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  A Question to All Believers in God???

  by JT in

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  we have a group of friends over right now, some are former jw and some have never been involved.

  we are watching the news about the little girl death and the question has come up: .

  why did god let this little child die like this?

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  gravedancer

  This thread should be renamed to "Clutching at straws"

  I have always held a belief in God, but one thing that always irked me was the way people blame God for everything. Asking how could God let this happen is an example

  Thats NOT blaming God.....thats asking HOW he could let someone do it. Blaming him would be asking why he did it.

  Although I know longer believe in the watchtower organization or taking the Bible literally, my faith in God is still intact. So, therefore, I can tell myself that in time God will clean up this planet, that the bad will be punished and that Jesus' sacrifice will have an impact on earth's inhabitants

  "In the beginning Man created god". It seems so much of faith in God is exactly that: people having to convince themselves that there is a God and how he will react. The basis of this? Their own emotions....their own denial of reality.

  Why blame God? We have no need to look further than our mirrors to discover the real culprit.

  I agree with the actual answer. Why because there is no God! Its as simple as that. When we try to rationalize God it is almost always based upon emotions and injustice or emotions and despair. We just cannot accept that humans are in total control on this planet. That would mean we have to take responsibility and accountability into our own hands. We have the responsibility of making the world a better place (no god is going to come and do it because we are too lazy). We are accountable for the past actions and the results.....

  People repeat what they have survived. That is the real answer folks. It explains everything....you just need to think about it and you will understand it. It explains individual behaviour and psychology as well as group behaviour and psychology.

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  Why is Hope a good quality?

  by Bleep in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  looks like someone on this forum hates this word hope.

  hope is a great thing to have for all christain.. it is one of the best things a true christain can have.. the bible gives us alot of hope.. lets use it in our everyday lives.

  we have bible understanding threw research do we not?

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  put simply: Hope is a shield against reality!

  You decide if thats good or not....
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  The Watchtower has a deal with the Navy.

  by avengers in

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  2. scandals

  well, here's another nail for the coffin: my son requested this info to show his jw sister.

  washington, d.c. 20549.

  form 10-ksb.

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  think this issue is a little silly to raise....(that's my opinion - and I am definitely not pro-WT.)

  If the shares were gifted to them and they cannot sell them what are they supposed to do?

  Some have posted that the WT gets dividends....I don't see any dividends in the financial statements....

  Furthermore, this is a TINY company - pretty much insignificant. To put its size in perspective, your local McDonalds franchise would cost more to purchase than this entire company.

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  I understand that we can point to a double standard....but the way these posts have been going you would swear it was a big company (not some 2 bit operation that makes no money and is not worth very much at all)
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  Curious demon inspired tale :o)

  by Dizzy Cat in

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  2. friends

  i suppose this is a tale of how badly a set of extreme beliefs can effect the mind!.

  i knew of a brother who suffered with mental ill health and often had hallucinations, of the visual variety.

  after a while during his passage through the truth he began to see strange demons in unusual places.

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  It is always amusing:

  We can explain that people who believe and see Demons are mentally ill or the like....

  But when they believe in God or Angels...now thats something positive.....

  Go figure!

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  JW's part of the WAR MACHINE

  by pomegranate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this may be aleady known, but for those that don't know: .

  the watchtower society owns stock in company called rand cam engine corporation, a division of reg technologies.

  this company makes components for smart bombs and the like.

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  gravedancer

  I think this issue is a little silly to raise....(that's my opinion - and I am definitely not pro-WT.)

  If the shares were gifted to them and they cannot sell them what are they supposed to do?

  Furthermore, this is a TINY company - pretty much insignificant. To put its size in perspective, your local McDonalds franchise would cost more to purchase than this entire company.

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  The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived

  by comforter in

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  there have been many sages who walked the face of the earth.

  the wisest man who ever lived, however, is jesus christ.

  jesus made an impact on history that very few men have matched.

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  Toss out the "comforter" and get a bedspread.....
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  Left Behind

  by gravedancer in

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  2. friends

  no that is not a description of a piece of rear-anatomy (i don't want to get booted again <g>).

  rather it is the rage now.... please check out http://www.leftbehind.com/ and take a look.

  the reason i bring this up is because 3 different people i know (not xjws) are all into this "stuff" now.

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  No that is not a description of a piece of rear-anatomy (I don't want to get booted again <g>)

  Rather it is the rage now.... Please check out http://www.leftbehind.com/ and take a look. The reason I bring this up is because 3 different people I know (not XJWs) are all into this "stuff" now. I have not looked at it yet, but it looks like the start of another fear-series.

  Any of you bright folks looked into this or heard of it? Any opinions?

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  Tempering expectations to reality

  by gravedancer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as one who has been reading posts this evening i find it odd that many of the xjw's here are wondering why every jw who sees a program like panorama doesn't immediately quit the cult (yes i said cult).

  well its a rather obvious explanation, in my opinion.

  simply put "you cannot argue against faith with facts".

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  Besides, since you've admitted to having an IQ of only 35, I'm even more impressed!

  Farkel,

  I have raised it to 35.56 by studying like crazy. What was I studying? The questions on the test of course....think I am stupid or something?
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  the next question...

  by gravedancer in

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  2. friends

  my philosophy as someone seeking to improve my understanding of why things are as they are, why things work, how i can improve things for myself all comes down to a simple method: always ask the next question.

  asking the next question allows us to build logic chains.

  the benefit in doing so allows us to construct mini-systems for ourselves as we grow.

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  "We are now seeing increasing instances of people developing resistance to one or more of the drug regimes currently available to treat HIV, and it is vital that we continue working to stay one step ahead of the virus"We are now seeing increasing instances of people developing resistance to one or more of the drug regimes currently available to treat HIV, and it is vital that we continue working to stay one step ahead of the virus"

  Why? Because of the mutation which means HIV will likely evolve into a new strain....the fact that the viruses learn how to overcome anti-biotics by mutating, is it evidence of intelligence? If so whose intelligence?
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  The Inherent Goodness Fallacy

  by comforter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most or all people are good.

  actually, humans are basically evil.

  the bible says that man be inclined toward what is bad from his youth up.

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  Another take way to look at things: best and worst participants: