Only one DF in a year? There were a lot more in my hall growing up. Plus you always heard about the surrounding halls too through the grapevine.
Coded Logic
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Bloodlust
by berrygerry ini'm about half-way through the novel "watch how we walk," written in 2013 by a born-in, jennifer lovegrove.. absolutely worthwhile read.. does this paragraph sum up jw-land?.
"i was paranoid again, like i had been back home, as though someone was scrutinizing and judging me.
although i was alone, it reminded me of being at the kingdom hall.
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Having Faith in the Bible
by william draper ini know many on here have lost faith in the bible , is it possible that is because ones do not have the right perspective regarding it .
we have usually been taught by bad teachers , or ignorant .
i believe if we take an honest look at the bible , we will see that it gives us the best answers to crucial matters , it gives us some amount of bearings ( understanding ) , which without having such knowledge we would all be more like walking zombies in amanner of speaking , we would be lacking hope in something better , for surely something better is to come , how can we be sure , .
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William,
Why do you believe the Bible is the word of God? Have you ever read the Bible? What sort of metrics do you use to discriminate between divinely inspired works and not divinely inspired works? How do you know what parts of the Bible God wanted included and what parts God didn't want included?
Why would anyone believe that God inspired it? And how could anyone know that?
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It is quite counter intuitive the stunning success and accuracy Wikipedia has had. -
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God evolved from chimpanzee diety
by freemindfade inresearchers say todays lord almighty shares many traits in common with the chimp deity, including color vision and omniscience.. .
berkeley, cachallenging long-held views on the origins of divinity, biologists at the university of california, berkeley, presented findings thursday that confirm god, the almighty creator of the universe, evolved from an ancient chimpanzee deity.. the recently discovered sacred ancestor, a divine chimp species scientists have named pan sanctorum, reportedly gave rise over millions of years to the lord our god, maker of heaven and earth.. although perhaps not obvious at first glance, there are actually overwhelming similarities between the supreme being of today and this early primate deity who preceded him, said dr. richard kamen, a leading biologist who also heads berkeleys paleotheology department.
the holy chimp moved around on all fours, but its descendants eventually began walking upright to expend less energy while foraging across the infinite reaches of the universe.
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This is awesome!!!
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Mother and Unborn Baby Die from blood transfusion refusal
by Coded Logic init's a very sad story.
their deaths were completely avoidable if she hadn't refused the blood transfusion:.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/04/07/why-doctors-let-a-jehovahs-witness-and-her-unborn-baby-die/.
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Coded Logic
It's a very sad story. Their deaths were completely avoidable if she hadn't refused the blood transfusion:
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Question on Genesis 6:5
by Ricardopf insince genesis 6:5 is true, does that not clearly state genesis 6:8 is evil?
finding favor in his eyes is equivalent to fear of being unfavorable in his eyes.
jehovah accepted that forced respect from noah for it came from his own will to follow in jehovah's path to avoid what would happen if he became unfavorable.
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Andrea Pia Kennedy Yates (born July 2, 1964) is a former resident of Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001.
If you think she's a monster, let me ask you this: How many children did God drown in the flood? What kind of father is he?
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Theist say the darndest things
by Coded Logic inif i had a dollar for everytime i heard a religious person make one of these claims i'd be a wealthy man.. theist: who are you to question god?.
me: i'm not questioning god, i'm questioning you.
please learn the difference.
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If I had a dollar for everytime I heard a religious person make one of these claims I'd be a wealthy man.
Theist: Who are you to question God?
Me: I'm not questioning God, I'm questioning you. Please learn the difference. God isn't the one claiming he exists. You are. I'm not having a conversation with God. I'm having a conversation with you.
Theist: Why do you hate God?
Me: I don't hate God, I just think you're claiming to know things you can't possibly know and have abilities that you don't actually have. We have a word for such behavior - it's called Arrogance.
Theist: You reject God because you're afraid / want to sin / etc.
Me: I'm not afraid of there being a God. Because if there is a God, I will continue treating people as best I can - as I already do. I value the well-being of sentient creatures regardless of the existence or nonexistence of deities. No God(s) necessary.
However, I do believe that you're the one who's afraid that their may be no God - as then you - and you alone- will be accountable for your actions. No grace - no pardoning - no blood sacrifices for eternal forgiveness. You will have to go to bed each night knowing that your actions, good or bad, will echo into the future. That you can no longer beg off responsibility to your fellow man by appealing to a human sacrifice.
People are only as good as how they treat others. And if a God would choose to value unjustified belief over positive actions then that's not a God worth worshiping. It's a God worth pitying.
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Some Questions About Jesus
by Coded Logic inwhy didn't jesus ever write anything?
why are there no letters to jesus?
no painting of jesus from that time?
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EndofMysteries,
I posed the question, "Why don't we have a single first hand account of Jesus?"
To which you cited a whole list of people who weren't even born yet when Jesus died and a bunch of writings that were written decades after Jesus died. THESE ARE NOT FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS!
Sorry for the caps, but I don't know why it's so difficult for you to understand what a firsthand account is. It's someone who actually met Jesus. NOT someone who NEVER met Jesus.
According to the scriptures, Jesus met with the High Priest, Pontius Pilate, and Herod Antipater. This would be like meeting the Pope, the Secretary of Defense, and the President of the United States. The Jesus described in the Bible is someone who was well known and had great influence.
That we don't have a single writing to him, from him, or about him from a contemporary of his time shows no such prominent man existed. And the contradictions in his date of birth (by no less than ten years!) and not a single record about his execution - is highly, highly suspect.
Christianity isn't a product of Jesus. Jesus is a product of Christianity.
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Some Questions About Jesus
by Coded Logic inwhy didn't jesus ever write anything?
why are there no letters to jesus?
no painting of jesus from that time?
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Why didn't Jesus ever write anything? Why are there no letters to Jesus? No painting of Jesus from that time? No busts or sculptures? Why does Matthew say Jesus was born before 3BC while Luke says Jesus was born after 7AD?
Why do Jesus' brothers, whom he supposedly grew up with, James and Jude, never mention that they are Jesus brothers? Why don't they speak of him as a man - but only ever speak of him as a spirit?
How is it that Paul, a man who never met Jesus, became the founder of the Christian church?
Why are all the Gospels written by anonymous authors in third person? Why don't we have a single first hand account of Jesus? And why can't they agree on when he was born, when he died, or the order of events that took place during his life?Is Jesus a man turned legend? Or just a myth all together?
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New to all of this
by Ghiagirl ini was raised in the truth my whole life, my immediate family are jws and my moms mom is a witness as well as my fathers mom.
other than that the rest of my family are non jws.
i was raised very balanced, my parents never forced the truth on me or my siblings like most of my friends parents did getting baptized at ridiculous ages!
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People are only as good as how they treat others. It's so weird to me that JWs are all hung up on "being perfect" but can't even be good to their own families.