Posts by AiAi

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Why do you believe the bible? or not?

by AiAi in

when i began questioning the religion i used the bible and their own statements to prove them wrong.

now, recently, i have began to realise that maybe the only reason i put any faith in the bible is because i was always raised to.. so my question is, after leaving the watchtower, what was it that made you decide the bible was worthy of belief?.

i am not asking about any continuing belief in god or disbelief, i am more conscerned about the first step (to me) right now of the bible itself.

AiAi

Sorry Heaven I should have used the word examples instead of proof, but you seem to have gotten the idea. My starting to question the bible began with contradictions such as what u meantioned about Christ, If they saw it first hand and couldnt get it right how can we trust anything else they say?

OTWO after beginning to question the bible I stumbled across all the things you meantioned and they all confirmed my suspicions

the-illuminater 81 you brought up a very good point. Ive always wondered about that. god seems like a real dick in the bible sometimes

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Is It okay for a Christian to join the military?

by AiAi in

i recently enlisted in the army as active duty, havnt left yet, and am wondering if it is concientiously okay to do this as a christian?

keep in mind there is a good chance i will see combat.

i have already made my decision but am interested to hear others views.

AiAi

PSacramento I totally agree about intentions. If, forinstance, someone was threatening to kill everyone in you nation and set foot on your soil I think most would have no problem with that. But if your country is a modern-day Nazi Germany trying to conquer the world most would have a problem. As too the specific job because I have a family I tried to choose one with less of a chance of combat but there is a reason everyone is given a gun...

So far no one has mentioned seperateness from the world. I have never heard that view explained in a way that makes any sense or doesnt involve an incredable amount of reading things into the scriptures that just arent there.

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Why do you believe the bible? or not?

by AiAi in

when i began questioning the religion i used the bible and their own statements to prove them wrong.

now, recently, i have began to realise that maybe the only reason i put any faith in the bible is because i was always raised to.. so my question is, after leaving the watchtower, what was it that made you decide the bible was worthy of belief?.

i am not asking about any continuing belief in god or disbelief, i am more conscerned about the first step (to me) right now of the bible itself.

AiAi

Since the Bible has been shown to be error prone, inaccurate, and contradictory

Heaven please show some proof...

Ziddina thank you for your quotes help...and according to my reading of the ESB that sure does seem like a volcanoe.

so please go further, you are very thought provoking so far

Oh and, according to my wife Ai is the chinese word for love

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Is It okay for a Christian to join the military?

by AiAi in

i recently enlisted in the army as active duty, havnt left yet, and am wondering if it is concientiously okay to do this as a christian?

keep in mind there is a good chance i will see combat.

i have already made my decision but am interested to hear others views.

AiAi

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Is It okay for a Christian to join the military?

by AiAi in

i recently enlisted in the army as active duty, havnt left yet, and am wondering if it is concientiously okay to do this as a christian?

keep in mind there is a good chance i will see combat.

i have already made my decision but am interested to hear others views.

AiAi

OTWO your advice is very good. Ive tried it before, only problem is my wife doesnt believe god is telling me to do things. its okay shes just ignorant :p

To respond to the nazi argument, you have to remember at that time hitler had the churches support and socially the political systems of the other countries were considered evil (damn capitalism). Also the soldiers were never officially looked on as bad individually unless they committed war crimes.

I think everyone should support their respective country as much as they can (so long as that country is America)

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Is It okay for a Christian to join the military?

by AiAi in

i recently enlisted in the army as active duty, havnt left yet, and am wondering if it is concientiously okay to do this as a christian?

keep in mind there is a good chance i will see combat.

i have already made my decision but am interested to hear others views.

AiAi

Blondie you are right of course, I wonder now if i should have gone through the trouble of DAing myself since I ended up joining the military later anyways...

DagothUr I think your logic is foolproof lol

Brotherdan, that was the account that had the biggest part in my ignoring my old JW mindset and deciding it was ok

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Is It okay for a Christian to join the military?

by AiAi in

i recently enlisted in the army as active duty, havnt left yet, and am wondering if it is concientiously okay to do this as a christian?

keep in mind there is a good chance i will see combat.

i have already made my decision but am interested to hear others views.

AiAi

I recently enlisted in the Army as active duty, havnt left yet, and am wondering if it is concientiously okay to do this as a christian? keep in mind there is a good chance i will see combat. I have already made my decision but am interested to hear others views

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Is there a biblical 1914?

by AiAi in

i have noticed that people that hold no faith in the bible can easily find reasons not to believe it is god's word.

likewise, i have found that when one does hold faith in the bible they can continue to believe it against any contrary evidence.

the torah not being written by moses is not a big deal to some, neither are the two creation accounts in genises.

AiAi

alot of what 3mozzies listed are either symantics or only surface contradictions but he was still the first person to actually respond based on what I was looking for.

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Is there a biblical 1914?

by AiAi in

i have noticed that people that hold no faith in the bible can easily find reasons not to believe it is god's word.

likewise, i have found that when one does hold faith in the bible they can continue to believe it against any contrary evidence.

the torah not being written by moses is not a big deal to some, neither are the two creation accounts in genises.

AiAi

I was so surprised when I first found out that 1914 was supposed to be armegeddon and it wasnt until years later they adopted the current view. that was something that made me realise they dont get 'new light' until they are proven absolutely wrong and have to change their teaching. but my question isnt about 1914, that was just an example of a false teaching and im mostly wondering if there are things like that in the bible, ie the smallest seed in the world is a mustard grain.

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Is there a biblical 1914?

by AiAi in

i have noticed that people that hold no faith in the bible can easily find reasons not to believe it is god's word.

likewise, i have found that when one does hold faith in the bible they can continue to believe it against any contrary evidence.

the torah not being written by moses is not a big deal to some, neither are the two creation accounts in genises.

AiAi

Thank you Wobble for the suggestions, im gonna see if i cant find them as pdf because I am too broke. I did read Age of Reason by Paine recently and allthough some of his reasonings are now outdated or were wrong (to me at least) his method of reasoning is very intrigueing. I will def add those books to the list of ones i want to buy when I have money though! :)