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  Are you a Christian Who Accepts Evolution?

  by cofty in

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  if you identify as a christian but you have accepted that the diversity of life - including humans - resulted from a process of biological evolution could you add your name please?.

  just to be clear i am referring to the fact that our physical lineage could literally be traced back all the way to non-human species.. if you like maybe you could comment on why you see not conflict between evolution and your christian faith.. there is a tendency to conflate evolution with atheism.

  it would be good to show that this is not the case..

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  Actually, Christians DO accept that evolution happens. In fact, they accept a much more aggressive and rapid form of evolution than most biologists.

  Christians (of the fundamentalist stripe that hold to a literal interpretation of the Bible) believe that all of life's diversity came about after the Noachian Flood four thousand years ago. In contrast, evolutionary biologists believe that the same diversity of life is the result of ten million years or more of evolutionary processes.

  The real question is not: Does life change over time? Clearly it does.

  The real question is: How did life originate in the first place?

  Knowing Cofty, these comments and questions of mine may be taking the thread in a direction other than the one he intended.
  
  
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  Are you a Christian Who Accepts Evolution?

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  if you identify as a christian but you have accepted that the diversity of life - including humans - resulted from a process of biological evolution could you add your name please?.

  just to be clear i am referring to the fact that our physical lineage could literally be traced back all the way to non-human species.. if you like maybe you could comment on why you see not conflict between evolution and your christian faith.. there is a tendency to conflate evolution with atheism.

  it would be good to show that this is not the case..

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  Wake Me Up: once you accept that life evolved, you dismiss Adam and Eve ... [and] ... The whole house of cards collapses

  Wow! What a stunningly concise deconstruction of the fundamental flaws of the the Abrahamic religions' beliefs when examined in the light of a scientific, evidence-based worldview.
  
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  How do I delete my posts?

  by The Doc 58 in

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  it's been 9 years and it would be nice to get them off the internet.

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  Beware of the Streisand effect!
  
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses a cult just as evil and dangerous as Islam?

  by cookiemaster in

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  i know you might think i'm exaggerating but if you really think about it, maybe i'm not.

  these two religions originate with the same ancient belief system.

  islam is a dangerous middle eastern cult that seeks to control every aspect of its members' lives.

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  Snoochems: this just comes about by people's belief that all religions are created equal

  Who believes that? I personally don't know anyone that believes that.

  Who is the "you" that you are addressing/referring to you your posts Snoochems?
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses a cult just as evil and dangerous as Islam?

  by cookiemaster in

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  2. beliefs

  i know you might think i'm exaggerating but if you really think about it, maybe i'm not.

  these two religions originate with the same ancient belief system.

  islam is a dangerous middle eastern cult that seeks to control every aspect of its members' lives.

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  Snoochems: I just got to the inevitable part of any discussion on the topic of Islam where "THE CRUSADES" is mentioned to somehow justify what Islam is putting the world through in the 21st century.

  Who is trying to justify acts of terrorism committed by fundamentalist Muslims?
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  Does Christianity Promote Self Hatred?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think that christianity's teachings pose a very unproductive world view and are a danger to our survival.

  their teachings that man is sinful and worthy of death and in need of a savior to rescue him and free him of his sinful tendencies or else feel the wrath of god.

  these things that condemn man as sinful are his own powerful drives given to him at conception which he now must deny due to indoctrination and consign to his shadow(jungian).

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  Duh!
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses a cult just as evil and dangerous as Islam?

  by cookiemaster in

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  2. beliefs

  i know you might think i'm exaggerating but if you really think about it, maybe i'm not.

  these two religions originate with the same ancient belief system.

  islam is a dangerous middle eastern cult that seeks to control every aspect of its members' lives.

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  Cookiemaster: Christianity was just as barbaric as ISIS in the past

  Did someone just mention the Spanish Inquisition? Three hundred and fifty-six years of fun and games in Catholic Europe.

  Don't get me started on the Crusades ...
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses a cult just as evil and dangerous as Islam?

  by cookiemaster in

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  2. beliefs

  i know you might think i'm exaggerating but if you really think about it, maybe i'm not.

  these two religions originate with the same ancient belief system.

  islam is a dangerous middle eastern cult that seeks to control every aspect of its members' lives.

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  If tomorrow morning Anthony Morris, or some other GB member, issued a decree to all JWs worldwide instructing them to strap on a suicide vest and blow themselves up in the service of Jehovah, what percentage of JWs do you think would comply without question or hesitation?

  Think of a number and then do the math.
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  we have a laid off bethelite with an engineering degree!

  by nowwhat? in

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  this guy have been at bethel for 25 years when he could have been making 75-100 thousand a year as an engineer.

  so they kick him to the curb so they don't have to house him and his wife anymore.

  they run into a problem at warwick and they ask him to come back for 3 weeks.

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  BOC: engineering programs ... [do not] really requires critical thinking

  Right, nor do they teach independent thinking or the questioning authority.

  Engineers are generally conformists and rule-followers.
  
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  Forcing a meaning?

  by CitizenofEarth in

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  i was looking for the word that jwfacts.com used for "forcing a meaning" into ex.

  a scripture.

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  I think the words you are looking for are: Exegesis, Eisegesis, and Hermeneutics
  

  • Exegesis: To interpret a text by way of a thorough analysis of its content.
  • Eisegesis: A process where one leads into study by reading a text on the basis of pre-conceived ideas of its meanings.
  • Hermeneutics: The science of interpretation of a story or text, and the methods used in that science.

  Which one does the WTBTS use? Can you tell?