Posts by deegee

- Jesus will give a big reward to those who forsake their family, abandon their home, leave their family behind for him. Parents, siblings, spouses and children are of no importance in comparison with the coming Kingdom (Luke 5:11, 9:59-62, 14:26, 33; 18:28-30; Matthew 10:37, 19:27-30; Mark 10:28-31)

- Familial rifts will be created. Jesus said he came to destroy families by making family members hate each other (Luke 12:51-53; Matthew 10:34-46)

- Family tensions will be heightened, families and friendships will be torn apart because of Jesus (Matthew 10:21; Mark 13:12; Luke 12:52-53; 21:16)

- Jesus disrespected his close family relationships. He insulted and spurned his family publicly for rejecting his message (Matthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-34; Luke 8:20-21, 11:27-28)

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Are you a Christian Who Accepts Evolution?

by cofty in

if you identify as a christian but you have accepted that the diversity of life - including humans - resulted from a process of biological evolution could you add your name please?.

just to be clear i am referring to the fact that our physical lineage could literally be traced back all the way to non-human species.. if you like maybe you could comment on why you see not conflict between evolution and your christian faith.. there is a tendency to conflate evolution with atheism.

it would be good to show that this is not the case..

deegee

When I was in high school, my Biology teacher who was a Catholic nun, told me that evolution is true.

I of course thought that she was pure evil being an indoctrinated and brainwashed JW at the time.

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The point at which you think this may not be the truth

by LevelThePlayingField in

i remember one of the nights that i found out the truth wasn't the truth, that is after finding out about the united nations, i remember riding my bicycle from like 1am till 5am in the city night.

it was rather chilly, maybe about 55-60 degrees and i was playing pink floyd's dark side of the moon album in my earbuds.

just riding and riding, not really tiring because of the thought that 7 men in brooklyn had duped me, duped me for like 20 plus years.

deegee

LevelThePlayingField >>>> I asked God that night to show me the truth, no matter what. Good, bad or ugly. And over the last four years he has shown to me that the truth as JW's know it isn't the truth

I am always curious when someone claims that God showed them something.

How does God do this?

Why didn't God show you that the truth as JW's know it isn't the truth from the very beginning?

Don't mean to sound insensitive to your waking up, I'm just curious when people make these claims.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

Old Navy>>>>Are you looking forward to dying or would you rather live?

doubtfull1799>>>>It doesn't change reality. I can't stand the idea of ceasing to exist, the thought that life will go on without me. Wishing it to be otherwise unfortunately does not make it so, and is not evidence that there is an afterlife. I'm sure on my deathbed, when facing the reality of my mortality mores than now, I will wish that it didn't have to be that way, that I could live on in another realm. But again, it will make no difference to reality.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

Hey Nimble Duck,

Were you that giant rubber ducky on Toronto's waterfront for the Canada Day celebrations, July 1, 2017?

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/toronto-turns-out-for-a-last-look-at-the-duck/ar-BBDGJtG?li=AAggNb9

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

Christians have a lot to be worried about on their death beds.

Mark 3:28-29:

"Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin."

There are literally dozens of interpretations being circulated as to what this "UNFORGIVEABLE SIN" exactly involves. Not knowing its precise definition has generated real terror among many devout Christians.

Since there is no precise definition, a Christian does not know whether or not he/she has committed "the UNFORGIVEABLE SIN " yet, if a Christian commits this sin, they can never be forgiven. They will spend eternity in the torture chambers of Hell.

Many Christians live in fear as they do not know whether or not they have committed "the UNFORGIVEABLE SIN ".

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

Religion = Fear of Death X Fear of Life

Religion and Nimble Duck have made death something to be feared. So people cling on to an afterlife to avoid facing up to their own oblivion.

Chimp DNA is 99 % human, what a difference though that 1% makes. God sent his son to save us, but poor old chimp just missed out he can go to hell. What’s in that extra 1%? Maybe that’s the bit that goes flying off to the afterlife in another universe?

We are mammals with 99% chimp DNA with the same prognosis as far as our eventual destiny is concerned. A wild beast gets eaten by a crocodile, it comes out as sh*t at the other end. Exactly the same happens when the crocodile eats a man.

So what happens to the two consciousnesses now? The wild beast's remains inside the crocodile/it's faeces but the man’s goes flying off to some other dimension?

Ecclesiastes 3:19:
"Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless."

1 Peter 1:24:

"For all flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off."

Psalm 103:15 - 16:

"As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more."

Also Isaiah 40:6-7, 51:12; James 1:10.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

Finkelstein,

Mark Twain said it best.

It’s pure egotism, a false assessment of ones importance in the cosmos if we should believe otherwise.

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Evolutionist on their deathbed.

by Nimble duck in

i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

their terrors.

deegee

There, there Nimble Duck, we understand. We know just how important it is for you to believe in the afterlife. And well why not, if it helps you get a good nights sleep.