Posts by cofty

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The Holy Spirit

by Acer21 in

if the holy spirit is an "active force", how can it be grieved (ephesians 4:30)?.

in other words, according to the jw's, one can make jehovah's "force" sorrowful?

this is an example of how the jw leaders have perverted the gospel in translation, and have put the jw's in a position in which they must perform intellectual gymnastics in order to maintain their false position.

cofty

Rubadub & banana - seriously? You are active JWs in spite of all you know about the cult?

That is beyond understanding.

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JW's had a reason for wanting to be banned in Russia?

by Terry in

interesting video.

i'd like everybody's thoughts on this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlfvxinte8&fbclid=iwar2omsj1dkm7rzxcyjblkd9aqnnp5xmijrxoc-rfaoh7ucfgvwlpkiynofs.

cofty

Hi Terry. O will try to get time to watch it later but it's a long video.

Can you share what the reason is in a nutshell?

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The Holy Spirit

by Acer21 in

if the holy spirit is an "active force", how can it be grieved (ephesians 4:30)?.

in other words, according to the jw's, one can make jehovah's "force" sorrowful?

this is an example of how the jw leaders have perverted the gospel in translation, and have put the jw's in a position in which they must perform intellectual gymnastics in order to maintain their false position.

cofty

Acer are you aware that there are few if any active JWs here?

This is an exJW forum.

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Can we really talk about BEAUTY?

by Terry in

jw
friends

can we really talk about beauty?

(first, a necessary preamble.

bear with me, please.

cofty

Interesting Terry.

I have only quite recently decided to educate myself about philosophy. I am finding it fascinating. So far I am wrestling with two books by Anthony Gottlieb The Dream of Reason and The Dream of Enlightenment.

It's amazing to see the same arguments being played out again and again over centuries.

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Can we really talk about BEAUTY?

by Terry in

jw
friends

can we really talk about beauty?

(first, a necessary preamble.

bear with me, please.

cofty

There was also an anti-Enlightenment movement that can be traced from Emmanuel Kant via all the way to postmodern philosophers like Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida.

We see it regularly on this forum when posters smugly proclaim that nobody really knows anything about reality.

This theme of deep scepticism might be excusable in the pre-Socratics but it is just lazy posturing in the post-enlightenment world.

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Hebrews 13:8

by Acer21 in

hebrews 13:8.

"jesus christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.".

the book of hebrews declare that jesus is god in this verse.

cofty

cofty: why do you call that "evidence" is there not a more precise term?

Because the testimony of an ancient book that contains contradictory accounts is not actual evidence in any sensible use of the word.

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Screwfix & Toolstation

by The Fall Guy in

i put this under 'entertainment' because i never fail to be entertained (every single time!

) by the sales staff's expressions when i politely refuse their request for my postcode!.

i simply say to them, "that's ok, it's just a cash sale.

cofty

I decided to give in and enlist at Screwfix. It came in handy one time when my air ratchet went faulty and I had lost the paper receipt. But I agree most times (Mountain Warehouse are similar) I politely refuse.

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