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  Death is not something to be feared!

  by iconoclastic in

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  science can explain how of things, but it cannot explain why of certain things (for example, why did life arise from non-life and evolved from simpler creatures to more complex life forms only to die and disappear?

  ) so are the conflicted religions whose chief concern is in safeguarding each ones separate identity..

  next option is to look for pearls among the stonesusing power of our own reason.

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  Viviane,

  I experimented with your statement that in science ( from Latin scientia, from scir e‘know’, hence denoting knowldge”) there is no difference between HOW and WHY.

  When my daughter (9 year old) came from the school, I asked her:

  “How did you go to the school?”

  Mummy dropped me in the school as usual on her way to the Hospital (She runs a hospital, and also works there as MD)

  “Why do you go to the school?”

  You must be kidding, Dad.

  “No, I am serious. I just want to know how answer to the question HOW and WHY? And I want to report to one of my friends. Tell me, WHY do you go to school?”

  Because I want to build my character and equip myself for a successful career like my mom” (my wife spends bulk of her earnings on three orphanages run by Catholic nuns and is widely respected by the community). You know my school Principal described my mom as an angel in human form.

  “You don’t want to become like me?”

  Who will waste the best part of life in the sea (I was working in the Merchant Navy)?

  Viviane, You see how people differentiate between HOW and WHY

  Similarly, science may explain HOW life originated?

  But it cannot answer WHY did it appear from non-life only to disappear after evolving into homo sapiens—a wonderful journey started from matter and returns to matter in the end—WHY?
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  The only way to know God exists!

  by iconoclastic in

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  do everything as god would do if he were present here.

  this will attract his attention, and you will experience his invisible hands blessing everything you do, giving you results more than what you sowed.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

  hence put to the test the above, and then you can make really authentic comments!.

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  Finkelstein

  God is correctly described in Deuteronomy 10:17 as “one who treats none with partiality,” hence the very name you call Him as Hebrew God is not right. God’s signature can be seen in a fruit-bearing tree, which is a symbol of unselfish service to humanity. Imitate tree, this will attract God’s attention, and He will give reward more than you sowed.

  This is what I meant when I said: “Do as God would do.”
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  Death is not something to be feared!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  science can explain how of things, but it cannot explain why of certain things (for example, why did life arise from non-life and evolved from simpler creatures to more complex life forms only to die and disappear?

  ) so are the conflicted religions whose chief concern is in safeguarding each ones separate identity..

  next option is to look for pearls among the stonesusing power of our own reason.

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  Cofty,

  You think that slapping some words such as “nonsensical question, silly assertion, willful ignorance” you can answer that big question which originally MK Gandhi coined (which literally silenced his atheists friends)
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  The only way to know God exists!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do everything as god would do if he were present here.

  this will attract his attention, and you will experience his invisible hands blessing everything you do, giving you results more than what you sowed.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

  hence put to the test the above, and then you can make really authentic comments!.

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  iconoclastic

  I thought of posting this in extreme brevity, because when I wanted to convey the same in my previous posting, many got stumbled on the words such as VIEW, DISGUST or things not mentioned in the post such as why children are born with diseases or disabilities ....
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  The only way to know God exists!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do everything as god would do if he were present here.

  this will attract his attention, and you will experience his invisible hands blessing everything you do, giving you results more than what you sowed.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

  hence put to the test the above, and then you can make really authentic comments!.

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  iconoclastic

  Do everything as God would do if He were present here. This will attract His attention, and you will experience His invisible hands blessing everything you do, giving you results more than what you sowed.

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  Hence put to the test the above, and then you can make really authentic comments!
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  How does God view atheist and devotees?

  by iconoclastic in

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  1) he views devotees with disgust; because they use god as a means to fulfillment of their materialistic ends, and they constantly pester him with request to violate his own laws (principle of action and consequence).

  hence devotees are materialistic in its true sense.

  they even interpolate things into scriptures to suit their convenienceas confirmed by prophet jeremiah himself (jeremiah 7:22; 8:8).

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  LoveUniHateExams

  Answer to your question could be discerned from the source I mentioned in the OP. I have friends from all three categories, and the first two categories are joyless (means never come in alignment with God).

  But the third category are selfless, they do their service, always happy, reap often more than what they sow--an obvious clue that a loving heavenly Father is backing them for their unselfish service.
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  Death is not something to be feared!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  science can explain how of things, but it cannot explain why of certain things (for example, why did life arise from non-life and evolved from simpler creatures to more complex life forms only to die and disappear?

  ) so are the conflicted religions whose chief concern is in safeguarding each ones separate identity..

  next option is to look for pearls among the stonesusing power of our own reason.

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  iconoclastic

  Why is only Carl Sagan singled out? Why does no one touch Abraham Linclon, Shakespeare, Will Durant?
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  Death is not something to be feared!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  science can explain how of things, but it cannot explain why of certain things (for example, why did life arise from non-life and evolved from simpler creatures to more complex life forms only to die and disappear?

  ) so are the conflicted religions whose chief concern is in safeguarding each ones separate identity..

  next option is to look for pearls among the stonesusing power of our own reason.

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  Viviane

  With your getting struck with HOW and WHY, you think you nicely buried the BIG question: WHY did life evolve from non-life, why did it reach up to homo sapiens only to disappear?

  This is a question no one can answer, and no one will ever answer. In fact this is a question that angers all the evolutionists I have come across in my life.
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  How does God view atheist and devotees?

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1) he views devotees with disgust; because they use god as a means to fulfillment of their materialistic ends, and they constantly pester him with request to violate his own laws (principle of action and consequence).

  hence devotees are materialistic in its true sense.

  they even interpolate things into scriptures to suit their convenienceas confirmed by prophet jeremiah himself (jeremiah 7:22; 8:8).

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  Viviane

  You seem to view BKs are invincible. How can anybody recruit you without your consent? And further OP is all about praising unselfish service to the society—something which no one can be scared of, but something that anybody would welcome with whole heart.
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  How does God view atheist and devotees?

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1) he views devotees with disgust; because they use god as a means to fulfillment of their materialistic ends, and they constantly pester him with request to violate his own laws (principle of action and consequence).

  hence devotees are materialistic in its true sense.

  they even interpolate things into scriptures to suit their convenienceas confirmed by prophet jeremiah himself (jeremiah 7:22; 8:8).

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  OnTheWayOut

  We know that one thing leads to the other. If you trace the cause, you may end up here on earth itself, not in heaven.