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Atheism or Agnosticism, which one is correct?
by Joey Jo-Jo inthis has been bugging me for a while, and while i dont want to turn this into something about semantics i think that we should quickly define what an agnostic and atheists are.. richard dawkins defines 7 different types of atheist ranging from weak to militant atheists, but along these definitions there appears one definition with a strong resemblance to agnosticism.. to me an agnostic is a person who neither believes nor disbelieves in deity/deities, but there are those who define agnostics as a ignorant who simply just don't care or don't have the intelligence to come to sound conclusion.. an atheist can be a person who disbelieves in a deity/deities based on the current mathematical and scientific understandings of the universe, as well as understandings that can refute certain religions such as the strong influence of protestantism christianity in america.. .
from here i will refer deity as anything ranging jehovah to a real spaghetti monster, it's not important because a) we dont know b)for the purpose of this discussion it is not important to define what we believe god to be.. an argument that can be used about a deity is -we cannot prove nor disprove that god exists- this is referred to as a null hypothesis, an assumption that we cannot create a hypothesis to prove or disprove this deity.
this to me is agnosticism and is more correct than the idea of atheism.
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9/11 Conspiracy nuts...60% of Americans are you KIDDING!!!!
by Witness 007 in60% of americans in one servey think the government did it.....even though there is no sold evidence.
let me spell it out.....a huge airplane full of fuel hit the building plowing thru the steel supports, thousands of witnesses, and video fotage, it almost flew through the building with debris blowing out the other side.
although it appears in the footage there is alot of smoke but no fire, right?
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leavingwt
This thread isn't growing fast enough. Please allow me to help.
- Building 7
- Thermite
- The Saudi Royal Family
- Tim Osman
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses fundamentalists?
by Celestial ini googled the phrase and a q & a from their official media web site appeared within the first few hits:.
http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/article32.htm.
are you fundamentalists?.
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leavingwt
They're a high-control group who believe the Bible is without error.
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A new member of the thinking class
by Captain Obvious inthis is my first post on this forum, though it feels like i already know some of you here.
i have been lurking for a couple of months now, and i must say, there honestly seems to be more love and respect here than any forum i have ever seen on any forum of any kind.
i am 25 years old, married 3 years to my wonderful wife who is 22. we had a somewhat classic jw upbringing... which i now know has been our biggest problem.
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leavingwt
Welcome!
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Great authors.
by LouBelle ini have so many that range from shakespeare, eckhart tolle to wilbur smith and subjects that cover everything from fiction, fantasy, poetry to non fiction.. i started reading a series many years ago but never got around to completing it.
i've come across it again and am thouroughly enjoying it.
the author is terry pratchett and the series is discworld.
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leavingwt
Kurt Vonnegut
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Can we make our own magazine?
by bottleofwater ini had an idea the other day while seeing someone reading a watchtower magazine on the bus, why can't we make a magazine similar to the watchtower in size, font, and format?.
even a one time 16-page brochure would be great.. basically even if many jws are stubborn it would help at least some who are on the fence.... why can't we?
we don't even have to make it say jehovah's witnesses on the cover.. just call it.... the truth (where the watchtower header line would go in the same font).
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leavingwt
bottleofwater: You quoted someone other than me, above.
There is very little that any of us can do about the seven million victims of Thought Reform. If they enjoy being JWs, they will die as JWs. Only those who want to exit will open their minds to reality. We can live our lives and enjoy the life we have left. We are the lucky ones, we have escaped.
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9/11 Conspiracy nuts...60% of Americans are you KIDDING!!!!
by Witness 007 in60% of americans in one servey think the government did it.....even though there is no sold evidence.
let me spell it out.....a huge airplane full of fuel hit the building plowing thru the steel supports, thousands of witnesses, and video fotage, it almost flew through the building with debris blowing out the other side.
although it appears in the footage there is alot of smoke but no fire, right?
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leavingwt
I don't see why this thread cannot reach ten pages by tomorrow.
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Can we make our own magazine?
by bottleofwater ini had an idea the other day while seeing someone reading a watchtower magazine on the bus, why can't we make a magazine similar to the watchtower in size, font, and format?.
even a one time 16-page brochure would be great.. basically even if many jws are stubborn it would help at least some who are on the fence.... why can't we?
we don't even have to make it say jehovah's witnesses on the cover.. just call it.... the truth (where the watchtower header line would go in the same font).
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leavingwt
There is no "we" in my experience.
It's not about facts. The facts are readily available for free.
Have you read Hassan's first book? You may enjoy it. It was a real eye-opener for me and my family.
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leavingwt
Rick would like you to help him pay for his campaign debt. I guess he's now a Socialist.
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Is it just me or is JWN going through a nice phase at the moment?
by nicolaou inperhaps i've just been logging on at the right time but i've seen no insane eschatology or prophecy from our resident messiah/prophets and of course, rick isn't spamming the board and everything just seems .
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well, nice.. i like it.. .
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leavingwt
You know what this thread is missing? A 10-minute, post-Memorial commentary piece by E-Watchman.