Posts by pistolpete

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If God exists, what would be a good reason why he never communicates or helps his creation by intervention?

by pistolpete in

you have probably heard all kinds of excuses why god doesn’t communicates with his creation or why he doesn’t intervene.. some examples.. no one can see god because he is a spirit.. but we can hear god---yet he chooses not to talk to humanity.. god only communicates with certain people.

moses, samuel, abraham, etc.

but there are many people today who also claim that god spoke to them yet we ignore them but believe god spoke to people who lived thousands of years ago and we can’t really verify if that was so.

pistolpete

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I believe the real question being asked is "If the God of the Abrahamic faiths really exists and the literal sense of the Bible were true

I was not talking specifically about the God of the Bible or the God of Abraham.

I was talking about "GOD" --whoever that might be, - OR - CREATOR-because some people believe in a CREATOR---but don't believe in the God of the Bible.

It's possible GOD could just be a powerful CREATOR who WAS around a long time but not necessarily OMNIPOTENT, OMNISCIENT, BENEVOLENT OR EVERLASTING.

JUST LIKE EGO the God-like creator in the movie Guardian of the Galaxy volume 2.

This being called EGO explained his origins this way;

This form you see before you is only an extension of who I truly am.

I don’t know where I came from, exactly. The first thing I remember is flickering, adrift in the cosmos - utterly and entirely alone.

"Over millions of years, I learned to control the molecules around me. I grew smarter, I fed on the matter around me like plankton. I formed a sheathe to protect myself from the elements. and grew stronger. And I continued building from there, layer by layer, the very planet you walk on now."

"But I was no ant to be fulfilled solely by labor. I wanted more. I desired... meaning. There must be some life out there in the universe besides just me, I thought, and I set myself to task with finding it.

Finally I created what I imagined biological life to be like. Down to the most minute detail."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH-ArwwCK3s

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If God exists, what would be a good reason why he never communicates or helps his creation by intervention?

by pistolpete in

you have probably heard all kinds of excuses why god doesn’t communicates with his creation or why he doesn’t intervene.. some examples.. no one can see god because he is a spirit.. but we can hear god---yet he chooses not to talk to humanity.. god only communicates with certain people.

moses, samuel, abraham, etc.

but there are many people today who also claim that god spoke to them yet we ignore them but believe god spoke to people who lived thousands of years ago and we can’t really verify if that was so.

pistolpete

You have probably heard all kinds of excuses why God doesn’t communicates with his creation or why he doesn’t intervene.

Some examples.

No one can see God because he is a spirit.

But we can hear God---yet he chooses not to talk to humanity.

God only communicates with certain people. Moses, Samuel, Abraham, etc.

But there are many people today who also claim that God spoke to them yet we ignore them but believe God spoke to people who lived thousands of years ago and we can’t really verify if that was so.

The Universal Sovereignty issue and God’s right to rule. Meaning God cannot interfere and communicate with humans.

But the devil can through spiritism.

God’s wisdom is beyond our comprehension, and there is a perfect reason why he allows cruel suffering and pain on humans as well as animals.

Which is hard to convince two cities that experienced what it's llike being NUKED. I'm talking about Japan.

OPTIONS WHY GOD DOESN’T COMMUNICATE WITH HUMANS.

GOD CREATED LIFE, BUT IS NOT ALL POWERFUL. Thus he can’t stop earthquakes, hurricanes, and doesn’t know how to create humans that live forever. We don't have ANY, EVIDENCE OF A HUMAN CAPABLE OF LIVING FOREVER ----ONLY RELIGIOUS ASSUMPTIONS.

GOD CREATED LIFE BUT GOD IS NOT BENEVOLENT. In other words God views humans and animals like we humans view bacteria or microbes that eat one another. We as humans have no compassion for microbes because they are insignificant to us, but they are interesting to watch them eat one another under a microscope.

GOD CREATED LIFE BUT IS NOT OMNISCIENT. In other words God figured out how to create life, but that’s it, His knowledge is limited and God can’t create humans that are immortal.

He didn’t figure out everything perfectly either in his material creation. Like if he was truly all knowing, he could have easily figure out how to create the earth’s moving plates to slide easily over each other, instead of the way they crash into each other and cause earthquakes and tsunamis.

He could have easily created humas and animals that sustain themselves on the energy of sunlight, just like the plants instead of humans and animals devouring each other and avoid the bloody mess.

He could have tamed the sexual desire or controlled it so as to help humans avoid certain crimes and overpopulate the earth, thus forcing some humans to fight and kill for limited resources.

And another option could be that God was a Creator but was never EVERLASTING.

He created just like humans create, but eventually became non-existent.just like human creators

God's creation still exists, just like some of man’s creations continue to exist even though the original human Creators has long passed away.

https://www.grunge.com/327172/the-oldest-buildings-still-in-use-today/

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Religion and Coronavirus....

by mikeflood in

have you heard this?

in the country of guatemala, by presidential mandate, all religion meetings should be celebrated only on-line!.

generally speaking, i wonder how worlwide restrictions on religious activities because of the pandemia are affecting them ...and the borg in particular.

pistolpete

The borg is getting EVEN MORE DONATIONS.

From what I am hearing from JWS,, they are more than happy to give EVEN MORE Money rather than get dressed, drive, and go to a Kingdom Hall. And no more door to door field service.

Several JWs have told me they hope the Kingdom Halls never opens and Zoom stays here forever.

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The Stupidity Of The Biden Administration Knows No Bounds

by Simon in

so picture this, you are suddenly withdrawing troops after 2 decades in a country and, well, its all gone to shit.. how do you ensure that your vulnerable citizens and allies can get out when the airport is surrounded and no one can get through?.

option 1: it's a trick question surely?

you don't get yourself into this mess in the first place - you withdraw the citizens first, not last, duh!.

pistolpete

Open Borders, Afghanistan refugees, Elections laws changed, Military Woke, CRT, is a part of the Bigger plan.

The puzzle’s first few pieces make it hard to see what the final outcome will be. But now, some politicians and News people are starting to see what all this is about.

It’s become clear that the Biden Administration is bringing in hundreds of thousands if not millions of refugees from Afghanistan “SECRETLY into the United States who were not assisting the USA in any capacity.

The administration is saying that they are Translators, Medical personal, and other support groups, but it is becoming apparent that these refugees Translators don’t even know how to speak English, or have any medical experience.

So who are these hundreds of thousands of Afgans refugees?

They are being given citizenship under the condition that they vote Democratic on the next election.

This is the reason Cuban refugees are DENIED entry into the border but Afgans who don’t speak the language and those coming in the Southern Border are granted citizenship as long as they agree to vote Democratic in the next election which will not require ID to cast a vote.

This is all part of the Plan to make the United States ONE PARTY----DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R5_PBPgwvE

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Pfizer becomes first Covid vaccine to gain full FDA approval

by PaddyTheBaddy in

great news.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58309254.

pfizer's two-dose covid-19 vaccine has received full approval from the us food and drug administration (fda) - the first jab to be licensed in the nation.. .

the vaccine had initially been given emergency use authorisation.

pistolpete

Corona virus is in quartine after a brief visit with Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris at 81 years of age after Corona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C61o0W1pibM

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JWs are bigger and more successful than the Mormon church

by joe134cd in

just saw the following you tube video.

it’s 3 hours long, but thoroughly interesting.

if you want to save yourself 3 hours, basically the active mormon church is about 3 million.

pistolpete

Well Covid sure has done a good job in reducing members in all religious faiths.

https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-religion-coronavirus-pandemic-f42772097cf7557086f12b549e03b18a

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Daughter joining JW

by gary in

my fifty year-old daughter is studying to be a jehovah witness.

i am her catholics father.

just wondering because they are not allowed to associate with worldly people.

pistolpete

Your relationship will not be the same.

In their eyes, you are controlled by the devil and you will be destroyed at Armageddon unless you become a Jehovah Witness.

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JWs are bigger and more successful than the Mormon church

by joe134cd in

just saw the following you tube video.

it’s 3 hours long, but thoroughly interesting.

if you want to save yourself 3 hours, basically the active mormon church is about 3 million.

pistolpete

Wt was never about the money, but more in service or time dedicated by its members. Because the world was soon to end, what was the point in investing money in companies.

I agree Joe134cd

The leaders were taken just like the rank and file. They truly believed the promise of a New World Order.

I think they still do.

And if any of the GB ever woke up, they would go through the same ordeal that every one else that has woken up has gone through.

They would probably be posting on this site asking for help.

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JWs are bigger and more successful than the Mormon church

by joe134cd in

just saw the following you tube video.

it’s 3 hours long, but thoroughly interesting.

if you want to save yourself 3 hours, basically the active mormon church is about 3 million.

pistolpete

We can measure success in various ways.

I was kind of surprised that the video claims that the Mormon Church net-worth is hundreds of Billions of dollars ----approaching A TRILLION DOLLARS with a membership of only 3 million members.

They have 400 BILLION OF CASH GENERATING ASSETS LIKE STOCK, INVESTMENTS, ETC.

The speaker mentions that JUST DURING COVID----- the Church made 20 BILLION in returns from investment in Amazon, Tesla, Game Stock, etc.

He said that if all the members stopped giving monies to the Church, on investments ALONE at 7 percent return, the Mormon Church could function ETERNALLY.

That IS a lot of money for a shrinking church.

Compare that to the Watchtower who is selling Kingdom Halls every day, begging for monies, cutting full time servants from Bethel and sending them home, cutting publications, There is just no comparison who is more successful.

It’s like a business with 50 employees making 100 million a year in profits vs another business with ONE million employees making ONE million a year in profits.

I would consider that aspect in itself to be a much better indicator of Success and longevity of the Mormon church than any other thing the Watchtower has going at this time.

Membership as a means of measuring success would be secondary in a case like this.

I had no idea the Mormon Church Net Worth was this much.

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JWs are bigger and more successful than the Mormon church

by joe134cd in

just saw the following you tube video.

it’s 3 hours long, but thoroughly interesting.

if you want to save yourself 3 hours, basically the active mormon church is about 3 million.

pistolpete

wt has it opposite to bees. In the colony, the drones, workers, are the males, the queen fertile.

wt has a mostly female bumble bee "army" scouring the world for the harvest,
the heads, 8, mostly infertile, or non-reproducing males.

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