I think villagegirl is back.
HOW TO AVOID THE A-HOLE SPIRIT OF SOME HERE...
by DATA-DOG 152 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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abbasgreta
Cofty: An old man in a frock mumbling some latin words over a wafer to turn it into the body of a dead carpenter.
Where on earth did you attend Holy Communion?
None of the above happens at my church.
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Dismissing servant
Could it be an A**hole spirit...ual paradise inside those buildings?
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/humour/249169/1/Kingdom-Hall-pranks-or-persecution
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AndDontCallMeShirley
Paris: Of the highest IQ's in the scientific community, people in advanced hard sciences, like math and physics, 7% of this tiny group are believers
This means 93% are not believers.
Failed argument, Paris.
Paris: DJS and Shirley - You are both determined to
(1) Be Right, no matter what. ( how very JW of you )
(2) Denigrate any believer as not as "smart or well educated" as you are.
Failed on both claims. I neither said nor implied either of your ridiculous assertions.
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DJS
Paris,
Ditto to ADCMS,
All we are doing is refuting dumbass statements made by theists. Of course there are a lot of very intelligent theists and a lot of stupid atheists. We continue to cite very good empirical data which illustrate strong correlations. Nothing more. As I have done everytime, the data suggests strong correlations, not direct correlations or cause/effect.
If you could read you would understand that. I will stop posting this kind of material when you and the other theists stop making dumb-ass definitive statements which have absolutely no basis in fact.
If you have a problem with the individuals who conduct theses studies or the methodologies they employ to synthesize the data and draw conclusions or findings from it, then I suggest you spend your time dismantling it instead of posting tepid, immature attacks on those posting the data. Otherwise, the best option for you - and those like you - would be to show some X-tian humility and aviod the keyboard. Or not. The more you and those like you spew nonsense the more you validate the research. I will repeat: A LOT of theists are very intelligent, and a lot of atheists are morons. The data suggests strong correlations.
You stop and I will stop. It's simple.
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Band on the Run
I don't make dumbass comments. You are making enemies where once you had friends. Not a smart move. Join the Politburo.
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DJS
BOTR,
If the shoe doesn't fit you don't wear it. I am not of course talking about all those responding to these types of OPs and comments, only those making the definitive and wrong statements. I respect and like you and your comments. You and I have been on the same side on many OPs. All I am asking of you is that you use some of the fair mindedness and toughness in this matter that you show when dealing with legal matters and those showing a rush to judgment against others unfairly.
Definitive statements made without regard to the actual facts is dumbassedness, regardless of who it is. I don't put you in that category.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
BOTR: I don't make dumbass comments....Join the Politburo.
I think that fits within the definition of "dumbass comment".
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FlyingHighNow
Paris: Of the highest IQ's in the scientific community, people in advanced hard sciences, like math and physics, 7% of this tiny group are believers
I doubt her statistics anyway. From the research I've done, it's a much higher percentage of theists or deists than 7%. Many scientists are so blown away by the complexities and marvel of our material world, that it moves them to belief in some kind of deity. I know my oceangrapher/inventor dad said similar things about the world and God. He had friends who were geologists and from other fields of science. I can remember them discussing atheism. None of them were atheists. They felt the world was too amazing for there to be no god involved somewhere.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
FHN: I doubt her statistics anyway. From the research I've done, it's a much higher percentage of theists or deists than 7%.
Please enlighten us with your "research".
Or, do anecdotal observations from your dad and his buddies, such as "they felt", count as hard evidence?