Was it not them that said: "Witness children get presents all year round.. not just at Christmas".
It follows than that one can show love and appreciation to Jesus all year round and not just on memorial day..
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Will this Memorial be our last?
by pixel inthey just put up the march km 2014 on the private website.
most of it is same-old-same-old, with info here and there about the memorial.. somebody here might post the march km for all to see, i wont.. i just wanted to share the paragraph from page 2 q&a anticle: will you seize the opportunity?
upcoming memorial enables us to show gratitude .
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Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?
by jgnat inspinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?
how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.
i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.
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Sorry I forget this is the wrong forum for my kind of questions.
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Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?
by jgnat inspinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?
how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.
i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.
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Having said that I have never ever been able to find or connect with Jesus either. What a mess..
When people speak of having a relationship with the above what do they mean exactly? What is it that others seem to be finding that I am not?
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Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?
by jgnat inspinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?
how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.
i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.
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For me the words and teachings of Jesus are what put a humane, compassionate and loving face to the personality of God who previously to me was only about wrath, anger, rage, punishment, fury, fear, judgment, destruction and death.
The 'sermon on the mount' took me from being a terrified 17 year old to actually thinking that this God could possibly even be a decent character and was the beginning of me developing a liking and appreciation for him that is still quite very much alive.
I say 'liking' for God.
However having never really being able to realise a real living day to day relationship with this elusive God in over 30 years of trying has had it's own consequences I'm sad to say. But that's another story.
Seems a case of I like God but maybe God does not like me.
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Jehovah's Witnesses STAY IN because of the many things they refuse to know.
by Terry injw thinking is an act of evasion.
the unstated premise that problems with the truth will go away if only you refuse to identify them.
thinking is an active process.. evasion is avoiding that action of active thinking which would create a positive difference.
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My awakening came in 2 phases with a very long interval between. I have in the past fallen pray to components of 1, 5, 6 and 7. Since the final unhooking of myself from that man made religious straight jacket, these disabling, paralysing and imprisoning behaviours very quickly disintegrated from my life.
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Did you ever try this frankie?
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Satanists unveil 7-foot monument they want to erect at Oklahoma Statehouse
by Dis-Member inthe new york-based satanic temple religious group has officially unveiled the design of the statue of satan it wants to place near the ten commandments monument at the oklahoma state capitol building.. .
as the sketch of the proposed seven-foot monument shows, the temple hopes to depict satan as the goat-headed, baphoment figure, complete with a long beard, horns, wings, and pentagram design placed overhead.
on both sides of satan are smiling children.. the monument has been designed to reflect the views of satanists in oklahoma city and beyond.
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The New York-based Satanic Temple religious group has officially unveiled the design of the statue of Satan it wants to place near the Ten Commandments monument at the Oklahoma state capitol building.
As the sketch of the proposed seven-foot monument shows, the temple hopes to depict Satan as the goat-headed, Baphoment figure, complete with a long beard, horns, wings, and Pentagram design placed overhead. On both sides of Satan are smiling children.
“The monument has been designed to reflect the views of Satanists in Oklahoma City and beyond. The statue will serve as a beacon calling for compassion and empathy among all living creatures. The statue will also have a functional purpose as a chair where people of all ages may sit on the lap of Satan for inspiration and contemplation,” temple spokesman Lucien Greaves said in a statement.
Ever since the Ten Commandments monument was authorized in 2012, numerous groups have stated their desire to place statues of their own, including a Hindu leader from Nevada, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
The Satanic Temple believes that it’s not right for Oklahoma to place a monument to the Ten Commandments without offering other groups the same opportunity. State lawmakers, on the other hand, weren’t receptive to the temple’s new proposal.
"I think you've got to remember where you are. This is Oklahoma, the middle of the heartland," Rep. Don Armes (R-Faxon) told the Associated Press. "I think we need to be tolerant of people who think different than us, but this is Oklahoma, and that's not going to fly here."
“This is a faith-based nation and a faith-based state,” Rep. Earl Sears (R-Bartlesville) said back in December. “I think it is very offensive they would contemplate or even have this kind of conversation.”
Since the surge of requests by other religious and advocacy groups, the Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission instated a moratorium on new requests until a pending lawsuit is resolved. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing in an attempt to remove the Ten Commandments display altogether. Until then, applications – such as the one by the Satanic Temple – can still be submitted but a final decision won’t be rendered until later.
The temple has stated it’s already raised about half of the $20,000 necessary to construct the monument, which it argues would be constitutionally protected.
“Our monument celebrates an unwavering respect for the Constitutional values of religious freedom and free expression,” Greaves said, according to Raw Story. “Satanism is a fundamental component at the genesis of American liberty. Medieval witch-hunts taught us to adopt presumption of innocence, secular law, and a more substantive burden of proof.
“Acknowledging wrongful persecutions has helped shape the legal system that preserves the sovereignty of our skeptics, heretics, and the misunderstood,” Greaves continued. “This is to be a historical marker commemorating the scapegoats, the marginalized, the demonized minority, and the unjustly outcast.”
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How Cold is it Where You Are?
by PYRAMIDSCHEME inwith the polar vortex swirling further and further south and breaking records how cold is it where you are?.
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here in gettysburg pa last night night we hit a low of -4 degrees but we were blessed with some wind that dropped the wind chill down to -22..
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Very warm.. I'm still in bed.
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The Three Magi and their modern antitype ;)
by processor inhttp://www.svhelden.info/witchtower/2012/01/the-three-magi-and-their-modern-antitype/.
the three magi and their modern antitypeeveryone knows the story of the three magi who travelled a long way to pay homage to baby jesus two thousand years ago.
the same feature unfulfilled prophecies characterizes the anointed christians from brooklyn as the antitypical astrologers.
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You are correct Johnamos.
Matthew 2:1
King James Version (KJV)
2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
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Head of the House?
by cofty ini often see comments by ex-jws that would suggest some men still view themselves as "head of the house".
sometimes comments from women appear to support the idea as well.. how many still see things this way or have you completely got over it?.
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The only elders I have ever seen that were not totally dominated, controlled, micro-managed and p*ssy whipped by their own wives were the single elders. And they were just afraid of women full stop.
All the elder sisters were great leagues ahead in terms of life experience, knowledge and maturity. If I ever needed to talk about anything I would not dream of talking to an 'elder'. I would always confide in the much older sisters who were overflowing in wisdom and compassion.
It was in fact the older sisters themselves that warned me never to go to the elders about anything as they were like little immature children and not real men at all. They were often described as being useless by these very same sisters.
