Thank you, for your kind words, Perry.
The thread that you are looking for can be found at:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=20680&site=3&page=1
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Friendship
by LittleToe infriendship.
a friend is there to have a part,.
on life's rich tapestry impart,.
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F1 - Amazing start to season!
by LittleToe inwell done schummy, on an old car, too!!!.
also, what a race for webster - he did oz proud!.
man, oh man, 10m worth of damage on the first corner of the race!!!.
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Well done Schummy, on an old car, too!!!
Also, what a race for Webster - he did Oz proud!Man, oh man, £10M worth of damage on the first corner of the race!!!
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To ALL Those with "Ears" to "Hea...
by AGuest into the household of god, israel, and all those that 'go with' them... may you all have peace!.
very soon now, a time of "offering" will be upon you.
many of you will attend an annual "ceremony" where the blood and flesh of christ will be offered to you.
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Amen, Shelby.
I often wondered about the lack of lamb and bitter greens.
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Which bible Translation is best?
by NikL inthis one is for those on this board that continue to read the bible.
i know there are many on here that dont.
i still do, though not very often, and i dont accept everything written as straight from the mouth of god.. one thing i discovered after leaving the witnesses was that the bible is actually an interesting document and not some terribly difficult tome that must be explained every step of the way.
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My current favourite is the Literal Version by Jay P. Green (who also did the Modern King James Version) - also available freely on e-sword.
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Prayer, Pascal, and the Anthropic Principle
by JosephAlward inthe anthropic principle .
it's true that life as it exists on earth, and the behavior of the universe as a whole, is finely tuned.
these constants, most physicists believe, were introduced at the time of the big bang, when the universe seems to have been created, or at least, to have begun again another cycle of creation.
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ROFL - Nice one Derek!!!
No sarcasm meant by that, as your comment has genuinely tickled meThe flaw, as I see it, is that if that being is unspeakably evil then we are all stuffed!
If that being is benevolent, and is the author of the bible, etc., then you've covered that base.
As I see it Pascal was a gambling man and felt that his choice was the one with the highest probability of success.Whilst the chance of success may seem to be vanishingly small, when compared to the other alternatives it will probably still stand as the largest of the slices on the pie chart.
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Swearing on the bible?
by hippikon inwhat happens when you are asked to swear on the bible?
are jws allowed to now?
what if you are an atheist?
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Hey Logi, you're back!!!
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Did adam have nipples or a belly button?
by edster incan some one please tell me.
do men have one less rib bone than women?
why?
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I remember hearing the rib thing, as a kid, and trying to count my ribs to see if one was missing.
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Prayer, Pascal, and the Anthropic Principle
by JosephAlward inthe anthropic principle .
it's true that life as it exists on earth, and the behavior of the universe as a whole, is finely tuned.
these constants, most physicists believe, were introduced at the time of the big bang, when the universe seems to have been created, or at least, to have begun again another cycle of creation.
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Joseph:
...scientists cannot rule out the possibility that the primordial energy from which the Bang arose was a collapsed universe.
Just as they cannot rule out the possibility that God exists.
...seems no less probable than a god which has always existed and which created the universe.
No more probable, either, I would imagine. Hence if your belief is true, then there is likely an equal probability that God is true.
Since we are philosophizing, let me just throw another suggestion into the melting pot, following through on your comments.
Suppose a full cycle universe evolved a being that attained such a state as to transcend the end of it's own universe, and have an influence on the creation of the next, or the next, or the next.
Since that being proceeded to give an immature universe a leg up, so to speak, and informed the first intelligent creation of it's existance; would it not have grounds to be righteously miffed at the conduct of it's offspring?Therefore, I would suggest, there are reasonable grounds to refrain from criticising Pascal for his view.
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Prayer, Pascal, and the Anthropic Principle
by JosephAlward inthe anthropic principle .
it's true that life as it exists on earth, and the behavior of the universe as a whole, is finely tuned.
these constants, most physicists believe, were introduced at the time of the big bang, when the universe seems to have been created, or at least, to have begun again another cycle of creation.
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Joseph:
why not instead imagine that the universe was not created and that it always existed?
Sorry - maybe I slipped a gear, but I thought that the majority of scientists were of the consensus that the universe had not always existed? Is that not the premise of the "big bang theory"?
That being the case, why should I have to imagine and dream up stuff like that?Respectfully, yours,
LT.