Posts by DeusMauzzim

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The Five Stages of Accepting Ones Belief System Is Dead Wrong

by mavie in

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friends

http://www.ptm.org/07pt/mayjun/beliefscollapse.pdf.

great article.

applies to jw's as well..

DeusMauzzim

Interesting and mostly factual article.

I don't like the christian spin though.... the bible is a historical document if interpreted correctly... pffff

- Deus Mauzzim

(of the since-when-was-Moses-historical-class)

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QUESTION FOR BIBLE BELIEVERS Mathew 17:27

by fedorE in

recently to pass the time at the mtg i was dozing thru mathew( while the speaker..whatever..) at any rate.

i found math 17:27 peculiar of a certain smell, lets call it an unpleasantness.,out of respect for u guys.

why would jesus have peter leave, go fishing, and go thru the trouble of finding the 1st fish and a coin to pay the tax inside the mouth of this fish, when all he had to do to hasten the paying of the tax was produce it.

DeusMauzzim

How are these things any less “bizarre” than a talking cross (Gospel of Peter)

This one is priceless! I remember well reading the GoPeter for the first time and still laughing about it a week later

"And the Cross said: 'Yea!'"

- Deus Mauzzim

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Can Atheists be ethical?

by nvrgnbk in

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friends

i had to share this gem.how many fallacies do you find in it?.

can atheists be ethical?the answer to this question is a definite "yes.

" atheists are people who, whether they like it or not, have the law of god written on their hearts (rom.

DeusMauzzim

Hahaha when I saw the title I thought: 'C'mon, Nvr. you are too smart for that!'

I was right

- Deus Mauzzim

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Finally, THE END IS HEAR, according to Robert King.

by whereami in

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friends

well folks this is it.

check it out.

http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/index.php?s=9d925b93cbe8c20a93d8de6d47bd50aa&showtopic=701&pid=7346&st=0&#entry7346

DeusMauzzim

Two Words:

ha ha

- Deus Mauzzim

(of the won't-fall-for-that-again-class)

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Knowing more than theology students / theologians

by DeusMauzzim in

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friends

i remember i heard this some times (but not from the platform).

it would go something like: 'oh isn't it wonderful that with the help of the organization we know more about the bible than people who study theology at university?!'.

at least with theology you learn the meaning of difficult words like "biblical litteralism" .

DeusMauzzim

Two words: Documentary Hypothesis (aka Higher Criticism)

Exactly!

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Knowing more than theology students / theologians

by DeusMauzzim in

jw
friends

i remember i heard this some times (but not from the platform).

it would go something like: 'oh isn't it wonderful that with the help of the organization we know more about the bible than people who study theology at university?!'.

at least with theology you learn the meaning of difficult words like "biblical litteralism" .

DeusMauzzim

I remember I heard this some times (but not from the platform)

It would go something like: 'Oh isn't it wonderful that with the help of the organization we know more about the Bible than people who study theology at university?!'

At least with theology you learn the meaning of difficult words like "biblical litteralism"

Does this ring a bell? Or was it something local?

- Deus Mauzzim

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left 16yrs ago n still have issues and confidence probs,

by xnmad in

ileft "the truth" 16yrs ago and still cant move on in some areas of my life, i have no family now as they stopped talking to me and have never relented.this has left me with serious problems with needing aproval from people in my life.i have never stopped trying to win my fathers aproval and no i,l never have it unless i go back(which would never happen)jus wondered if any1 else has similar hangups, n if you do, how do i deal with it n move on.

DeusMauzzim

Welcome xnmad!

I think I can relate to what you say.

Approval has to do with responsibility, and that has to do with maturity.

Your family has given itself heart and soul to a stupid publishing corp because they needed approval from someone/something for everything they do in life.

They have never figured about that the one who needs to approve with your decisions is YOU. Of course you can listen to advice from friends, but real friends know that you have the ultimate responsibility for your decisions and won't keep bothering you about it (like shunning does).

Do you really need approval from persons who can't take full responsibility in their own lives?

Keep posting! And all the best!

- Deus Mauzzim

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HARD WIRED TO BELIEVE?

by fifi40 in

having read through several of the recent threads on gods existence, religious hypochondria and those who simply state that they really dont care i asked myself the question why?.

why do some people have faith and a desire to worship and believe?.

why do some people despise faith and lack any sense of a 'greater' being?.

DeusMauzzim

If you remember the bottom line for natural selection is that something somehow helps in survival, then the capacity for belief (being sure something is the case without proof) has a good chance of being selected:

The caveman who really believes a pack of sabertooth tigers can appear from the jungle any moment will be on his watch even if he does not see them.

- Deus Mauzzim

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