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  Religion...is regarded by the rulers as useful

  by flipper in

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  lucius annaeus seneca, roman statesman, 4bc - 65ad: "religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.".

  this comes to mind as trump has been throwing the word "god" around.

  there are a lot of outwardly religious people in this government.. benjamin franklin: "the way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason.".

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  Why do you think Trump had a reported seven clergymen speak at his

  Inauguration

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  Questions

  by Bugbear in

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  did the aztecs carve out the beating hart out of their enemy’s breast?.

  did the jews “killed all their enemies, men, woman and children - but not the virgin girls”.

  did the jews slaughtered cattle, birds and other animals and burned it in the temple of jerusalem.

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  Cheers

  Number two is not correct

  Sometimes they killed the Virgin girls as well

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  Goddesses are cooler

  by pale.emperor in

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  i dont know about you, but for some reason if i were to go around worshiping some deity i should have done better and looked outside the bible.

  i mean, there's some pretty cool goddesses out there in other religions.

  here's my top 3:.

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  Goddesses are cooler

  by pale.emperor in

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  i dont know about you, but for some reason if i were to go around worshiping some deity i should have done better and looked outside the bible.

  i mean, there's some pretty cool goddesses out there in other religions.

  here's my top 3:.

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  I enjoy the company of a Shiksa goddess from time to time

  Oy Vay!

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  I will only believe in demons if...

  by deegee in

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  jws are known to have an obsession and preoccupation with demons.. this obsession and preoccupation is not without merit given that jesus, his disciples/apostles, and the general public of 1st century ce judea and galilee are reported as believing in the existence of demonic spirits and in the possibility of demon possession of an individual.. exorcism formed a large part of jesus' ministry on earth.

  the gospels and the book of acts describe many exorcisms where jesus and his disciples release people from demonic possession.. ___ .

  but how do demons get inside a person's brain or body?

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  Scientific experiments take place in a

  controlled environment

  for a reason

  For results to be considered valid they have to be repeated

  Once you have some material evidence (convenient that nobody does)

  Such as droppings that can be analyzed by reputable people

  Take them to James Randi (a former magician) and he will give you

  $1,000,000

  In the meantime, just keep up the Biblical practice of curing Epilepsy

  by Exorcism

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  This site should be called Anti-Jehovahs-Witnesses Cry-babies

  by the-Question in

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  so, you left because of a bad example(s).. why all the whining?

  nothing better to do with your time?.

  you at least know far more about the bible than any church-goer?.

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  I know more about Alchemy than anyone in my neighborhood

  So what
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  Why is this blind allegiance to the anointed ones?

  by anointed1 in

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  even when they know that certain things are not right with the organization the flocks are blindly following their leaders viewing them as the future “kings and priests” (originally a sumerian concept).. greed for a “land of milk and honey” (either in this life or the next) is at the root of their allegiance.

  interestingly, greed is something the flocks are warned against: ‘be on your guard against all kinds of greed which is idolatry.’ (luke 12:15; colossians 3:5).

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  Why is this blind allegiance to the anointed ones?

  by anointed1 in

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  even when they know that certain things are not right with the organization the flocks are blindly following their leaders viewing them as the future “kings and priests” (originally a sumerian concept).. greed for a “land of milk and honey” (either in this life or the next) is at the root of their allegiance.

  interestingly, greed is something the flocks are warned against: ‘be on your guard against all kinds of greed which is idolatry.’ (luke 12:15; colossians 3:5).

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  @anointed1

  I agree with what you wrote about self empowerment

  There seems to be a part in the nature of some

  that doesn't feel qualified to make their own decisions

  JWs in times past would write "The (Watch Tower) Society/Mother" for

  help with all sorts of life decisions

  Now it's elders that are put upon to help with things including the

  mundane:

  "What clothing should I wear?"

  To me this doesn't seem like normal behaviour

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  Oh God(s)!

  by tepidpoultry in

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  meant to hopefully get your mind off the craziness which we sadly refer to as the news these days,.

  we'll call this one .

  fun for seculars.

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  Thanks cofty

  For me it's a 7 for the God of the Bible

  created by man in his image

  A rather vicious personage softened later

  by the appearance of Jesus Christ

  Other than that a 6

  I like to operate with a margin of error

  As I don't know everything (yet)

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  Millions now living will never die

  by stillin in

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  but pretty much all of them are now dead.

  and so are billions of others.

  so, god doesn't desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance?

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  @David_Jay

  David,

  Thank you for your comments,

  My interests are mainly as a non religious secular these days but as I was

  raised a JW the subject of world religion still interests me,

  The contrast that you made between the JW view of end times

  (parousia) and mainstream Christianity is interesting,

  A question occurred to me as to the difference between Old World

  Churches and American religions,

  When you hear of predictions concerning the end they seem to be

  almost exclusively in the domain of American Religions whether the JWs

  The Seventh Day Adventists, Christian Evangelicals etc

  The first two groups, as well as others, came from what came to be

  known as the "Burned Over District" Lake Erie area of the early 1800s

  (see Wikipedia)

  An important development for the JW religion was the gathering one

  day in 1844, of William Miller and his followers to be taken up with Christ

  to Heaven, known as the "The Rapture"

  The failure came to be known as "The Great Disappointment"

  So we have a significant event of Adventistism in American

  Christianity

  An early associate of CT Russell was Nelson Barbour,

  Barbour was a Millerite and an Adventist

  The "Advent" is what got Russell excited about religion in the first place

  after flirting with Atheism,

  Soon after this Russell/Barbour were publishing/predicting dates,

  The first date predicted for Christ's invisible parousia was 1874,

  So I'm seeing a tremendous amount of American Adventist activity dating

  back almost 200 years!

  Now, what I understand from you David, is that the established (old world)

  churches have been teaching that the parousia takes place in the end of

  times,

  Tepid