillen1/lit/msysip.htm .
An excellent story to ponder the value systems of humanity!
We often equate money with value!
He/she left such behind for their benefactors - didn't they do well? In fact the whole notion of placing financial value on human life is extremely hypocritical and at the same time inescapeable! How to measure a persons commitment oif they are unable to provide for their family is a question commonplace amongst us.
Those with money are often placed in high regard in day to day social interactions. Those begging the reverse! Who would have them equal before the cosmos?
We each delude what altruisms we feel we each represent!
i'm a truck driver and thus in one of the highest casulity profession and also ride a motorcycle...will my death be by motor vehicle or natural causes...i wonder sometimes...the moment of death what will it be like...
I dislike the idea I will be in any way remembered with regret for my being gone - a natural human emotion for some who have been close to us. Mourning has dominated a large part of my existence and I do not wish its attachment to me when I'm gone in making anyone suffer.
For this reason I would be happy to be utterly forgotten.
My death is irrelevant. It cannot be undignified for my body is only a shell of passage - another irrelevance after deaths passing - preferably one others have no need of dealing or troubled by. Burning on a boat or rotting in deserted woodland seem idyllic. But some other way is more likely. I would suggest the most cost effective for the sake of brevity and minimal onus on those around at the time. To me it is a complete misnoma.
Those I have stood with me have all memory of me that is representative of my life. That is where any meaning was forged.
It is what it is and it is enough.
We each are what reality places before and behind us. We each are to each other what we have offered of ourselves whether it be taken or rejected. It is all a person can give.
maybe at first, or maybe you still feel this way, that you shouldn't be here........
A traitor to myself and to a message from the divine ruler of the cosmos I had convinced myself operated via a few guys in Brooklyn!
And afterwards on questioning the Bible as divine.
On a few levels I was afraid to question my own egos and 'pain bodies' ( inner personas which always fed on negatives and things which made my centre core feel oppressed and depressed)
A pain body is an 'Eckhart' teaching of a persona in you which punishes or makes you feel bad - a relentless persona in you which keeps you in slavery and causes maximum mental 'noise' = self criticisms. They prevent you from clear thinking and living in complete clear higher consciousness. They prevent a happy outlook and lifestyle.
I realised the WT had supplied me with several 'pain bodies' to keep beating myself up with for decades and passing similar stuff onto my kids albeit by allowing my ex to do the same too long and often.
So I now feel I was a traitor to myself for taking so long to do it!
