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  Taking the Bible "too" literally

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i once heard it said that the only people who care about what the bible says are the village priest and the village atheist.

  it seems to me most believers only care about "god's word" in very general terms and think it's all up to interpitation (religion a la carte ).. it the watchtower especially good at making agnostics and atheists because of their fundamentalism or is this true of many ex-religious groups?.

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  Why do you have faith there is a creator?
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  Taking the Bible "too" literally

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i once heard it said that the only people who care about what the bible says are the village priest and the village atheist.

  it seems to me most believers only care about "god's word" in very general terms and think it's all up to interpitation (religion a la carte ).. it the watchtower especially good at making agnostics and atheists because of their fundamentalism or is this true of many ex-religious groups?.

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  I once heard it said that the only people who care about what the Bible says are the village Priest and the village Atheist. It seems to me most believers only care about "God's Word" in very general terms and think it's all up to interpitation (religion À la carte).

  Is the Watchtower especially good at making Agnostics and Atheists because of their fundamentalism or is this true of many ex-religious groups?
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  Be effective or people will die

  by Odrade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my husband and i have been out of the org for quite some time, but still find that old ideas and values come up and bite us on the ass.. lately, i've been plagued by an increase in the frequency and severity of my nightmares (which have always been an issue,) so i've begun to dream journal.

  in just a few days, this realization cropped up.

  i can't save people.. i've been blogging again recently.

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  I always woried about people who had NO TRESSPASSING signs. We wrote letters and did phone witnessing but I always doubted we really reached those people. I remember wondering if people with those signs were all just not "honest hearted".
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  Why we need God

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if there was no god we would not have an objective standard to tell the difference between red from blue.

  who would determine what is red and what is blue if there was no god?

  it would be chaos!

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  I'm sorry, did I order a word salad? I think you were supposed to deliver that to Deepak Chopra's table.

  I've read your comment a dozen times now and I serriously have no idea what you're trying to say.
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  Why we need God

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if there was no god we would not have an objective standard to tell the difference between red from blue.

  who would determine what is red and what is blue if there was no god?

  it would be chaos!

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  If there was no God we would not have an objective standard to tell the difference between red and blue. Who would determine what is red and what is blue if there was no God? It would be chaos! Anything would go. The colors would be whatever someone says they are. Really, who are we to say what the colors are? Thank goodness we have God to tell us the difference between red and blue . . .

  If the above statement sounds completely moronic to you that's because it is. And substituting the words "red and blue" with the words "good and bad" makes the above paragraph no less stupid. There are real metrics we use to distinguish colors. Likewise, there are real metrics we use to distinguish good actions from bad actions. For colors its the wavelength of light. For morality its the well being of sentient creatures. Things that cause harm are bad. Things that promote happiness and well being are good.

  The ultimate standard of truth is NOT a God. The ultimate standard of truth is reality.
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  Science Stoppers

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a science stopper is " a hypothesis that makes no testable or useful predictions and therefore prevents any science from being performed based on that hypothesis.

  " a common example of this would be the claim that god(s) created our universe.

  having no way of telling "created" universes apart from "non-created" universes prevents the claim from ever being verified or from being debunked.

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  Serriously Prologos, if you're going to take the time to write something - at least have the decency to complete your thoughts. No one knows what you're talking about when you write only half sentences.
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  Galapagos

  by noonehome in

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  hey just wanted some advice...don't really know anywhere else to get it.

  things sort of hit the fan a while ago...i appealed a d'ff decision and actually succeeded, but i haven't been unscathed.

  i'm in a pretty bad place.

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  Maybe you just need to move to new surroundings all together. If possible.
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  FINDING a logical way of seeing problems of RACE, RELIGION, TERRORISM

  by Terry in

  1. social
  2. current

  hard questions lead to problematic answers.

  "tricky, complicated, and controversial.).

  emotions stem from values and values are personal.

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  I'm wondering if the Amalekites would agree with you

  The plight of the Amalekites is one shared all throughout the ages. One need look no futher than the atrocities committed in Syria by ISIS, the genocide in Kosvo, or the mass graves filled with Tutsis in Rawanda to see the destructive patterns of religion. All thoughout the ages we have seen one religious group trying to exterminate another religious group. The Amalakites certianly aren't the only group of people that have had genocide committed against them by another religious group.

  I stand by my statment, " While religion does cause a lot of strife - there is no destructive action that is unique to only one religion."
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  Buddhist Monks become Models in a Fashion Show

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  i'm not sure of their motivation, but here they are in all their finery:.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqkmiu2aar4.

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  Nothing says modesty and a vow of poverty like . . . a fashion show? Maybe they're raising money for their monestary or something.
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  How did you feel when you got baptised? Seriously....

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so recently, several over-righteous ones in the cong were discussing "how amazing it felt when they got baptised".

  statements like "how awesome did it feel as you got raised back out of the water?!".

  or the classic "i felt so close to jehovah as i came out of the pool"!.

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  How did you feel when you got baptised?

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