tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post1241574158680122748..comments2024-03-28T14:31:26.820-07:00Comments on Banned by HWA! News and Observations About Armstrongism and the Church of God Movement: Why Does This Have To Be So Complicated?NO2HWAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02018654662518613623noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-25127859650477241952017-11-02T20:27:20.120-07:002017-11-02T20:27:20.120-07:00Strictly speaking, 6:25, we're not conducting ...Strictly speaking, 6:25, we're not conducting a serious intellectual discussion amongst scholars here. Some humor and pranks occasionally liven things up, and I'm sure that some posters are enjoying their evening brandy as they craft their contributions. So far, nobody has ever copped to partaking of MM, but it wouldn't surprise me if some cardholder weren't getting post toastied on some "Snoop Dog Select" from their local clinic, especially perhaps in an attempt to get into the proper attitude during the sabbath. <br /><br />Do as we did in Armstrongism: Pick and choose what you believe to be of value. There may just be some occasion when what you really need in order to get through the day is a ripsnorting laugh, so intense that it makes you spray your iPhone with coffee! It happens here quite regularly!<br /><br />BBByker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602697337552385535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-68835247718663080752017-11-02T08:24:01.776-07:002017-11-02T08:24:01.776-07:0012.48 PM
"Is blogging on websites achieving w...12.48 PM<br />"Is blogging on websites achieving what God want?"<br />Typical minister comment. God is not a puppet master. God does not micromanage peoples lives. There is enormous freedom in the parable of the talents and 'work out your salvation with fear and trembling.'<br />Gods opinion is a consideration, but I ask myself 'is this what I want to achieve. Is it beneficial, do I enjoy it' <br /><br />A mature people is primarily motivated by internal rather than external signals. This is something the Gestapo ministry hide and attack in members lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-61802564556972077882017-11-02T06:25:32.699-07:002017-11-02T06:25:32.699-07:00Reading through the comments I see some people on ...Reading through the comments I see some people on here, if you believe in God or not, are just plain dumb! Before making a comment you should have a drug screening and a mental evaluation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-41760702635400663752017-11-02T05:08:29.207-07:002017-11-02T05:08:29.207-07:00You can't tell anyone what to believe or not b...You can't tell anyone what to believe or not believe! I'm going forward with my life regardless of what nonsensical opinion you have!J. W. Cafoureknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-12215389969170542892017-11-02T00:48:31.181-07:002017-11-02T00:48:31.181-07:00If this comment is allowed, I would like to recomm...If this comment is allowed, I would like to recommend the commentators on this thread watch The Bible Project animated short film called:Justice. <br />www.thebibleproject.com<br />There are bloggers on here who sit in high office within COG organisations. I ask is blogging on websites achieving what God wants ? Or are these people being foolish and waisting their offices of power to do good ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-2906767452976611392017-11-01T20:57:45.219-07:002017-11-01T20:57:45.219-07:00Helen
You ignore all evidence and reasoning given ...Helen<br />You ignore all evidence and reasoning given by others, yet you ask these others to jump through loops answering your esoteric questions (a favorite left wing ploy). <br />This is just harassment on your part.<br /><br />'What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence?' Again you portray yourself as a angel of light (respector for of reason) when you hate the light and are impervious to reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-2456674227950896632017-11-01T16:58:33.369-07:002017-11-01T16:58:33.369-07:00Anon7:56PM/11:46PM/5:43PM/1:16AM/12:26PM/2:40AM wr...<b>Anon7:56PM/11:46PM/5:43PM/1:16AM/12:26PM/2:40AM</b> wrote:<br /><br />"<i>...the reality that God has created. In Genesis God said that everything that He created is good...</i>"<br /><br />Stop trying to deflect. I'm not asking for you to prove that you can read my mind. I already know you can't do that. I don't need you to drum up evidence of that.<br /><br />I keep asking you to give me a legitimate basis why I should accept your silly claims that the bible is anything more than a book of mythology, like other ancient books of mythology, and why your parochial god should be credited for creating anything, while other parochial gods should not?<br /><br />You cannot provide a legitimate basis why I should accept any of this mythological malarky, which is why you keep refusing to provide it, and saying, illogically, that requiring such legitimate basis is cause to insult people and make false accusations against them of "hate," which is all just more deflection and distraction.<br /><br />What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.<br /><br />Case closed.Helen Wheelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-67290316575674684382017-11-01T11:31:40.771-07:002017-11-01T11:31:40.771-07:00Ah, I see, that was the Africa thread.Ah, I see, that was the Africa thread.Da Real RSKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-74776711315101261352017-11-01T11:29:19.574-07:002017-11-01T11:29:19.574-07:00Doesnt look like I posted on this thread at all. I...Doesnt look like I posted on this thread at all. I see my poor impersonator has been at work again. Da Real RSKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-79738338120150585932017-11-01T09:27:57.276-07:002017-11-01T09:27:57.276-07:00Re posted under correct thread. Re posted under correct thread. Questerukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659962107808147107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-81162574050616583602017-11-01T07:24:00.730-07:002017-11-01T07:24:00.730-07:00Questeruk,
wrong thread.
It seems a troll posted...Questeruk,<br /><br />wrong thread.<br /><br />It seems a troll posted the RSK comment.<br />RSK is a black man and I doubt he would post such a thing under that picture even if he might politically agree which he apparently does not, seeing his response.<br /><br />I can't speak for Allen, but it seems the posting is not from his original account under which he regularly posts.<br /><br />You seem to be quoting General Sheridan who was noted for the destruction of the economic infrastructure of the confederates. The destruction of infrastructure or not being connected to that through trade tariffs is what has kept the poor nations poor.<br /><br />nck<br />nckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580008070423402328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-89457944141526163152017-11-01T07:16:59.326-07:002017-11-01T07:16:59.326-07:00Questeruk
Have you considered that the 'the mo...Questeruk<br />Have you considered that the 'the more you feed them, the more they proliferate and nothing gets solved' might be technically correct. Maybe the solution is the Africans adopting a better moral code.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-53249203566008727572017-11-01T03:39:32.942-07:002017-11-01T03:39:32.942-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Questerukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659962107808147107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-25644989382963178592017-10-31T19:56:44.244-07:002017-10-31T19:56:44.244-07:00Helen
There is a body of evidence of where you are...Helen<br />There is a body of evidence of where you are coming from. This includes your comments on previous posts. On this post alone you complain of marriage being between a man and woman, heaven being a concentration camp, and parochialism. You complain non stop of the reality that God has created. In Genesis God said that everything that He created is good. Helen couldn't disagree more.<br /><br />This evidence combined with a lifetime of experience enables listeners to discern that you are a God hater. Yet you (like Dennis) expect us to ignore this with the (childish) comeback of 'you can't read my heart.'<br /><br />So Helen and Dennis have no idea what's in the hearts of those they know well?<br />They have no idea what's in the heart of a bully etc. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-28316361595036888882017-10-31T16:26:31.494-07:002017-10-31T16:26:31.494-07:00Gordon Feil October 31, 2017 at 7:55 AM said...
So...Gordon Feil October 31, 2017 at 7:55 AM said...<br />So John, if I understand you correctly, you are saying that the wages of sin is the physical death we all have, but it's no problem because after that comes God's judgment that we are worth resurrecting. Under that admittedly attractive model, how is Jesus a savior?<br /><br />Gordon Feil, I didn't make the "rules." I am reading the same thing you read. Death is a temporary separation from life. And death represents the wages of sin. Yes, God will find us worth resurrecting, each man/woman in his/her own order as God so wills, and then eventually take/destroy Satan and his angels (Matt 25:41, 46).<br /><br />Overall, many verses indicate Jesus Christ is the savior. Many other verses indicate The God, the Father, is the savior. God will accomplish 2 resurrections for all humanity, from Adam and Eve on to the "last physical man/woman standing;" there will be no 3rd. The God will accomplish it all through His Son. How do we know?<br /><br />"But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him." 2 Cor 8:6<br /><br />JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-65575272972486470122017-10-31T16:21:44.466-07:002017-10-31T16:21:44.466-07:00Anon11:46PM/5:43PM/1:16AM/12:26PM/2:40AM wrote:
&...<b>Anon11:46PM/5:43PM/1:16AM/12:26PM/2:40AM</b> wrote:<br /><br />"<i>You ignore every answered question and argument that people give. It's just a game with you.</i>"<br /><br />Not so. You (potentially plural) have made some claims and assumptions:<br /><br />1) <i>The christian canon is somehow different from the qur'an, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Illiad & the Odyssey, Beowulf, etc.</i><br /><br />How is it different? If I take one to be myth, upon what basis should another one of these be taken as anything more than that? Give me a legitimate basis. Put up or shut up. It's as simple as that. There is no "hate" involved. Why should I accept your claim? If you can't produce anything beyond special pleading, then I can't accept it. Period.<br /><br />2) You refer to a "god."<br />2a) "<i>There is a abundance of evidence as to 'god's' true nature. All those wonderful foods that 'god' has given us is one example.</i>"<br />2b) "<i>Have you owned a dog or a cat? What does that tell you about 'god's' nature?</i>"<br />2c) <i>This "god" defines and created reality.</i><br />—Anon12:26PM<br /><br />What "god" is this? Why should I think this god is not Zeus, Odin, or Quetzalcoatl?<br />Again, give me a legitimate basis. Put up or shut up. It's as simple as that. There is no "hate" involved. Why should I accept your claim? If you can't produce anything beyond special pleading, then I can't accept it. Period.<br /><br />3) <i>I am "possessed by" and "wallow nonstop" in "hatred" of "god.</i>"<br />—Anon1:16AM<br /><br />Refusal to accept groundless, irrational propaganda = "hate." Got it. Sounds like North Korea.<br /><br />4) <i>Insinuation that I don't actually respect "reason."</i><br />—Anon1:16AM<br /><br />Evidence that I don't? Demanding reasons from you draws <i>ad hominem</i> insults intended to deflect and distract from the fact you have no intelligent responses, not any rational discourse.<br /><br />5) <i>I was dropped on my head too many times as a baby</i><br />—Anon5:43AM<br /><br /><i>Ad hominem</i> insult intended to deflect and distract from the fact you have no intelligent responses.<br /><br />Once again, give me a legitimate basis to accept your claims. Put up or shut up. It's as simple as that. There is no "hate" involved. Why should I accept your claims? If you can't produce anything beyond fallacies and deflection, then I can't accept them. Period!Helen Wheelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-57440845120626413172017-10-31T12:20:01.466-07:002017-10-31T12:20:01.466-07:00Freely have you received, freely give.
The target...Freely have you received, freely give. <br />The target audience is expected to tithe. So how 'free' is that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-86180705740577699642017-10-31T07:56:24.756-07:002017-10-31T07:56:24.756-07:00John, see my reply to your earlier comment. John, see my reply to your earlier comment. Gordon Feilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16920970799354430732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-80771708600089386162017-10-31T07:55:45.644-07:002017-10-31T07:55:45.644-07:00So John, if I understand you correctly, you are sa...So John, if I understand you correctly, you are saying that the wages of sin is the physical death we all have, but it's no problem because after that comes God's judgment that we are worth resurrecting. Under that admittedly attractive model, how is Jesus a savior? Gordon Feilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16920970799354430732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-60290983850439365722017-10-31T03:58:22.583-07:002017-10-31T03:58:22.583-07:00"Freely have you received..freely give" ...<br />"Freely have you received..freely give" sounds free....<br /><br />The analogy is correct as far as it goes, Dennis.<br /><br />Christ has freely given His life, which gives us access to ‘the club’/(God’s Kingdom).<br /><br />However, as a member, you are still expected to follow the club’s rules! Free membership doesn’t mean you are exempt from following the club rules.<br />Questerukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659962107808147107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-60218957435451397982017-10-30T23:46:23.256-07:002017-10-30T23:46:23.256-07:00Helen
You ignore every answered question and argum...<br />Helen<br />You ignore every answered question and argument that people give. It's just a game with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-77219234135583822542017-10-30T17:43:58.112-07:002017-10-30T17:43:58.112-07:00Hell in high heels , you must have been dropped on...Hell in high heels , you must have been dropped on your head to many times when you were a baby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-64604894099134655842017-10-30T14:16:11.175-07:002017-10-30T14:16:11.175-07:00Dennis
No, no no. Free is 'not freely have you...Dennis<br />No, no no. Free is 'not freely have you received, freely give.' <br />Or 'freely have you received, do not freely give.' <br />Did you study science at school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-17913716728305136252017-10-30T14:08:22.691-07:002017-10-30T14:08:22.691-07:00Oops mixing up my Roman Law.
Nemo plus iuris tran...Oops mixing up my Roman Law.<br /><br />Nemo plus iuris tranfere potest quam ipse habere.<br /><br />Its been awhile.<br /><br />Ncknckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580008070423402328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226103369043606765.post-9277774176975961192017-10-30T14:04:52.885-07:002017-10-30T14:04:52.885-07:00.......Inquire which house is worthy........
But ..........Inquire which house is worthy........<br /><br />But I m no expert.<br />Nulla sumna potest quam ipse haberet.<br /><br />Which is Roman Law.<br /><br />One cannot give away that what one does not own.<br /><br />Ncknckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580008070423402328noreply@blogger.com