even if one accepts that the bible is the word of god - one of the most stupid lines is "you must make her pregnant with semen" err what the hell else can a woman be made pregnant with ?
milk?.
have you all any stupid lines in the bible that come to mind?
Leviticus 13:47 -- A garment can have leprosyLeviticus 14:34 -- Jehovah can put leprosy into a house. (The house itself, not the people inside it.)
Remember, the definition of leprorsy was not a medical one back then, it included a LOT of issues, like MOLD growing on clothes and on walls.
i was wondering if anyone has any official documents from mexico showing that mexicans were never prohibited from engaging in religious activities such as singing and praying during the time period that the mexican jw's classified themselves as a culteral organization for the purpose of owning property.
(was that sentence long enough?jeez) or that what did change (when the mexican jw's were brought to tears over the new freedom to sing and pray) was actually the ability for religious entities to own property.. also, does anyone know how the rank & file mexican jw's rationalized the fact that other religious people were able to pray and sing during this time period?.
i hope that all made sense.. thanks
Article 5 (as most of the constitution) was directed primarily against the Catholic Church...a Religious Order would be a group of adults getting together to try to live the gospel with a particular emphasis, say, education...they generally would live together. In the Medieval ages and in Mexico, these groups owned property and became QUITE powerful.
Not trying to support the JW's here, but just because a "constitution" grants a right doesn't mean you get that right in practice. The Chinese and Vietmanese Constitutions grant Freedom of Religion, but try to practice outside of a state run church.
Still, the issue is about as put forth here...the JW's could worship freely or own property, but not both.
matthew wrote: "when jesus arrived in capernaum, a roman army captain came and pled with him to come to his home and heal his servant boy who was in bed paralyzed and racked with pain" (matthew 8:5-6).
then matthew had jesus say: i haven't seen faith like this in all of israel?.go home.
what you have believed has happened" (matthew 8:10-13).
Can you say "KNUCKLEHEAD" (thought I'd better edit that...)
A cursory study of the greek reveals that Pais is used for either boy or girl depending on the article used, and that in cases such as the one you point out above it would be used for a highly regarded servant (or slave) for which the master had great affection. The sexual connotation you wish to apply simply doesn't fit.
better in terms of who would the wt think represents them best.
i say kerry because he will say whatever is needed no matter what facts history shows.
(this is true of most all politicians by the way) for instance when he was in the service he talked bad about it.
Kerry doesn't have a lock on sophistry!
Carmel, ya gotta admit, "I voted FOR the 87 Billion before I voted AGAINST it" is CLASSIC!
well, the ultra intelligent palestinian terrorists took any good will the palestinians might have gotten from the (meaningless) ruling by the world court that wall the israelis are building is illegal by blowing up another israeli bus...thus proving the need for the wall.
israel rejected the authority of the world court when this whole thing started, sending as their only piece of evidence a bus which had been blown up by a palestinian terrorist.
more meaningful was the israeli supreme court ruling that about 25 miles of the wall had to be torn down and re-routed...this will happen.
Logical,
Which ones need to grow up...the ones building the wall, or the ones killing babies on purpose?
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/8829035p-9715932c.html
sex offender ruling delayed
decision stalled a third time on officials' protests.
Rape is a crime of violence as much as it is sex...just because he can't get it up (IF he continues to take the meds and IF they continue to work) is meaningless.
i loved the recent topic asking what each of our screen names means.
great question as i have always wondered about quite a few of our screen names.
as i was reading the responses, i looked at holey cheeses - king of the juice's avitar and thought about how i have been wondering for the past three years, what the hell that is a picture of.
<~~~~Really me, then someone (JH) added the flag for me about a year ago...then, I added the smiley icon, cuz it's MINE!
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/8829035p-9715932c.html
sex offender ruling delayed
decision stalled a third time on officials' protests.
Seems to me violent sexual predators should stay locked up FOREVER!
god was there first, so he is the boss.. angels were created after, so they are inferior to god.
adam was created after the angels, so inferior to the angels.
eve created after adam, so inferior to adam.. .
At least in Catholic Theology the angels are NOT superior to humans, but were made to serve humans...
thus on legend of Satan's revolt..not serving man who should be inferior to him
well, the ultra intelligent palestinian terrorists took any good will the palestinians might have gotten from the (meaningless) ruling by the world court that wall the israelis are building is illegal by blowing up another israeli bus...thus proving the need for the wall.
israel rejected the authority of the world court when this whole thing started, sending as their only piece of evidence a bus which had been blown up by a palestinian terrorist.
more meaningful was the israeli supreme court ruling that about 25 miles of the wall had to be torn down and re-routed...this will happen.
Doesn't it equally prove how useless and devisive the wall is? Actually, this is the first one the Palis have been able to pull off since March...though they've been trying...once the wall is finished, it will almost completely stop this...for instance...Gaza is completely cordoned off, there hasn't been a suicide bomber from there in years.Do you agree that the Israelis blow any "good will" Where have they ever received any "good will" surely not in europe. and show what they really think of peace each time they shoot dead some Palestinian child? Generally speaking, they quickly apologize for those instances...when have the terrorists apologized for killing Israeli kids. (or, as recently, shoot at a British MP on a fact-finding mission!!) Didn't hear about that...I suspect the MP was somewhere he shouldn't have went.
Another fine example of Europes growing anti-Semitism is the woman beaten on a train while an entire train load of people looked on...the assaulters and the passengers thought she was Jewish...turns out she wasn't.
