Posts by Saintbertholdt

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Homo sapiens is also missing (let alone the missing links in between)

by iconoclastic in

the word sapiens (from latin, meaning wise) when applied to humans as final evolute, it is understood that humans manifest wisdom in their day-to-day living.

one of the features of being wise (which means having/showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment) is about replacing wastages with something better.

is this being done with regard to many of the greater aspects of our lives?.

Saintbertholdt

Hi iconoclastic,

1. Everyone on earth use one word for America. Let us do the same with other words such as earth, water, air …. Why do we need thousands of words to refer the concepts such as them?

There have been attempts made at this.

One example is Basic English invented by Charles Ogden.

The problem is who decides which words get chosen? It comes down to the selectors personal preference which invariably will cause dissatisfaction.

One thing can be described with many words and for good reason. Take a simple example word: Excrement.

In a neutral situation one may use the word - feces, when you're angry - shit. When you hang out with cavemen - kaka. When you're on the farm - dung. When you're with the ladies at the book club - ejecta.

Each situation presents a context and an appropriate word choice. Sometimes even emotion is attached to the use of a specific word. The magnificent textures in language is what makes the argument for a reduced word catalog less than desirable.

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ISIS Destruction of Ancient Palmyra Temple

by freemindfade in

anyone who has read what happened here, both to the ancient site and also the grizzly murder of antiquity scholar khalid asaad, consider this.

what religious/theocracy on earth now most resembles the stories of "god's chosen people" of the old testament?

probably isis does.

Saintbertholdt

Oh but lets not forget the Bamayan Buddha's.

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ISIS Destruction of Ancient Palmyra Temple

by freemindfade in

anyone who has read what happened here, both to the ancient site and also the grizzly murder of antiquity scholar khalid asaad, consider this.

what religious/theocracy on earth now most resembles the stories of "god's chosen people" of the old testament?

probably isis does.

Saintbertholdt

Perhaps the Syrians were better off when they actually worshiped Ba' al

Surah 37:123 - 130

And Elias was most surely of the messengers. He asked his people: 'Do you not fear God? Will ye call upon Baal and forsake the best of creators? God is your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients' But they rejected him, and they will certainly be called up for punishment, except the sincere and devoted servants of God among them, and we left this blessing for him among generations to come in later times, peace be upon Elias.

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ISIS Destruction of Ancient Palmyra Temple

by freemindfade in

anyone who has read what happened here, both to the ancient site and also the grizzly murder of antiquity scholar khalid asaad, consider this.

what religious/theocracy on earth now most resembles the stories of "god's chosen people" of the old testament?

probably isis does.

Saintbertholdt

Freemindfade,

What a tragedy!

Temple of Bel, Palmyra 02.jpg

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ISIS Destruction of Ancient Palmyra Temple

by freemindfade in

anyone who has read what happened here, both to the ancient site and also the grizzly murder of antiquity scholar khalid asaad, consider this.

what religious/theocracy on earth now most resembles the stories of "god's chosen people" of the old testament?

probably isis does.

Saintbertholdt

This boils my blood.

When people destroy priceless history because of their religious beliefs, I do not know whether I should laugh or cry. In the "new system" the Pyramids, St. Peters and St. Paul's would be blown to smithereens as pagan symbols. Religious artwork would be destroyed en masse because it represents Babylon the Great.

I'm sure fundamentalist Muslims in Syria are throwing a party. Yes Syria, blow up your heritage and stay in the fuckin stupid ages. That's why the West does not return all the stolen treasures to their lands of origin. Until you can be trusted with your own heritage, they'll stay in the 'infidels' keep. Do you hear that Dr. Zahi Hawass?

Satellite image of Palmyra showing destruction of the Temple of Bel

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JW UN Rumor

by ivanatahan in

jw
friends

yes, i have returned.. a short recap of major events since my inactivity began: i finally revealed to my parents that i do not believe the same thing they believe in (after i was caught smooching my girlfriend by a family of good-for-nothing pieces of human feces), and of course they view themselves as failed parents who were unable to brainwash their children.

that is, of course, the reason why they are much more controlling over what i do in my life now (my mom even tried having a "bible study" with me).

i told them everything and i was unable to dent their jw imposed mind force field, while also exposing a clear jw misunderstanding of probability, evolution, history, logic/reason, and the big bang theory.. in a conversation i had with my mother a few weeks back (i also heard this rumor before, but my mother told me it again), she mentioned how the un held a summit of all religions and when the jws presented themselves and mentioned their preaching work warning of the coming un ban on religion (referring to an international organization who can't even prevent genocide, much less impose human rights), a un official came up to the jw who presented the cult and told him to "speed up the preaching work", because they plan on doing the ban soon.. it saddens me to think of how ignorant jws are in relation to the principles upon which the un was founded and being unaware that the un at least has some sense as to not ban religion, but this rumor, as ridiculous as it is, needs to be put at rest.

Saintbertholdt

@ Saintbertholdt...
So what bits were left out?

Hi Vidiot,

The bits I omitted from the report are highlighted in yellow below:

From the UN report number: A/HRC/28/66, Entitled: Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Section III: Conclusions and recommendations
A. Recommendations to all relevant stakeholders

86. Government representatives, religious communities, civil society organizations, the media and other relevant stakeholders should reject and speak out promptly, clearly and loudly against any acts of violence committed in the name of religion as well as related incitement...

87. Public condemnations against violence committed in the name of religion should be made on the basis of an adequately complex analysis of the problem, including its underlying systemic root causes.

88. The different stakeholders should jointly contribute to the containment and eventual elimination of violence committed in the name of of religion by making creative use of their space and specific potential. They should also cooperate in neutralizing any possible radicalization efforts that target foreign fighters who returned to their country of origin.

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Guardians Of Doctrine (GOD) and the Governing Body

by punkofnice in

i don't know if gb member g jackson really meant the gb were 'god', with his 'guardians of doctrine' comment at the arc.

it's nice and conspiracy to think so, i suppose.

i honestly don't know.

Saintbertholdt

I think the whole thing is the product of their subconscious.

They also might now want to write themselves into the Marvel universe.

Guardians of the Galaxy vs. Guardians of Doctrine

GOG vs GOD

Tagline: "There can be only one"

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JW UN Rumor

by ivanatahan in

jw
friends

yes, i have returned.. a short recap of major events since my inactivity began: i finally revealed to my parents that i do not believe the same thing they believe in (after i was caught smooching my girlfriend by a family of good-for-nothing pieces of human feces), and of course they view themselves as failed parents who were unable to brainwash their children.

that is, of course, the reason why they are much more controlling over what i do in my life now (my mom even tried having a "bible study" with me).

i told them everything and i was unable to dent their jw imposed mind force field, while also exposing a clear jw misunderstanding of probability, evolution, history, logic/reason, and the big bang theory.. in a conversation i had with my mother a few weeks back (i also heard this rumor before, but my mother told me it again), she mentioned how the un held a summit of all religions and when the jws presented themselves and mentioned their preaching work warning of the coming un ban on religion (referring to an international organization who can't even prevent genocide, much less impose human rights), a un official came up to the jw who presented the cult and told him to "speed up the preaching work", because they plan on doing the ban soon.. it saddens me to think of how ignorant jws are in relation to the principles upon which the un was founded and being unaware that the un at least has some sense as to not ban religion, but this rumor, as ridiculous as it is, needs to be put at rest.

Saintbertholdt

I'm afraid your mother is right this time.

From the UN report number: A/HRC/28/66, Entitled: Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Section III: Conclusions and recommendations
A. Recommendations to all relevant stakeholders

86. Government representatives, ...civil society organizations, the media and other relevant stakeholders should reject and speak out promptly, clearly and loudly against... religion as well as related incitement...

87. Public condemnations against ...religion should be made on the basis of an adequately complex analysis of the problem, including its underlying systemic root causes.

88. The different stakeholders should jointly contribute to the containment and eventual elimination ...of religion by making creative use of their space and specific potential. They should also cooperate in neutralizing any possible radicalization efforts...
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The above is an example of how to deliberately misquote and manipulate a UN report to make it look as if the UN hates Religion. No additions, just some word omissions. Now go show it to your mother and make her decade.

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Intro and Thoughts

by ThinkerBelle in

jw
friends

i've been lurking on the board for almost a year now and i think i'm ready to come out of hiding (although, i'm so nervous as i type this).

i'm not ready to share everything about my story, but the basics are that i'm a born-in, elder's kid, baptized as a teenager because i was tired of hearing people ask me "all your friends are baptized, when are you going to get baptized?

", married an unbeliever (was df, but came back shortly after) and we have two kids.

Saintbertholdt

Hi there Tinkerbelle,

Glad you've woken up.

Regarding Paranormal experiences. Many factors may contribute to a person experiencing the paranormal:

These include: Suggestibility, priming (cultural and religious background and environment). Then also

Pareidolia - a psychological phenomenon involving a stimulus (an image or a sound) wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern where none actually exists.

Apophenia - a human tendency of perceiving patterns or connections in random or meaningless information.

Hypnagogia - the experience of the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep. Mental phenomena that occur during this "threshold consciousness" phase include lucid dreaming, hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. Some have experienced a thing called the "Phantom face".

Greetings

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United Nations Global Peace And Security Announcement September 2015 / Attack On Christians

by Timothex in

jw
friends

the united nations will shortly announce global peace and security.

this will result in the attack on the true religion [ jehovah's witnesses ] lead by pope francis and intern will bring armageddon / paradise.

please brothers and sisters share this information with everyone!

Saintbertholdt

Wasn't 1986 a whole UN year of peace and security?

Wasn't Armageddon's eminence also imminent back then?

Also "AND INTERN WILL BRING ARMAGEDDON"

I wholeheartedly agree that an intern will probably start Armageddon. They generally have no clue what the hell they're doing and I can imagine that one might mess up at CERN causing a black hole of some sort.