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logical problem with jw/christians:.
Scooby-Doo What kept the lions from eating Adam was he wasnt human like you know. We were angels in physical bodies. In controll of the elements and earth. Jesus could heal wounds and controll storms. Walk on water. I suspect we had more power too.
Hell if crocodile dundee could do it why not! LOL!
hey there folks,.
i remember some time ago there was a wonderfully written website which dealt with jehovah's witness children specific type of suppression causing a higher number of very creative children than other religious forms of suppression.
i was wondering if anyone remembered what this link was?.
I had to be creative. Wasnt allowed tv, video games, toy guns, or to go outside and play with other kids.
Its amazing what you can do with Lego's!!!
"is jehovah causing these earthquakes?".
whether or not jesus said that earthquakes would 'increase', jehovah's witnesses assert that earthquakes are a sign of the 'time of the end'.
the recent cluster of awful earthquakes has only increased that sense of expectancy.. does this mean that jehovah is responsible for these earthquakes?
Black Sheep Theres an answer to that too. It takes the realization that youre immortal and are not constrained by time.
"is jehovah causing these earthquakes?".
whether or not jesus said that earthquakes would 'increase', jehovah's witnesses assert that earthquakes are a sign of the 'time of the end'.
the recent cluster of awful earthquakes has only increased that sense of expectancy.. does this mean that jehovah is responsible for these earthquakes?
As usuall its a concept of time. People dont get how a timeless being like God interacts with us.
If you look at how God works he uses natural phenom. Nothing really has happened too often in the bible that isnt a natural occurance on earth.
The miracle is TIME! The red sea would have parted weather or not man was ever here. Thats just what the earth does. If you do research you can see that the plauges from Moses day have all happened again in the 80's. Theres video out there of the water turning red and everything. But it wasnt a miracle just a normal earthly occurance.
The miracle is that God knows where mans path will cross over erathly events. On those dates he forewarns us or uses it in prophecy. So God is not causeing the earthquakes. They were always meant to happen. And will continue to happen on thier own waxing and waning cycle. He just knew that in the end times the earth will be nearing the end of its waxing cycle. Thus more earthquakes.
The cool thing about that is it fits for a paradise on earth. tsunamis, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods are all natural phenom of a dynamic planet. When the new system is here and we have contact with him we will have forewarning. Imagine what a world like that would be.
Everyone in Japan could have got out of thier homes and went to high ground. The nuke reactors could have been secured. There would have been no disaster at all if that were the case. Only a need to rebuild. Wich in a perfect world with no monetary system could be done very quickly.
if god has instructions for sincere people why can't he just tell us what they are in plain language?.
he could do that and some people would fall in line and others wouldn't.. if i was god, that's what i would do.. as a parent, that's what i do with my kids.. i am so tired of all the guesswork..
I loved everyones comments here. You all really do get it. Love is the answer!
hey there folks,.
i remember some time ago there was a wonderfully written website which dealt with jehovah's witness children specific type of suppression causing a higher number of very creative children than other religious forms of suppression.
i was wondering if anyone remembered what this link was?.
So whats the deal? Why are they more creative?
mary ann
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logical problem with jw/christians:.
Death was always part of the animal kingdom. How could you tell someone if they ate the fruit they would die and it mean anything unless they knew death. Where did they get the animal skins when they were naked?
i have more to say on this and its implications, but i'll keep this short to get some initial discussion.
to those that believe in god, suppose he were to hypothetically change various standards of right and wrong, suppose with the new scrolls to be opened.
things such as rape, theft and immorality are now perfectly fine and acceptable.
God is love. Plain and simple. Its man that has this whole thing complicated.
so we were all taught basically this thought.
the soul is our life, not seperate and not something that moves on when we die, right?
yet, for those who die and get ressurected, jehovah remembers them and makes them come to life with their memories, personalities, appearance and so on, right?
factfinder I like your viewpoint. Like 2 brand new laptops. Exactly the same model. You can wirelessley send out a program from one and destroy it and run the second just the same as the first.
