tec: You didn't chase me away. I think your last post was great. I couldn't think of anything more to add.
InterestedOne
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The Science Thread
by EntirelyPossible ini am starting this thread because so many others have taken such interesting turns and, on some ocassions, been threadjacked, sometimes by me.
i hesitate to post it in "personal experiences" because it is most certainly not a personal experience, but i don't know what would be a better area.. the purpose here is to clear up a lot of confusion about what science and the scientific method are and are not.
science is a method for investigating observations, gaining knowledge, correcting knowledge.
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The Science Thread
by EntirelyPossible ini am starting this thread because so many others have taken such interesting turns and, on some ocassions, been threadjacked, sometimes by me.
i hesitate to post it in "personal experiences" because it is most certainly not a personal experience, but i don't know what would be a better area.. the purpose here is to clear up a lot of confusion about what science and the scientific method are and are not.
science is a method for investigating observations, gaining knowledge, correcting knowledge.
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InterestedOne
I am by no means an expert in this stuff, but here is an interesting thought:
You will sometimes hear a non-religious person ask a religious person the following question about the claim that a particular religious idea is true:
Can you state something that would prove your claim false?
and the asker is often frustrated when the religious person recoils at the question. Contrast this with the following:
J.B.S. Haldane, when asked what hypothetical evidence could disprove evolution, replied "fossil rabbits in the Precambrian era". [ 17 ]
He is at least able to tell you something that would prove his claim false.
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The Science Thread
by EntirelyPossible ini am starting this thread because so many others have taken such interesting turns and, on some ocassions, been threadjacked, sometimes by me.
i hesitate to post it in "personal experiences" because it is most certainly not a personal experience, but i don't know what would be a better area.. the purpose here is to clear up a lot of confusion about what science and the scientific method are and are not.
science is a method for investigating observations, gaining knowledge, correcting knowledge.
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tec, try thinking of it this way: the statement must be falsifi-ABLE. It must be -able- to be falsified.
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The Science Thread
by EntirelyPossible ini am starting this thread because so many others have taken such interesting turns and, on some ocassions, been threadjacked, sometimes by me.
i hesitate to post it in "personal experiences" because it is most certainly not a personal experience, but i don't know what would be a better area.. the purpose here is to clear up a lot of confusion about what science and the scientific method are and are not.
science is a method for investigating observations, gaining knowledge, correcting knowledge.
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tec: I am so glad you asked about falsifiability. It is a very important concept. If someone makes a claim, they should formulate their statement of it in a way that allows it to be falsified. Here is a wikipedia page about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability
It is worth taking some time to ruminate on it.
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The Governing Body was at the meeting tonight
by wannabefree ini gave in and went to the meeting tonight.
first thursday meeting in a couple of months ...
the whole congregation bible/book study was praise and worship of the governing body!.
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NCC-1701 wrote:
Is there a Witness prohibition against being a Police Officer?
I asked my JW acquaintance about this, and she said a JW cannot be a police officer because here in the U.S. it's part of their job to carry a gun and potentially use lethal force. Of course, if a JW is in trouble, he/she would call the police and benefit from them taking care of it.
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YHWH Commanding To Kill Other Tribes' Children Morally = Molech Child Sacrifice?
by InterestedOne infor those who feel yhwh is good, is his commanding his chosen people to kill the children of other tribes morally equal to or very close to morally equal to (i.e.
just as bad as) molech commanding his people to kill their children?
yes or no?
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For those who feel YHWH is good, is his commanding his chosen people to kill the children of other tribes morally equal to or very close to morally equal to (i.e. just as bad as) Molech commanding his people to kill their children? Yes or no? Why or why not?
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What a Blatant A$$ Lie!!!
by Yan Bibiyan inin the march 1, 2012 public wt, pg.23:.
"...when people come to an accurate knowledge.
of god and want to serve him, they are.
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serenitynow wrote:
Maybe the thing about being part of the "spirit directed organization" counts as being baptized in the holy spirit.
I suspect that is exactly how they would reply because notice they define "in the name of the holy spirit" as
comprehend the function and activity of God’s holy spirit
If I understand JW-ism correctly, they believe the function and activity of the holy spirit occurs only in association with their organization.
Black Sheep, I agree 100% that it is filthy and slimy. They are taking advantage of the trust many people have for the usual baptism terminology in mainstream Christian denominations.
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The Governing Body was at the meeting tonight
by wannabefree ini gave in and went to the meeting tonight.
first thursday meeting in a couple of months ...
the whole congregation bible/book study was praise and worship of the governing body!.
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Azazel: True. Their whole anonymity thing always bothered me as an outsider. It never made me think they were humble. It just makes them look weird. I feel more comfortable knowing who the author is when I read.
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The Governing Body was at the meeting tonight
by wannabefree ini gave in and went to the meeting tonight.
first thursday meeting in a couple of months ...
the whole congregation bible/book study was praise and worship of the governing body!.
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Azazel wrote: cant we handle their names? are they too glorious for us to know?
I thought their names are known. A google search for governing body of jehovah's witnesses should bring up a wikipedia page with their names.
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What a Blatant A$$ Lie!!!
by Yan Bibiyan inin the march 1, 2012 public wt, pg.23:.
"...when people come to an accurate knowledge.
of god and want to serve him, they are.
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I just read the paragraph. They put quotes around the phrase "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit." Then they go on to explain what they mean by the phrase. They use the quotes for a dual purpose: 1) to quote the verse, and 2) as scare quotes (a writing practice I often find annoying). The scare quotes allow them to provide their own meaning for the phrase as follows:
They understand and accept the authority of Jehovah
and the role of Jesus Christ in the outworking
of Jehovah’s purpose. (Psalm 83:18;
Matthew 28:18) They also comprehend the
function and activity of God’s holy spirit, which
is his active force.This just looks like typical WT-style writing to me.