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  I do not understand the universal issue anymore

  by psyco in

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  to explain the universal issue we are often referring to a teacher and his/her students.. let us imagine that a teacher (god) has an hour (everlasting) class to show his students (humans and angels) how to fix a broken clock (to reign).. one student (adam) says he is able to fix it better independently, without the teacher's help (universal issue).. the teacher let him demonstrate that in front of all the others, but instead of an hour lesson he gives him only 5 minutes (death after a limited period of time) and he blocks one of the student's hands behind his back (imperfection).. if i were one of the other students watching i could think: but those were not the initial conditions the student was in when he said he could, and what would have happened leaving him more time and both hands free?.

  am i crazy?.

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  AnonyMouse...You are very right. The Job in the poetic dialogue section 3-27 is a very different Job from the prologue, (and from other redactional additions). He is arguing that all the traditional wisdom he was told was worthless. Patience, justice and piety are meaningless in the face of a God that tortures his creation. He wishes the world had not been created and he not born. He calls on the priests to invoke chaos monsters to prevent his birth and by extension undo all creation.

  The madness of trying to incorporate an omniscient and omnipotent deity into the realities of the world.
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  KGB Agent explains Ideological warfare: Destroy A Nation From The Inside Out

  by Diogenesister in

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  former kgb agent yuri mesmenov explains the concept of ideological warfare.

  or how to destroy a nation from the inside out - by demoralising them within 20 years.. why 20 years?

  because it takes 20 years to educate one generation of students that despite an abundance of information to the contrary, they are unable to come to a sensible conclusion in the best interests of their family, their community and their country and instead embrace the ideology of the enemy.

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  Fact check: Baseless claims on 9/11 attack on the Pentagon circulate (usatoday.com)
  

  Fact Check: Donald Rumsfeld Did NOT Report That $2.3 Trillion Was Missing The Day Before 9/11 Attacks | Lead Stories
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  Voting thumbs up

  by peacefulpete in

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  is anyone else having problem giving a thumbs up?

  it has been happening for a long time.

  i vote up , it appears, then disappears when i return to page.

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  peacefulpete

  I have never done that. I have always tried to find common ground from which we can discuss divisive topics. Please reinstate my ability to offer encouragement to helpful posters and express dislike for posters that use insulting language and personal attacks. Also my ability to engage in private messaging. Another function of this board I have never abused.
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  Voting thumbs up

  by peacefulpete in

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  is anyone else having problem giving a thumbs up?

  it has been happening for a long time.

  i vote up , it appears, then disappears when i return to page.

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  peacefulpete

  Well, it's possible. OK

  I will just add that I have given thumbs up to many well argued and thoughtful comments. If you thought you were ignored, please don't.

  I have also been unable to send private messages for a year or more. I was assuming it was some computer issue, such as I had posting threads.
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  KGB Agent explains Ideological warfare: Destroy A Nation From The Inside Out

  by Diogenesister in

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  2. current

  former kgb agent yuri mesmenov explains the concept of ideological warfare.

  or how to destroy a nation from the inside out - by demoralising them within 20 years.. why 20 years?

  because it takes 20 years to educate one generation of students that despite an abundance of information to the contrary, they are unable to come to a sensible conclusion in the best interests of their family, their community and their country and instead embrace the ideology of the enemy.

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  Russian disinformation efforts targeting 2020 elections began last year: study | The Hill

  She warned that the group was still pinpointing divisions in U.S. society through the posts, often targeting both sides of the political spectrum with “wedge issues.”
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  Just read that Carl Olof Jonsson died yesterday

  by slimboyfat in

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  for newbies, who was carl olof jonsson?

  he was a jw in sweden who was challenged by a householder in the 1960s, who pointed out to him that secular history books don’t agree with watchtower that jerusalem was destroyed in 607 bce, but instead place the event 20 years later.

  the reason the date is important is because it is the starting date for jw chronology which leads to 1914 as the end of the gentile times, and the beginning of the last days, as jws understand it.

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  He was sincere and yet troubled, that is something many of us can relate to. Taking months even years focused on such an obscure academic topic took a deep dedication. His work was valued by many thousands.
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  Voting thumbs up

  by peacefulpete in

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  is anyone else having problem giving a thumbs up?

  it has been happening for a long time.

  i vote up , it appears, then disappears when i return to page.

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  peacefulpete

  I've upvoted your comment 3 times. It shows then I move forward out and return, it is gone.
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  Howard the Duck..... mature

  by peacefulpete in

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  howard the duck (1986) condom scene [hd] lea thompson - youtube.

  ok, i'm attempting to bring some levity to the topic of evolution.

  when i was a boy in high school i gave my teachers hell when the topic of evolution was mentioned.

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  Boy, did people hate the movie that much, or was the topic of penis evolution just too prick-ly?
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  Voting thumbs up

  by peacefulpete in

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  is anyone else having problem giving a thumbs up?

  it has been happening for a long time.

  i vote up , it appears, then disappears when i return to page.

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  peacefulpete

  Is anyone else having problem giving a thumbs up? It has been happening for a long time. I vote up , it appears, then disappears when I return to page. I've done some multiple times.
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  Yahweh the Angel

  by peacefulpete in

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  a small thread that may be of interest to some.

  in short, there are 3 occasions in the ot where yahweh is identified with the epithet "angel".

  (mal ak).

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  ray,,,,I'm of the opinion that you are correct in that the introduction of an angel into some of the OT theophanic narratives did in an indirect way open some Jews to the idea of a second divine figure. As was said before, the idea of a 'second power' in heaven was percolating among Hellenized Judaism in late second Temple times.