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  It Looks Like Trump’s Trial In The Senate Will Take Longer Than Was Expected

  by minimus in

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  it looks like more “witnesses “ will be brought in, making this trial who knows how long?.

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  cofty

  Interesting take on it by Gad Saad

  
  
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  Watch Tower's Popularity

  by dydeonwl in

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  watchtower has been named as world's most published and circulated magazine in us.

  amazing.

  source:.

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  I left a comment that is currently 'awaiting moderation'. It won't get published as it questions their shoddy research.
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  Will God resurrect our beloved pets? What do you think?

  by Pallbearer in

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  the watchtower doesn't hold out any hope for us ever seeing our beloved animals again.

  i find it very difficult to believe that god -- a god of love -- would refuse to resurrect an animal that we had become so attached to.

  over the years i have bonded with no less than four (4) dogs, all of which were/are like family to me.

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  cofty

  The natural world is perfectly designed to maximise the suffering of conscious creatures.

  For millions of years every animal that has ever lived has died from hunger, disease, predation, exposure or parasites.

  Evolution has produced a world of amazing lifeforms - none of which would be possible without wholesale death and destruction.

  Sorry if that is not comforting but the reality of nature far more awe-inspiring than the Watchtower's Disneyesque parody.
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  "Doubting Jesus' Resurrection" by Kris D. Komarnitsky

  by bohm in

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  this is a very simple idea i had not encountered before, and i hope other will find it interesting to.

  the essay is taken from http://www.infidels.org/kiosk/article809.html, but i would also strongly recommend the more recent answer to wlcs critisism of the argument at: http://www.infidels.org/kiosk/article835.html.

  "doubting jesus' resurrection".

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  (1) people don't willingly die for what they know is a lie

  But they do die for things they wrongly believe to be true.

  (2) group hallucinations are impossible.

  There are lots of examples of groups convincing themselves of shared delusions. There are some spectacular examples from the Hindu and Roman Catholic faiths.

  Nice to know that the holy spirit told you that you are right and anybody who disagrees is going to hell.
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  Providing salvation is not that important

  by pixel in

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  the washtowel has a crazy obsession with diminishing the important of jesus' sacrifice for humankind.

  i find this so antichristian.

  i mean, how can you ignore scriptures like john 3:16?.

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  they will tell you that he died as a ransom sacrifice to buy back the life that Adam lost for all mankind. They believe that each of us has inherited sin from Adam and Jesus sacrifice covers - Pete Zahut

  Then we agree 100%

  Ask a Christian about why Jesus died and Adam or inherited sin won't even feature in the answer.

  To christianity Jesus' suffering was a vicarious PUNISHMENT not a legal transaction.
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  Providing salvation is not that important

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the washtowel has a crazy obsession with diminishing the important of jesus' sacrifice for humankind.

  i find this so antichristian.

  i mean, how can you ignore scriptures like john 3:16?.

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  Christian (Calvinist) 'morality' is beneath contempt.
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  Providing salvation is not that important

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the washtowel has a crazy obsession with diminishing the important of jesus' sacrifice for humankind.

  i find this so antichristian.

  i mean, how can you ignore scriptures like john 3:16?.

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  Joen - Congratulations! We debated this topic over a period of a couple of years and there were more than 2,500 contributions from dozens of theists. In all that time nobody managed to come up with a response as ridiculous as 'natural evil draw men closer to God'.

  I think you might be a troll.

  The juxtaposition of that expression of total moral vacuity with a smiley face is really jarring.
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  Providing salvation is not that important

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the washtowel has a crazy obsession with diminishing the important of jesus' sacrifice for humankind.

  i find this so antichristian.

  i mean, how can you ignore scriptures like john 3:16?.

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  cofty

  nowwhat - What is the first line of the Lord's prayer?
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  Providing salvation is not that important

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the washtowel has a crazy obsession with diminishing the important of jesus' sacrifice for humankind.

  i find this so antichristian.

  i mean, how can you ignore scriptures like john 3:16?.

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  truth - Why do you claim that subjective experiences don't exist? If somebody murdered your family is your pain not real?

  Please don't use Richard Rorty as a spokesman for rational atheists. He is an anti-realist postmodern philosopher who eschews reason and rationality.
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  Providing salvation is not that important

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the washtowel has a crazy obsession with diminishing the important of jesus' sacrifice for humankind.

  i find this so antichristian.

  i mean, how can you ignore scriptures like john 3:16?.

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  cofty

  1 - Natural evil was the topic of the longest thread ever on this forum.

  The OP is here ...
  A summary of the topic is here...
  and of the main arguments here ...

  2 - A god who is imminent in the way you describe is incompatible with the God who is love described by Jesus.