because there are so many religions in the world and it is obvious that no matter what the truth is, a large population of people will be wrong about it.
we at one time believe we had the truth and 99% of the world population were in darkness, but i wonder about folks in other religions today.
speaking with a christian friend about this and he told me," that's for god to decide, i hope i'am serving god"...the sad thing about all of this if one die and still believe in his religion, he will never know he was in the wrong religion.
When I was religious I did not give much thought to it. I just simply feared that I was not doing enough.
I did sometimes allow my mind to wonder and thought whether or not I could've been wrong. In those situations, I always came back to Pascal's Wager and believed that even if it is not true, it is still the best way to live.
how many times did you hear that gem?
it often went along with "the truth is a protection" which is their way of saying "living a moral life is good for you ... and you can't do that without us".. but think about what people are really saying.
i think the real message is "i know it's not the truth, but i chose to follow it anyway".. it seems like a pre-emptive argument because they know they can't defend it as "the truth" so instead they switch to defending it as a lifestyle.. of course any kind of lifestyle that has a decent moral ingredient to it, respect for law and order, discipline etc... probably increases people's chances of doing better in life, but they don't have a monopoly on it.. so just remember, next time you hear someone saying "even if it's not the truth" what they are really admitting is that they already know it isn't..
This whole topic kind of flies in the face of what an elder at my wife's kingdom hall, Brother Smart Engineer, said when I showed him a picture of Pastor Russell's pyramid memorial tomb I took when my wife and I visited Pittsburgh, PA last year. He said that the one thing he loved about the witnesses is that they do not continue to believe in things if they discover the truth about them.
Simply put, "...we don't continue doing things like celebrating Christmas just because it feels good to us..."
Yet this whole phrase, "Even if it's not the truth, it's still the best way to live..." is no different than what they might encounter when a householder says that he or she loves his or her religion and will not change.
My wife has actually said this phrase, a fact that I might point out the next time I have a conversation with that elder, Brother Smart Engineer.
according to john 20:22 the apostles did not receive the holy spirit until after jesus was resurrected.
wouldn't this make them part of 'the other sheep' when they partook of the bread and wine?.
At least that debate starts with non-fiction and considers what might be best for all concerned. Not so with this subject.
LOL The crazy thing is I had the same thought.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/207585/stop-being-naive-time-has-come-use-your-primal-senses
just saw this commercial and was very impressed.
hoping more companies start doing the same.
most of us are immigrants.
I'm all for national sovereignty and protecting the borders. This wall though has nationalist populisms dirty little hands all over it.
Who cares. If we had managed to solve the immigration issue some other way then we would not even be considering the wall.
just saw this commercial and was very impressed.
hoping more companies start doing the same.
most of us are immigrants.
Garyneal so it's pc to use the n word or words similar to it? No it's people like you who have welcomed hateful rhetoric as refreshing.
Off topic. Explain to me how the problems in Mexico can be fixed so that the Mexican people do not need to cross the border illegally? Yes, ILLEGALLY.
I cannot enter into any other country without going through customs, why should the people of Mexico be given a special pass into America?
just saw this commercial and was very impressed.
hoping more companies start doing the same.
most of us are immigrants.
It has the appearance of being an anti brown superiority movement.
blah blah blah blah blah.
You haven't addressed any of my posts. Sure would like to see what you have to say about fixing the problems in Mexico so people would not ever feel compelled to cross the border illegally in the first place.
just saw this commercial and was very impressed.
hoping more companies start doing the same.
most of us are immigrants.
Jehalepeno it appears that this is a very emotional issue for you. Not surprising coming from someone who calls entire groups of people "wetbacks". Totally unhinged. Seems like you have more in common with the alt right.
And YOU have a lot in common with the regressive left. It if people like you who gave rise to the alt right in the first place with all of your political correctness.
just saw this commercial and was very impressed.
hoping more companies start doing the same.
most of us are immigrants.
kopp so you want us to be like China. That commercial is what makes America great. We can have commercials like this and discuss it. I will ask again did you watch the commercial in its entirety.
How about we be like Mexico, what do they do to illegal immigrants who cross over from central and south America?
just saw this commercial and was very impressed.
hoping more companies start doing the same.
most of us are immigrants.
I watched that commercial for context and I have always wondered this about the people who go to great lengths to cross the border into the US illegally from Mexico.
For the people of Mexico who insist that the US should just welcome anyone in with open arms, does Mexico do this? Can someone from Central and South America come across Mexico's border the way Mexicans want to come across USA's border? If not, then why should America be so accommodating?
We're all immigrants and the latest arrivals, just like the earlier ones, are here to stay. Love it!!!
i've been thinking about this for a while.. did jesus diee on a cross?
does it really matter?
it doesn't change anything that i can see.. is god a trinity?
What do you think?
I am pretty much in agreement in that there doesn't seem to be a real reason why Christians needed to make such distinctions. In regards to the way Jesus died, if the whole point was that He died and rose again to cover the sins of humanity then did it matter whether or not it was on the cross, a stake, or by stoning? The point is, He died and rose again.
In regards to the Trinity, no one really understands that so I don't get why it is so important when even Christians who insist on it do not make it the primary focus of the salvation message. When I became a born again believer, I was simply told about man's sin, God's grace, and our acceptance of Jesus' sacrifice.
Knowing what I know now, I know the Trinity teaching was a later Christian addition in order to explain how Jesus could be God while at the same time Yahweh can be God while maintaining monotheism.
