Doltologist

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  The Case for Theism

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "theism" here means "belief in a god" or "the worldview that an intelligent designer created the universe and life.

  " ("god" here means a being with a mind who initiated and/or wound-up the universe, and designed life on earth)the most common claim that i see atheists making on twitter, is that "no evidence" exists in support of belief in a god.this post will remove any excuse atheists have for claiming "no evidence exists" in support of an initiator.

  atheists can still reject this evidence as "weak," but they cannot truthfully say it does not exist.now, it is true that we do not have "observable, repeatable, falsifiable, empirical, scientific" evidence conclusively proving that an initiator exists, but we do have many lines of philisophical, experiential, and logical evidence.and... here... we... go:1:) many leading scientists, including stephen hawking, say that the space-time-matter universe had a beginning at the singularity/big bang.

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  Doltologist

  Ruby

  Thank you dolto - I'm afraid I have a vivid imagination

  Why are you afraid?
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  Parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/11/19/06/parents-under-fire-for-failing-to-allow-lifesaving-blood-transfusion-to-terminally-ill-son.

  there is a video that can be seen at the above link that is worth watching.. the andersons.

  7:10pm june 11, 2015 parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son.

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  Azor

  More people need to know what this cult does to people.

  Offers up human sacrifice to a non-existent god.
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  Parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/11/19/06/parents-under-fire-for-failing-to-allow-lifesaving-blood-transfusion-to-terminally-ill-son.

  there is a video that can be seen at the above link that is worth watching.. the andersons.

  7:10pm june 11, 2015 parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son.

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  Heaven

  This religion/cult messes people up. They are damaging, destructive... I do not understand how they are allowed to legally operate.

  It's called religious freedom. However, when the freedom of one person (the parents) impinge upon the freedom of another (their child's right to life) then that's where society should step in and either ban the practice or the cult.
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  The Case for Theism

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "theism" here means "belief in a god" or "the worldview that an intelligent designer created the universe and life.

  " ("god" here means a being with a mind who initiated and/or wound-up the universe, and designed life on earth)the most common claim that i see atheists making on twitter, is that "no evidence" exists in support of belief in a god.this post will remove any excuse atheists have for claiming "no evidence exists" in support of an initiator.

  atheists can still reject this evidence as "weak," but they cannot truthfully say it does not exist.now, it is true that we do not have "observable, repeatable, falsifiable, empirical, scientific" evidence conclusively proving that an initiator exists, but we do have many lines of philisophical, experiential, and logical evidence.and... here... we... go:1:) many leading scientists, including stephen hawking, say that the space-time-matter universe had a beginning at the singularity/big bang.

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  Ruby

  I'm obliged to thee.
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  Why don’t we have a better story?

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1. some say we are all gods, and god is omnipresent..

  2. some say: god created his children who later challenged his sovereignty, who in turn asked his eldest son: go down to the world, do not resist the wicked, but be murdered by them, the value of which will be used to atone the sins of the world..

  3. universe arose out of a big bang.

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  Iconoclastic

  If so, why only some species would abandon asexual reproduction in favor of more costly and inefficient sexual reproduction?

  I can see that I'm gonna regret this but anyways ...

  Evolution isn't meant to be pretty, efficient or even any better than the babble. Evolution is a random process which relies on random change where the fittest survive and the weakest die. That way, a biological entity is able to adapt and change as its environment does.

  I've said it before and I'll say it again. What kind of creator chappie puts a woman's pleasure beach next to her sewage works? A creator doesn't. At least a good one doesn't. Also, who in the right mind designs DNA that way such that when it mutates, it could give rise to cancer? Man evolved. The design ain't pretty. It ain't efficient but it works - just.

  Science hasn't got all the answers - YET. But it will. Just because it doesn't have the answers yet, doesn't mean we got her via some sky wizard - which is so preposterous, it's positively laughable.
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  The Case for Theism

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "theism" here means "belief in a god" or "the worldview that an intelligent designer created the universe and life.

  " ("god" here means a being with a mind who initiated and/or wound-up the universe, and designed life on earth)the most common claim that i see atheists making on twitter, is that "no evidence" exists in support of belief in a god.this post will remove any excuse atheists have for claiming "no evidence exists" in support of an initiator.

  atheists can still reject this evidence as "weak," but they cannot truthfully say it does not exist.now, it is true that we do not have "observable, repeatable, falsifiable, empirical, scientific" evidence conclusively proving that an initiator exists, but we do have many lines of philisophical, experiential, and logical evidence.and... here... we... go:1:) many leading scientists, including stephen hawking, say that the space-time-matter universe had a beginning at the singularity/big bang.

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  OGTG

  A lack of belief = belief? I agree that is illogical.

  Please help me see the connection to our discussion.

  Why are you asking me? You are the one who wrote Atheism is about belief, not me. I merely pointed out that Atheism isn't about belief. It is a response to a belief and then we got into this circular discussion.
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  Parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/11/19/06/parents-under-fire-for-failing-to-allow-lifesaving-blood-transfusion-to-terminally-ill-son.

  there is a video that can be seen at the above link that is worth watching.. the andersons.

  7:10pm june 11, 2015 parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son.

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  Ding

  I wonder how many JWs in such a situation hope that a court will take the matter out of their hands and order the transfusion.

  I wonder how many situations there have been where there hasn't been time enough for the courts to act and children have died needlessly?
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  Barings Bank & the JWs

  by Doltologist in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the early 1990s, i was in a meeting.

  we were making some major changes to the main it system of the company i worked for.

  during the meeting i said, 'what would happen if one of our major customers went belly up and shouldn't we build something into the system to cope with this?'.

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  Zeb

  the revelation of the paedophile record.

  Lots and lots of scandals hitting the evening media.. repeatedly.

  some intelligent debate for the thinkers of the wt clinging to 607 in the face of the better evidence.

  A few more cases like the Conti case being won with big payouts.

  US Tax authority moving on NY bethel for tax purposes as they claim to be charity but do no charitable work .

  The WT then dumping on individual congs as 'separate entities' that have to carry the costs of this. (Have you paid for your house there brother and sister Publisher?)

  Now that's what I'm talking about.
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  Barings Bank & the JWs

  by Doltologist in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the early 1990s, i was in a meeting.

  we were making some major changes to the main it system of the company i worked for.

  during the meeting i said, 'what would happen if one of our major customers went belly up and shouldn't we build something into the system to cope with this?'.

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  Millie210

  I see what you mean - guess it wouldnt be huge enough to work.

  I agree with Simon. It needs sustained action not just a one-off unless that one-off is absolutely huge.
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  Parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/11/19/06/parents-under-fire-for-failing-to-allow-lifesaving-blood-transfusion-to-terminally-ill-son.

  there is a video that can be seen at the above link that is worth watching.. the andersons.

  7:10pm june 11, 2015 parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son.

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  Azor

  She refused blood as any good JW would and died within a month. Leaving behind a teenage son scheduled for open heart surgery this year.

  The emboldening and underlining is mine.

  What is good about dying needlessly and leaving a sick teenage son without a mother?

  This is sending out the wrong message to society.

  Words fail me.