By sin do you mean sinning as in the bible sin (sleeping with someone you're not married to, for instance)? If so, how can you have an atheistic view of it?
notverylikely
JoinedPosts by notverylikely
-
11
Thinking on sin, whether this sin be taken from a theistic or a-theistic perspective
by gubberningbody inneeds at least two things, it would seem.. 1. free will.
2. a discrete responsible self (tied into 1).
3. memory.
-
-
-
8
Oral Review Answers Oct 2010
by JWFreak injust to really wind up the teaching committee.
no pdf as this is a preproduction copy.
[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:trackmoves /> <w:trackformatting /> <w:punctuationkerning /> <w:validateagainstschemas /> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:saveifxmlinvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:ignoremixedcontent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext> <w:donotpromoteqf /> <w:lidthemeother>en-gb</w:lidthemeother> <w:lidthemeasian>x-none</w:lidthemeasian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>x-none</w:lidthemecomplexscript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables /> <w:snaptogridincell /> <w:wraptextwithpunct /> <w:useasianbreakrules /> <w:dontgrowautofit /> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark /> <w:dontvertaligncellwithsp /> <w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables /> <w:dontvertalignintxbx /> <w:word11kerningpairs /> <w:cachedcolbalance /> </w:compatibility> <w:browserlevel>microsoftinternetexplorer4</w:browserlevel> <m:mathpr> <m:mathfont m:val="cambria math" /> <m:brkbin m:val="before" /> <m:brkbinsub m:val="--" /> <m:smallfrac m:val="off" /> <m:dispdef /> <m:lmargin m:val="0" /> <m:rmargin m:val="0" /> <m:defjc m:val="centergroup" /> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440" /> <m:intlim m:val="subsup" /> <m:narylim m:val="undovr" /> </m:mathpr></w:worddocument> </xml><!
-
-
notverylikely
I'm not sure why you insist on running ahead of Jehovah's chariot.
He should use faster horses.
-
71
Try again...DC 2010 Discourse 48
by JWFreak inhttp://www.mediafire.com/file/ghnjmmoymjw/dctalk48.pdf.
just uploaded page 2...not 1 or 3 as they are of no interest.. this talk is only given by gb members or branch committee members.
enjoy.
-
-
notverylikely
Actually, it could be over 100 years apart in age. CTR was born in 1852. The current members of the GB younger than 58 would be born over 100 years apart from CTR.
-
71
Try again...DC 2010 Discourse 48
by JWFreak inhttp://www.mediafire.com/file/ghnjmmoymjw/dctalk48.pdf.
just uploaded page 2...not 1 or 3 as they are of no interest.. this talk is only given by gb members or branch committee members.
enjoy.
-
-
notverylikely
Jesus. All I can think is "yeah, but josephs brothers literally were a generation, siblings born to a parent. There weren't two groups making up that generation, just the one, the siblings. In this case, you have a bunch of different people who can be up to 75 years apart in age you are trying to make into a "generation"".
-
8
Oral Review Answers Oct 2010
by JWFreak injust to really wind up the teaching committee.
no pdf as this is a preproduction copy.
[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:trackmoves /> <w:trackformatting /> <w:punctuationkerning /> <w:validateagainstschemas /> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:saveifxmlinvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:ignoremixedcontent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext> <w:donotpromoteqf /> <w:lidthemeother>en-gb</w:lidthemeother> <w:lidthemeasian>x-none</w:lidthemeasian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>x-none</w:lidthemecomplexscript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables /> <w:snaptogridincell /> <w:wraptextwithpunct /> <w:useasianbreakrules /> <w:dontgrowautofit /> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark /> <w:dontvertaligncellwithsp /> <w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables /> <w:dontvertalignintxbx /> <w:word11kerningpairs /> <w:cachedcolbalance /> </w:compatibility> <w:browserlevel>microsoftinternetexplorer4</w:browserlevel> <m:mathpr> <m:mathfont m:val="cambria math" /> <m:brkbin m:val="before" /> <m:brkbinsub m:val="--" /> <m:smallfrac m:val="off" /> <m:dispdef /> <m:lmargin m:val="0" /> <m:rmargin m:val="0" /> <m:defjc m:val="centergroup" /> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440" /> <m:intlim m:val="subsup" /> <m:narylim m:val="undovr" /> </m:mathpr></w:worddocument> </xml><!
-
-
notverylikely
Evidently, whatever the bible says that contradicts what it says can be fixed with an evident liberal application of the use of the word evidently.
-
42
Sister in my Congregation claims Jehovah always answers her prayers....including her new skirt and shoes for $20 bucks???
by Witness 007 into show you how dumb and shallow my congregation is a one of our "deeper" sisters claimed in field services that "jehovah answers all my prayers...like last week i wanted a new skirt and shoes for field service but only had $20 dollars....and would you believe i found them!!!
now i for one though well, why didn't you pray or the oil pipe in the mexican gulf to dry up...or food for the poor in haiti.
other pioneers tell of vegetables falling off trucks just when they had nothing for dinner???
-
-
notverylikely
Jehovah provided a way for them because IBM made a special deal on computer systems" and such.
Right. In that case, my customer must be approved by Jeehober since they get about 60% off list price since they do over $100M of business with us.
-
42
Sister in my Congregation claims Jehovah always answers her prayers....including her new skirt and shoes for $20 bucks???
by Witness 007 into show you how dumb and shallow my congregation is a one of our "deeper" sisters claimed in field services that "jehovah answers all my prayers...like last week i wanted a new skirt and shoes for field service but only had $20 dollars....and would you believe i found them!!!
now i for one though well, why didn't you pray or the oil pipe in the mexican gulf to dry up...or food for the poor in haiti.
other pioneers tell of vegetables falling off trucks just when they had nothing for dinner???
-
-
notverylikely
One brother I knew ran into an old bible study at the store and the guy said he would "think about" starting up his old study. The brother cited that as clear proof of Jehovah directing him to this person. I was thinking "hmmm....we live in small town and you ran into him at the only hardware store in town. heck, I ran into you twice there last month....what is that proof of?"
wacky...
-
60
"We're Sooo Deep In This Time Of the End"
by minimus ini heard that many in my jw family are seriously crowing those words.. do witnesses have short memories or what??.
they sound more like false prophets to me.
they can't keep crying wolf..
-
-
notverylikely
Whenever I hear one of them say that I always ask, "So has the King of the North been unmasked? Are we in the Great Tribulation right now?"
Bingo. I like to ask "when will babylon the great, the harlot, be destroyed? I mean, all the governments, the UN, everyone, has to decide to turn on all false religion, ALL of Christianity, ALL of Islam, ALL Hindus, ALL Buddhists, ALL Hari Krishas.....all of them and every other religion I mentioned has to be outlawed, attacked, destroyed by the governments of the world. There is social inertia that just won't allow that to happen overnight. I mean, in the US alone, at least, The president, the house, the senate would all have to be presuaded to turn on religion that many of them practice, on their friends, to declare marshall law or otherwise change to constitution to outlaw religion....I don't see that happening on a moments notice. The governements in the middle east would have to outlaw themselves, in fact!"
-
32
Who is your favorite character on "Lost"? Favorite episode?
by JimmyPage inmy favorite character is sawyer.
such a smartass.
my favorite episode was when hurley won the lottery.. .
-
-
notverylikely
Sounds as plausible as any other theories I've heard.
Actually, now that I think about it, Gibbs will probably smack smokey on the back of the head and tell him to lighten up and he will.
-
32
Who is your favorite character on "Lost"? Favorite episode?
by JimmyPage inmy favorite character is sawyer.
such a smartass.
my favorite episode was when hurley won the lottery.. .
-
-
notverylikely
I have figured out LOST. Follow me on this...Leroy Jethro Gibbs from NCIS is the man that will kill smokey.
Sawyer was a police officer in an Episode of NCIS and spoke too....Gibbs.
Claire was boat-sitting in an episode of NCIS and was there with....Gibbs.
Whidmore was the former director of NCIS and had frequent contact with....Gibbs.
Hmmm....Gibbs had contact with three main characters in an alternate alternate reality....I predict Gibbs will show up in a ghilly suit and drill smokey right between the eyes. Gibbs bullets will kill smokey via the sheer power of Gibbs' badassness.