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  1. I Am Hugh

    God is a woman

    The actual? Existing in fact; typically, as contrasted with what was intended, expected, or believed; existing now, current? How does that change my perception? I think that our difference of opinion would contradict that the actual is all you can have, if not then beg the question what...
  2. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    Well, depending upon the actual period of time. I was thinking more in the lines of the Temple.
  3. I Am Hugh

    pope made homophobic slur

    I abandoned the gay life a long time ago and so have mixed feeling on this. I'm so sick of the fake, stupid pageantry. What's the latest buzz? What's the latest meme we should be offended by? Things may have changed but we - us f***s - used to say it all the time. What do you expect to happen...
  4. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    If only that were true. I can't read every response.
  5. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    So, you see the similarities and the differences there. Thanks. How do you think these traditions (Jewish/Christian/Celtic) might have come about inasmuch at least that they are similar?
  6. I Am Hugh

    Do you believe in God?

    The thing is, in order to sustain such a position requires a very limited perception of the "evidence." By definition it is completely false. God or gods. Belief. I don't believe in the President; I do believe he exists. If, as I believe you had said, there is no evidence of gods, that is...
  7. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    Seems hypocritical to me. Double standard. ETA: You are suggesting I do this or are you implying censorship? I'm not doing any of that. I don't have a religion, I think spirituality or lack thereof is a personal responsibility, I belong to no sect or denomination, I have no interest in...
  8. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    Let's say that it is the same, what exactly would that mean? You and I can read English, but if I say beo gesund do you understand? That's English, roughly at the least, 923 years ago. So, how has Arabic and Hebrew changed since, let's say, 1513 BCE for Hebrew and 632 CE for Arabic? That begs...
  9. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    Message, Sgt. Not the messenger.
  10. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    What does the word soul mean to you? We are talking about the pagan immortal soul, but also by contrast, the words unhappily translated as soul. From Hebrew word translated soul comes from a root word meaning breath. A breather.
  11. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    I've conversed with many apostate Christians from Christendom and I recognize the responses in the OP as proselytizing that propaganda. That's what we do. So, it doesn't matter - JW, me, the Pope, Spongebob Square Pants - it's either right or wrong. We weigh the testimony. Respond to the message...
  12. I Am Hugh

    Do you believe in God?

    Is this . . . what year is this? :eek: Okay. How does the year make any difference? How has the word god changed from 1513 BCE and 2024 CE? In other words, what difference does the year make?
  13. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    Could they afford to buy a Bible, or at least the scrolls as they were made available prior to the completion of the collection as we now know it. What exactly is the time "back then" when they couldn't afford it and what difference would that make in their ability to read it? If you can't...
  14. I Am Hugh

    Do you believe in God?

    Correct. That is the usual position of the atheists as I have observed it, and they are absolutely right. Money and countries are human social constructs. God and gods are anything or anyone attributed might and so venerated. There are supernatural gods, mortal men, inanimate objects made of...
  15. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    You mean spurious? Could you tell me what you think the word spirit means and the various ways in which the Hebrew and Greek are translated? Then maybe we could clarify which possible meaning, the Platonic or Scriptural, you might be applying there.
  16. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    Don't the Muslims use the same argument with Arabic and the Quran? Why did the church object to people reading the Bible? Why were there people destroying printing presses and various English translations? Why did the scribes replace God's name in the Bible with the generic term LORD? In a...
  17. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    Why just human? Why not animals?
  18. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    The JWs used to hold to a more traditional theology until they discovered the truth which is pretty well documented. Nothing anyone says about the Bible, including the JWs is original, except for the unintentionally nefarious practice of inserting themselves into prophecy. You should provide a...
  19. I Am Hugh

    The Pagan/Christian Immortal Soul

    From a strictly Biblical perspective the term soul is a somewhat problematic translation due to the origin of the English word soul itself. It is derived from the Old English words sawol and sawel as found in the 8th century poem Beowulf and Vespasian Psalter. From the Germanic sailian and Old...
  20. I Am Hugh

    Do you believe in God?

    This is me thinking just off the top of my head on the subject of atheism and gods, I am equally if not more critical of the traditional theist perception because it's more theological tradition than Biblical. So, the JW Bible, in my opinion is better than the more traditional "scholarly"...
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