Posts by Muffinman

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Is Dawkins the answer?

by Peppermint in

i watched the second part of richard dawkins program yesterday evening -the root of all evil?- i really have enjoyed this program and have found dawkins to come across as genuine and humane.

the problem i have with the program is that i do not want to believe his point of view, but i am feeling more and more drawn towards it.

the point i notice most about his stance is that he feels religion and science just cannot sit side by side, you have to believe one or the other.

Muffinman

I can post links to random pages too!

http://www.talkorigins.org

http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/default.htm

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/science/creationism/

http://www.talkreason.org/

http://www.gate.net/~rwms/EvoEvidence.html

http://www.evowiki.org/

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Guess they didn't like...

by TallTexan in

the emails i sent out to some of the myspace "jw - light of the world" forum members.

watch out for an apostate who has this information.

cyrus male 26 bryan texas.

Do JWs take Genesis literally?

by undercover in

as i grew up as a jw it seemed that we accepted genesis was a literal account with the only question being how long a creative day was.

for the longest time, as best as i can recall, a creative day was considered a thousand years long, based on the ole "a thousand years is as a day to jehovah" rule.. somewhere though, it seems that there was some waffling on how long a creative day was.

especially since science was showing that the earth was millions of years old.. since i've faded i wonder, do jws today consider genesis as a literal account of how things were created, even if they can't explain the exact length of a creative day?.

Muffinman

The Genesis account is just too silly to be taken literally. Sadly some people won't give it up. By the way, our last public talk was about the flood. The speaker went to great lengths to prove how a water canopy existed outside the atmosphere (Thus allowing for a warmer climate), how the poles were created by the frozen water after the flood, how all continents were united before the flood, that the flood caused the continents to move to their modern position (While creating all mountains in the process), and that the poles froze because "without the protective water layer, all the cold from space was sucked down like in a vacuum" (His words). Please. He also mentioned how only 40 "species" of mammals had to be on the ark to produce all the ones today. I guess they do believe in evolution after all.

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Pride in Statistics. How well are the JW's doing, really?

by jgnat in

this week's study article is: people "out of all the languages" hear the good news (december 1, 2005 wt) .

and they state "eagerly embracing that commission, jehovah's witnesses are active in 235 lands, distributing literature in more than 400 languages.

a recurring theme with jehovah's witnesses is pride in statistics; the volume of literature they place, the number of lands where their version of the good news is preached, their growth, and the number of translations available.

Muffinman

I must admit, I had no idea other ministries where this active. The WTS's statistics really pale cmpared to 611 bible translations!

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Comments You Will Not Hear At the 1-8-06 WT Study (Languages)

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the 01-01-06 wt study (december 1, 2005 issue, pp.

22-26)(language).

"ten men out of all the languages of the nations will [say]: 'we will go with.

Muffinman

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The LETTER Posted at all Kingdom Halls

by Apostate Kate in

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i know someone here must know about the letter and there is a thread somewhere.

can someone link me to that thread either in pm or here on the new letter posted in all the kingdom halls about them admitting they are not inspired etc ... thank you!