Posts by notverylikely

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Dishonering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

by Dark Side in

i challenge everyone on this board to show the same anger, hatred and racism at glenn beck's rally.

watch, listen, learn.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/video-glenn%e2%80%99s-disgrace-shocking-racism-at-al-sharptons-mlk-anniversary/.

notverylikely

You win. You are at least as angry and hateful. If there was an ignorant category you would win that too.

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Sex before marriage. feeling guilty

by frigginconfused in

jw
friends

heres the situation.... met a girl i am tottally infatuated with.

i could just hang out with her and not have sex but she has not been in a relationship in a year and shes pretty horny.

im a normal dude so i dont want to refuse her.. i cant decide if im rationalizing my feelings.

notverylikely

Ahem....hit that shit like the fist of an angry god.

And, as per SixofNine....grow the fuck up.

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To new Christians on JWN

by brotherdan in

i wanted to make a few comments to those of you that have recently begun to question or have already left the wt and made their way onto this site.

this site is a great resource to learn how others are coping with leaving the organization and moving on into a fulfilling life.. i wanted to write this post because i think reading something like this would've been helpful to me to understand where a lot of people that comment on this site are coming from.

you are going to hear from a wide range of people that have moved on to a diverse range of beliefs.

notverylikely

And such is the cop-out of the bible believers... Claim that God's standards are different and no one can understand, just accept.

We have GOT to go grab a beer sometime

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To new Christians on JWN

by brotherdan in

i wanted to make a few comments to those of you that have recently begun to question or have already left the wt and made their way onto this site.

this site is a great resource to learn how others are coping with leaving the organization and moving on into a fulfilling life.. i wanted to write this post because i think reading something like this would've been helpful to me to understand where a lot of people that comment on this site are coming from.

you are going to hear from a wide range of people that have moved on to a diverse range of beliefs.

notverylikely

Oh, now I can see that you're pitting human standards against God's, so there's no reason to continue this discussion.

What? What are god's standards that I misrepresented there. I am asking.

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To new Christians on JWN

by brotherdan in

i wanted to make a few comments to those of you that have recently begun to question or have already left the wt and made their way onto this site.

this site is a great resource to learn how others are coping with leaving the organization and moving on into a fulfilling life.. i wanted to write this post because i think reading something like this would've been helpful to me to understand where a lot of people that comment on this site are coming from.

you are going to hear from a wide range of people that have moved on to a diverse range of beliefs.

notverylikely

I'm not blaming man - God did. It's obvious from His assessment of Noah that He didn't make a mistake in creating the human race.

That wasn't the scripture I was referring to.

Being false to or contradicting Himself would definitely be unrighteous on God's part. Otherwise, He couldn't meet His own standards.

Changing your mind isn't being false. It just means you made a mistake. It's actually being true to yourself.

I still maintain that unrighteous means thoughts or acts that don't meet God's standards; if you do something wrong while being truthful, you negate your truthfulness.

Imagine a scenario...Hitler says "I am going to kill as many Jews as I can." Hitler then kills as many Jews as he can. He both told the truth and did a horrible thing. One in no way negates the other. You can do the right thing by telling a lie.

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To new Christians on JWN

by brotherdan in

i wanted to make a few comments to those of you that have recently begun to question or have already left the wt and made their way onto this site.

this site is a great resource to learn how others are coping with leaving the organization and moving on into a fulfilling life.. i wanted to write this post because i think reading something like this would've been helpful to me to understand where a lot of people that comment on this site are coming from.

you are going to hear from a wide range of people that have moved on to a diverse range of beliefs.

notverylikely

One problem that occurs with many if not most people is they try to apply their OWN sense of justice, love, etc... to things God does

So killing babies is ok?

Or they have a problem with God being eternal while they will say, "Maybe the universe is eternal".

I don't have a problem with it, but no one seems to be able to define it. If you can't define it, it is functionally meaningless.

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To new Christians on JWN

by brotherdan in

i wanted to make a few comments to those of you that have recently begun to question or have already left the wt and made their way onto this site.

this site is a great resource to learn how others are coping with leaving the organization and moving on into a fulfilling life.. i wanted to write this post because i think reading something like this would've been helpful to me to understand where a lot of people that comment on this site are coming from.

you are going to hear from a wide range of people that have moved on to a diverse range of beliefs.

notverylikely

No; it means man did the wrong things.

God felt regret over something god did. How are you blaming man?

Any act or thought that does not meet God's standards.

If god felt regret over something he did then his orginal action doesn't meet his standards. he certainly wouldn't feel regret over a righteous action, would he? If so, why?

2 Timothy 2:13 If we give up on him, he does not give up—
for there's no way he can be false to himself.

being false to himself is not the same as being unrighteous. You in no way answered the question. How is commanding the mass execution of babies righteous?

See above scripture and above definition of unrighteous.

That did not define unrighteous. I can be truthful and do something wrong at the same time.

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To new Christians on JWN

by brotherdan in

i wanted to make a few comments to those of you that have recently begun to question or have already left the wt and made their way onto this site.

this site is a great resource to learn how others are coping with leaving the organization and moving on into a fulfilling life.. i wanted to write this post because i think reading something like this would've been helpful to me to understand where a lot of people that comment on this site are coming from.

you are going to hear from a wide range of people that have moved on to a diverse range of beliefs.

notverylikely

THEORETICALLY, if I could prove to you that a specific prophecy was written BEFORE the time of its fulfillment, and all of the details were fulfilled and could be proven historically, would that give you reason to pause and consider the Bible more closely?

Of course!

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To new Christians on JWN

by brotherdan in

i wanted to make a few comments to those of you that have recently begun to question or have already left the wt and made their way onto this site.

this site is a great resource to learn how others are coping with leaving the organization and moving on into a fulfilling life.. i wanted to write this post because i think reading something like this would've been helpful to me to understand where a lot of people that comment on this site are coming from.

you are going to hear from a wide range of people that have moved on to a diverse range of beliefs.

notverylikely

Prophecy. Don't mean to open up a whole 'nother can of worms. But,,,

Such as? Worms, my friend, are awesome and necessary :)

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To new Christians on JWN

by brotherdan in

i wanted to make a few comments to those of you that have recently begun to question or have already left the wt and made their way onto this site.

this site is a great resource to learn how others are coping with leaving the organization and moving on into a fulfilling life.. i wanted to write this post because i think reading something like this would've been helpful to me to understand where a lot of people that comment on this site are coming from.

you are going to hear from a wide range of people that have moved on to a diverse range of beliefs.

notverylikely

If the Bible claims to come from God and it was not from God, I would want to have nothing to do with it. It would all be a lie. The only reason we know about the Holy Spirit is because of the Bible. The only reason we know so much about God is because of what the Bible says. Without it we are no better off than the countless philosophers that have lived and come up with their own unsupported ideas. That's why the Bible constantly tells us not to rely on our own knowledge and to not put our faith in any man.

So.....the only reason we know the bible is true is because it tells us about holy spirit and holy spirit directed the bible writers told us about god and god used holy spirit to direct them to write the bible to tell us about holy spirit and god who directed men to write the bible...etc. etc.

Circular reasoning. You never said how we know it's actually from god.