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  Baker backed by UK court.

  by waton in

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  story in the guardian: .

  "--freedom of expression, as guaranteed by article 10 of the european convention on human rights, includes the right “not to express an opinion which one does not hold”, hale added.

  “this court has held that nobody should be forced to have or express a political opinion in which he does not believe,” she said.--".

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  Phizzy - I am interested in your answers to these questions...

  ETA - I don't think the link is working but it's my post three above yours ^^^
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  The Sufficiency of Christ - Salvation

  by JW Answers in

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  can we rely solely on christ and his sacrifice for our sins to be forgiven, or do we have to attribute our own works upon his finished work?

  this video gives an explanation of the sacrifices made for israel under the law and what it meant at that time, and the sacrifice which christ made for ourselves under the age of grace today.

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  The Christian gospel has no appeal until it can persuade you that you are thoroughly depraved.

  In a nutshell Jesus' message is - 'you are a worthless piece of shit. Love me or I will torture you forever'.

  The Jesus of the New Testament is like an abusive husband. The gospel is a dehumanising message.
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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

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  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  Hooby - Clicking 'dislike' is also not an answer.

  Have you got time to stay online for an hour or two (while doing other stuff is fine) and engage in an actual conversation? It's impossible when you wait for days, ignore my comments and repost the same 'objection'.

  Let me know when you have time and see if we can make any progress. Its 6:30 pm UK time so if you are free in the next few hours let me know.
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  Baker backed by UK court.

  by waton in

  1. social
  2. current

  story in the guardian: .

  "--freedom of expression, as guaranteed by article 10 of the european convention on human rights, includes the right “not to express an opinion which one does not hold”, hale added.

  “this court has held that nobody should be forced to have or express a political opinion in which he does not believe,” she said.--".

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  Imagine a Christian group asked a baker — who supports pro-choice — to make a cake with the slogan 'All Abortion is Murder'.

  Or an atheist group ask a Muslim baker to bake a cake with a cartoon image of Mo?

  Should these bakers have the right to politely decline, or should their refusal leave them subject to prosecution?
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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  Hooby - Page 28 and you have still not responded the challenge of the OP.

  The following makes no sense from the perspective of creationism. You refusal to address this is embarrassing. Trying to assert that evolution can't account for the existence of any functional proteins is not an answer.

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  Baker backed by UK court.

  by waton in

  1. social
  2. current

  story in the guardian: .

  "--freedom of expression, as guaranteed by article 10 of the european convention on human rights, includes the right “not to express an opinion which one does not hold”, hale added.

  “this court has held that nobody should be forced to have or express a political opinion in which he does not believe,” she said.--".

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  what right does the baker have to force the client not to express his/her opinion ? - Phizzy

  None at all.

  And the baker has the right not to participate in that expression.

  Live and let live.
  
  
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  Belief in God

  by jdash in

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  when did you guys start to doubt your faith in god?'.

  what made you doubt your faith in god?.

  thanks !.

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  That would make deists into atheists would'n't it?

  Yes. I don't believe in agnostics.
  
  
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  Belief in God

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
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  when did you guys start to doubt your faith in god?'.

  what made you doubt your faith in god?.

  thanks !.

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  Wow, Jdash that 17 types of atheism is insane. Somebody is overthinking it.

  If you are unimpressed by the claims of theism — an omnipotent deity who cares who you sleep with — then you are an atheist.
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  Belief in God

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when did you guys start to doubt your faith in god?'.

  what made you doubt your faith in god?.

  thanks !.

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  What type of atheist are you?

  What types are there? - Not sarcasm by the way, serious question.

  What made you doubt your faith in God?

  Is there anything you can think of that can't be believed to be true on the basis of faith?
  
  
  
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  Pope Francis' Collusion in Child Sex Abuse

  by cofty in

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  read it if you can bear it — it's heart-wrenching.. anybody who has any association with the roman catholic church has no self-respect.. the sex abuse of deaf orphans in pope francis’ backyard....

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  "Even though it will be painful, we believe that to bring this awareness will give [survivors] hope", he said. “We hope that if some victims have not come forward, they will come forward. … And we believe it’s the right thing to do”.

  Wow. If only the Watchtower had the balls to do the same.