Great story! I had quite a few experiences towing crappy cars, but never following the Pope. I recall our old Opel fell in half so we got some bed frames to weld it together. Lasted another year!
peacefulpete
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Car Projects
by peacefulpete inhow many of you enjoy car projects?
we do one for the parade most every year.
this year was a bust but the project is done and ready for next july.
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Loyalty to God ( or the Society ) Before The Familiar
by BluesBrother inthis week's midweek meeting has an item on this theme.
as usual there is a video to show:-.
https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/vodbibleprinciples/pub-jwbai_201611_1_video.
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peacefulpete
The logic of an abuser. I must emotionally abuse you to make you understand.
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Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus
by fulltimestudent ininteresting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).
quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).
but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.
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peacefulpete
Vanderhoven7... Hume's type of philosophy bent on of teasing meaning from semantics never appealed to me. I appreciate the mental exercise and precise definitions inherent in the enterprise but in the end the conclusions are often as subjective as the words chosen. "Materialist" for example is not a word most non-deists would choose to describe themselves as it falsely assumes the void of social values in people who are not convinced in the existence of gods. BTW There have been a number of equally clever philosophical rebuttals of Hume's conclusion that don't impress me any more than he does.
In this particular subject you seem passionate about, abortion. The choice of language is extremely revealing, you keep calling the aborted fetuses "babies" which is loaded with imagery and emotional impact that assume a conclusion, that fetal tissues are the same as babies. I'm not interested in changing your opinion about that as it is your conclusion to draw. The opposite view is likewise a conclusion someone is theirs to draw. Most of us (reflected in abortion laws) have nuanced perspectives that include details about the lateness of the development and health of the fetus and mother etc.
What I know is that the question of atheism or theism really doesn't determine how someone feels about this issue. It's more a matter of education, projected personal experience and possibly even genetics. If someone had the experience of losing a pregnancy that was highly anticipated and desired, they would naturally have more difficulty understanding why others would not place deep emotional significance to the early stages of pregnancy. I will also not discount the role genetics play in how the drive to reproduce is much stronger in some than others.
People of an opinion on this topic seek others that have a similar view to advocate for this view, a group identity forms. Not wrong or dangerous as long as it doesn't blind a person to the fact that others have a right to have different views.
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why crown of thorns
by peacefulpete inmost here know that story elements in the jesus story are drawn from the ot.
countless elements of gospels are cut straight from the descriptions of ot characters like moses, joshua, samuel et.al.
an interesting suggestion involves a passage that was the very last straw for me years ago.
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peacefulpete
Irriddle80.. that's not a bad suggestion. If there was some language that supported that connection (aside from the word thorn) it would be more persuasive.
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Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus
by fulltimestudent ininteresting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).
quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).
but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.
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peacefulpete
But you would deny God the same familial context for joy, purpose and pleasure?
You seem to have now jumped to God needing a life purpose. If God's need for purpose inspired him to make us to commune with, and our need for purpose is filled by communing with him, doesn't that make us equals?
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Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus
by fulltimestudent ininteresting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).
quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).
but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.
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peacefulpete
According to Hume, the materialist cannot jump from what is to what ought to be.
But you know what? I can live a purposeful life just fine without Hume either.
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Goodbye yhwh-Goodbye jesus
by fulltimestudent ininteresting report in a oxford university blog - the world is becoming less religious, (hurray!!!).
quote: "an analysis of religious trends from 1981 to 2007 in 49 countries containing 60% of the world’s population did not find a global resurgence of religion—most high-income countries were becoming less religious—however, it did show that in 33 of the 49 countries studied, people had become more religious (norris and inglehart, 2011).
but since 2007, things have changed with surprising speed.
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peacefulpete
I'm sorry but that was actually quite funny. Family gives my life purpose, accomplishment and creativity as well. Selfless cooperation is the lifeblood of family and society. Don't wait for a message to be delivered from above to give life purpose. It is all around you.
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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peacefulpete
Imagine if no one had a gun to stop this monster(with a gun).
How did this monster get a gun? Could we have prevented it? ASK theses important questions, don't just insist it was inevitable like some fatalist doomsayer.
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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peacefulpete
If you like that one, you'll love this one that reminds people that Trump 3 years ago wanted gun control. Skip the last half of the clip, its just unrelated monologue.
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Is it possible for any Country to have “Reasonable” Gun Laws? What would they be?
by pistolpete inso the new biden/harris gun policies are starting to appear.
it’s not clear yet, what they will be.. some suggestions; confiscate all guns.------buyback programs in each state.. there is much talk on social media that if this happens, the pandemic, + all the riots, + all the damaged property, + all the annual murders in america, - put together-will be like a sunday afternoon picnic, compared to all the deaths and property damage that will result because of “civil uprising” by millions of 2nd amendments advocates and just plain gun lovers.
americans love guns!.
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