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  would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

  were you more happy pimi?

  are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.

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  cofty

  ExB - It is a reasonable position to admit that you still lack sufficient information to come to a conclusion on a particular question.

  That is very different from choosing 'informed ignorance' (your words).

  It is also unreasonable to hold passionate opinions about a scientific question when - by your own admission - you have done absolutely no research.

  Cofty did chemistry do it’s thing originally by chance or was it intelligent design?

  Please read what I actually wrote. Is it 'chance' when a rock rolls down a hill?
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  would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

  were you more happy pimi?

  are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.

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  cofty

  Did you know that abiogenesis comes under chance as the origin of life

  Abiogenesis was chemistry doing its thing. It happened incredibly quickly on earth and has probably happened millions of times on similar planets. It was 'chance' in the same way that when a rock rolls down a hill there is an element of chance in where it will end up but we don't resort to intelligent design to explain why it rolled.

  The fact that you are so sure you have the truth leads me to believe you are suffering from cognitive dissidence

  That's rich. Your OP is an apology for your own CD
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  would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

  were you more happy pimi?

  are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.

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  cofty

  Would you really though?

  Yes. That isn't theoretical, it is based on hard experience and great personal cost.

  Are you prepared to come to terms that you were wrong about what you believe? Cofty have you considered that you have been lied to about the theory of evolution? I know you are comfortable in believing this theory but how can you know it’s the truth?

  Evolution is as certain as the fact that the earth isn't flat. I am an expert on all forms of creationism. I know all the creationist arguments and I understand why they are false. Creationists only ever know their side of the debate and what they have been told about science by other creationists. I have invested hundreds of hours to investigate evolution. It is beyond all sensible doubt. it is only ever rejected on grounds of ideology. Most scientists give as much time to creationist objections as astronomers do to flat earthers. It just isn't an actual question unless you are indoctrinated by Iron Age myths.

  what if you believed chance as origin of life for a long time then came to realise actually it must have been intelligent design as the origin of life?

  The origin of life is neither chance nor ID. That is a false dichotomy. Also abiogenesis is not the same thing as evolution.

  would you then wish you could go back and not know what you now know?

  I have never regretted learning new things. Follow the evidence wherever it leads. Anything else is intellectual cowardice.
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  would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

  were you more happy pimi?

  are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.

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  cofty

  I will trade comfort for truth every time
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  I find it interesting that after the cult people still hold on to religion....

  by BeaverEater in

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  im not an atheist, makes no mathematical sense, nor does the buy(more) bull(shit) god make any logical sense... maybe a deist on my best day, in the end you cannot get something from nothing, paradox if you ask me... but in reality i just dont care.

  while in, and moving out of the cult, its like a roller coaster, emotionally, yet, for me, over time, i just take it one day at a time, and if appeasing some special deity is required, well i guess i failed.

  lol.

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  cofty

  Fishy could you please try that again in English?
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  I find it interesting that after the cult people still hold on to religion....

  by BeaverEater in

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  im not an atheist, makes no mathematical sense, nor does the buy(more) bull(shit) god make any logical sense... maybe a deist on my best day, in the end you cannot get something from nothing, paradox if you ask me... but in reality i just dont care.

  while in, and moving out of the cult, its like a roller coaster, emotionally, yet, for me, over time, i just take it one day at a time, and if appeasing some special deity is required, well i guess i failed.

  lol.

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  cofty

  Just going to leave my unanswered challenge here...

  A god of love who murders babies is as impossible as a square circle.

  Therefore 'natural evil' - such as, but not limited to, the Asian tsunami - proves that the god of Christian theism does not exist.
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  I find it interesting that after the cult people still hold on to religion....

  by BeaverEater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  im not an atheist, makes no mathematical sense, nor does the buy(more) bull(shit) god make any logical sense... maybe a deist on my best day, in the end you cannot get something from nothing, paradox if you ask me... but in reality i just dont care.

  while in, and moving out of the cult, its like a roller coaster, emotionally, yet, for me, over time, i just take it one day at a time, and if appeasing some special deity is required, well i guess i failed.

  lol.

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  cofty

  I felt bad for those poor kids living there!

  And your solution is to drown them all!
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  I find it interesting that after the cult people still hold on to religion....

  by BeaverEater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  im not an atheist, makes no mathematical sense, nor does the buy(more) bull(shit) god make any logical sense... maybe a deist on my best day, in the end you cannot get something from nothing, paradox if you ask me... but in reality i just dont care.

  while in, and moving out of the cult, its like a roller coaster, emotionally, yet, for me, over time, i just take it one day at a time, and if appeasing some special deity is required, well i guess i failed.

  lol.

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  cofty

  This thread is fast becoming a textbook example of logical fallacies.
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  I find it interesting that after the cult people still hold on to religion....

  by BeaverEater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  im not an atheist, makes no mathematical sense, nor does the buy(more) bull(shit) god make any logical sense... maybe a deist on my best day, in the end you cannot get something from nothing, paradox if you ask me... but in reality i just dont care.

  while in, and moving out of the cult, its like a roller coaster, emotionally, yet, for me, over time, i just take it one day at a time, and if appeasing some special deity is required, well i guess i failed.

  lol.

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  cofty

  I'm trying really hard not to become insulting of your outrageous position but it isn't easy.

  When a natural disaster happens in the developed world and the infants of Christian parents are killed do you think they are better off dead too?

  The Asian tsunami is but one example of thousands of similar incidents in human history where your perfectly loving God has murdered countless millions of his children.

  If you think the risk of child abuse in Thailand is a justification then you are beyond the pale.

  Jesus explained the meaning of love. It had to do with caring for others and protecting them. It did did not allow for preemptive murder.

  I am betting all the other Christians on this forum are wishing you would stop now!
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  I find it interesting that after the cult people still hold on to religion....

  by BeaverEater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  im not an atheist, makes no mathematical sense, nor does the buy(more) bull(shit) god make any logical sense... maybe a deist on my best day, in the end you cannot get something from nothing, paradox if you ask me... but in reality i just dont care.

  while in, and moving out of the cult, its like a roller coaster, emotionally, yet, for me, over time, i just take it one day at a time, and if appeasing some special deity is required, well i guess i failed.

  lol.

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  cofty

  I'm absolutely stunned that you believe it would be a good and perfectly loving thing to murder all the babies on the Pacific Rim.

  To get good people to do evil things really does take religion.

  I think we have reached the nadir of this debate.