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If God exists ....
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if god exists, he must be a god of freedom.

because he has endowed us with free-will, and never interferes with it (as confirmed by our own experiences).

that means he wants everyone to make their choice and reap the fruits accordingly.
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Meditation answered my vital questions!
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some time back, i was listening to sara lazar, a neuroscientist at massachusetts general hospital and harvard medical school, one of the first scientists to take the anecdotal claims about the benefits of meditation and mindfulness and test them in brain scans..

that day i thought i should test meditation myself.

though i reaped many benefits (physiological and mental) over a period, what i want to share with you is the spiritual benefit i got.
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Power of reason makes no room for a Satan, a Savior or God’s organization
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power of reason makes no room for a satan, a savior or gods organization.

religions behave as though they do not know the meaning of the very word religion (from religare, latin, to reconnect) and go to any extent to keep their identity and to massage their feeling of self-importance.

this makes adherents hypocrites which in turn makes onlookers lose their faith in god.
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Anthropomorphism in the Scriptures
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since all our conceptualisations are limited by our human condition, our images of god are often anthropomorphic; hence bible writers presented god as:.

1) working six days and taking rest on the seventh day [which is not required for one who is omnipotent].

2) grand-father whose eyes are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good (proverbs 15:3) [which is redundant as law of cause and consequence are already in place and does a wonderful job].
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Neither writers nor translators believe Scriptures are inspired of God
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in most of the scriptures, the supreme father figure is originally presented as upholder of the law that every action has equal and opposite reaction.

later writers would come presenting a son of god who would exhibit a soft approach towards consequences of action.

one of the best examples is john 7:53 to 8:11 which is now accepted as one of the most famous forgeries in the bible..
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What was so new about The Theory of Evolution?
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the east had already been teaching the 10 stages of human evolution (that should happen in the life-span of a human being) using an allegorical story of 10 incarnations of god:.

1) fish (water borne life, a fish-like start in the womb of mother) amoebae or primeval evolution..

2) turtle (life moves into land, crawling child once outside the womb) amphibians..
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Language shows how theology evolves
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in some ancient languages, the word for god (which is actually the 3rd person in most of the modern languages) is called primary person; second person is called middle person, and the word for i (which is actually first person in most of the modern languages) is called perfect person.

this wording conveys the understanding of ancient people:.

when god is viewed as primary person, or put above everything else, and.
JW attitude of “we only are right, and we will shun all those who disagree with me” is based on the Bible, but
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jw attitude of we only are right, and we will shun all those who disagree with me is based on the bible.

interestingly, for almost everything in the bible, one can see an earlier parallel existing outside the bible, in the pagan world.

(http://ggreenberg.tripod.com/ancientne/101rev.html) (http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa1.htm) .
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Something that silenced my pestering JW friend
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(http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_4.htm).

(http://www.zmescience.com/other/most-amazing-unexplained-artifacts/); .

(http://beforeitsnews.com/beyond-science/2013/01/13-world-mysteries-without-explanation-2440676.html); .
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Why don’t we have a better story?
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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.