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  After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

  by quincemyles in

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  after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

  the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

  jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

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  there is clear evidence for the *historical* Jesus ... there is a freaking reason why there is not a single scholar who is employed at a university or college who teaches any relative field to Christianity and who doesn't believe that Jesus existed. .. read some books written by actual scholars - Saename

  
  The Christ Myth theory is a minority position among scholars but it is not absent. The most recent contribution to the field is Dr Richard Carrier's "On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason to Doubt".

  Perhaps you should read it for an appreciation of both sides of the debate.
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  Paranormal Warning

  by Cold Steel in

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  i've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.

  i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.

  what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.

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  cofty

  JWs are the most superstitious people on earth.

  "Paranormal" is the least likely explanation of an unexplained event.
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  One does not need to throw 99 heads in a throw but one needs to have tried all the throws that lead to gaining a 6

  Which still demonstrates you don't begin to understand the question.
  
  
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  "Belief" and "Faith" are Simply Emotional Terms for Ideas and Opinions (long post)

  by xjwsrock in

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  this is my current bottom-line conclusion after starting to see through the jw game 3 to 4 years ago and going through my own process of waking up.

  it helps to write it down and put it "out there".

  i hope it helps or resonates with you in your own personal process.. basically if i were given 10 seconds to say something to an active jehovah's witness that i cared about it would be the headline above.

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  You are one of the most tortured people I have ever met. I hope you find peace. - Perry

  What makes you think I am not at peace? I understand sensible readonable answers to life's biggest questions. I'm not the one who has to run away from facts and evidence in order to maintain an indefensible belief system.

  I don't have to look forward to an eternity of massaging the ego of a capricious deity, while listening to the agonising cries of my family and friends in hellfire. And every minute of every day having to lie to myself that this is perfect love.

  I don't have to defend slavery, rape and infanticide in order to go on worshipping a book written by Iron Age nomads who had the moral sense of an ISIS warlord. I have a rational, objective standard for morality and ethics as opposed to the capricious ravings of ethics by divine fiat. I'm not raising my children to be superstitious, self-righteous, anti-scientific and afraid of everything and everybody.
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  Creed - A Satirical Poem

  by Perry in

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  “creed” on the world.

  by steve turner.

  we believe in marxfreudanddarwin.

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  Utter bollocks.

  Angst and the Jehovah's Witness Mindset...
  
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  whatever is allowed to happen will do so, sooner or later

  That makes it sound as if homochirality is an unlikely event - like throwing 99 heads in a row.

  This is the fundamental misunderstanding that you and Kate share. Soai showed that it is not unlikely at all. It is inevitable.
  
  
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  Feel like starting a New Ministry! True Bible Students

  by SonoftheTrinity in

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  i think studying the king james bible, and the jacobean flavored translations of the apocrypha and pseudipigrapha, whether you believe in them or not, is an essential part of being a culturally rooted english speaker.

  i used to belong to an organization that advocated reading a chapter a day, but had no actual faith requirement to be a member.

  20c a week and read the kjv a chapter a day, no lifestyle requirement, no doctrinal litmus test.

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  And as I see it, that's okay, as long as it makes you ethically conscious.
  

  Bible ethics are deplorable.

  This was purportedly what the angel told the brother that founded this organization to do.

  Yeah right
  
  
  
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  Informative Article-The Guardian: Police expect 30,000 new child abuse reports from Goddard inquiry

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/19/child-sex-abuse-police-expect-30000-goddard-inquiry-cases.

  police expect 30,000 new child abuse reports from goddard inquiry .

  sandra laville.

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  It's outrageous how many times this enquiry has stalled.
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  ISIS Want to Clear up Why They Do Terrorism

  by cofty in

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  every time isis commit one of their atrocities, well-meaning folks mumble self-loathing apologies on behalf of "the west".

  noam chomsky and his sort lead a chorus of masochistic confessions.

  apparently everybody is to blame for islamic terrorism (according to bill nye global warming causes isis) - apart from islamic terrorists of course.

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  ISIS kill Muslims because they are the wrong sort of Muslims. Same reason JWs call themselves xtians but they despise other xtians
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  It would be a novelty if even once you made the effort to grasp the facts that are being discussed in a thread before posting your verdict.