Spinoza's god and Einstein's belief are relatively close to modern Judaism: God exists but he doesn't need you...
Again, Einstein rejected belief in a personal God. No personality. No volition. No he.
Only abstract principle
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by Hairtrigger indid you know that when einstein attended some conferences in the numerous universities of the usa, the recurring question that the students asked him was:.
- do you believe in god?.
and he always answered:.
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Montana Supreme Court will hear the $35M case tomorrow
by Corney inthe montana case enters the home stretch.
the state supreme court will hear oral arguments tomorrow, 13 september, at the northern hotel in billings during the state bar of montana’s annual meeting (announcement 1, announcement 2).
an introduction to the argument will begin at 9:30 a.m., with the argument starting at 10 a.m. (4 p.m. utc, 9 a.m. sf time, 12 a.m. ny time, 5 p.m. london time, 2 a.m. saturday sydney time).
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....the oral arguments clearly indicated that the court was leaning towards the fact that the church tenants get to decide this stuff.
I'm having a hard time understanding this. (Maybe I just need another cup of coffee)
Did you mean to say, "tenets?"
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Spinoza
by Hairtrigger indid you know that when einstein attended some conferences in the numerous universities of the usa, the recurring question that the students asked him was:.
- do you believe in god?.
and he always answered:.
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Einstein believed in god as a principle rather than a personality, which is very, very, different than Christianity.
For any who are interested (Or are inclined to argue) I would heartily recommend Einstein And Religion by Max Jammer,
Jammer, knew him very well and was the only person in recent years who could speak authoritively on the subject.
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Do You Think People Should Be Scorned For Wearing A Red MAGA Hat?
by minimus indo you support free choice to wear a political hat or article of clothing?
if someone wants to put a bumper sticker on their car in support of a political candidate or party, should they be able to do it without fear of being maligned or abused?
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With the (hopefully) obvious exception of wearing a hat/shirt with a slogan in a courtroom; No, of course not.
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Jw's mentioned in shows
by days of future passed inhave you ever been watching a show and suddenly, there's a reference to jehovah's witnesses?
i was watching an english mystery show from a while back and the main character hetty, was giving a list of religions that could have drawn off a young girl.
one of the "fringe" groups was tada - jehovah's witnesses.. there is plenty of other more well known clips like snl coneheads being approached by fake jw's.
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JW's are often the subject of talk-show humor. --And not just in the English speaking world either.
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Would You Stop Buying A Product Because of Political Differences?
by minimus inwould you stop buying nike products because you didn’t like their politics?
conversely, would you give business to a company because you liked their political stand on a matter?
would you stop watching an entertainer because you disagree with their political perspectives?
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There are ethical and unethical ways to safeguard corporate profit. Sony's foray into malware was both unethical and illegal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
There are still some of these CD's floating around nearly 15 years later.
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Would You Stop Buying A Product Because of Political Differences?
by minimus inwould you stop buying nike products because you didn’t like their politics?
conversely, would you give business to a company because you liked their political stand on a matter?
would you stop watching an entertainer because you disagree with their political perspectives?
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Would you stop buying a product because you didn’t like their politics?
Not politics per se I do avoid some brands becasue of their corporate ideology though.
I won't buy a Sony product, for example, because the jackassery of SME extends into their products.
Examples would include Music CD's that install rootkits and/or low-level drivers on your PC (Yes, Sony actually did this...)
Blu-Ray players that are permanently region locked the day they are made (Region cannot be reset even once..)
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1914 Was Originally Just 40 Years Past the End Date of 1874, That's All it Was!
by OnTheWayOut inyou don't need to understand complicated ways to go from 607bce to 1914ce.
you don't have to go back to the late 1700's to understand the founding of jehovah's witnesses on the back of william miller's teachings.
you just need to know that watchtower math and past doctrines along with changes in teachings are all based on lies.
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OTWO,
The idea that Russell's teachings were predictive in a way relavant to JW's today may seem trivial to us, but it's very important to them
--Which is why the fact that Russell actually despised Wendell's chronology (His words, not mine) is not splitting hairs. -
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1914 Was Originally Just 40 Years Past the End Date of 1874, That's All it Was!
by OnTheWayOut inyou don't need to understand complicated ways to go from 607bce to 1914ce.
you don't have to go back to the late 1700's to understand the founding of jehovah's witnesses on the back of william miller's teachings.
you just need to know that watchtower math and past doctrines along with changes in teachings are all based on lies.
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When Jesus didn't appear as expected, Russell still believed it (or at least wanted to keep selling pamplets that explained it). He taught that Jesus must have returned invisibly, meaning that Jesus was ruling from Heaven starting in 1874.
Although Russell was intrigued by Dispensationalism, he didn't jump onto the Adventist bandwagon until well after the fact. His first known written pamphlet on the manner of Christ's return was actually not published until the year 1877
Russell, by his own testimony, (Published in ZWT in July of 1906) did not accept Adventist chronology and date setting until he met Nelson Barbour in January of 1876, which again, was after the event had allegedly occured.
It was Barbour, not Wendell who convinced Russell of the dates 1874, 1878, the forty year harvest and 1914 as well as the chronology behind them.
It was Barbour, not Russell who came up with the idea of an invisible Parousia as an explanation of why nothing happened in 1874. (The idea was first suggested to Barbour by B. W. Keith.)
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1914 Was Originally Just 40 Years Past the End Date of 1874, That's All it Was!
by OnTheWayOut inyou don't need to understand complicated ways to go from 607bce to 1914ce.
you don't have to go back to the late 1700's to understand the founding of jehovah's witnesses on the back of william miller's teachings.
you just need to know that watchtower math and past doctrines along with changes in teachings are all based on lies.
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OTWO
You've got almost every single detail wrong, but the gist of your messege is spot on. The dates have been and still are continually reinvented after the fact.