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  Why naturalism is irrational

  by Shining One in

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  irrational naturalism (#201) .

  by henry morris, ph.d. .

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  Amen, Cygnus! The existence of God cannot currently be proved in a lab, as others in this thread have already stated.

  The method of discovery would need to change significantly to be able to discover God in a lab. Since that is highly unlikely it is highly unlikely a lab will ever prove the existence of God. Science may have already proven the existence of God. Even so, we would never know it. If a lab found such proof, history tells us that science would slap a label on whatever it discovered, describe its properties and attributes as best it can, and promptly declare it a part of reality that is "not God."

  I have wondered for whom Rex toils, myself. He couldn't possibly believe he is aiding someone to a deeper spiritual understanding through his intense focus on fleshly things, could he? It won't work, if so.

  I understand what he is doing if he feels a need to bolster his flagging confidence in the existence of God by attempting to prove such existence by use of a method that cannot be used to practically discover God, anyway. But it does seem a rather pointless exercise in futility. As does arguing with him about it. For a "man of God" he becomes abusive and peevish very quickly. In my opinion, he is not a very good spokesperson for his professed faith. Hey, maybe it makes him feel better about himself for preaching at the Godless.

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  Why naturalism is irrational

  by Shining One in

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  irrational naturalism (#201) .

  by henry morris, ph.d. .

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  So what’s the longest road trip you’ve been on? or farthest you've driven?

  by doodle-v in

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  we just got back from spending two weeks in denver, co. call us crazy (yeah i dont know what the hell we were thinking) but we decided to drive.

  from seattle to denver and back is over 3,000 miles.

  we had both kids and a crap load of stuff.

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  I been out of the JWs for some time. You have the wrong man....man.

  I apologize, if that is the case. We had two buzzings yesterday by a spoiler who apparently wants to frustrate the mods into shutting down the forum. For some reason he doesn't seem to care whether other exiting JWs need this forum as a place to get over their experience.

  Welcome! Post all you want. We don't discriminate against JWs, so even if you were still active you would be welcome as long as you remain respectful of others.

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  So what’s the longest road trip you’ve been on? or farthest you've driven?

  by doodle-v in

  1. jw
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  we just got back from spending two weeks in denver, co. call us crazy (yeah i dont know what the hell we were thinking) but we decided to drive.

  from seattle to denver and back is over 3,000 miles.

  we had both kids and a crap load of stuff.

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  kls, you'd think with as much time and money as he supposedly has that he could buy one. Maybe no one will sell one to him.
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  They Rang the bell this morning....

  by caligirl in

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  so, here we are having our usual saturday morning, and the doorbell rings.

  since we are expecting the repairman for the dryer, we didn't think much of it, since witnesses have never come to our door in the 4+ years that we have been married.

  it was 2 women, and one opens up with saying they were witnesses and brings out a tract that said something about the bible on the front - i didn't pay that close attention to it because i was weighing in my head what i was going to say, and how much of a discussion i would get into with them.

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  It is odd: On the one hand they say we should view God as our very close personal friend, but on the other hand they teach that there is an Organization effectively right between us and God.

  I have never considered this reasoning on why someone might not want to use God's name. Interesting. Thank you for sharing it.

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  What's the most cash that you ever had in your hands?

  by JH in

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  i'll add this to my 2005 corolla and i'll get my new 2006 corolla on thursday... .

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  $43,000 USD and change.
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  WT Blames Poor JW for any suffering they exp

  by JT in

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  *** w98 8/15 p. 17 strengthening our confidence in gods righteousness ***.

  feelings of having suffered needlessly.

  6 in the past, some witnesses have suffered for refusing to share in an activity that their conscience now might permit.

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  JT, thanks for this post. I agree it is important for JWs to realize that they aren't stupid, they were fooled. There is a big difference. Very bright scientists have been fooled by a clever enough ruse.

  I hear people talking about how ex-JWs are bitter and should just grow up and get on with their lives. I see some post remarks like that in here. Well, anger over having been made a fool of is not all that uncommon. And that is what I feel, indignace at having been taken for a sap by a bunch of strangers I never met who claim to speak for other strangers I never met. I am indignant at them for taking my genius father and my caring and compassionate mother for saps as well (they're both utterly fooled).

  Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for this post. I don't mind feeling foolish when I've been made a fool of, but it doesn't make sense for anyone to expect me not to think badly of the ones who did it. The Governing Body wastes a lot of human potential.

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  So that's it

  by ballistic in

  1. jw
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  so that's it... you decided to tell your lover about all this.

  was it a good move?.

  why, is it really that important anyway?.

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  kls, I told you if we are going to have civilized conversations you have quit bringing up your rough and tumble days of rolling with the silverbacks.

  I know he had a cool bit of different colored hair on his back but he was a gorilla, just the same. It would have never worked out between you two. What if he had rolled over in the night? No more kls. It was for the best, dear, trust me.

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  So what’s the longest road trip you’ve been on? or farthest you've driven?

  by doodle-v in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we just got back from spending two weeks in denver, co. call us crazy (yeah i dont know what the hell we were thinking) but we decided to drive.

  from seattle to denver and back is over 3,000 miles.

  we had both kids and a crap load of stuff.

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  Atlanta, GA to Austin, TX and back. Turn around trip. Learned to drive three-on-the-tree the night before leaving.

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  Body of Elders...

  by Quentin in

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  ive been on the board a little over six months.

  before coming here i would tell people: i can be surprised, but never shocked.

  thats no longer true after reading through the topics and comments.

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  Quentin, I know what you mean. But when you are in deep sometimes it is hard to comprehend what you are looking at when it comes to abuse of authority. If we just keep stripping the blinders off and ripping the drapes down to let light in, these soul vampires will see the sun and turn to dust.

  But there are always going to be Organizations taking advantage of people's trust and desire to find something to believe in. MLMs do it. Religions do it. Political parties do it.

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