by nvrgnbk 75 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
I am humbled by my ignorance.
I believe I will be rewarded for being peaceful.
I do not deny ethical medical care to anyone.
My own moral code, if applied, prevents the spread of AIDS and other STDs.
I am in the process of reaching my personal full potential in life.
Your quarrel is not with me.
BTS
I agree. Belief in god is not in itself a universally negative force. But it is a negative force on many, many, many people throughout the world.
The correct answer is, NO.
nvr,
Why does "whether God exists or not" bother you so much?
Warlock
It doesn't bother me.
I just think that if there is a God in the form of an entity, then we need to identify it and see what it wants from us.
If there isn't, then perpetuating belief in it is the grossest form of intellectual dishonesty.
BTW, this thread was in response to Honesty's thread asking for just a shred of evidence that proved the celestial appointment of the WT organization back around the end of WWI.
I just think it's funny how the same logic used by believers to discredit the Watchtower cult isn't applied to their own beliefs.
But Warlock always has been quick with the temper and slow with the reading comprehension.
Other than Scarlett Johansson (and beautiful women in general), has there been any evidence provided?
Scientific evidence. On the left is all the evidence of God's existence. On the right is... nothing...
I would say they are equal.
Another scientific demonstration. On the left is all the evidence of God's existence. On the right is a teeny, tiny piece of goose down.
Scientific fact. Long winded, deeply felt convictions have an atomic weight of .0000
I know you are sooo above the fray...but would you answer your own question?
As nvr rightly said, it's all about double standards ... on both sides.
I just think it's funny how the same logic used by believers to discredit the Watchtower cult isn't applied to their own beliefs.
"i want to believe, i really do".
i do not want to believe. if i got proof of something, i don't believe it, i know it.
now with unprovable things, there are at least probabilities. if there is much evidence for something without any evidence against it, it's probability is pretty high. if there's no evidence whatsoever for something, the probability is pretty low. this is like poker. i don't know the other's hand, but i know the possibilities.
the problem with the "are we created" question is, that if answered positively for whatever reason, it leaves one with even more unprovable questions. i don't even want to begin listing some of the questions, because it leads to nowhere.
simply put: "we are (most probably) not created" and "we are (maybe) created, so what" are not much of a difference when it comes to picking one's morals or way of life.
on the other hand "we are created, it's been one single personal god who spoke to people in the bronce-age, told them to write books that do not really make a superhuman impression, revised most of the stuff later by sending his son to earth and let him die as a virtual payment to himself for a sin he himself invented so everybody who believes this can live forever" sounds a little far-fetched, especially when the person believing this thinks, everone who replaces "sending his son" with "coming down himself" is a complete idiot and everyone who adds a character named "mohammed" to the whole story will be killed by his loving god.
But Warlock always has been quick with the temper and slow with the reading comprehension.
Actually, "Warlock just shakes his head and laughs", is more like it.
Warlock
