Posts by notverylikely

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Do you ENJOY these endless theism/atheism - faith/reason - creation/evolution debates?

by nicolaou in

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sure i get frustrated when i have to explain for the bajillionth time just why atheism is not a belief or why it is possible to know some things with 100% certainty but despite all the exasperations i still count it as one of the rewards of freeing my mind and exiting the wt that i can argue so endlessly and freely.. even if some of you do get on my tits sometimes .

nic'.

notverylikely

Questions are answered, Sylia. It's interesting to see the mental gymastics and pretzel knots of logic some people go through to confirm or deny parts of the Bible, their particular interpretation, history, evidence, lack of evidence, etc.

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Can the Gospels be Dated Early?

by XJW4EVR in

this is the first post examining the manuscript and scriptural evidence for an early dating of the four gospels.

again the author is looking for both positive and negative feedback, as well as spirited good-natured debate with those that may not agree with his opinions.

all posts will be allowed provided they are civil and use appropriate language (inapporpriate language will be removed, but the post will not)..

notverylikely

Yeeesh, I just read the three parts of of his "research" on the blog where he thought he "proved" something. That was almost up to the scholarly and research quality of the new WT brochures on life.

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Can the Gospels be Dated Early?

by XJW4EVR in

this is the first post examining the manuscript and scriptural evidence for an early dating of the four gospels.

again the author is looking for both positive and negative feedback, as well as spirited good-natured debate with those that may not agree with his opinions.

all posts will be allowed provided they are civil and use appropriate language (inapporpriate language will be removed, but the post will not)..

notverylikely

Well, Bart Ehrman is the leading authority on textual criticism, and has written a number of books on the New Testament. The author dealt with him in previous posts. Therefore your unwarranted assertion of "loaded language" does not follow. Now if you wish to demonstrate what statements were appeals to emotion, I might be willing to listen. By the way did you leave your comments on the author's blog?

Let's deconstruct.... Whoever the author is and whatever previous relationship they have have is irrelevant to the loaded language. It's there regardless of who they are. The "therefore" you use to try to connect the two with "unwarranted assertions" is out of place. The assertions are there because the loaded language is there.

I never said the statements were appeals to emotion, that is a different poor debate tactic. They can be related, but are not necessarily related.

Since you asked, the loaded language is "colorful assertions", "we can be confident", "shut the mouths of critics and skeptics", "these ideas are devoured by this sin loving and blinded generation", etc. etc....

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Can the Gospels be Dated Early?

by XJW4EVR in

this is the first post examining the manuscript and scriptural evidence for an early dating of the four gospels.

again the author is looking for both positive and negative feedback, as well as spirited good-natured debate with those that may not agree with his opinions.

all posts will be allowed provided they are civil and use appropriate language (inapporpriate language will be removed, but the post will not)..

notverylikely

Considering the fact that the author made is case against Bart Ehrman in previous posts your assertion of loaded language does not follow.

It doesn't matter who it's against, I have no idea who Bart Ehrman is. I just went to the link and saw a shitload of loaded language.

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Can the Gospels be Dated Early?

by XJW4EVR in

this is the first post examining the manuscript and scriptural evidence for an early dating of the four gospels.

again the author is looking for both positive and negative feedback, as well as spirited good-natured debate with those that may not agree with his opinions.

all posts will be allowed provided they are civil and use appropriate language (inapporpriate language will be removed, but the post will not)..

notverylikely

Well, in the first sentence of the link you provided there are at least three cases of loaded language, four in the second and three in the third, so that calls it into question from the outset.

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HELP REQUEST - Judicial Committee Hearing tonight!

by SweetBabyCheezits in

jw
friends

i hate to ask you good folks to jump around but the first post in the thread below explains why i'm going into the jc meeting, hence the basis for my questions below.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/198636/1/reply-to-judicial-committee-question-thenoblelodge.

i have no idea how to present my witnesses.

they've already agreed to show up.

notverylikely

QUESTION:Why do the elders ask the person to get out of the room for 10 mins and then ask him to come in during a JC?

They discuss amongst themselves the course of action they are going to take, pray, get some scriptures ready to look up from the flock book, suck each other off....granted that last one might be made up.

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HELP REQUEST - Judicial Committee Hearing tonight!

by SweetBabyCheezits in

jw
friends

i hate to ask you good folks to jump around but the first post in the thread below explains why i'm going into the jc meeting, hence the basis for my questions below.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/198636/1/reply-to-judicial-committee-question-thenoblelodge.

i have no idea how to present my witnesses.

they've already agreed to show up.