designs - you are only giving one loaded side of the picture. The Jew and Romans already had a long term political struggle going on between themselves when christianity was born.
Politically every country "fabricates" events in order to exist.
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Understanding Christ's Sacrifice
by tec ini haven't always understood how christ could have carried our sins for us, and had them forgiven.
i've sort of understood because that's what people say he did, but the ransom (in a legalistic adam/jesus way) never held weight for me.
but something recently happened that allowed me to understand.
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Deleted Profile
by brotherdan ini have offically asked lady lee to delete my profile on this site.. that being said, i want to thank everyone that was there for me through my hard times coming out of this cult and dealing with my wife who is still in it.
i know that it seemed like i didn't care and was not gratefull for all the support that i received on the site.
that's just not true.
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take care brotherdan. Please don't be offended by the accusations of being a drama queen - isn't nature all drama after all. But if you want to stay on here or come back or ignore those who call you a drama queen, then think of a rose in full bloom, or the birth of your child and tell youself there is nothing wrong with drama.
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Understanding Christ's Sacrifice
by tec ini haven't always understood how christ could have carried our sins for us, and had them forgiven.
i've sort of understood because that's what people say he did, but the ransom (in a legalistic adam/jesus way) never held weight for me.
but something recently happened that allowed me to understand.
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thank you Tammy for your thoughts. I have also had such instants in my own journey out and I love them. I think this is when one experiences timelessness in which one recognises the length and the breadth of metamorphic allness. To me this bears a resemblance to what you describe as Christ and to what Paul describes at eph3:18-19
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mothballs are very effective
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undercover stop it.
brotherdan, I understand that there is a return address on the box. Do you see the address on the box or has it been torn off?
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Non-evidence reasons why people embrace Evolution.
by hooberus inevolutionists always claim that the reason why they believe in evolution and reject creation is due to "evidence".
they frequently use the opposite term "no evidence" in relation to any type of intelligent design, or creation, (and especially to genesis creation and flood history !).
their advocated beliefs always tend to include whatever is necessary to believe in to intellectually "explain" the existence of the universe, world, and its creatures without needing god).
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here is a book I have found very useful which a friend lent me called 99% Ape - How Evolution Adds up
It agrees and disagrees with your own findings shelby. The fossil record is quiet on a number of key issues that you have highlighted and scientists will keep on searching for answers.
The book also discusses abiogenesis and its limitations. Symbiosis gets an important mention. Many strong atheists here dismiss symbiosis as fantasy. However science does not. This is part of the reason I want to make a distinction between evolution and athiesm. But it is understandable that after coming out of a religion like JWs an athiest would want to present evolution as an alternative religion. It isn't, it does not have all the answers, it does not provide certainty. It presents life as flux, therefore if an individual wants to pin down life through a belief in a personal God - good for you.
The book also shows how it is possible for complicated structures, that once were considered to be the work of an intelligent designer, to occur naturally. Wonderful biological mechanisms that were once described as evidence of supernatural intervention could be accounted for in this way - by completely natural processes. However there are huge gaps and the book is candid about these. So if one wants to believe in God then this is perfectly compatible with evolution.
There is also an excellent description of what a genome is
"Genes are genetic instructions written in a sequence of molecular letters that are linked together in very long chains of DNA that, with some structural and control molecules, form chromosomes. If we think metaphorically of a gene as being a one-sentence instruction, then a chromosome is like a chapter composed of many sentences. A whole genome is then a book containing many chromosome 'chapters'. In the book of the human genome there are 23 chromosome chapters".
edit: I think it would be quite helpful if athiests corrected one another's understanding instead of letting mistakes go. I find that many here do want to learn and what is the point of, for the sake of ganging up, allowing huge inaccuracies to filter through. Chrisitans correct and discuss amongst themselves and will come out and admit when they don't agree with one another. If athiest are doing this too and I just haven't noticed then I do apologise. I would also be interested in reading about it.
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Non-evidence reasons why people embrace Evolution.
by hooberus inevolutionists always claim that the reason why they believe in evolution and reject creation is due to "evidence".
they frequently use the opposite term "no evidence" in relation to any type of intelligent design, or creation, (and especially to genesis creation and flood history !).
their advocated beliefs always tend to include whatever is necessary to believe in to intellectually "explain" the existence of the universe, world, and its creatures without needing god).
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goodbye shelby ... peace to you.
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Brotherdan seems like he really DID leave
by sabastious inhe was an interesting presence on this board.
he had integral knowledge about bethel and the like.
i am an emotional guy too so i can kind of relate to why he left.. but, you gotta get thick skin on the forum.
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brotherdan, please ignore this thread from now on .... please ...please
rehashing things from months ago regarding brother dan is insane so stop it. People change ...especially here on JWN. I have lost count of the number of times brotherdan has apologised to Zid.
zid
But I have a question...
If the books are still in the original packaging, why can't you use the return address on the mailing label???
Zid
probably because they are still in the original packaging and brotherdan has not even looked at the stupid package yet. Remember he is dealing with an attempted suicide. Plus he is looking after his children.
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Brotherdan seems like he really DID leave
by sabastious inhe was an interesting presence on this board.
he had integral knowledge about bethel and the like.
i am an emotional guy too so i can kind of relate to why he left.. but, you gotta get thick skin on the forum.
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wasblind
" wasblind, brotherdan has explained his wife was in hospital having tried to commit suicide."
As I said before, he is not the first poster to be goin' through something, others have too
add still communicated with the ones they needed to reach.
I'd like to meet these people - they sound superhuman
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Brotherdan seems like he really DID leave
by sabastious inhe was an interesting presence on this board.
he had integral knowledge about bethel and the like.
i am an emotional guy too so i can kind of relate to why he left.. but, you gotta get thick skin on the forum.
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wasblind, brotherdan has explained his wife was in hospital having tried to commit suicide. He isn't bashing Zid - no one is bashing Zid.