Posts by OpenFireGlass

ok, so i realize that there are a large number of atheists here, of which group i am ever so slowly counting myself among, who would love to shout down the topic with 'there is no god".

OpenFireGlass

god is just a character in several ancient books...

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Would the world be a better place if everyone was JW?

by Gill in

the back of 'the end of false religion is near!

' leaflet makes an interesting claim that in the book 'holocaust politics' published in 2001, says : 'if more people practiced versions of what the jehovah's witnesses preach and practice, the holocaust could have been prevented and genocide would scourge the world no more.'.

do you believe that is true?

OpenFireGlass

OFG....LOL...I should of seen that one coming!!

Yeah... Warning to the board: I'm on one today... LOL...

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Would the world be a better place if everyone was JW?

by Gill in

the back of 'the end of false religion is near!

' leaflet makes an interesting claim that in the book 'holocaust politics' published in 2001, says : 'if more people practiced versions of what the jehovah's witnesses preach and practice, the holocaust could have been prevented and genocide would scourge the world no more.'.

do you believe that is true?

OpenFireGlass

I think stoning would be brought back.

huh?... brought back?... I get stoned every day... LOL

ok, back on topic (cough, cough)

Would the world be a better place if everyone was JW?

ummmm.... HELL NO!

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Is worship of God...

by kerj2leev in

...natural?.

i mean if you weren't taught it would you be doing it, or even wondering about it?.

OpenFireGlass

Difficult question. If we think of ancient people they may have worshipped the sun or nature. I think if we knew nothing of religion someone, somewhere would invent one - and then others would follow along.
Ian

Shamanism seems to be the first religion, if it can be called that. It sprang up spontaneously in tribal settings the whole world over. Basically, it wasn't so much a worship of god(s), as a going to the tribal shaman for mostly practical solutions to problems like health or hunting. It was the shaman who would go into an altered mind state to affect changes, or get knowledge. Of course, there was a lot of superstition involved. Also, there were various levels of qualities of shamans.
S

I'm in agreement with both of these statements...

I mean, the closest I ever felt to (believe in) "god" was when I was under the influence of psychedelic compounds... But I look back and see that it was just a chemical reaction within my neural system, that went away when the compound had run it's course... or something like that... LOL

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What are you doing aside from talking?

by Sparkplug in

i put this under beliefs for i think this gets down to the core of what we each believe is right.

some feel talk is enough and others have that drive that move to right a wrong or participate in changing the world.

don't tell me one person cannot change the world.

OpenFireGlass

Do we have any Ghandi's amongst us?

Nooooo... But maybe a jesus... LOL..

alt

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ARE YOU RELIGIOUS BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF DEATH?

by Dansk in

jw
friends

i've been thinking about the above question a lot lately!

i see so many so-called religious people being hypocritical to the religion they profess to have faith in.

they may say "hey, i'm only human", as if this excuses their behaviour.

OpenFireGlass

This is another reason I don't believe/have faith/have a religion.... I mean, why in the hell am I going to live this life, only to hope for a better afterlife?... Why have faith in someting you could be wrong about, only to find out that you should have enjoyed the life you had...

No I'm not afraid of death... it's the only gaurantee in life... No I'm not being negative, I'm just keepin' it real with myself.... I love Life, and I can do that without hoping for a "REWARD"...

PEACE, Mike

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