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  This is What I Would Need in Order to Believe

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometimes theists challenge atheists about what evidence would be required before they would believe.

  various unlikely scenarios are offered in reply.

  i have taken the bait myself in the past.. i think the correct answer is much more ordinary.

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  "Page not found." - John_Mann Try it again. I posted the link incorrectly the first time. I have since corrected my mistake.
  
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  This is What I Would Need in Order to Believe

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometimes theists challenge atheists about what evidence would be required before they would believe.

  various unlikely scenarios are offered in reply.

  i have taken the bait myself in the past.. i think the correct answer is much more ordinary.

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  "There's no official position from Catholic Church about why Jesus was killed." - John_Mann

  I think that the Catholic Church would disagree with you on that point.

  http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a4p2.htm
  
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  Were You Ever A True Believer?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was raised in the religion and for the most part believed that my religion was truth.

  i recognized some mistakes were occasionally made but felt that nobody is perfect.

  then i smartened up and realized how dumb so many of the beliefs are....was there ever a time that you truly believed you had the "truth"?.

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  Between approximately 3 to 6 years old, I was a true believer. At least that is what my mother told me. I went out in 'service' alone at 5 years old in our neighborhood. When I hit about 7 years old I knew the 'jig was up' after reading THE PHOTO DRAMA of CREATION. It was downhill from there! I played the game for sake of family and friends and because the Congregation Servant and Bible Study Servant told me to put my questions aside as they will all be answered after 1975 when Armageddon takes care of all our problems. So I became a Pioneer, Bethelite, and Ministerial Servant. Finally, when offered the 'position' of congregation secretary so that I could be appointed an Elder that Fall..................................I turned it down and started my long fade. True believer? Never as a rational, thinking Adult.
  
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  Hello

  by S K Ditta in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone.. have visited this site several times over the past year or so.. thanks for letting all have an opportunity to interact.. hope that, words uttered result in good - now or later!

  that's the wish..

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  Welcome S K Ditta.........I look forward to your contributions here. Stick around, there are lots of nice, intelligent and welcoming people posting on this site.
  
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  Pharaoh tries to kill all male babies - later Moses orders the very same thing!

  by George One Time in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so many things that i just discoved about the bible.. .

  so from the book my book of bible stories, we all know how little moses was saved from a cruel pharaoh.

  of course the king of egypt was afraid that those cute little babies would endanger his empire eventually.

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  "THOU SHALT NOT KILL" * - Number 6 of the 10 Commandments from Jehovah

  * Addendum: "Unless of course I command you to". - JEHOVAH
  
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  I have just watched The Godfather movies 1,2 &3 this past week.

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  many years ago i had only seen the third movie and had never seen the first two for some reason ,so i saw them on stan this past week and enjoyed every second of it.. their were even occasions i could see the gb being depicted in it s portrayal of the rc church... its 45th anniversary is coming up this week since it was first shown in cinemas.

  what is your view of this trilogy ?

  what were your fav .moments , comments made in the movies?.

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  "The higher I go, the crookeder it becomes." - Michael Corleone GODFATHER III
  
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  What Do Witnesses Do For Fun These Days?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was in , i went on many vacations, ate out at restaurants a lot and drank alcohol.

  loved music and dancing too.... do jws do anything but watch watchtower videos now?

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  "What do Witnesses do for fun.................?"

  

  What they have ALWAYS done!
  
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  What is having the biggest impact on the watchtower Bible and tract society?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi all.. this is a reasonable question and would love to know what you think is having the biggest impact on watchtower.

  there is a plethora of websites talking negatively of watchtower.

  there are the never ending court cases regarding child abuse allegations.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses built in .........................EXCUSE!
  
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  This is What I Would Need in Order to Believe

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometimes theists challenge atheists about what evidence would be required before they would believe.

  various unlikely scenarios are offered in reply.

  i have taken the bait myself in the past.. i think the correct answer is much more ordinary.

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  I agree with Cofty and Noam Chomsky. Why do Christian apologists ignore the obvious facts in order to defend the invisible fables?
  
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  Restless Days and Nights

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it is a bad time to be awake;.

  i see things i do not wish to see.. i have feelings i do not wish to feel.. if i could return to sleep, the deception.

  of sweet slumber would assure that even a. nightmare might offer an escape, escape from.

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  http://youtu.be/EaSvJZE3dCI

  Even a non-believer can draw comfort and inspiration from the works of Bach.