The most violently insane acts in the Bible.

by sleepy 17 Replies latest jw friends

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  Rex B13

  For all of those who actually want answers to their questions regarding atheistic judging of God's actions, check this link out.

  http://www.christian-thinktank.com/qamorite.html

  Each new set of baby agnostics (or old posters, new trolls) that arrive here inevitably asks the same questions that fuel their own doubts, probably to reassure themselves that they have chosen the right lifestyle. Sorry to burst your bubbles!

  Seeker,
  Following me around again? ;-)
  Ah yes, Seeker, the noble defender of all agnostic thought. Let's see if I have this right: Good information = anti-God scholars (reputable); Bad information = Christian apologists;
  Key = disbelief in Christianity.
  You just can't stand to see anyone take a stand! You can only associate that with Watchtowerism and that is your achilles heel. Have you taken to reading my oft-recommended books or are you still just reinforcing your own world-view?
  Rex
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  Seeker

  Following me around again? ;-)

  Nope, just noticing your comments in threads we are both reading.

  Ah yes, Seeker, the noble defender of all agnostic thought.

  Nope, some agnostic thought is shallow and wronog.

  Let's see if I have this right: Good information = anti-God scholars (reputable); Bad information = Christian apologists;
  Key = disbelief in Christianity.

  Nope, Good information is well-thought-out, logically consistent, and thorough. Bad information is shallow, contradictory, and off-topic. Key = accuracy.

  You just can't stand to see anyone take a stand!

  Nope, I can't stand to see shallow thinking.

  You can only associate that with Watchtowerism and that is your achilles heel.

  Nope, I've long since moved on beyond Watchtowerism. The fact that you can't see that is your achilles heel.

  Have you taken to reading my oft-recommended books or are you still just reinforcing your own world-view?

  Nope, I read your stuff oftentimes, and that's how I can tell your thinking is shallow.

  Well, you got every statement wrong, Rex. Remarkable.
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  Rex B13

  Someone in your family (or someone close to you) has become born-again, right Seeker? That's the reason for your continuing obsession and it will probably stun you that I know that.
  Does it bother you that intelligent, thinking individuals accept the call of God on both faith and historical truths? By your philosophy, NONE if that caliber should accept God.
  Rex
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  607BCisAbigLIE

  Good point here REX

  good historical knowing and faith in God can live together. Knownledge of the facts only tells a truth about a religion, but it doesn't make someone to lose faith in God. It can provide a better understanding of your faith when all of the remnants of the WT beliefs and behaviors are sweeped away when put against evidence.
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  Seeker

  Rex,

  Someone in your family (or someone close to you) has become born-again, right Seeker?

  Nope. I know of no one in my family like that.

  That's the reason for your continuing obsession and it will probably stun you that I know that.

  I'm stunned at your arrogant belief that you are right when you are (yet again) 100% wrong.

  Does it bother you that intelligent, thinking individuals accept the call of God on both faith and historical truths? By your philosophy, NONE if that caliber should accept God.

  So far in my life, I know of NONE who have. Well, I know of some intelligent, thinking individuals who believe in God, but in very general terms. No one believes as you do, however. None that I have ever known.

  Hey, you asked! I answered.
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  Rex B13

  Seeker, Let's try some ex-dubs:

  Randy Watters, Jim Penton, Ron Day, Fred Franz, Jeff Schwenn and the list goes on....a wide range of beliefs but all Christians, none the less.
  One of the good things about the gospel is the intelligent and rich, the well-read have no advantage over the simple people in the world. Most of the prominent protestant pastors (as well as man priests in Catholicism are both highly educated and evangelical. Yet with protestantism, the 'priesthood of the believer', teaching by way of the Holy Spirit, puts any layperson who is saved on the same level as the doctoral candidate. If a man can teach and preach and is doctrinally sound, he can pastor any church that hires him. God chooses all sorts of people without any regard to their education or station in life, He's as likely to choose a scoundrel as a church mouse for salvation.
  Real Christianity is so unlike what we came out of.
  Rex
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  Rex B13

  King Agag?
  Saul should have come back with Agag's head and his hands freshly removed. It was a traditional fate for a conquered king during this age. Methinks the King and his people whould have quit tossing babies into the firey belly of Moloch, or placing them alive in walls of buildings for good luck, or attacking the elderly and young of Israel, who were bringing up the rear when the Israelites passed through their country. Maybe they were responsible for their own fate and the fate of their families. Had they repented, they would have been spared, just like Nineveh.
  Today, surgeons take our young because we can't inconvenience some woman. HER body is more important than the baby's life.....God gives life and He or the 'superior authorities' (by His allowance) have that right and THEY are awaiting His judgement where they do this without justice.
  Rex
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  Seeker

  Rex,

  You asked about my friends and family, and I said so far in my life I know of none who fit your description. The names you mention, though known to me through these sites, or even friendly with in the case of Jeff, are not who I thought you meant by friends and family.

  It remains true that your surmise about my family was dead wrong. You didn't comment on the arrogance of assuming something about me, commenting on it as if you were right, and then not even mentioning it when I showed you your error. That isn't very polite.

  You totally misunderstand me. I have no emotional tie to proving you wrong. You don't think things through carefully, so you often make very simple mistakes. My standard operating mode when dealing with you could probably best be described as 'bemused' or occasionally 'annoyed.' That's it. You don't provide much of a target, and you won't until you learn critical thinking. I'll know you have made progress when you stop thinking long-discredited 'I found the Ark!' web sites are factual.

  As for your faith, I have no problem with that, and wish you well in it. I will step in and point out errors when you attempt to "prove" your faith, as opposed to being content to just live it. And it would be nice if you stopped trying (and failing) to analyze the rest of us through the narrow shades of your current-relgious-vision. You are no more accurate at that as you were in your JW days when you smugly condemned the very relgious group that you now view as the truth.

  It's your way of formulating thoughts and conclusions that is lacking. I couldn't care less about the end results you come up with, and you are welcome to them, but if you describe the means by which you came to those results, and I see flaws in your steps, I will point them out. One day you may come to understand my true motives, which aren't personal against you at all, nor are they designed to protect my beliefs, nor are they designed to emotionally fight against something in my life. Until then, I am glad to be friends with you, and I am thankful for those occasions when you post reasonably to me.