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Is there a problem with JWN web pages ?

by Finkelstein in

just wondering if anyone else is having problems with jwn pages widening .. clicking on the widen icon doesn't do anything .

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Twitch

huh, all this time, using the zoom on my browser...

learn something new every day

lol

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

by cofty in

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.

Twitch

A straw man is a common type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on the misrepresentation of an opponent's argument. [ 1 ] To be successful, a straw man argument requires that the audience be ignorant or uninformed of the original argument.

The so-called typical "attacking a straw man" argument creates the illusion of having completely refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition by covertly replacing it with a different proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and then to refute or defeat that false argument ("knock down a straw man") instead of the original proposition. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

This technique has been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly in arguments about highly charged emotional issues where a fiery, entertaining "battle" and the defeat of an "enemy" may be more valued than critical thinking or understanding both sides of the issue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

What would you consider is being misrepresented here?

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

by cofty in

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.

Twitch

This was the attitude of Joshua's baby-killers, and the crusaders, and the conquistadors, and the inquisitors and the Taliban and ISIS.

This is why theism is not just silly, it is dangerous and ought to be opposed and ridiculed relentlessly.

I might suggest that not all christians are murderers, from my observations.

Fanatics and extremists rain on any parade of course but these exist on most sides of a fence. That Stalin was atheist and killed millions for an ideology does not make atheism evil.

Is it the ideology or the person that makes something dangerous?

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Question for the nonbelievers and atheists

by nykid in

what specifically made you stop believing in god and the bible?

was it a steady road of doubts or it was reading one book or one major event that made you realize the bible was not what it's claimed to be?.

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Twitch

What specifically made you stop believing in God and the Bible?

The problem of evil

Lack of evidence, or rather, redefining what evidence really is

The history of and division on both subjects

Sex, drugs and rock n roll

Was it a steady road of doubts or it was reading one book or one major event that made you realize the Bible was not what it's claimed to be?

My doubts began in my early teens and by the end of them, I left the religion. Leaving belief completely took a bit longer but it was interesting to explore other angles and try to understand other people's beliefs. It still is, actually

I do recall significant events, discussions and personal revelations along the way that swayed my convictions but no one particular "aha" moment.

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

by cofty in

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.

Twitch

of course, only a christian would say the god of the bible is the almighty, yes?

thus, this thread is for Christians only, all other possibilities are not recognized here

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On Tattoos

by tim hooper in

jw
friends

tattoos may look great for a while on a young person, but as you get older they'll just look plain stupid.

your credibility will fade as you and your tattoo age together.

your skin will be permanently stuck in a timewarp, like some old newspaper headline that once meant something but later becomes meaningless.

Twitch

To each their own

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

by cofty in

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.

Twitch

Isn't the thread about the Christian god, specifically?

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US Air Force to Atheist: Say God in oath or dont re-enlist

by Dis-Member in

an atheist airman is being denied the ability to re-enlist in the us air force because he refuses to use the word god in his oath of office, according to the american humanist association (aha).. the unnamed member of the air force refused to take the oath containing so help me god, wanting a secular affirmation instead.

so he crossed out the phrase on his contract.

the airman was told by his superiors that he must swear to god or leave the air force, the aha said in a press release.

Twitch

As regards the OP, I don't think any person should be denied service in defense of their country because of their personal beliefs. Church and state should be separate but really aren't. A less than perfect world...

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