tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post2838172593963080236..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-91996194527268848322018-03-22T11:40:11.084-04:002018-03-22T11:40:11.084-04:00I think it's high time that you liberals give ...I think it's high time that you liberals give it up and GET OUT of our way.<a href="http://d2bet.net/" rel="nofollow">ทางเข้า D2BET</a><br /><br />jorjorbethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01709331999985806659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-25150993112413192162017-12-12T08:34:29.744-05:002017-12-12T08:34:29.744-05:00Waylon,
I guess that it all comes down to whether ...Waylon,<br />I guess that it all comes down to whether a Christian interprets Israel and Jerusalem as literal or figurative. I grew up studying the figurative interpretation.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-11734090629129354232017-12-12T07:20:01.395-05:002017-12-12T07:20:01.395-05:00Waylon,
How can Christianity possibly be united wi...Waylon,<br /><i>How can Christianity possibly be united with Zionism and the Judaism of the Talmud?</i><br /><br />Two main contrary schools of thought:<br /><br />1) The Lord will bless those who bless Israel (the covenant between Abraham with all his descendants and Jehovah God).<br /><br />2) Through the line of the descendants of Abraham, the Messiah was brought into this world, and with this Messiah came the new covenant and an explicit way of salvation. <br /><br />Many Christians who support Zionism manage to reconcile those two schools of thought. <br /><br />Not all Christians support Zionism because Zionism doesn't recognize Jesus of Nazareth as the Son of God.<br /><br />I'll take a look at the video.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-82848896641381672032017-12-09T14:46:11.038-05:002017-12-09T14:46:11.038-05:00Excellent documentary: " Christian Zionism - ...Excellent documentary: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrxHJTxj2Y" rel="nofollow">" Christian Zionism - War & The Scofield Bible"</a>Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-2997783303190038952017-12-09T13:10:16.374-05:002017-12-09T13:10:16.374-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-33035240242208610082017-12-09T12:31:38.119-05:002017-12-09T12:31:38.119-05:00How does one weigh, measure, quantify or capture i...How does one weigh, measure, quantify or capture in any kind of container such things as ...<br /><br />Those words identify aspects of character which are either present or absent in a truly human being. Since they represent human values actions speak louder than words and and in deciding who possesses those aspects of human character, only God knows for sure, unless there is a longer term observation of an individual's actions to confirm self-serving proclamations.Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-13246020170319536532017-12-09T12:20:12.083-05:002017-12-09T12:20:12.083-05:00I think it was the Scofield bible that united Zion...I think it was the Scofield bible that united Zionism with Christianity in America. which was my reference above to heresy.<br /><br />The heresy being: How can Christianity possibly be united with Zionism and the Judaism of the Talmud?<br />Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-49931166735345275192017-12-09T08:05:17.085-05:002017-12-09T08:05:17.085-05:00Here is part of what WIKI has to say abut The Scof...Here is part of what WIKI has to say abut The Scofield Version, AOW:<br /><br /><b>Scofield Reference Bible</b><br /><br /><i>"The Scofield Reference Bible is a widely circulated study Bible edited and annotated by the American Bible student Cyrus I. Scofield, which popularized DISPENSATIONALISM at the beginning of the 20th century. Published by Oxford University Press and containing the entire text of the traditional, Protestant King James Version, it first appeared in 1909 and was revised by the author in 1917.<br /><br />The Scofield Bible had several innovative features. Most importantly, it printed what amounted to a commentary on the biblical text alongside the Bible instead of in a separate volume, the first to do so since the Geneva Bible (1560) <br /><br />It also contained a cross-referencing system that tied together related verses of Scripture and allowed a reader to follow biblical themes from one chapter and book to another (so called "chain references"). <br /><br />Finally, the 1917 edition also attempted to date events of the Bible. It was in the pages of the Scofield Reference Bible that many Christians first encountered Archbishop James Ussher's calculation of the date of Creation as 4004 BC; and through discussion of Scofield's notes, which advocated the "gap theory," fundamentalists began a serious internal debate about the nature and chronology of creation.<br /><br />The Scofield Bible was published only a few years before World War I, a war that destroyed the cultural optimism that had viewed the world as entering a new era of peace and prosperity; then the post-World War II era witnessed the creation in Israel of a homeland for the Jews. Thus, Scofield's premillennialism seemed prophetic.</i> <br /><br /><b>'At the popular level, especially, many people came to regard the DISPENSATIONALIST scheme as completely vindicated."<br /><br /> Sales of the Reference Bible exceeded two million copies by the end of World War II. <br /><br />DISPENSATIONALISM is the belief that between creation and the final judgment there would be seven distinct eras of God's dealing with man and that these eras are a framework for synthesizing the message of the Bible.</b><br /><br /><i>It was largely through the influence of Scofield's notes that dispensationalism grew in influence among fundamentalist Christians in the United States. Scofield's notes on the Book of Revelation are a major source for the various timetables, judgments, and plagues elaborated on by popular religious writers ...</i><br /><br /><br />What all this mght mean to WAYTLON, who I believe c]insiders himself agnostic, is anybody's guess. I hope he will return to clarify his remark.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-69700485271356809822017-12-09T07:44:58.192-05:002017-12-09T07:44:58.192-05:00Waylon,
Could you explain what you mean by the Sco...Waylon,<br />Could you explain what you mean by <i>the Scofield version, another heresy</i> -- particularly the word <i>heresy</i>.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-75884793795811424192017-12-09T06:31:49.307-05:002017-12-09T06:31:49.307-05:00Oh dear, Waylon! I have gone through this routine ...Oh dear, Waylon! I have gone through this routine so many times over the years it might be better for my mental health, if just SHUT UP and let it go. That would be much easier for me. The argument can't be won conclusively anyway, because we are dealing with intangibles. However,my sense of integrity and my understanding of Truth will not permit me to allow what-appears-to-be a heartlpess, purely materialistic approach go unchallenged.<br /><br />In my understanding the things that matter most are wholly intangible.<br /><br /><b>How does one weigh, measure, quantify or capture in any kind of container such things as<br /><br />Honor,<br />Probity,<br />Spirit,<br />Soul,<br />Principle,<br />Humor,<br />Character,<br />Personality, <br />Whimsy<br />Capriciousness,<br />Captiousness,<br />Arrogance,<br />Deceitfulness,<br />Deviousness,<br />Hypocrisy,<br />Duty,<br />Curosity,<br />Virtue<br />Belligerence,<br />Hostility<br />Indifference,<br />Cupidity,<br />Insouciance,<br />Love,<br />Antipathy,<br />Snideness,<br />Disgust,<br />Spite,<br />Envy,<br />Malice,<br />Avarice,<br />Gluttony,<br />Covetousness,<br />Fanaticism,<br />Superstition,<br />Trust,<br />Suspicion,<br />Truth,<br />Falsehood,<br />Fallacious,<br />Logical,<br />Irrational, <br />Sensibility,<br />Fairness,<br />Decency,<br />Creativity,<br />Justice,<br />Decency,<br />Beauty,<br />Ingenuity,<br />Ambition,<br />Laziness,<br />Laxity,<br />Desire,<br />Attraction<br />Enchantment,<br />Repulsion,<br />Repugnance,<br />Perversion,<br />Fascination,<br />Mystery,<br />Pruruence,<br />Tolerance,<br />Openness<br />Frankness,<br />Sincerity,<br />Magnanimity,<br />Charity,<br />Opacity,<br />Degeneracy,<br />Salubriousness,<br />Wastefulness, <br />Thrift,<br />Blatancy<br />Subtlety<br />Inspiration<br />Courage,<br />Diplomacy<br />Affectation, <br />Meekness,<br />Shyness,<br />Boldness,<br />Aggressiveness,<br />Prestige,<br />Dignity,<br />Sloth, <br />Insolence<br />Tastefulness,<br />Vulgarity<br />Refinement,<br />Mercy,<br />Alertness,<br />Cooperation,<br />Obstinacy,<br />Curiosity,<br />Ecstasy,<br />Misery,<br />Talent,<br /><br />And on and on and on<br /><br />No one could deny these things not only exist, but also have great bearing on our lives, therefore, they are vitally important, yet all are intangible –– none can be weighed, measured, counted, contained, stroked, hugged, kissed, embraced, eaten, excreted, or hoarded. They can neither be creaed nor destroyed, not could they be bought or sold.<br /><br />From what source do MELODY, HARMONY, METER, FORM and WONDER, CHARM, MAGNANIMITY emanate? What force impels us to create and develop Art, Architecture, Music, Drama, Literature, Poetry, Cultivated Landscapes, Haute Cuisine, Etiquette, Sociability?<br /><br />Why IS it that we seem unable to live "by BREAD alone?"</b><br /><br /><br /><b>___ COULD IT BE ___<br /><br /><i>Could it be <br />We need our fantasies <br />And fond illusions <br />More than we need <br />Mundane reality?<br /><br />Did ancient astronauts <br />Visit Earth aeons ago, <br />Plant Colonies - perform <br />Wondrous Feats of Engineering <br /><br /><br />Still unexplained?<br /><br />The eternal Mystery of<br />The Pyramids - The Sphinx<br />Stonehenge - Gigantic Chalk Figures,<br />Discernible only from great heights -<br />Easter Island - Machu Pichu?<br /><br />The Origin of Man -<br />The miracles of Music -<br />Painting - Sculpture -<br />Poetry and Thought.<br /><br />The Star of Bethlehem -<br />The Virgin Birth - The Magi -<br />Betrayal, Death and Resurrection?<br /><br />Patterns of Migration? <br />Courtship Rituals?<br />Attachment - Dependency -<br />Illness - Abandonment -<br />Grief - Tedium - <br />Decline - Decay -<br /><br />The eternal Search <br />For Acceptance - Appreciation -<br />Affection - Understanding -</i></b> <br /><br /><b>ESCAPE!</b><br /><br />~ FreeThinkeFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-61827668080193522832017-12-08T19:42:42.241-05:002017-12-08T19:42:42.241-05:00Rather then referring to lawyers as shysters, perh...Rather then referring to lawyers as shysters, perhaps they should be called allreds.Rusty Shackelfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232914458379098036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-9154481867579551112017-12-08T17:42:35.679-05:002017-12-08T17:42:35.679-05:00While I must strenuously object to the doltish, mi...While I must strenuously object to the doltish, militantly informal, quasi-adolescent tone I have to agree with this analysis:<br /><br /><i>"For Blake, Jerusalem is always the New Jerusalem described in Chapter 21 of the Book of Revelation, a beautiful golden city that will descend from the sky at the end of time and serve as the eternal home for God and all his true followers. The New Jerusalem in Blake's poetry is what results when all the divisions and fractures of the world are finally healed and the world is made whole again."</i><br /><br />I believe that to be true with one notable exception: <b>I am morally certain that "Jerusalem" respresents not a PLACE at all, but rather an IDEAL, BEATIFIC STATE of <i>MIND, SOUL and SPIRIT reflective of the LOVE and TRUTH that is the essence of Almighty GOD.</i></b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-3072227223458476562017-12-08T16:48:28.231-05:002017-12-08T16:48:28.231-05:00Vera Feier said
Roy Moore accuser admits she forg...<b>Vera Feier said</b><br /><br /><b>Roy Moore accuser admits she forged part<br />of yearbook inscription attributed to<br />Alabama senate candidate</b><br /><br />Fox News, by Staff <br /><br />One of the women who accused Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of making advances on her when she was a teen and he a local prosecutor admitted Friday to forging part of the yearbook inscription she offered as proof. Beverly Young Nelson told ABC News she wrote part of the disputed note in her high school yearbook that she and famed attorney Gloria Allred presented as proof the then-30-something Moore sought an inappropriate relationship with her in the late 1970s. Nelson still insisted that Moore wrote most of the message and signed the inscription, but said ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-34930736627645138072017-12-08T15:16:29.225-05:002017-12-08T15:16:29.225-05:00Source(s) please.Source(s) please.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-51019292236168525692017-12-08T13:43:38.850-05:002017-12-08T13:43:38.850-05:00Off Topic
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Beverly Young Nelson has finall...Off Topic <br /><br />54,949<br />Beverly Young Nelson has finally admitted that she forged a portion of the infamous high school yearbook that she and attorney Gloria Allred used as proof of her accusations against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore.<br />And in yet another blow to the credibility of ABC News, the disgraced, left-wing network downplayed the bombshell by presenting this admission of forgery as adding “notes” to the inscription. Worse still, the reporter actually coaches Nelson, puts words in her mouth, downplay the enormous significance of her deceit.<br /><br />Libasherhttp://libasher.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-58523867323931361602017-12-08T10:09:35.873-05:002017-12-08T10:09:35.873-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Free Bellybutton lintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-14655772714521689302017-12-07T21:47:35.489-05:002017-12-07T21:47:35.489-05:00As for dark Satanic mills, Shmoop states the thoug...As for <a href="https://www.shmoop.com/william-blake-jerusalem/stanza-2-summary.html" rel="nofollow">dark Satanic mills</a>, <i>Shmoop</i> states the thought that I had:<br /><br /><i>"Satanic Mills" is pretty clearly a reference to the Industrial Revolution—we get that, but… there was no industrial revolution in ancient times. That's what tricky about these lines. On the one hand, yes, the speaker is obviously talking about the Industrial Revolution, but he's got something else in mind as well.<br /><br /><b>In general, "dark Satanic mills" just refers to life on Earth as we know it—the real world, the "fallen" world that hasn't yet been redeemed by God, the world where there is not yet a new Jerusalem for all of the true believers in God.</b><br /><br />Basically, the speaker wonders if there was ever a heaven on Earth in England back in ancient times, and if it was even possible that Jesus would have visited such a "Satanic" place as England. </i><br /><br />Of course, we may interpret the poem any way that we wish. But I found some of <i>Shmoop</i>'s information to be interesting because that information provided some background information that we might otherwise not have known.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-63174452585915818312017-12-07T21:44:14.808-05:002017-12-07T21:44:14.808-05:00There is some controversy surrounding this particu...There is some controversy surrounding this particular work by William Blake. The study-notes website <i>Shmoop</i> offers <a href="https://www.shmoop.com/william-blake-jerusalem/" rel="nofollow">this information</a> about the work. Page after page! See the NEXT button at the bottom of the web page cited above for an examination of Blake's poem. I read quite a bit before deciding I was too fatigued to continue (not a spare moment, really, for the past 48 hours+).<br /><br />On <a href="https://www.shmoop.com/william-blake-jerusalem/stanza-1-summary.html" rel="nofollow">this <i>Shmoop</i> page</a>, I paused -- and read the following twice because it surprised me:<br /><br /><i>...Okay so he's definitely talking about Jesus in lines 3-4, but do "those feet" also belong to Jesus, too? It's a bit hard to say at this point, but all signs point to a big, gigantic, enormous "yes."<br /><br />So, why is the speaker asking if Jesus walked among the hills of England in ancient times? Didn't Jesus live somewhere in what is now Israel?<br /><br /><b>Actually, there was a popular legend in England in Blake's day that held that Jesus visited England with his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea, sometime between the ages of 12 and 30 (the so-called "lost years").</b><br /><br />It sounds kind of bogus, sure, but there are plenty of scholars who have been willing to take the idea seriously, as you can see in this documentary and in this book. </i><br /><br />Go to the above link to access the embedded links.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-52519881805227292232017-12-07T19:24:51.044-05:002017-12-07T19:24:51.044-05:00Is it possible that when one achieves harmony and ...Is it possible that when one achieves harmony and peace through spiritual means they arrive at pure truth? Methinks yes.<br /><br />Religion (pick one) is not synonymous with spirituality.<br /><br />Often religion and the Church (pick one) work against achieving spirituality, harmony, peace, and pure truth.<br /><br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-63304601963253297962017-12-07T18:47:23.844-05:002017-12-07T18:47:23.844-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Dancing Jigaboonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-54810022339166276042017-12-07T17:50:08.843-05:002017-12-07T17:50:08.843-05:00"Zion" and "Israel" also have ...<b>"Zion" and "Israel" also have metaphysical meanings that extend far beyond the boindaries of ANY geographical location and transcend all physycial limitations.<br /><br />"Jerusalem," "Zion" and "Israel" are really blessed states of MIND –– CONSCIOUSNESS –– PURITY of GOALS and of MOTIVES –– harmony and peace that could only be achieved through SPIRITUAL means.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-21208656473976093332017-12-07T17:41:47.208-05:002017-12-07T17:41:47.208-05:00Metaphysical meaning of Jerusalem
Jerusalem--&qu...Metaphysical meaning of Jerusalem <br /><br />Jerusalem--"Habitation of peace." The spiritual center in consciousness. In man it is the abiding consciousness of spiritual peace. When we go deep into the silent recesses of our beings, we realize a stillness and sweetness beyond expression. A great peace is there--the "peace of God, which passeth all understanding" (Phil. 4:7). This is the point in consciousness where the Spiritual energy of life is strong enough to vitalize adjacent body substance. The substance is physically a nerve center just back of the stomach; spiritually it is the realization of the unfailing substance of Divine Mind.<br /><br />Jerusalem, feast in--Metaphysically, a receptive state of mind toward all spiritual good.<br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-54216160507306729952017-12-07T16:54:23.125-05:002017-12-07T16:54:23.125-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ronald Wardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-18903339886615465862017-12-07T16:18:15.425-05:002017-12-07T16:18:15.425-05:00It certainly fits Blake's theology to name the...It certainly fits Blake's theology to name the "dark Satanic mills" the contemporary church but it is also true that the industrial revolution was a key subject of Blake's and much Romantic poetry.<br /><br />What is the intended meaning. We'll never know for sure. Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-27731195364476987622017-12-07T14:38:59.276-05:002017-12-07T14:38:59.276-05:00WIKI says:
The Industrial Revolution began in Gre...WIKI says:<br /><br />The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, and many of the technological innovations were British. By the mid-18th century Britain controlled a global trading empire with colonies in North America and Africa, and with some political influence on the Indian subcontinent, through the activities of the East India Company. The development of trade and the rise of business were major causes of the Industrial Revolution.<br /><br />The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in history; almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way. In particular, average income and population began to exhibit unprecedented sustained growth. <br /><br />Some economists say that <b>the major impact of the Industrial Revolution was that the standard of living for the general population began to increase consistently for the first time in history</b>, although others have said that it did not begin to meaningfully improve until the late 19th and early 20th centuries.<br /><br /><b>GDP per capita was broadly stable before the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of the modern capitalist economy, while the Industrial Revolution began an era of per-capita economic growth in capitalist economies. Economic historians are in agreement that the onset of the Industrial Revolution is the most important event in the history of humanity since the domestication of animals and plants.</b><br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.com