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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

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  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  cappytan - If not a Nihilist, then what? Perhaps a Skeptic, that is Skeptical of everything? Someone that does not believe in anything until it has been proven scientifically is a Nihilist, and a worrisome soul.
  If this is not You, then what is?

  Wrong. A Nhilist is defined as I quoted above. Namely, "the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless."

  I have not rejected any moral principles. I have my own moral code. There are things I won't do because I don't want to do them. And I don't believe my life is meaningless.

  My life's meaning and purpose is my own to determine. Currently, the meaning and purpose of my life is to provide for my wife and children, and be able to enjoy some time outdoors casting my fly rod hoping for a bite.
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  Y'all aren't getting what I'm saying. No matter what a scientists religion or fascination with occultism or metaphysics, any "discovery" they made was based off of observational evidence.

  I'm not saying that Philosophy (love of knowledge, by definition) wasn't a motivating force for them. However, anything discovered by them was due to what they observed, and not what God they served, just as their discoveries weren't dependent on the brand of coffee or tea they drank to give themselves energy to finish a bit of research.
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  Nhilism: the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.

  That's far from what I am.
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  Well, you need to keep looking then, you've not found any "truth", Truth, truth or TRUTH yet.

  Not even troof.
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  Is this guy BK? Am I wasting my time on a BK troll?
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  Yes I can show you definitive proof. To do so I'll use another Scientists - Nikola Tesla.
  "The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence." - Nikola Tesla

  How is that definitive proof of making scientific discoveries by studying philosophy and metaphysics?

  Nikola Tesla was a great scientist, true. But I would be comfortable in saying that all of his discoveries were based off of physical observation and experimentation and not due to philosophy and metaphysics.

  EDIT: and it bears stating that in the past century there were decades where more scientific progress was made than in all the previous centuries...and that was without resorting to philosophy or the study of metaphysics.
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  Cappytan - In response to Is God "known to exist?"
  No, God is not "known to exist".

  Well, at least we agree on something.
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  cappytan - Before making a Judgement, perhaps you should research the lives of these men - Galileo, Descartes, Kepler, Newton, Lomonosov, Mendeleyev
  If you can show me one of these men, that did not first delve into Philosophy, you can appropriately call my statement "Bollocks" as you so wisely surmised it as.

  I know each of those men dabbled in Philosophy. I like researching philosophy. But philosophy has absolutely nothing to do with physical science. Can you show me definitive proof of how Philosophy and Metaphysics led to their discoveries? Isn't it true that their philosophy and metaphysics had absolutely nothing to do with their discoveries whatsoever, but instead with observation of their actual physical surroundings?
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  I mean all that is known to Exist.

  You're stating that on a thread about God. Is God included in that? Do you believe that God is "known to exist?"
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  Does Anyone Still Believe in God?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do any of you ex-jw's still believe in god?

  even with the new rebranding/softening of this religion, i still don't see how people can believe in him.

  the god of the old testimate is an angry murderer who approved rapes and slavery and killed thousands of men, women and children.

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  cappytan

  perhaps beyond their No. 8 creator's expectation, and we are not finished yet, still trillions of years to go?

  What does that even mean?