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  VOTE YOUR "SILVER BULLET" QUESTION

  by V in

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  i'm quizzing all my sources for the ultimate "silver-bullet" question for a jw at your door.

  the best questions will be used in a video series on watchtower comments.

  the goal is to help people respond to jws.. the question must be direct and designed to open the jw mind, not necessarily to win an argument.. i would prefer to avoid doctrinal debate such as trinity, cross, even thiest/athiest subjects.

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  If Jehovah is omnipotent and omniscient and loving, and his message for mankind so incredibly important, why did he write a book that can be interpreted and misinterpreted in so many ways by sincere, humble, godfearing individuals? If it is Gods will for all men to be saved, why is the bible so bloody confusing? cheers pak
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  Calling Any Northern Territory Lurkers...

  by brinjen in

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  come on, i know you're out there.

  we have kh's here, so there's gotta be a few ex-dubs from the nt lurking here...

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  not NT but FNQ - is that close enough

  not surprising that people are a bit slow to admit being from NT

  cheers

  pak
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  One Reason Why I Worship the God of the Bible

  by snowbird in

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  while this may be construed as a rebuttal to nvr's thread re: why i post about atheism, that is not my intent.. it is my intent, however, to show how i developed a belief in and love for the god of the bible.. my paternal grandfather, who died before i was born, was a baptist preacher, so you could say i cut my teeth on the bible.

  i loved having it read to me, and once i learned how, reading it for myself.

  i'm convinced that spirituality runs deep in my blood.. i've always had such a strong sense of right and wrong that injustices make me literally sick.

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  Posted by Snowbird

  You can pick what you want and discard the rest - as I did with the article on confirmation bias.

  Just wanted to say thats one of the funniest things I've read in ages. Thanks for a good laugh.

  cheers
  pak
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  Quotable Quotes; Please Add Yours ...

  by compound complex in

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  the endeavor to compel all men to think alike on all subjects,.

  culminated in the great apostasy and the development of the .

  great papal system; and thereby the 'gospel,' the 'one faith,'.

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  Sit down and ask yourself "Am I becoming the person I really want to be?" and then realise that the person you want to be probably doesn't sit around asking themselves silly questions. cheers pak
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  HAVE SOME FUN WITH THE NOV WT COVER!!

  by Mary in

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  ok, here's the original:.

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  and here's a blank one for you:.

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  COUNTING YOUR HOURS - TEN FINGERS SHOULDN'T BE ENOUGH!! thanks for the laughs cheers pak
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  ?Please explain Evolution to me in simple terms

  by Guest with Questions in

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  and please dont give me links to read.

  i dont want a complicated version; just a very simple explanation on the theory of evolution, and if possible, in your own words.

  many of us are very ignorant on this subject and it seems that a few here are very knowledgeable so i hope you can help me and others also.. also if you believe in the theory of common descent, could you explain that to me also?

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  Evolution in simple terms

  one word response - change

  two word response - slow change

  four word response - eons of slow change

  Evolution is an emotionally charged word - when you say to some people that lifeforms evolve they go into denial but say that lifeforms change over eons of time and they are more accepting.

  Cause everything changes, mountains change, weather changes, cars change, fashions change, continents change, why should lifeforms be unchanging.

  The devil however is in the details.

  cheers

  pak

  Warlock - I will pm you.
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  ?Please explain Evolution to me in simple terms

  by Guest with Questions in

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  and please dont give me links to read.

  i dont want a complicated version; just a very simple explanation on the theory of evolution, and if possible, in your own words.

  many of us are very ignorant on this subject and it seems that a few here are very knowledgeable so i hope you can help me and others also.. also if you believe in the theory of common descent, could you explain that to me also?

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  Warlock They were supposed to be the superior species Evolution only makes the new species superior in their current environment, when the environment changes (very cold winter, new predator etc) what was once an advantage could easily become a disadvantage and so the intermediate species dies off. Population A splits into two separate groups. A2 evolves into B then into C. New predator arrives and finds B particularly tasty. So A1 still exists in a separate population and C in the new group. Rinse and repeat. I note from your 70/10 SMA comment that you're a trader??? What do you trade? cheers pak
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  Creationism hiding in plain sight

  by FireNBandits in

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  a friend pointed out to me that "theistic evolution" is, in essence, no different than intelligent design.

  both postulate a creator that is behind creation.

  both use the words "creation" and "creator.

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  greendawn, thought I would have a go at rewriting your sentence

  Religion goes beyond perceiving the world in a strictly rational, logical way. Science is too cerebral to be well balanced on its own.

  so you're saying

  Religion perceives the world in a strictly irrational, illogical way. Science is too cerebral to have any part in that bunkum so I dont like it.

  let me know if I misread your sentiments,

  cheers pak ps damn mkr got there first
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  Can God see the future?

  by Adolfius in

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  i've been out a while, but i remember thinking about this as a teenager and being confused, (my mother told me i must be posessed by demons to think such things and so never offered me an explanation).

  what do the jws say about it.

  if jehovah can see into the future, he would've known what a mess he was going to make of creation so he would've decided against it before he even thought of it.. based on the theory that he went ahead and created everything anyway, that must mean he can't see into the future.. i also seem to remember that god doesn't interfere with man, because we have free will, so all our actions are down to us and in no way "steered" or "influenced" by god.. so how can he make predictions about the future, i.e.

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  Now what if God knew the precise atomic structure of everything. He would be able to determine everybody's reactions to each other and the environment to 100% accuracy.
  
  So it's not so much that he can see the future, in that we don't have free will, but rather he can "mentally" calculate the events of the world forward to infinity.

  but if our actions and decisions are the result of our atomic structure, they are outside our control and we dont have free will

  in this viewpoint it's all cause and effect, applies to everything else in the universe why shouldnt it apply to us

  the original atomic structure and movement determines the next milliseconds atomic structure which determines the next and so on, so the universe is a machine in motion

  if you believe in freewill and most people like to in some form - at what point of decision making are we able to step outside of our own chemical and molecular makeup and inject freewill into ours lives

  cheers

  pak
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  WHAT IS BIGGEST TRUTH IN THE TRUTH?

  by badboy in

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  any ideas?

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  I read an article in the Awake on sewing machines that was probably 100% true.

  cheers

  pak