i have lived for the last 3 years with two phd philosophers as roomates, both in the last year of their dissertation at reputable institutions (notre dame, penn/uic respectively).
they are both moderate semi-christian theists after having been fundamentalists as youths.
i have a sceince and engineering background and am a naturalist atheist former jw.
had tied himself up in so many knowts to maintain his JW identity.
I don't know if this is a typo or a new word, but either way it's awesome.
Know + Knots = Knowts
i.e., things that we just "know", or pretend to know, and that are in fact
enslaving us in their bindings.
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i first had access to the internet in 1994. i thought it was amazing all the information at my fingertips.
i have no idea what search engine i used before google.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl9wu2kwwsy.
Hm... when was "Prodigy" and txt-only BBS?
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i have lived for the last 3 years with two phd philosophers as roomates, both in the last year of their dissertation at reputable institutions (notre dame, penn/uic respectively).
they are both moderate semi-christian theists after having been fundamentalists as youths.
i have a sceince and engineering background and am a naturalist atheist former jw.
We didnt come from an amoeba.
Yeah, well according to MY holy book, amoeba used to have magic powers,
and they invented unicorns, and then killed them in a giant flood of green
fairy sprinkles.
I'm having an imaginary conversation with you in my head:
JB: We didn't come from amoeba.
Ink: So where DID we come from?
JB: Magic sky brain.
Ink: And where did Magic Sky Brain come from?
JB: Nowhere, it just always existed.
How many times do you have to be told that "magic" is not a theory!
knowing what you know now, are you embarrassed that you ever believed in the jehovah's witness religion?.
No.
Based on the (carefully filtered) information and experiences I had available for inspection,
being an active and sincere witness was my best and most reasonable option.
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i have lived for the last 3 years with two phd philosophers as roomates, both in the last year of their dissertation at reputable institutions (notre dame, penn/uic respectively).
they are both moderate semi-christian theists after having been fundamentalists as youths.
i have a sceince and engineering background and am a naturalist atheist former jw.
'tis why I sleeps with an eyepatch and bandana..........
kinky
if you want a really important lesson on how everyone has been scammed, if you want to see the lies that took place and if you want to see that the little subprime mortgages had nothing to do with the massive crash you are in - go to the daily show or hulu and watch last nights interview between cramer and jon stewart.
cramer is through.
cnbc is through.
ow.
that was painful to watch
for many years, i had serious issues with alot of scriptures.
the creation account, the flood, jonah in the whale, etc.
scriptures that are scientifically falsifiable.
but the word used in the Hebrew is murder. I'm not arguing good, bad or whatever. I'm just talking about this one word.
I understand what you are saying, and I am not directly disagreeing with you. The Bible never uses the word
"rasah" when talking about killing on a battlefield, and the word is most often used to mean unjust, evil, and
intentional taking of a life, i.e., "murder"
However, I would also like to point out that is not quite that clear cut, becuase the same word is ALSO used
when talking about:
Unintentional manslaughter (Deut 4:41; 19:3-6; Joshua 20:3)
Blood vengeance (Num 35:27,30)
Legal execution of a criminal (Num 35:30)
(litterally the command is "you should murder the murderer", not "you should kill the murderer".)
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for many years, i had serious issues with alot of scriptures.
the creation account, the flood, jonah in the whale, etc.
scriptures that are scientifically falsifiable.
Not to start an argument but just to set the record straight, it's "Thou shalt not murder".
Right, becuase killing apostate pagan babies is killing, but isn't murder.
Also about half the Bible translations commonly available (including KJ and ASV) have "kill", not "murder"
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http://www.salamandersociety.com/temple/ (shows a pic from tv guide).
damn... i gotta get hbo.. i wonder which version they'll do.
the throat and intestine spilling oaths or the more sanitized ones they have been using since 1990. they can't show the whole endowment ceremony in one episode.
And I highly doubt that all of the intelligent people that I admire and respect who have become Mormons have been duped.
Ok, let me try again....
I sure you friends are wonderful and sincere people, and intelligent in many areas, but "duped"
is exactly what then have been.
Duped by people who, in all fairness, were duped themselves, taught by people who were duped
themselves.... all the way back to Joseph Smith, who was literally a convicted con man.
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http://www.salamandersociety.com/temple/ (shows a pic from tv guide).
damn... i gotta get hbo.. i wonder which version they'll do.
the throat and intestine spilling oaths or the more sanitized ones they have been using since 1990. they can't show the whole endowment ceremony in one episode.
And I highly doubt that all of the intelligent people that I admire and respect who have become Mormons have been duped.
*blink*
*blink blick*
Yea, wow, I got nothin'.
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