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  Evolution vs Creationism.

  by Labate in

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  perhaps this has been discussed in the past, but i can't help noticing that on many posts creation vs evolution seems to equal theist vs atheist.

  granted, a creationist by defination would have to believe in a creator.

  on the other hand, believing in evolution doesn't automatically make one an atheist, a small point perhaps, but i think it would be more accurate to say believer vs nonbeliever.. just sayin'..

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  Landy

  I was born into and grew up in a strict Catholic family, taught by priests and nuns, etc. There was never any objection to the concept of evolution. In fact, we were taught that it was an error to try to read the bible as a book of science, or as a book of history, or that there was an actual garden of Eden. All those stories had messages in them to tease out. Put another way, I was taught that to read Genesis literally, was to miss the point of the message of being a Christian.

  So I have to disagree.

  So what did they teach you was the reason Jesus came to the earth and had to die then?

  Or was Jesus' existance allegorical as well?
  
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  Easter, the memorial ... is there any worthwhile message for secularists?

  by Ruby456 in

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  an innocent man killed in the most awful manner replayed countless time all over the world has desire for justice writ large all it.

  is this something that secularists can take from a religious event.

  i think so.

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  Landy

  Chocolate eggs. Om nom nom.
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  Evolution vs Creationism.

  by Labate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  perhaps this has been discussed in the past, but i can't help noticing that on many posts creation vs evolution seems to equal theist vs atheist.

  granted, a creationist by defination would have to believe in a creator.

  on the other hand, believing in evolution doesn't automatically make one an atheist, a small point perhaps, but i think it would be more accurate to say believer vs nonbeliever.. just sayin'..

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  Landy

  Many christians accept the fact of evolution.

  They accept it as they know if they don't they will be increasingly marginalised as nutters.

  The problem is then they struggle to square the circle as to why Jesus came to earth and had to die.

  So I'm not sure you can be a (proper) Christian and believe in evolution.
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  Evolution vs Creationism.

  by Labate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  perhaps this has been discussed in the past, but i can't help noticing that on many posts creation vs evolution seems to equal theist vs atheist.

  granted, a creationist by defination would have to believe in a creator.

  on the other hand, believing in evolution doesn't automatically make one an atheist, a small point perhaps, but i think it would be more accurate to say believer vs nonbeliever.. just sayin'..

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  Landy

  If you believe in evolution then, while a deist type god is not out of the question, it pretty much negates the adam and eve story, original sin, the reason jesus came to the earth etc. It negates everything a christian believes in really.
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  Lost on how to respond...

  by babygirl30 in

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  so an old friend of mine from the congregation hit me up today.

  the story goes like this when we were jw's:.

  - this guy used to be madly in love with me but i didn't see him as anything more than a friend.

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  Landy

  Piss off would work?
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  TheNew World Society in Action....

  by Lostandfound in

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  back in the early 60s the phrase .

  "the new world society..." was used a lot to promote assemblies and even congregations.

  of course no new world has come but that saying appears to have been quietly buried along with any hope of a new world..

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  Landy

  Actually it was the other way around. "Joy Division" became "New Order", one of the greatest bands of the 80s, but one of the most boring, live.

  That's what I said.....

  And Lord Google says the name came from a Guardian article.

  
  
  
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  TheNew World Society in Action....

  by Lostandfound in

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  back in the early 60s the phrase .

  "the new world society..." was used a lot to promote assemblies and even congregations.

  of course no new world has come but that saying appears to have been quietly buried along with any hope of a new world..

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  Landy

  New Order were the renamed Joy Division after Curtis committed suicide - not 100 percent where the name came from but I'm sure it was nothing to do with JWism.
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  Which delusion will you choose?

  by JW_Rogue in

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  it occurred to me while at today's wt study that over 100 people were wasting an hour of their life studiously examining the differences between two delusions, paradise earth and the heavenly hope.

  everyone made it sound so serious when in reality it means nothing at all.

  either choice is wrong and foolish nonsense.. it was mentioned that mark sanderson found his heavenly calling at very young age.

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  Landy

  It occurred to me while at today's WT study that over 100 people were wasting an hour of their life studiously examining the differences between two delusions, paradise earth and the heavenly hope

  101 if we include you!

  
  
  
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  God said be fruitful and multiply,fill the earth and govern it.

  by atomant in

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  l have a problem with this.lf adam and eve didnt sin the earth would eventually have been full to the brim with perfect human beings.then what every man gets the chop or no more sex?then on the other hand we have the jw's sayingresurrected ones will not be allowed to marry in the earthly new system.. married survivors of armageddon will remain married.

  single survivors of armageddon may or may not be allowed to marry.so it seems that people reborn into new system wont be able to procreate.

  and married survivors will stay married so l assume that means they can still hanky panky and have babys thats a bit unfair..the earth can only accommodate a maximum number of humans then what for the married couples.

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  Landy

  If one begins with the assumption of a divine creator, evolution becomes much more difficult to prove.

  I can't believe someone intelligent enough to turn a computer on and make his fingers work on a keyboard could actually type that sentence.
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  Preaching the "good news"

  by truth doubter in

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  just wondering.

  what do those who left wt, and still believe the bible, feel about matt.24:14?

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  Landy

  You don't mean this Berwick do you?

  
  That's the one - he was stood outside the Ponden Mill shop.