i can't remember the last time i was asked that question because it has been many years.
nor do i remember my response to the questioner but it no doubt contributed to not being asked the question since.
are you in the truth?
I think it was in the book "Wings of Illusion" by J.F. Schumaker which I came across 5 years ago. He mentions those who considered themselves in union with a higher power,
encounter a 'runners high' more often than who don't,........believe in a higher power or run.
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I have the capacity to think about god so, god exist.
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How about I appreciate that I have capacity and I don't need to make more of it then that.
well, an interesting thing happened today, here in southern california.
as i was sipping my morning coffee, i heard a distinct knocking on my door.
the front door was closed, so i didn't open it.
Yknot- how do you tolerate it?
just wanted to get some thoughts.... .
thanks in advanced.
jay,.
When I came to this site and read books like those by Bart Ehrman, I realized that Christianity is just a lie many people want to believe. I had felt that way for many years, but then I saw proof of it.
To answer your question, both claims are equally false.
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Neither one has legitamcy in my book, but I can a least say that the RCC has at least tried to tie their Authority to an idea, that would appear more real than some invisible return of Christ
If you don't belief in Christ than it sounds even more absurd.
hi, i've tried searching for some recent posts on rumours or otherwise of branch offices being closed but cannot easily find anything.
does anyone readily have a list of the ones earmarked for closure?
i did read about central america but also recently some european too.
Social Security would be good for WTBTS but then who would take them serious about the big 'A'?
before god began creating...there was nothing.. when there is nothing that means there is nothing to know....and therefore nothing to love.. god was alone with nothing to distinguish him from nothingness!.
a "mind"?.
filled with what, actually?.
To bastardize Rene Descartes: I think, therefore God exist.
how do the leaders of the watchtower sleep at night?.
i often wonder this and feel there is a variety of factors to consider when explaining why people like the governing body of jehovah's witnesses do indeed sleep well at night (assuming they do).. one of the first things that comes to mind for me is the topic of slavery in the bible.. this concept trickles down into many aspects of society:.
secular work could be considered a form of slavery.
You can look up Exodus 21:20,21 at work & take a look at the video later.
I use to put the energy into trying to justify the bible, but if (according to the bible) the Israelites can worship false gods after having "God" work with them directly to escape from Egypt.
Then mistreatment of a slave does not seem impossible, especially since it was put in writing.
how do the leaders of the watchtower sleep at night?.
i often wonder this and feel there is a variety of factors to consider when explaining why people like the governing body of jehovah's witnesses do indeed sleep well at night (assuming they do).. one of the first things that comes to mind for me is the topic of slavery in the bible.. this concept trickles down into many aspects of society:.
secular work could be considered a form of slavery.
english standard version(2001).
woe to you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites!
for you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.. .
I think the hole they are digging is for the corpses at the big 'A'.
i can't remember the last time i was asked that question because it has been many years.
nor do i remember my response to the questioner but it no doubt contributed to not being asked the question since.
are you in the truth?
It ties in well to what the call "the truth".
i can't remember the last time i was asked that question because it has been many years.
nor do i remember my response to the questioner but it no doubt contributed to not being asked the question since.
are you in the truth?
Gen 3:15, as I understand it, sets the stage for everything else in the Bible
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Yes, but did the Jews understand it to be that way you just explained?
