I was reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. In chapter one he states:
“An atheist in this sense of philosophical naturalist is somebody who
believes there is nothing beyond the natural, physical world, no
supernatural creative intelligence lurking behind the observable
universe, no soul that outlasts the body and no miracles - except in
the sense of natural phenomena that we don't yet understand.”
Isn’t that exactly what the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach about the human soul? That there is no soul after death – that’s it, you’re dead, nothing more. Uh oh. Are they sharing beliefs with the Devil?! *gasp*
Oops! An Atheistic Belief in Witness Doctrine?
by Morocco 3 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Morocco
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AlmostAtheist
>>Isn’t that exactly what the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach about the human soul?
Copying off of atheists, how low can they go!? :-)
Dave
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Morocco
I suppose the Atheist needs to be covering his answer sheet calling out "no cheating, no cheating" --omg can someone please draw that for me?
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J-ex-W
Dawkins means this in the more general sense of there being no 'spirit realm.' Most religions teach of an immortal soul; he may not even be aware of the few religious sects that don't teach that doctrine, specifically.