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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  besty

  and that applies how to wiping out 250k humans?

  speculate please on what might be the 'true facts' we can't comprehend from the Tsunami? or you can decline to speculate if you prefer.
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  besty

  @flamegrilled

  the fact remains that we CAN conceive of a circumstance whereby it seems irrational to reconcile the loving nature of a higher being from the viewpoint of a being that has more limited ability to assess the true facts .

  please run that by me again with an example, assuming we both agree on the standard definition of a fact ie. that which can be demonstrably proven to be an accurate reflection of reality
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  besty

  The Bible = what God says

  The Tsunami = what God does

  any questions.
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  New York Baby Terrorizes People

  by Perry in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pukmuz4tljg .

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  besty

  @rip van winkle - take a nap :-)

  pretty funny though - the streetsweeper dude is a pretty low reactor - he has seen some sh*t I guess..
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  Should Creationism Ever Be Taught In Schools?

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  this is taken from the bbc's sunday morning show 'the big questions'.

  i was going to pick out a few highlights but really, you need to watch the whole thing - it's only 23 minutes.

  seriously, i could feel the bile and frustration rising in my gullet .

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  besty

  "aposticated" - new word
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  Should Creationism Ever Be Taught In Schools?

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  this is taken from the bbc's sunday morning show 'the big questions'.

  i was going to pick out a few highlights but really, you need to watch the whole thing - it's only 23 minutes.

  seriously, i could feel the bile and frustration rising in my gullet .

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  besty

  I feel so sorry for that idiots children - it really ought to be a crime to coerce children in abusive religions
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  besty

  Oh really, so you beleive in God now???????????????

  this is just facile Kate - it makes debating with you tedious.

  cofty lacks belief in any definition of god - to qualify all of his own comments with that would make for tiresome repetition.
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  NEW NAME FOR THE WT MAGAZINE!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the uk, there was a popular t.v.

  show called the only way is essex - a documentary type programme about that area which is close to london.

  the programme's name got abbreviated to its initials - towie, and that is how it is now named.. since the org's uk branch is moving to essex, perhaps the uk version of the magazine will be renamed, the watchtowie..

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  besty

  towie is alright as long as you understand your own reasons for watching it...
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  besty

  lucid ˈluːsɪd adjective

  1. 1. expressed clearly; easy to understand. "a lucid account"

     synonyms:

     intelligible, comprehensible, understandable, cogent, coherent,communicative, articulate, eloquent;

  @kate - ok - 1st believer has declined the challenge. No I don;t view you all as crazies - pls stop speculating on what I think - it doesn;t add anything to your position.

  I don't think cofty would have an issue with a lucid rebuttal. Its the pages of preaching that are obfuscatory.
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  besty

  excellent summary of both sides cofty

  I'd like to see a lucid believer take your summary and do a point by point rebuttal.