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Writing Department stumbled over Lord’s prayer!?
by elbib inthoughtlessness of jw writing committee can be seen in building their “great” teaching of universal issue.
they took lord’s prayer as the basis for this teaching.
they thought god’s sovereignty was challenged by satan, thus his name was tarnished, hence jesus taught his name to be to “be sanctified.”—mathew 6:9..
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Experiences, a rose by any other name.
by M*A*S*H inevery time a jw shares an 'experience' with me (in person or on jw.borg) it always strikes me that basically what they are describing are (alleged) miracles.
in my mind, i seem to remember i was taught that miracles do not occur in today's world and ended with jesus?
have i missed something here?.
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Prodigal son or prodigal father?
by elbib inthe impression i get from reading parable of prodigal son is that it is more about a father who is prodigal.
he gave his son’s share without any sort of reasoning (a kind of lavishness) and on his return made arrangement for a celebration killing “a fattened calf” (again a kind of lavishness) which does not make him resemble like his heavenly father who had commanded: “you shall not murder.” (exodus 20:13) for god, slaughtering an animal or a human being does not make any difference.
(isaiah 66:3) god’s view of lives of other species remains unchanged, declares jesus: “are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?
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Evolution of theology
by elbib inwhen jerusalem was captured and its temple was burned by pagan king in 586 bce (or 607?
), it was a theological crisis for the jews.
then a concept of messiah (king-priest) who will restore everything was evolved.
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Waiting of God’s Kingdom is actually postponing happiness
by elbib inthe knowledge of religious tales are similar to knowing the story of the "little red riding hood.
" there is the big, "bad" wolf who needs to be conquered, destroyed, avoided.
the story may change as religions change.
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Common mistake of almost all religions
by elbib incommon mistake of almost all religions is that they presented religious founders with superhuman abilities.
they thought people would care for one another if someone with superhuman abilities told them to be good.
this has been proved wrong repeatedly because people would feel ‘he can say whatever he feels like, he is superhuman whereas we are puny human beings.’ it is like gold trying to inspire iron saying: ‘look at me, and learn from me: i never rust out.’ on the contrary, if an iron piece remains intact, this can inspire other iron pieces..
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Two types of religions
by elbib inone is religion of terror (in its gross and subtle sense) which can be identified by their divisiveness which is actually violence.
all those religions which divide people into chosen ones and pagans come under this category.
those who teach eternal destruction or eternal hell for those who do not support a certain belief-system also depend upon terrorizing people.
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Remember jesus turning over the table of the money changers?
by atomant inl can understand why he did it because the money changers were charging high rates to trade their money for acceptable temple money.what a fine example in self control that sets.with respect to the money issue sounds a bit like the gb and their money grab (even childrens pocket money).
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Traits of dysfunctional family is same as dysfunctional organization
by elbib inin psychology, the following are some of the traits of dysfunctional family:.
-free expression of feeling is discouraged.
-manipulation to get needs met and to control others is common.
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Instantly reinstated!
by elbib inwhen fr.
tom for next day’s special dinner with pope and asked fr.
now, please sit for confession.” and pope had his confession with this instantly-reinstated priest fr.