I read and interesting essay once called "What is True Religion" which I found interesting. It looked at religion from social utility viewpoint rather than which doctrines were "right", really got me thinking about how a religion might not be "true" so to speak but can have a valuable social utility.
Big Dog
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Could you go to another religion?
by ButtLight inis it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?
" i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.
like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!
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Could you go to another religion?
by ButtLight inis it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?
" i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.
like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!
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Defd, makes sense now why you are a more well adjusted dub, the ones that were raised dub are usually not as normal as you in regards to education, saving, working etc.
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Could you go to another religion?
by ButtLight inis it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?
" i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.
like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!
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Big Dog
You were raised Catholic Defd?
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Could you go to another religion?
by ButtLight inis it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?
" i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.
like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!
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Seriously Butt, I felt the same way at first, being raised a JW just makes you think that all other churches and church goes are freaks (talk about the pot calling the kettle black) and that everything they do is weird etc. That is just sort of normal about things you don't understand. When I met my wife I started going with her to the Catholic church, for me this was really weird, total freak show, but once I was convinced that the JW's were full of crap I just started watching what was going on with a different view point. First thing I noticed was that the people there by and large were a whole lot more normal than the good folks I grew up around at the KH. And once I began to understand what was behind some of the rituals etc. while I didn't always buy it, it no longer seemed so weird to me as they have a decent explination for most of what they do.
The unfamiliar always seems strange, but I am glad that I don't have that knee jerk revulsion for other religions and churches anymore so that I can go to a wedding or funeral and participate without getting the creepy crawlies.
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JUST WANTED TO SAY THANX EVERYONE!
by stillAwitness injust wanted to say thank you to everyone who took the time out to post encouraging words in my topic on "college or pioneer?
" i got over 4 pages of responses!
i printed them all out and keep them in my book bag and read them when i need the encouragement.
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Big Dog
So nice to see the penny drop.
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Is "love" a product of evolution?
by AlmostAtheist in(this focuses on romantic love with someone you might have sex with.).
looking at the world from an evolutionary/natural selection basis, life exists to reproduce.
if it can live through the process, that's fine.
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Big Dog
Okay, where's Tetra, I asked sort of this same question and he had some pretty interesting stuff to say and read regarding social evolution which rides piggyback on physical evolution. Basically the theory as I understood it was that our social behaviors evolved as our brains and culture evolved.
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Could you go to another religion?
by ButtLight inis it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?
" i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.
like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!
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Big Dog
Sure, its not that hard to do as long as you don't still hang on to the WBTS had the truth, or unless you have decided that religion is just a total waste of time.
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For those who Believe the bible to be true............
by defd inwho is your favorite bible character and, or, account and why?
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Big Dog
jgnat, cheese wiz is not real cheese, xmas is not real christmas, maybe that's the deal.
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How can we know there is a God?
by defd inone way to determine whether there is a god is to apply this well-established principle: what is made requires a maker.
the more complicated the thing made, the more capable the maker must be.. for example, look around your home.
tables, chairs, desks, beds, pots, pans, plates, and other eating utensils all require a maker, as do walls, floors, and ceilings.
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Big Dog
That's cool if you believe it, just lots of people believe something different than you do.
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How can we know there is a God?
by defd inone way to determine whether there is a god is to apply this well-established principle: what is made requires a maker.
the more complicated the thing made, the more capable the maker must be.. for example, look around your home.
tables, chairs, desks, beds, pots, pans, plates, and other eating utensils all require a maker, as do walls, floors, and ceilings.
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Big Dog
There is a difference between believing and knowing.