Posts by FusionTheism

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Govening Body and JWN

by John Aquila in

do you think any members of the governing body visit this site-jwn regularly?.

how about the heavies in the organization, like the writers, lawyers, and other who work at headquarters?.

for all we know john aquila could be a member of the gb..

Watchtower Society and Science

by FusionTheism in

is the governing body's methods and practices all that much different from the way scientists work?.

some prominent scientists and big media in the 1970's were pushing imminent disaster from global cooling.

now its global warming and they all sweep the global cooling fiasco under the rug and act like it was just one or two rogue individuals.. other examples can be given: scientists being wrong on the eternal universe, black holes, whether eggs or coffee are healthy or harmful, presenting fake fossils, etc.

FusionTheism

ecan6,

So you're saying there's no shunning or ridicule against people who challenge Global Warming or evolution?

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Watchtower Society and Science

by FusionTheism in

is the governing body's methods and practices all that much different from the way scientists work?.

some prominent scientists and big media in the 1970's were pushing imminent disaster from global cooling.

now its global warming and they all sweep the global cooling fiasco under the rug and act like it was just one or two rogue individuals.. other examples can be given: scientists being wrong on the eternal universe, black holes, whether eggs or coffee are healthy or harmful, presenting fake fossils, etc.

FusionTheism

Viviane,

So scientists who talk to magazines or are featured in magazines are "poor sources of information?"

Which scientists are "good" sources of information, and why should I believe you?

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Watchtower Society and Science

by FusionTheism in

is the governing body's methods and practices all that much different from the way scientists work?.

some prominent scientists and big media in the 1970's were pushing imminent disaster from global cooling.

now its global warming and they all sweep the global cooling fiasco under the rug and act like it was just one or two rogue individuals.. other examples can be given: scientists being wrong on the eternal universe, black holes, whether eggs or coffee are healthy or harmful, presenting fake fossils, etc.

FusionTheism

So you're agreeing that the popular scientists who appear in magazines like People, Time, and Newsweek are like the Governing Body?

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Was Jesus a real person?

by Coded Logic in

why didn't jesus ever write anything?

why are there no letters to jesus?

no painting of jesus from that time?

FusionTheism

The issue is, if we have no Roman documents in existence at all today that are dated to 29 to 33 AD, you cannot claim that Romans IGNORED Jesus since we have no knowledge about ANY documents during those years.

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Watchtower Society and Science

by FusionTheism in

is the governing body's methods and practices all that much different from the way scientists work?.

some prominent scientists and big media in the 1970's were pushing imminent disaster from global cooling.

now its global warming and they all sweep the global cooling fiasco under the rug and act like it was just one or two rogue individuals.. other examples can be given: scientists being wrong on the eternal universe, black holes, whether eggs or coffee are healthy or harmful, presenting fake fossils, etc.

FusionTheism

Don't scientists often use the same claim of "the light (knowledge) getting brighter" even while they do "tacking", sometimes going back-and-forth between old and new ideas?

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Was Jesus a real person?

by Coded Logic in

why didn't jesus ever write anything?

why are there no letters to jesus?

no painting of jesus from that time?

FusionTheism

The most important question to ask first, is this:

How many documents do we have today that still exist from around 29 AD to 33 AD when Jesus was supposed to be doing His ministry?

That's the only time period we would expect to find anything contemporary from Jesus.

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Watchtower Society and Science

by FusionTheism in

is the governing body's methods and practices all that much different from the way scientists work?.

some prominent scientists and big media in the 1970's were pushing imminent disaster from global cooling.

now its global warming and they all sweep the global cooling fiasco under the rug and act like it was just one or two rogue individuals.. other examples can be given: scientists being wrong on the eternal universe, black holes, whether eggs or coffee are healthy or harmful, presenting fake fossils, etc.

FusionTheism

Is the Governing Body's methods and practices all that much different from the way scientists work?

Some prominent scientists and big media in the 1970's were pushing imminent disaster from Global Cooling. Now its Global Warming and they all sweep the Global Cooling fiasco under the rug and act like it was just one or two rogue individuals.

Other examples can be given: Scientists being wrong on the eternal universe, black holes, whether eggs or coffee are healthy or harmful, presenting fake fossils, etc. etc.

How is this really much different from The Watchtower Society?

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New Watchtower-- the End is coming in our lifetime again now??

by FusionTheism in

they just posted the simplified august study watchtower on jw.org.. paragraph 11 of the "expectation!

" article says this:.

"so even if we feel that we have been waiting a long time, this does not mean that the end is far away or that it is not coming in our lifetime.".

FusionTheism

They just posted the Simplified August Study Watchtower on JW.org.

Paragraph 11 of the "Expectation!" Article says this:

"So even if we feel that we have been waiting a long time, this does not mean that the end is far away or that it is not coming in our lifetime."

Whose lifetime? An 80-year-old Witness' lifetime or a 40-year-old's? 10-year-old's?

How do they know?

Seems like I heard this before?

"Millions now living will never die!" (circa 1925)

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A Whole New Watchtower Society (Governing Body 3.0 / Simplified Society)

by FusionTheism in

a whole new watchtower society (governing body 3.0 / simplified society).

i'm not here to attack the governing body, watchtower society, or the jehovah's witnesses (jw) organization.

the bible says there is just "one hope" for christians (ephesians 4:4).

FusionTheism

Azor,

I've been "out" or "awakened" as you call it on here for 12+ years.

I am a deep, critical thinking skeptic, and yes, that has STILL led me to Jesus and the New Testament.

All thinking roads absolutely do not lead to atheism or to anti-theism.

Just look at Francis Collins, Barack Obama, and Martin Luther King, Jr.