Topics Started by Kalos

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Can a religion claim: Only we have the truth?
by Kalos in
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truth is self-evident (things like: the whole is greater than its part ....).. truth is always right (things like: caring for the accident victim helplessly bleeding on the road ....).. claiming: only we have the truth is like claiming: only my university is useful.

history shows that many school/college drop-outs have made significant contributions to the society like many those who completed their education!

and on the contrary, many school/college drop-outs have made significant damage to the society like some of those who completed their education!
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The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and BadHave JWs got it correctly?
by Kalos in
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as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.

(genesis 2:17).

jws interpret this tree as the symbol knowledge of good and bad, right of god to set standards for us; hence eating of it means snatching gods right to rule over usthus self-rule means ruination and death, and conversely gods rule means blessings and eternal life.. this interpretation has some intrinsic problems!.
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China overtakes U.S. as the the world's largest economy'--WT predictions upside down?
by exWTslave in
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china overtakes u.s. as the the world's largest economy': imf says.*.

again problem for writing committee of jws?

after ussr disintegration, jws said: now we have only one world power (south king) on the world scene, and north king will appear in its own time, may be as one of the former ussr state or as some other communist country.. but now equations are now totally upside downwith a communist country replacing the south kings as the world power!?.
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If Extraterrestrials are found existing, will people abandon the Bible?
by Kalos in
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i have heard people say: if space exploration proves extraterrestrials do exist, that would be the end of the bible (which teaches earth is the only place there is life).. i feel this will not happen, because already science proved certain views reflected in the bible are wrong:.

1) joshua stopped the sun to win the war (joshua 10:3).

2) satanthinking earth is flattook jesus to the top of the mountain so that all kingdoms of the earth could be visible to the eyes (to person like jesus, just saying is enoughwhy need a vision of all kingdoms of the earth.
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What do YOU believe?
by new hope and happiness in
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actually i believe that truth does not exist, there are only points of view.

what we think is truth today we may not think is truth tomorrow.

for example today i may believe there is no after life.
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Gog of Magog is still SATAN!!!
by ADJUSTMENTS in
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during the public discourse today the brobot talked about the gog of magog, and he stated that he was satan!!!

i had to ask my wife if i heard him correctly, and she said yes he said it is satan.... i couldnt wait to run up to the brobot after the meeting and inform him of he "new light" we just recieved yesterday!!!

when i approached him i asked him : what is gog of magog?
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Whatever happened has a lesson for us!
by Kalos in
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when my dad left jws, his stoic remark was: it was not a total wastage; after all i learned something good about the witnessestheir resolve to continue with their original claim that they are the appointed channel of god, even when they know in their heart of hearts that they are not.

why cant i imitate that sort of resolve in doing something worthwhile?

he thus echoed confucius who said: to be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.. a poor choice we made, some obstructions or some resistance are almost always viewed with fear and anxiety.
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Leaving the JWs, experiencing Christianity and finding freedom! (But it took awhile)
by im_free in
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this is my first post here.. i was raised in "the truth", and am an ex-bethelite who worked in brooklyn for several years back in the 90's.

a few years after i left bethel, i started to become disillusioned after doing research about the society and reading crisis of conscience (i know..i wasn't supposed to do that lol).

i eventually stopped attending meetings and going out in service.
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Is science a tool, or a source of philosophy?
by EdenOne in
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is science simply a powerful tool, or must it also dictate adherence to strict secularism?.

science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.

- gilbert keith chesterton.
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Three Types of People and Their Destinies!
by Kalos in
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[christiansincluding jwstried very hard with their evangelism among the hindus, but did not accomplish much.

because the hindus are in possession of something better.

the actual name of hindus is sanatana dharma (eternal duty) which is defined as taking delight in the welfare of all beings (bhagavat gita 12:4, 20) hindus (which literally means those who live by the sides of indus river) is a superficial and geographical name given to them later.