What Simon said is true. Humans painted a God which suits their purpose. After ordering the ‘annihilation of all the inhabitants’ of the city God is shown as saying: “All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the Lord. They must go into the Lord’s treasury.” (Joshua 6:19)
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Morality Without Deity
by cofty inone of the most persistent arguments for belief in god centres on the necessity of an ultimate law-giver and epitome of goodness.. a softer version is seen in the genuine concern that a loss of faith will result in a corresponding loss of a moral compass - a more strident argument links the existence of good and evil with proof of the reality of god.
it is often asserted that without god, moral decisions degenerate to nothing more than personal preferences and the victory of "might is right".. i want to succinctly lay out my response as an atheist, and show that a supreme being is not required for objective morality.. it is helpful to distinguish between absolute morality, objective morality and subjective morality.
christian apologists frequently conflate the first two, and secular debaters often fail to point out the difference.. theists who disagree on everything else, are unanimous that god is perfectly good.
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God wants to remain unidentified
by anointed1 in1) books supposedly written by god contain errors.
2) people supposedly appointed by god make human rights violations.
and god does not prevent those things from happening.
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God wants to remain unidentified
by anointed1 in1) books supposedly written by god contain errors.
2) people supposedly appointed by god make human rights violations.
and god does not prevent those things from happening.
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anointed1
LoveUniHateExams,
I take only what is beneficial, and I do not know why such carnivorous being exists
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God wants to remain unidentified
by anointed1 in1) books supposedly written by god contain errors.
2) people supposedly appointed by god make human rights violations.
and god does not prevent those things from happening.
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God wants to remain unidentified
by anointed1 in1) books supposedly written by god contain errors.
2) people supposedly appointed by god make human rights violations.
and god does not prevent those things from happening.
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anointed1
LoveUniHateExams
Here are some points to ponder about
1)Jesus was quoting scriptures that never existed:
Let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water’” (John 7:38). In the Hebrew Scriptures, living water comes from God, not from believers in God. Whatever Jesus may be quoting, it isn't in the Bible.
2)Jesus mistakes Jeremiah as Zachariah (Matt. 27:9-10; Zachariah 11:12-13)
3)Jesus himself says no one has ascended into heaven before him (John 3:13) whereas Bible says “It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying--"he disappeared, because God took him." (Genesis 5:21-24; Hebrew 11:5)
4)God Himself becoming so bankrupt as to ideas that He decides to murder His own son to atone the sins of His children (something that God would never do)
These are some of the evidences that speak against the book that claims to be God's
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God wants to remain unidentified
by anointed1 in1) books supposedly written by god contain errors.
2) people supposedly appointed by god make human rights violations.
and god does not prevent those things from happening.
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anointed1
Island Man, If God wants to remain unidentified, it is obvious that He is not interested in our praise or worship, even thanks.
He has shown guidance through things such as flower and fruit-bearing trees. This is not speculative nor contradictory. When I take lesson from them and put into practice people appreciate it and I myself find it extremely beneficial.
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God wants to remain unidentified
by anointed1 in1) books supposedly written by god contain errors.
2) people supposedly appointed by god make human rights violations.
and god does not prevent those things from happening.
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anointed1
LoveUniHateExams
I already wrote: No scriptures belong to him, hence all those accounts in the them may be historical partly or may not be historical. It was just the natural unfolding of events with no divine guidance. A divinely-guided happening would have "equal reaction" from the beneficiaries. For example,
1) if God had really brought Israelites through Red Sea, beneficiaries would never have made a calf and worshipped it after the incident.
2) if God had chosen people on earth, they would have lived as an example to other nations--look at their Kings: David, Solomon ...
3) If Jesus had really performed miracles such as resurrection, stopping the storm .... no one would have dared to crucify him
This means:
Scriptures supposedly written by God is not really His, characters in them were simply claiming they belonged to God--just like their modern-day counterparts do.
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God wants to remain unidentified
by anointed1 in1) books supposedly written by god contain errors.
2) people supposedly appointed by god make human rights violations.
and god does not prevent those things from happening.
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anointed1
1) Books supposedly written by God contain errors
2) People supposedly appointed by God make human rights violations
And God does not prevent those things from happening
What does this show?
1) He has not authorized writing of any books
2) He has not appointed anybody on earth
It means He wants to remain unidentified.
Yet this does not mean He is not interested in providing guidance to us. Look at flower: it weaves beauty which it cannot see, spreads fragrance which it cannot smell and produces nectar which it cannot enjoy—everything what a flower does is for the benefit of others! Thus a true seer is motivated to exhibit this unconditional love and people around him appreciate him as epitome of beauty, fragrance and sweetness!
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Sisters as Ministerial Servants?
by Spoletta inmy wife has been trying to convince me that the organization is hinting at the possibility of making some older sisters ministerial servants.
she is awake to a lot of the false doctrines, but is still clinging to the hope that the org may become more progressive in the future.
anyone else pick up on this?
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anointed1
Sisters are basically women, hence would behave like US women. They never had a woman president, and when they got the change to elect one woman president, they did not. It means women have secondary role because they have let that happen. Similarly, if all JW sisters agree that we need 50% representation in all avenues of JW org--including the composition of GB, otherwise we are all leaving....then they will definitely change. But women are women, they will not.
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A Mathematic Perspective on Evolution
by Saethydd ini would like to apologize in advance if any of my information on the biology side of this discussion is incorrect, because unfortunately it is not my strongest scientific subject on account of my being subtly encouraged to view it with distrust.. i've recently debated the of subject of evolution with my father, i made the argument that when viewed over several million years random mutation provides a more than adequate explanation for humans having evolved from a common ancestor with chimpanzees.
then he got this derisive look on his face a waved his hand saying "evolution's explanation for everything is the amount of time involved.".
so i decided i would examine this mathematically.
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Cofty,
From all your 10 questions, 3 and 10 are the sample:
1) 3)Why do humans and other species have broken genetic code for features that they no longer possess?
10)How does creationism explain bad design like the recurrent laryngeal nerve?This is like asking why Shakespeare wrote “more richer” in one of his dramas? This does not help us in anyway to make conclusion about his English knowledge because he has consistently written in other parts of the dramas about richer, richer .. and richer.
In the same way, flaws in some parts of the design is not the basis for conclusion about The Designer. Couples who have good eye-sight have given birth to child who is blind from birth and yet their other children are with good eye-sight. Then there is this situation also—both husband and wife are blind, yet gave births to children who have good eye-sight. And their next generation continues with no blind children. For all these there is localized explanation which would show that everything happens according to some law, and law presupposes The Law-giver.
And there is no need to identify who that Law Giver is because history shows that He wants to remain unidentified.
I know people would react to this differently—that is natural. Sight of a flower creates various responses in people. A poet is inspired to write a poem, a devotee feels like offering it to his/her God, a lover thinks of gifting it to his/her beloved, flower-merchant thinks of selling it, a scientist would think of its chemical combinations, a worm comes and eats it leaving it ugly-looking and a butterfly simply comes and enjoys its nectar … etc. But only a philosopher makes extraordinary benefit because he views flower as a symbol of unconditional love—it weaves beauty which it cannot see, spreads fragrance which it cannot smell and produces nectar which it cannot enjoy—everything what a flower does is for the benefit of others! Thus a true philosopher is motivated to exhibit this unconditional love (which is originally shown by the designer through His designs such as flower …) and people around him appreciate him as epitome of beauty, fragrance and sweetness.