The partially evolved mental mechanism of mortal man is not overendowed with consistency and wisdom. Man’s conceit often outruns his reason and eludes his logic
Hence religion.
Oh the irony...
Giles Gray
JoinedPosts by Giles Gray
-
25
Observations: If man is merely a machine and the universe is merely a mechanism .
by Believer inobservations: if man is merely a machine and the universe is merely a mechanism .... if men were only machines, they would react more or less uniformly to a material universe.
individuality, much less personality, would be nonexistent.. materialism reduces man to a soulless automaton and constitutes him merely an arithmetical symbol finding a helpless place in the mathematical formula of an unromantic and mechanistic universe.
but whence comes all this vast universe of mathematics without a master mathematician?
-
-
Giles Gray
-
240
Introduction - Any Believers?
by Believer ini’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.
i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.
i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.
-
-
Giles Gray
OLI-Giles Gray, why is "I don't understand everything" the mark of enlightenment for exJWs and non-believers but irrefutable evidence that believers are irrational?
Because believers only resort to 'not understand things' when they are stuck to explaining away the less edifying parts of the bible.
Believers never call into question the parts of the bible that lend favour to their god's reputation.
It's not so much a case of irrationality but more of bias and hypocrisy.
-
-
-
Giles Gray
Well then, I suppose that settles it. Evolutionists would never falsify their works.
Not without being found out the same no...
-
-
-
Giles Gray
A famous Historian, Flavius Josephus, had written about the existence of Jesus, Jesus stated that man and women were created. That's good enough for me to still believe in Creation
A while ago, a famous film reviewer wrote that Darth Vader was the actual father of Luke Skywalker, and that Darth Vader believed in the dark side of the force. That's good enough for me to believe in the Empire.
-
240
Introduction - Any Believers?
by Believer ini’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.
i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.
i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.
-
-
Giles Gray
OLI-In any case, I'm not God, nor do I claim to understand everything completely.
How is it that when there is something negative about god in the bible, believers don't claim to understand everything...
But they never question the positive portions about god but take them at face value?
Only slightly one sided...?
-
133
Why Are You Here?
by Believer ini'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.
as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.
as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.
-
-
Giles Gray
2+2=5
Could you imagine my thoughts? You would be shocked and traumatised if you could read my wicked atheist mind and get just a glimpse of my mentality. You may also become sexually aroused.
Oh behave!
-
133
Why Are You Here?
by Believer ini'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.
as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.
as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.
-
-
Giles Gray
Simon
It's funny how the righteous are now so worried about their right to free-speech ... after hundreds of years of butchering anyone who dared question the existence of their god.
I know. My favourite is when you point out their intolerance towards homosexuals and their response is that by doing so, you are inhibiting their religious freedom and right to believe.
-
133
Why Are You Here?
by Believer ini'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.
as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.
as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.
-
-
Giles Gray
Believer-"Yes, I understand that. But remember, believers were also muted by the same dogmatic believers. So a forum such as this is also the believer’s opportunity to regain their freedom of speech.They don’t want to lose it again either."
I agree fully. But just to point out that some, and I would guess most unbelievers, want to hear your points of view and have no desire to inhibit any freedom of speech.
Believer-"Surely there can be some respect for that so that every time the words “faith” or “spiritual” or “God” are brought up, the believer is not chastised or ridiculed for it."
I appreciate your wishes but it's just never going to happen in reality when you have a clash of such opposing perspectives. Maybe this is the price of freedom of speech?
People's frustrations will almost inevitably result in ridicule. Both sides are guilty, as were you yourself with one of your posts to me. But just to say that not all challenging questions are meant to be hostile.
If you take a look at Cofty's series of threads about evolution, there are a lot of spiteful and ridiculing comments that come from believers. He just gets on with it. It's going to happen.
Believer-"They should be just a free to say ‘I believe in God’ without have to prove why to those who really don’t care why."
But if we apply that as a rule, doesn't that inhibit unbelievers right to free speech? Isn't that what the JWs promote?
No one is forcing you to reply to their posts. You don't have to engage unbelievers. So you are free to say what you believe in and you don't have to prove nothing to anyone.
If you don't wish for your beliefs to be challenged then there are other sites that only let Christians post on them. But as far as I am aware, this is an open discussion forum, so it's going to happen.
-
133
Why Are You Here?
by Believer ini'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.
as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.
as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.
-
-
Giles Gray
Believer
It might help if you try to understand things from the unbelievers perspective.
Some of us had our questions when we were JWs but were never allowed to ask them.
When we left we found our voice which had been forcefully muted by dogmatic believers. Some of us paid a high price for our freedom of speech and we are not about to lose it again.
To finally be able to ask the 'difficult questions' is the manifestation of our liberation from a cult-like religion.
So before you pigion-hole everyone who wishes to question your faith as 'aggressive', maybe come at it from the angle that they are just liberated people who can now exercise their right to question.
If you view things that way it might not feel quite as hostile.
-
11
Tried One Last Time In The Kingdom Hall...
by pale.emperor inso last thursday was meeting day.
my wife knows my thoughts on this religion and respects my fade and is completely ok with it (which surprised me, and also made me love her even more).
i think she must know it's all crack-pot stuff but seeing as her whole family are all in and about 98% of them cant even explain their beleifs without a watchtower on hand i think she's just going along for the friends/family/social side of it.
-
-
Giles Gray
sister gagging-for-it-but-pretending-that-she-isnt
LOL! So funny... and so many...