I read scripture like a Catholic.
Can you elaborate a bit more? What do you choose to accept and reject as "truth"? Does the Bible hold any concrete meaning for you, or is it just a good moral framework, in your opinion?
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Atheist Book of Bible Stories
by crystlew123 inok so i dl'd this book.
and i immediatly began reading it.
i am about 50 pdf pages into it.
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A question for Athiests
by EndofMysteries ini really do not understand how any can be athiests from thinking real hard about it.
how can you think everything on this earth just happened?.
from my understanding, to be athiest, this is pretty much how it goes.
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How can you think everything on this earth just happened?
Given enough time, anything is possible.
If God exists, the real question is, where is he? No appearance since.... creation? Nice way to leave us guessing I suppose.
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Any gamers here?
by poopsiecakes ini can't stop playing skyrim.
how did this happen?
i was never into this stuff before and never thought i would be.
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The funnest part about gaming... (for me) is talking about it... LOL.
Hands down (my pants, old joke from high-school), my favorite game of all-time for the cause of replayability is Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and the The Conquerors expansion. 0_0 Soooo many hours spent playing... I'm sure I probably spent more than is healthy playing that game. Good times, good times. Gunz The Duel probably comes at a close second.
My gaming was about as extreme as when that South Park episode aired where the gang plays World of Warcraft.... bwahahahahaha.... without the crap pan of course...
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Opening the bible at random - once spoken of approvingly, now superstitious!
by cedars inthe latest december 15th study edition of the watchtower opens with an intriguing article entitled "beware of superstitious use of the bible".. as an example of what constitutes "superstitious use" of the bible, it has this to say.... .
"perhaps a more common misuse of the bible is the practice of bibliomancy.
it refers to opening at random a book, often the bible, and reading the text that first meets the eye in the belief that those words will provide needed guidance.
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All this just confirms a topic I started a while ago. Quite frankly, it's just sad that this can repeat itself over and over again, and there is not a batting of the eye to the contrary.
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Atheist Book of Bible Stories
by crystlew123 inok so i dl'd this book.
and i immediatly began reading it.
i am about 50 pdf pages into it.
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Perhaps I have missed the part where you've explained why I should be distressed to discover that there are a pair of traditions recorded about who, exactly, whacked Goliath. - Sulla
You're not distressed about the Bible being fallible, yet you still somehow reconcile the Biblical message to your Catholic liking. That's fine, but that's on you to rationalize your particular belief.
Perhaps you shouldn't be distressed, but certainly any fundamentalist interpretation should. I hope the scope of criticism is clear.
Now, if you'd like to give some input as to why you choose to adhere to your faith, yet reject Biblical infallibilty, by all means, that sounds interesting.
Editted to add: If you like the Atheist Book of Bible Stories, perhaps you will like the parrodies posted on reddit.
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Question on In Vitro fertilization - quote from 12/15/12 WT
by sd-7 in12/15/12 wt p. 15:.
"in a variation that some term 'embryo adoption,' the embryos placed in a wife's womb involve neither her eggs nor her husband's sperm.
in yet another variation, a married couple's eggs and sperm are fertilized outside the womb by ivf.
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I'm lost
by Dyfii innot at all.. i tried to kill myself 3 times.
i was 14, nobody likes me at school, my weight was a problem, i tought that god wasn't there for me, my life had no sense.
at 15-16 i decided it was enough.
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Welcome. I'm sorry you've been through such a hard time. I agree with what others have said, be yourself. As a JW, I used to look down on homosexuality. It's really not fair that you should be alienated because of your sexual orientation. Homosexuals growing up in any fundamentalist religion generally have a hard time, and this is certainly no exception.
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YouTube video: Five Stupid Things About Jehovah's Witnesses
by cedars ingreat video.
this is how we are viewed by outsiders.
there's no fooling some people!.
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That was great, Cedars. Thanks!
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King David an example in morality?
by hoser infrom november study wt page 7 par 17. .
"consider too how davids example of earnestly seeking god's guidance can help us to resist the temptation to view pornographic images".
"meditating on his elevated standards equips us to keep free from the snare of pornography".
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who writes this stuff?
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Even after reading Crisis of Conscience, one thing (at least) still puzzled me
by kepler init was several years back and from time to time i will look something up in the index.
all manner of things about jw life are revealed - as well as discussions within the leadership, plus historical and contemporary controversies - but there is still something i missed.. please excuse me if this is not a detailed summary.
when the drum roll starts for the purge, it appears that the friends and associates of ray franz are targeted first.
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but I don't recall seeing anywhere where the author says "that's why the majority came after me".
I haven't read the book completely, and In Search of Cristian Freedom deals with other aspects the first book doesn't explain. My question is, did Franz speak to the GB about his position on 607 along with other doctrines/policies he disagreed with?
Another thing is to note is that his associates were targeted first, perhaps because they were more vocal about it or got caught. Now, given that situation, the Purge in Bethel, why would Franz need to spell out "that's why the majority came after me"?
