I don't understand the difference between the 2008 explaination and this new one.
paul from cleveland
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Yet Another Generation: What Have JW's EVER Got Right? (a Public Service Announcement)
by AllTimeJeff inin the april 15, 2010 wt, the new governing body of jw's have once again changed their ever problematic teaching regarding the "generation" that saw the sign jesus spoke of mt: 24:32-34.
(note, all references to "generation" in this article are in reference to this passage in mt 24).
the reason that this shows why the governing body is a fraud is very simple.
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The Probabilty of there being an Intelligent Designer
by cantleave ini have been thinking a great deal about where i stand at this moment in time in terms of a belief in a creator verses a belief in an evolutionary process.
i think the best way to describe it is an exploratory path.
i look at what is around me and i acknowledge it is remarkable.
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paul from cleveland
Since I don't know how energy is really operating on the quantum level, I don't think I will ever know for sure.
Does consciousness arise from energy in the complex form of matter which somehow jumps through a nearly infinite number of hoops to arrive as me? Or does energy become conscious and self-aware first, creating the perception of a physical universe around us?
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The Probabilty of there being an Intelligent Designer
by cantleave ini have been thinking a great deal about where i stand at this moment in time in terms of a belief in a creator verses a belief in an evolutionary process.
i think the best way to describe it is an exploratory path.
i look at what is around me and i acknowledge it is remarkable.
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paul from cleveland
I just think of two things: 1)That the universe is made entirely of energy. 2)That I have consciousness and am self-aware. I have thoughts, emotions, desires, etc.
How can that really happen? Is it possible that energy can have different levels of consciousness? I think there are levels below us... in the form of animals. (which couldn't possibly comprehend our level of consciousness). Could there be levels above us that we can't possibly comprehend?
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Massive earthquake. Haiti doesn't get a break.
by BurnTheShips inport-au-prince (reuters) - a major earthquake hit the impoverished country of haiti on tuesday, collapsing buildings in the capital port-au-prince and burying residents under rubble, a reuters reporter in the city said.. he said he saw dozens of dead and injured people in the rubble, which blocked streets in the city.. the epicenter of the quake was located inland, only 10 miles from the capital port-au-prince and was very shallow at a depth of only 6.2 miles.. it prompted a tsunami watch for parts the caribbean, the pacific tsunami warning center said on tuesday.. "everything started shaking, people were screaming, houses started collapsing ... it's total chaos," reuters reporter joseph guyler delva said.
"i saw people under the rubble, and people killed," he added.. a local employee for the u.s. charity food for the poor reported seeing a five-storey building collapse in port-au-prince, a spokeswoman for the group, kathy skipper, told reuters.. another food for the poor employee said there were more houses destroyed than standing in delmas road, a major thoroughfare in the city.. panic-stricken residents filled the streets desperately trying to dig people from rubble or seeking missing relatives as dark fell shortly after the quake.. "people were screaming 'jesus, jesus' and running in all directions," delva said.. a major earthquake, of magnitude 7 or higher, is capable of causing widespread and heavy damage.
there was no immediate report of damage or casualties.. the tsunami center said the watch was in effect for haiti, the neighboring dominican republic, with which it shares the island of hispaniola, cuba and the bahamas.. "a destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," the center said.
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paul from cleveland
"People were screaming 'Jesus, Jesus' and running in all directions,"
This is why I don't understand when people say that Jesus came into their lives and changed everything for them. Why would God give blessings to some of his children and let others die in the rubble of an earthquake? Wouldn't a God of justice answer everyone's prayers... or no one's? Not just some of the people some of the time?
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Help! Holy Spirit is Sucking me back in!
by BloominMarvellous inhi guys.
its been a long time since ive been on here!
just trying to get on with my life.
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paul from cleveland
Ynot, just knowing that makes me feel stronger already.
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Wars and Increase Lawlessness and Violence Sign of End is Near? Or Peace & Security
by frankiespeakin inthe bible got all the bases cover and the end is always near either it's war or peace both are signs the end is nigh.
steven pinker: a brief history of violence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rambfrt1uzk&feature=related.
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paul from cleveland
It doesn't say there would be peace and security... just that they will be saying 'peace and security' ...then the end will come.
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Help! Holy Spirit is Sucking me back in!
by BloominMarvellous inhi guys.
its been a long time since ive been on here!
just trying to get on with my life.
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paul from cleveland
I feel just like you do.
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DNA Reading And Synthesizing Speeding Up
by frankiespeakin inas we are 10 years into the 21st century technology has sped up to beyond our expectation:.
craig venter on dna and the sea.
http://www.ted.com/talks/craig_venter_on_dna_and_the_sea.html.
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paul from cleveland
Wow! I watched that video on creating DNA. What a complicated process... like computer programming. It really adds weight to the argument that, it does require intelligence to create life after all.
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If we are a product of evolution why the need of specific elements in nature?
by cyberjesus infor years i believed that god had created all the plants and their elements and nutrients specifically for us.
yesterday as i was walking at the getty museum was smelling the garlic plants in the garden and made me wonder.
if we are a product of evolution and the survival of the fittest, why do we depend on a wide variety of plants to survive?
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paul from cleveland
For me, the question is not whether life evolves but rather is it really possible for life to arise from non-living matter at all.
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Do the Differences Between Spiritual Beliefs Really Matter?
by daniel-p inone of the themes i think about every now and again is that of the nature of belief, the purpose of religion, and the presense of truth.. specifically, do the differences between spiritual beliefs really matter?
meaning that, if every religion is just an amalgamation of different combinations of mysticisms, does it really matter if we are protestants, catholics, quakers, mormons, muslims, pagans, jews, or even jehovah's witnesses?
further, does it really matter whether we believe in god or not?
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paul from cleveland
I think it matters what you believe because what if you thought your God wanted human sacrifices? What if you thought your God wanted you to be a suicide bomber and kill the infidels? What if you thought your God wanted you to stone your daughter if she was raped? Etc. Etc.
Plus, for me at least, belief isn't a choice. I believe what I believe and can't "decide" to believe something different. (Unless I have new information that proves otherwise... then I'll believe that and won't be able to "choose" the old belief again.)