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  If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed ...

  by Simon in

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  matthew 17:20 - he said to them, because of your little faith.

  for truly, i say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.. i get the 'message' - if you believe enough (in fact, even a tiny amount - a mustard seed being tiny) then nothing is impossible but really, what a ridiculous statement and idea for several reasons.. there are lots of people who believe things completely and sincerely even to the point of death.

  so far i've not noticed any sudden movements of any mountain ranges.

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  Jesus was prone to hyperbole so I believe he was being metaphoric in this case. What cannot be dismissed is his statement at the end of the book of Mark:

   15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.” Mark 16:15-20 New International Version

  The highlighted scriptures are those that would be more difficult to fake (unless they choose their snakes and their 'poison'. And yes I know that this scripture does not appear in some manuscripts but that only highlights the contradictions of the Bible.
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  The contempt of Anthony Morris: the face doesn't lie.

  by freemindfade in

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  i have noticed something even long before even looking into ttatt, something about morris bothered me.

  i am personally very attuned to body language, facial expressions and general subtleties in human interaction.

  there was something about his face that really bothered me, and i will explain it.

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  Village Idiot

  freemindfade, have you ever observed the body language of a person that you knew (not suspected) to be a psychopath in the clinical sense?
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  How is Genesis scientifically incorrect?

  by EndofMysteries in

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  i'll add many things in the bible i don't agree with, but the bible is a collection of books.

  now to make sure i'm reading as closely to what is written in genesis, i look at this hebrew interlinear, because english translating and rearranging of words can change it.

  http://www.scripture4all.org/onlineinterlinear/otpdf/gen1.pdf.

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  R. Jerome Harris: 

  "Genesis 1:1 does not speak of a planet coming into being from a cloud of dust. No human knows how the planet came to be."

  Yes they do. Scientists can deduce how the earth came to be by watching, through telescopes, the birth of other stars which themselves come forth from large dust clouds. You can see the dust clouds in various stages of their formation.

  "The days of the creation were not literal 24 hour days. The earth was not as it is now. And besides, why would recogning of a 24 hour day be needed as no man was around and no time pieces (clocks or watches) existed. The days of creation were "epochs of time" (time periods) each day spanning many 1000s of years. The expression "day" should be understood in the context of "my grandfathers day" or "in the day of the horse and buggy." Not a literal 24 hour day."

  How did you reach this conclusion about the length of the creative 'days'.

  "And besides, why would recogning of a 24 hour day be needed as no man was around and no time pieces (clocks or watches) existed." 

  One does not need any time measuring devices to discern what a literal day is.  
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  Science still doesn't have the answers on how life first appeared

  by EndofMysteries in

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  since so many athiests in this thread, and since i'm going to college, i was curious if what i would learn in biology would change my thoughts and show that life clearly and easily spontaneously happened.

  just looking up the origins of dna or rna there is nothing conclusive.

  for example, scientists today are able to manipulate life.

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   LoveUniHateExams:

  "Science still doesn't have the answers on how life first appeared"

  They have a lot of answers as to how life evolved from microbes to the present. The only puzzle is how self reproducing molecules, which preceded microbes, came about.

  With the evolution of life and matter itself being a proven certainty they simply have a couple pieces of the puzzle missing - for now.
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  The contempt of Anthony Morris: the face doesn't lie.

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have noticed something even long before even looking into ttatt, something about morris bothered me.

  i am personally very attuned to body language, facial expressions and general subtleties in human interaction.

  there was something about his face that really bothered me, and i will explain it.

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  freemindfade, do you mute the sound when listening to Anthony Morris or anyone else? I've heard that if you watch a person talk with the sound off you can better catch their expressions. It seems that when we're listening to a voice our brain is focused on the words which partially distracts us from the body language of the person.
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  The contempt of Anthony Morris: the face doesn't lie.

  by freemindfade in

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  i have noticed something even long before even looking into ttatt, something about morris bothered me.

  i am personally very attuned to body language, facial expressions and general subtleties in human interaction.

  there was something about his face that really bothered me, and i will explain it.

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  Village Idiot

  Maybe he's related to this guy:

      

  
  
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  Science increasingly makes the case for god

  by DesirousOfChange in

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  recently got this email from a long-time jw friend who is still "in".thoughts on a tactful response?thanks,doc

  science increasingly makes the case for god.

  the odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer.. intelligent design, anyone?.

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  Ucantnome, I highly recommend the book Rare Earth by Peter D. Ward to anyone interested in the question of life in this universe.
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  Science increasingly makes the case for god

  by DesirousOfChange in

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  recently got this email from a long-time jw friend who is still "in".thoughts on a tactful response?thanks,doc

  science increasingly makes the case for god.

  the odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer.. intelligent design, anyone?.

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  Village Idiot

  freemindfade:

  "Part of gods perfect plan?" 

  More like an extracosmic scientist, in a multiverse, playing in a laboratory with our universe being the result of one out of trillion test tubes. Maybe this experiment will fail. 

   
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  The god of the bible doesn't care and here's some proof.

  by Crazyguy in

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  around 600 ad a man named muhammed created a book called the quran.

  a few hundred years later the followers of this new religion called islam went on a holy crusade out of arabia to spread their religion.

  in one key battle they were met by the ruling government army and were out numbered at least by 3 to 1. they could of easily lost and if god would of made sure of this most likely thier religion would of stayed an insagnificant religion of just arabia.

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  Crazyguy:

  "Not sure at this point what they really believe but could not the illustration at my first post still be relevant if worded differently?" 

  Sure. 
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  Science increasingly makes the case for god

  by DesirousOfChange in

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  recently got this email from a long-time jw friend who is still "in".thoughts on a tactful response?thanks,doc

  science increasingly makes the case for god.

  the odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer.. intelligent design, anyone?.

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  Village Idiot

  prologos:

  "VI compare the merging of two galaxies to the entwining of two humans to start a new life, separate and do it again later, orgasm and all. Only good as gold can come from this."

  Good try but as I mentioned "... all the destruction that creates[?]" Let me elaborate on that.

  The increased gravity from stars coming close together will pull planets out of their orbits, plunging them into a permanent freeze, or send them hurtling into their sun incinerating them. Imagine what would happen to life in those planets. Also it will cause other stars to detonate as supernovas incinerating whatever life there is on those planets.

  Furthermore, it seems that every galaxy has an enormous black hole in its center. Two black holes coming together will become the mother of all cosmic disasters with a detonation that is probably worse than a million supernovas. This might possibly destroy all life throughout the merged galaxies.

  Not a pretty picture. 

  PS: You said "Only good as gold can come from this." 

  Ironically you're right but only in a literal sense. Gold and other elements are created during a supernova explosion. However no one will get rich.