Okay, I better stop. But I see it's a very well-written article.
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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.
needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.
can they not think of anything original?.
Okay, I better stop. But I see it's a very well-written article.
--sd-7
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.
needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.
can they not think of anything original?.
GOD’S POWER EVIDENT[LY] IN CREATION
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Jehovah’s power is revealed in two
shields that keep us safe—the earth’s atmosphere
and its magnetic field. The
atmosphere, for example, does more
than provide us with air to breathe. It
also shields us from the majority [but not all] of
the debris that hurtles through space [occasionally a meteor gets through and injures or kills some people, obviously it was our own fault because Eve at some fruit; God likes to let some through just to remind us who's boss from time to time].
Chunks of rock that could cause massive
damage usually [but not always] burn up on entering
the earth’s atmosphere, creating beautiful
bright streaks of light in the night
sky [or incinerate large parts of the real estate, creating charred hunks of annihilated flesh and bone, which reminds us further of Jehovah's power that he will soon unleash on most of the human population].
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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.
needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.
can they not think of anything original?.
The apostle Paul provides one reason
why we can be convinced that God
exists, even though we cannot see him [he found the God Particle, it blinded him, and now he's writing a paper on it].
Regarding Jehovah, Paul wrote: “His invisible
qualities are clearly seen from the
world’s creation onward, because they
are perceived by the things made, even
his eternal power and Godship.” (Rom.
1:20) How might you help someone who
doubts the existence of God to see the
truthfulness of Paul’s inspired words? [Mind control works, most of the time. That's what I'd use.]
You could consider some of the following
evidence from creation that reveals
our Creator’s power and wisdom [because whatever is in creation proves that it was made by Jehovah as opposed to Zeus, Baal, etc.--he totally signed his name on every piece of DNA, we already cracked the genetic code here at Watchtower and so we know this for a fact, but if you ask for the research papers on it, you'll have a visit from three elders in your near future. So don't ask.].
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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.
needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.
can they not think of anything original?.
FAITH IS BUILT ON [LACK OF] EVIDENCE [BECAUSE IF YOU HAD EVIDENCE, YOU WOULDN'T NEED FAITH, YOU'D ALREADY HAVE PROOF]
AND SOUND[LY DUBIOUS] REASONING
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The Bible teaches us to treasure
knowledge [but not the kind that comes from 'higher education']. (Prov. 10:14) Jehovah wants
our faith in him to be built on [whatever the Watchtower says] evidence
and sound reasoning, not on [whatever contradicts the Watchtower] human philosophy
or religious traditions.
( Read Hebrews
11:1.
) ))
To build strong faith in God,
we must first [believe the Watchtower] be
convinced
that Jehovah
exists.
( Read Hebrews 11:6. )
We arrive at
that conclusion, [not] by wishful thinking,
[but not] by examining the facts and by using
our “power of reason.”—
...Okay, I took liberties that time. I'm so sorry. I repent in dust and ashes...
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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.
needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.
can they not think of anything original?.
On the other hand, fundamentalists of Christendom [speaking of false doctrine,this is a great chance to whip our favorite whipping boy, Christendom]
teach that the universe, including our earth
and all life on it, is only a few thousand years old [not all that different from what we used to teach, actually, but you don't know that, because nothing written before this paragraph is still true or existent unless we say so].
Those who teach this doctrine—known as creationism—
may [some uncertainty there, since only we, Jehovah's people, can truly] have high regard for the Bible, but they
contend that God created all things in six 24-hour
days just a few thousand years ago. They reject credible
scientific evidence that contradicts their view [as would we, but we're willing to adapt a little to keep you Internet-using bastards believing us]. As
a result, the teaching of creationism actually discredits
the Bible [unlike the genocide, rape, senseless murder and contradictions], making it appear unreasonable and inaccurate [because it definitely needs outside help to accomplish that].
Individuals who promote such views might
remind us of some in the first century who had a
zeal for God “but not according to accurate knowledge [and thus useless and dooming them to destruction even if they believed everything else written in this magazine except on the issue of creationism].”
(Rom. 10:2)
How can we use God’s Word [the Watchtower]
to overturn the “strongly entrenched” doctrines of
evolution and creationism [so others may reach the happy medium of believing whatever the Watchtower says]?
We can do
so only if we personally work hard [or harder, you dogs!] to
gain an accurate knowledge of what the [Watchtower]
Bible teaches.
...This baby'll write itself!
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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.
needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.
can they not think of anything original?.
One widespread false teaching that blinds people
to the truth about God [loaded language, hey the only thing as evil as apostates] is the doctrine of evolution. [It's called a theory, not a doctrine. The Trinity is a doctrine. Evolution is a scientific theory. See, one is based on interpretation of an ancient book, and another is based on scientific research, independent evaluation, and experimentation. BIG difference.]
This human reasoning [ad hominem attack on origin of the idea, if it's not from God it probably ain't true, maybe we should just stop using all human inventions and wait for Jehovah to give us an oven] contradicts the Bible [and more importantly, the Watchtower] and
robs [like a thief, just like those apostates!] people of hope ["It was here I learned there can be no true despair without hope."]. In its basic form, the teaching
of evolution asserts [apparently without proof] that all life came into existence
spontaneously; it [and by "it", I mean "the author of this article] thus implies that human life has no
purpose [because we can't have purpose unless someone we've never seen or talked to before tells us we have one].
...Okay, getting interesting, I like, I like!
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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.
needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.
can they not think of anything original?.
Creation Reveals the Living God
par. 1:
MANY say that they believe only in things that they
can see with their eyes. How can we help such individuals
to build faith in Jehovah? After all, the Bible
says that “no man has seen God at any time [except Moses, who saw God's back for some reason and got all shiny-looking for awhile].”
(John 1:18)
An initial step is to identify
teachings that obscure the truth about Jehovah [like who the faithful slave is, for example?]. Then
we must skillfully use the [Watchtower] Bible to overturn any reasonings
that are “raised up against the knowledge of
[the Governing Body] God.”
...Hey, this could be fun, after all!
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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131015/.
needless to say, banging on again about education and also creation/evolution.
can they not think of anything original?.
I usually read the new issues when they're out, but...maybe I should pass. The convention is next week for me, and I think I'll have had enough frustration from that alone... Then again, why not? Let's see what food is being served up by the new and improved faithful and discreet slave...
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spoiler alert!.
i finally got through all five seasons on netflix.
this series really floundered toward the end...sometimes the plot devices made characters like sloan do some wacky things...hes evil, hes good, hes evil, hes good.
Sorry...didn't mean to turn it into a picture thread...nor did I mean for that Mia Maestro picture to be so big... But hey, can't complain...
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Definitely not murder. I say manslaughter.
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