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  God & JW can't exist without "evil"

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  i was thinking the other day that so far jw's and god have always needed or relied on "evil" to get items done or taken care of.

  almost every bible prophecy and jw teaching would not exist without "evil".. let's take the prophecy of jesus for example, it would not have been fulfilled without evil.

  when you think about it, he was a needed evil in order for prophecy to be fulfilled.

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  Caedes

  Kirk vs. the sexual unavailability of every female of every species

  Lol, which side is which?

  Do you think I could get a refund on this tea stained keyboard?
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  For God/Truth Seekers Only!

  by Nicola.threeangelsmessage in

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  for the past three years, my husband and i have been watching these sermons by remarkable worldwide speakers.

  the biblical truths we have learnt from their presentations, in such a short period of time most definitely tip the scales compared to the truth the jw.org led me to believe i had for over 20 plus years of my life.

  thanks to these videos, we have now found the truth and the truth is jesus christ (john 14:6).

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  My husband and I are so happy, and are so blessed – our lives are a living testimony that Jesus’ words are true when He said in Luke 11:28, “…blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it!”

  So what blessings have you received and how do you know that god provided them?
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  A couple questions for atheists on Suffering

  by little_Socrates in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who told you that the world should be free from suffering?.

  do you find any value in suffering?.

  do you think it is possible to experience all the beauty and goodness and pleasure the world offers without also experiencing the bad?

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  Caedes

  So, repeating back to you your own words is dreadful, but bone cancer in children is sublime and beautiful. Got it. I imagine that more rational theists must be ashamed of you and your opinions.
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  How To Witness to Jehovah's Witnesses Video

  by Perry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently shared my views on how to witness to jehovah's witnesses to a local congregation.

  the video link is also below:.

  maybe this will help some reach out to loved ones that are still members.. .

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  Caedes

  Perry, you do seem to have taken boring people to death to a professional level, and I say that as someone who does it for a living!
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  If someone asked you, 'Are you a righteous person'? What would be your answer?

  by Esse quam videri in

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  2. beliefs

  what would be your answer?

  are you are a righteous person?

  on a scale of 1-10, how righteous do you feel you are?.

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  Caedes

  If you can't define the meaning of righteous then it is a meaningless question.

  BTW this is a public forum you don't get to dictate who replies.
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  A couple questions for atheists on Suffering

  by little_Socrates in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who told you that the world should be free from suffering?.

  do you find any value in suffering?.

  do you think it is possible to experience all the beauty and goodness and pleasure the world offers without also experiencing the bad?

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  Caedes

  Ruby,

  So I see you still haven't been able to answer any of the points I made.

  Which is more sublime and beautiful? Bone cancer in children, ebola or the Asian Tsunami? Does it become more beautiful as more people die or is it the suffering they endure before that? Since you found that my post makes you laugh out loud, which form of suffering makes you laugh the most?

  How much suffering would please you and your god?

  There isn't an issue about whether there is value in suffering, I suspect you would struggle to find many theists that would support your position.

  I can't imagine why you would think that David Cameron is interested in doing anything other than selling off the NHS piecemeal. Given your love of suffering then I imagine that four more years of the tories demonising and punishing the poor is right up your street.

  And all I am doing is highlighting the full implications and horror that is at the heart of the world view you are espousing.
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  A couple questions for atheists on Suffering

  by little_Socrates in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who told you that the world should be free from suffering?.

  do you find any value in suffering?.

  do you think it is possible to experience all the beauty and goodness and pleasure the world offers without also experiencing the bad?

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  Caedes

  You think that suffering is something to laugh about? You illustrate my point about your lack of empathy rather succinctly.
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  Theists, why does God allow suffering..

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ..specifically, the suffering of animals.

  you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.

  i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.

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  Caedes

  I was hoping you would realise my reply was not really aimed at you!
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  Great article about intelligent design in science without being religious

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who think that belief or the possibility of intelligent design means you must accept or believe everything or anything you have heard about god or a god is incorrect.

  i'll quote one line from the article, " but intelligent design, unlike creationism, is not based upon the bible.

  design is an inference from biological data, not a deduction from religious authority.

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  Caedes

  Show me something published in a mainstream scientific journal and I will happily read it. This is just opinion not science. Even Behe himself had to admit that when challenged in court.
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  Theists, why does God allow suffering..

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ..specifically, the suffering of animals.

  you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.

  i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.

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  Caedes

  I'm curious, what type of engineering scale do you carry in your pocket for when you need to measure how much money you have?

  You get one issued to you upon graduation!

  I am confused as to why anyone would use a scale, it doesn't even make sense if you were trying to claim that you were measuring the thickness of a wad of notes, since paper is compressible and it wouldn't be able to differentiate between different values of notes. thus this method wouldn't be much good as a way of counting money.

  A scale rule is used (in olden times when everything was in black and white) as a way of producing and reading scale drawings (altering the size of an object so that it fits the size of the paper) so the increments are scaled to save you calculating the length each time.

  Of course nowadays (anytime in the last 30+ years) we model everything in 3D at full size and if you need a drawing the computer automatically scales the drawing to whatever you think is appropriate.

  Anyone who still uses a scale rule probably missed the start of the computer age.