If you don't ask serious questions that can break your beliefs fundamentally every once and a while how do you propose to get to the actual answer? Well, like i've said a few times before I pray to God for guidence, as well as personal study. You too, can also pray for guidence if you feel you need it. I feel I should discontue my
Religion 'should' be able to withstand mockery....it's 'supposed' to be a devotion to the almighty. If humour at its expense is a threat to its existence/appreciation then as they say 'God help you' [and your religion'. Besides.....everyone knows.... Clapton is God... Most religions cannot stay up against the
How is that when they are quoting from the Bible, saying how clear (the same references you make mind you... the blood thing, and others) it is what God is saying? Yes, we both use the Bible, but they also use teachings of men. Such as hell, Baker I believe, said that it was a teaching of a man. They also don't teach things in the Bible, such a
The statement makes no sense. Did you mean that "Something can't come from Nothing?" I would suggest a smidgen of Physics and Chemistry, so at the very least you'll have the vocabulary to express yourself. I think, though, you said pretty much the same thing hundreds of posts back, and I answered it. If you are gonna talk in absolutes, i.e. this or that CAN'T happen, at least look into what you are talking about, and present something apparent to all that will plead your case. In the me
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Maybe you didn't realize the first 4 words you stated earlier...Hell is a place Are you contradicting yourself? No actually, i'm not. I've stated earlier that hell (hades, sheol) is actually the grave, so it is a place, but it has no activity. I invite you to do some research on the orgins of the word 'hell.' <TABLE cell
SO with the being cast out of the community and your family, and the being destroyed for eternity part, there's no negative reinforcement for these "personal choices"? Jehovah's Witnesses have no reason to make harmful decisions when they are bleeding to death, or their children are molested? . Lies? um, yeah. I was replying to your statement of
why? What do you see that I do not? Then I would like to ask, why should I care? You have your religious beliefs and I will not single you out and vilify you for them, don't presume to do that to me for not accepting yours as my own truths and reality. Thats the point, stop preaching. I see the fulfillment of B
oh no I said the word penis I'm going to hell! hehe Doreen Look at yourselves.
The Jehovah's Witness hierarchy has the tools in place to punish, shun and isolate those that threaten their power, openly question doctrine, and cause 'dissent'. They are in charge of the lives of their members. That from a non-JW... This from a JW: No, my life is controlled by me. I make my own decisions. I choose to serve God according
They have? If thats a quote of me, sorry, I meant to say Scriptures. Though i'm not for sure that they've added books, because i've never looked. I've just seen the "trinity verse" (saying Father, Son, and holy spirit are the same). <TD class=
Ah but if you give me a few days I can dig up some verses out of the bible that say the trinty is believeable. OK, but you haven't answered why you think JWs are a cult. You don't have to though, I was just curious and I though that i'd clear up any misunderstandings if any. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394
For r3fr, the smallest difference in scriptural interpretation turns bloodless 'devotion' into suicide or murder. A great deal hinges on paper, ink and interpretation. Faith. We believe its the right choice. You can call our decision whatever you please, but its our decision. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF39
Citizen r3fr, you have a good idea. That would be one of my recommendations too. But, the wrong program. Spybot Search and Destroy is a much better spyware killer. It also searches for bad registry references which can also slow down the computer. Optimizing your registry is important. If you have never done it before you may notice a hundred bad references. But, be carefu
whatever...JWs/Mormons.. Ya'all are goofy.. We believe we are doing what Jesus commanded Christians to do, which is preach AND teach the word of God. Its what Jesus himself did too. I'm curious, r3fr....what really goe
Theres always the possibility that you have spyware. Not from windowblinds (I hope ), though, but from websites that download stuff for you, even if you don't ask for it. A good tool to fight it is Ad-Aware. It scans your computer for spyware and gives you the option to delete it. It also scans cookies which can be deleted also, but you'll need to sign in again to this site. No biggie. The site to dow
I tried to make my intolerant beliefs about your organization as tolerant as I could in post #878, but since you don't seem to mind talking about it, we can. After numerous conversations you begin to see the programming, right down to how you are taught to debate ( Link ). To be honest the organizational component of the Jehovah's Witnesses is cultish and frightening to m
Then how about a man out of a lump of clay? (As it says in the Bible) It says "dust from the ground." Thats what we are. When we die, thats what we turn into. Slowly, but surely. Cars kill a great many more peop
Really? Yes, its not 100% accurate. You said it yourself in your post "and therefore produces dates that have smaller standard errors than the conventional method." It is still just a guess. No, wrong. Scien
Hands up, all those who have run screaming from the excessively long posts?.... I've just got a lot of evidence to back up my claims. You don't have to read them if you don't want to, but if you feel you'd like to comment on what I say, then you might
OK, For creation we have an all powerful God. He creates us. We live. What we supposedily need to evolve is matter. Matter cannot come from nothing and cannot change to be living. We.. live? The dinosaurs, mammels and reptiles died off, but humans survived? We're very weak compared to most dinosaurs. Most were far faster and far better hunters than we are, but yet they died. "Evolutions Foundation Missing? WHAT is the essence of Darwin’s theory of evolution? “In its ful
Your God is all powerful correct?Then where was he when the child was abused and raped or murdered?You God can see and knows all, correct?Did your God not know this was taking place?If your God knew this.Knowing it was taking place why did your God not stop it? In those questions, you're not the only one asking them.
It all depends on how far you want to take Evolution. You can't deny that Evolution happens. Every time you buy a dog you are enjoying the fruits of selective breeding. Any bird watcher can give you a hundred examples of the same things happening in nature. Species diverge over time based upon their specific needs and activities. It isn't much
HA and you all thought I was long winded in the typing arena ! r3fr, interesting reading and points to look up. Thanks. Yeah, i'm sorry, but I tend to have long posts. Of course, because why did he die?
I think if they have to interpret a translation from Hebrew to English to get the feeling of the text then there is room for error or someone else's interpretation to be more accurate. But if there is a God, don't you think he'd make sure the translation was correct? <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb
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