John_Mann

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  Political Correctness

  by snugglebunny in

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  i think i'm just ornery when it comes to equality.

  ever since i can remember, i've always believed that all people were created equal.

  the colour of a person's skin is irrelevent to me.

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  This whole thread offends me. You are a bunch of racists!
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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

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  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  Sola scriptura atheists...
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  Munich shooting: Police hunt 'attackers'

  by freemindfade in

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  pigs.

  i hope they hunt them down before they cause more harm.

  and my money is on the "religion of peace" for this one too.

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  Buddhist shooters
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  The evolution can be guided using the very chance factor. But there's no way to detect that. But nothing prevents the chance factor being guided.

  This is called faith. It's a good thing if you don't try to search horns in horses' heads.

  There's is no materialistic hand detectable in evolution. NONE.

  And I believe in guided evolution. But metaphysically guided.

  You're just being a JW Kate. You still have the positivist approach in things that are not material. Just like to find the mathematical formula for love or happiness.
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  AWAKE! NO. 5 2016 - Did Jesus Really Exist?

  by ttdtt in

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  so again we go to the quality of evidence used by the wt.. you can read the article here - https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/awake-no5-2016-october/did-jesus-really-exist/.

  you see the wt refer to experts with quotes.

  as is usually the case the credentials are not represented, just that they are experts (so take their word).

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  I think the most important argument to Jesus is the fact that Jews never said he never existed. Jesus was a threat to Jewish religion and they would use the never existed argument.
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  Duns! Logical Positivism

  by Country Joe in

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  hi dan!.

  i came across this logical positivism term and was wondering what your view on it is.

  the great philosophers did it as a proffessional career.

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  JW's are positivists because they take a spiritual concept (worship to most high being) and applies a materialistic method to it with relatories and questions-answers studies.
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  Transubstantiation?

  by leavingwt in

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  does anyone here accept the doctrine of transubstantiation?

  if so, please elaborate.

  theology: the changing of the elements of the bread and wine, when they are consecrated in the eucharist, into the body and blood of christ (a doctrine of the roman catholic church).

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  Question for John Mann: what is a difference between a "transformation" that is not physically observable, and atransformation that is said to only occur symbolically?

  A non physical transformation still is a transformation.

  Deniers of transubstantiation doesn't say a transformation takes place. Symbolically or not.

  
  
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  Video: Dear Believer, Why Do You Believe?

  by Believer in

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  i was asked to view the video “dear believer, why do you believe?” i said i would and i would publish my comments about it.

  so here are my comments.

  after my post, i hope other believers will post theirs comments about it.

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  You fools! Everyone is a believer.

  The believers just don't believe in the same thing.

  The first choice you have to take is:

  The mind is independent of the matter. Or not.

  Both positions are believes.
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  Introduction - Any Believers?

  by Believer in

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  i’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.

  i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.

  i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.

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  John_Mann

  @bonsai Do you have some idea from your own or all you have is just canned leftist slogans?
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  Transubstantiation?

  by leavingwt in

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  does anyone here accept the doctrine of transubstantiation?

  if so, please elaborate.

  theology: the changing of the elements of the bread and wine, when they are consecrated in the eucharist, into the body and blood of christ (a doctrine of the roman catholic church).

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  The substance of the bread and wine are transformed. But the physical aspects (accidents) are the same. They remained the same because it was the same with Christ, his body was human, material. But he was God at the same time, but if you saw him you would see a man like any other.

  In the Eucharist three things happen : sacrifice, resurrection and glorification.

  It's a kind of time travel because it's not a different sacrifice but the same one at the Cross. Because that was an eternal act, the eternity in Catholicism it's not an infinite amount of time but a timeless moment. The sacrifice of the Lamb goes eternally to future and past in our spacetime.

  Way before Einstein the Eucharist already have the concept of relative time. Even if one does not believe in this it must have to admit that this was a very sophisticated concept to be created so long ago.