Anders Andersen

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  lf you had the opportunity to ask the GB a question what would it be?

  by atomant in

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  l thought this would be an interesting exercise to read the different responses.

  my question is what makes you think your gods chosen medium?and prove it.

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  Yesterday I answered a similar question on Quora.com.

  After stating that they usually don't answer honestly anyway, this is what I wrote:

  The questions are aimed at gaining some insight into their minds and motives.

  • Please tell me which current and former JW teachings you disagree with, and why?

  • Can you explain how you know for sure that you personally are chosen by God to lead His people under Christ, and other people are not?

  • How do you feel about the fact that many people suffer(ed) severely from poverty, depression, all sorts of abuse, and even died because of current and abandoned JW policies (on blood, organ transplants, neutrality, shunning, child abuse, spousal violence, education, etc) that you and other men like you have enforced?

  
  From the answers it should become clear that this person is either

  1. 100% certified KoolAid drinker (and dispenser). Sorry, can't help those.

  1. Struggling with or ignoring doubts just like any other regular JW. Maybe we can help him out.

  1. Knows it's a scam (and is still in because he's a coward or an @55hole). Well then I do have an axe to grind!

  
  Bonus questions:

  • What's Tony's (Anthony Morris III) problem with tight pants, and why is he afraid of homosexuals?

  • Do you think Stephen Lett is a clown too?
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  Do you still believe in God?

  by FormerlySandL in

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  i never thought i would admit it, but i don't.

  i might superstitiously have some kind of doubt but digging a bit deeper in my heart i really don't believe in god.

  as a human i could never just sit and watch people be tortured, live years of abuse, suffer from illness and disabilities and all the other awful things people have to endure day after day without doing something about it.

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  @Acts,

  if we see God is quite separate from religions, rather than see Him as part of the problem

  Almost all of humanity worships some sort of god(s), mainly as prescribed by the religion(s) in their area of birth.

  Assuming your God exists, She is part of the problem by not making it abundantly clear that everyone is doing it wrong by following religions that lead away from Her.
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  Why Do Intelligent People Believe in God?

  by cantleave in

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  one of the most common thing thrown at atheists is - lots of intelligent people believe in god.

  this darkmatter 2525's video is an excellent explanation as to why very logical people possess religious belief systems.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y201qzddzbg.

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  Psalm 14: "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God...."

  Classic example of an Ad Hominem...
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  WTS buys £1,000,000 luxury sea-front property in Wales, UK

  by Simon in

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  shower room.

  office.

  games room.

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  Following the link in the OP you can see it is for sale again, and was listed for sale in 2014 as well.

  Don't know who currently owns it though.
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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

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  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  @cofty,

  You know these lowly worms of human scientists were so vain as to actually do so?

  See mycoplasma laboratorium, section watermarks

  
  

  If only God thought of that!
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  This thread is for proof that God exists

  by juandefiero in

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  however, i haven't found any evidence to support that belief.. have you?

  if so please, show me the evidence that god exists, and i will believe along with you.. criteria:.

  (1) you must specify which god you are talking about;.

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  @Terry,

  Yes, how could any infidel ever demand to see proof of Allah's existence and the infallibility of the Holy Koran!
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  A frothy question ABOUT DEMONS

  by Terry in

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  have you ever been to a circus and seen a "clown car"?.

  the little "bug" volkswagon drives out and clowns get out.

  lots and lots and lots and lots of clowns!.

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  Since demons are basically just angels with a bad attitude, I think the theological debating of 'how many angels can dance on the head of a pin' might give valuable clues...

  Ehh, sorry, had some nice Belgian beers. What was the question again? :-D
  
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  Why Do Intelligent People Believe in God?

  by cantleave in

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  2. friends

  one of the most common thing thrown at atheists is - lots of intelligent people believe in god.

  this darkmatter 2525's video is an excellent explanation as to why very logical people possess religious belief systems.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y201qzddzbg.

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  Indeed, regarding Einstein:

  Albert Einstein's religious views have been studied extensively. He said he believed in the "pantheistic" God of Baruch Spinoza, but not in a personal god, a belief he criticized. He also called himself an agnostic, while disassociating himself from the labelatheist, preferring, he said, "an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being".

  Wikipedia
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  Do you still believe in God?

  by FormerlySandL in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i never thought i would admit it, but i don't.

  i might superstitiously have some kind of doubt but digging a bit deeper in my heart i really don't believe in god.

  as a human i could never just sit and watch people be tortured, live years of abuse, suffer from illness and disabilities and all the other awful things people have to endure day after day without doing something about it.

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  Which God(s)?

  
  

  Unless someone presents credible evidence that their specific God exists and presents evidence (not claims) for all the properties this God supposedly has, I do not believe in any gods.

  So far I noticed believers apparently only present arguments why their (or any) God could or might exist, or something along the lines of "you can only believe it if you first believe it". Thanks, but no thanks.

  
  

  And yes, this is the complete opposite of what I believed to be true for most of my life.
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  THOUGHTS ON UPGRADING TO (Free) WINDOWS 10

  by Terry in

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  i've been using windows 7 for several years and have had no complaints.. i've tried many browsers and settled on google chrome.

  it has absolutely everything i want or need.. i kept hearing about the free upgrade to windows 10, so i went to youtube and watched endless "reviews" pro and con.. what pushed me over the (microsoft edge) was the fact i could test drive the new operating system.

  for 30 days and go back to windows 7 if i didn't like it!

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  Anders Andersen

  At home I have almost exclusively used Linux for the last 15 years (on a dual boot system).

  After upgrading the hardly used Windows 7 to 10, never went back to Linux again.