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  Christians afraid of Carl Sagan?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

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  in looking for a particular reference to carl sagan's the demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark, i stumbled across this website:.

  http://www.crossroad.to/q&a/science/sagan.htm.

  it appears the page was created as a rebuttal against carl's book.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

  Critical thinking would help vaccinate our children against an epidemic of misinformation. It would not eradicate the disease but it would certainly help suppress it.

  But just as some parents refuse literal vaccinations (good article by M. Shermer) for their kids, some parents would also vote against critical thinking being taught in public schools.

  The reason well-meaning parents do this? Misinformation.

  Question 2: My daughter got back from her first day back in school, and I found out that one of the books that she is required to read for her high school science class is Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. After reading only a single chapter in class, I have noticed that she has started to question many things such as the existence of Witchcraft and Demons and the reliability of the Bible. Could you send me information about this book and ways to fight against its pull since I am afraid to read it for myself?
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  Is There Salvation Outside of The New Covenant?

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
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  is there salvation outside of the new covenant?.

  there are a number of ways that the terms of the new covenant can be violated (and thus nullified) on the part of the recipient like:.

  1. attributing salvation to someone or something other than jesus.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

  Wait, are we talking Bible covenants or the Covenant alliance on the Halo series? I'm getting my fiction confused.
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  Is There Salvation Outside of The New Covenant?

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is there salvation outside of the new covenant?.

  there are a number of ways that the terms of the new covenant can be violated (and thus nullified) on the part of the recipient like:.

  1. attributing salvation to someone or something other than jesus.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

  It just doesn't get any simpler than that.

  I think my answer was simpler. It just wasn't as rosy. (Except for the palms.)
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  Is There Salvation Outside of The New Covenant?

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is there salvation outside of the new covenant?.

  there are a number of ways that the terms of the new covenant can be violated (and thus nullified) on the part of the recipient like:.

  1. attributing salvation to someone or something other than jesus.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

  Unrelated, I didn't know that giraffes roamed the land around Megiddo.
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  Is There Salvation Outside of The New Covenant?

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is there salvation outside of the new covenant?.

  there are a number of ways that the terms of the new covenant can be violated (and thus nullified) on the part of the recipient like:.

  1. attributing salvation to someone or something other than jesus.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

  Meh, I like my answer better than Perry's because I'm rarely concise and this sums up 95% of religious belief in once sentence.

  Yes, just as there is salvation outside of the idea that masturbation causes blindness.

  EDIT: Dang, I haven't seen self-glorification like that since the last WT I read. I've gotta work on that one. Next school counsel point.
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  "All generalizations are false, including this one."

  by Mr. Falcon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the above mark twain quote made me think about some of the comments i heard this weekend during the watchtower study.

  several commentors alluded to the seeming ignorance of "wordly" people as regards bible knowledge.

  comments such as "people who go to churches don't know the bible like we do, so they may go to church and afterwards say that was a very good sermon.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

  Awesome illustration! I hope to see that one in the Kool-Aid issue someday, Mr. Falcon.
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  Christians afraid of Carl Sagan?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in looking for a particular reference to carl sagan's the demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark, i stumbled across this website:.

  http://www.crossroad.to/q&a/science/sagan.htm.

  it appears the page was created as a rebuttal against carl's book.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

  Very few people take a philosophical answer to a questions as "fact", however the issue is that when someone is an acknowledged scientist that people DO that, even said scientists.

  No doubt. I blindly accept computer scientists' theories because I am not versed in computer science. I don't know the first thing about the theory of computation, for example. I just accept that my computer works, when it does, and I curse the manufacturer or software publisher when it does not.

  There are not enough years in life for a layman like myself to learn the fundamentals of every idea posited by science, philosophy, and religion... much less question them. Fortunately, the Bible is low-hanging fruit.
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  Christians afraid of Carl Sagan?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in looking for a particular reference to carl sagan's the demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark, i stumbled across this website:.

  http://www.crossroad.to/q&a/science/sagan.htm.

  it appears the page was created as a rebuttal against carl's book.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

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  My Mother-In-Law is seeing the light!

  by brotherdan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i posted this on another thread because i was unable to start a new one, but now i can.

  here is the post:.

  i have been corresponding with my mil as many of you know.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

  Ok, thanks for the reply, Dan.
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  My Mother-In-Law is seeing the light!

  by brotherdan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i posted this on another thread because i was unable to start a new one, but now i can.

  here is the post:.

  i have been corresponding with my mil as many of you know.

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  SweetBabyCheezits

  So how do you know your wife is being called if she isn't a Christian yet? Not trying to rain on your parade, because it's TERRIFIC news.... but is there any chance that she may just be opening her mind to reason now that she has a second opinion that the WT is BS? I'm just wondering.

  I couldn't believe it! I knew that I wouldn't be the one to help my wife, but I knew the spirit would use SOMEONE. Never would've thought it would be my MIL.