What hope is there then? (page 6)

If God was truly a god of love, don't you think he would have given us something better than an ancient book that everyone argues about? How about some direct involvement? People want to compare God to a loving father yet when a human father disappears and doesn't support his kids, he's called a deadbeat dad or worse. So how is God better than that?

This assumes that the bible is not inspired by God. If the bible is inspired, then it is all we need for guidence. The reason for arguing about the Bible would then be because of bias towards what the bible says because of a person's world view. But at some point the bible should be clear enough to have the "truth" become aparant, at least on important issues such as hellfire, immortality of the soul, the trinity, God's purpose for us, etc. For other things, like any verse that can be translate one of two ways, will always have two camps translating it differently, based on bias. So using that verse to prove anthing is moot, because of the bias in translation.

If it isn't inspired then what book is? If there is no inspired book, then that leads to questioning if God does not exists, and thus the other option I've been talking about.

Bluegill

Mickey mouse.......it's like you read my mind. If all I do is get up and go to work, have a loving wife, great friends, a nice home,travel a little , eat well and do the things I enjoy doing with people I love, then in my mind I have a good life. Do I want to die? No. Unfortunately everything does. What else do people want out of life? What more do we need to be happy? Maybe I'm missing something. Should I be expecting more?

Bluegill

notverylikely

In the grand scheme of things, living 70-80 years is nothing. Why live at all then?

Because if you do it right, it's kinda fun. Use that logic on anything and see how silly it is?

"Why earn money at all, I'm just going to spend it."

"Why enjoy this meal? I'm just to digest it and have to eat again"

"why have a good time in bed with this girl? It's just going to end and then I'll get dressed..."

sir82

There are a ton of religions, many believing some polar-opposite things.
For the "polar-opposite" beliefs, only one can be true.

Therefore, wouldn't it make sense that there would be at least one religion that would have most of it's biggest beliefs be the valid version? Don't make this about why JWs would or wouldn't fit this category. I'm looking at this at a higher religion-agnostic level.

You've fallen into the dualistic, black or white, right or wrong thinking the Watchtower Society so loves.

For your 2nd point, how about "none of them are true"? Or "all contain some elements of truth, but none are completely true"?

For your 3rd point, why? Why must there be one religion which is mostly true? What if they are allmostly wrong?

notverylikely

For the "polar-opposite" beliefs, only one can be true.

False dichotomy, neither has to be true.

What hope is there then?

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