THE GLADIATOR

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  If Jehovah God Chose Russell & The Bible Students Why Did He Give Them So Much Inaccurate Information?

  by minimus in

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  hmmm.

  either jehovah god (the perfect god) didn't give that information.

  it never was the "truth" in the first place..

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  God works in mysterious ways - but you already knew that Minimus
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  Soldiers of Jah

  by cofty in

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  i would like to propose an ethical dilemma for those who believe in the divine inspiration of the bible.. in the following scenarios i am not asking you what you would have done but rather, what you hope you would have had the courage to do.. scenario 1. you are camped on the east side of the jordan waiting for orders to cross into the promised land.

  moses is nearing the end of his life but he has some unfinished business to take care of before he hands over to joshua.

  he announces that he has had an instruction from god to take revenge on the midianites before he dies.

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  All history books are full of accounts of bloodshed, torture and selfish acts by mankind. The history of the 20th century is no better. Recently, Bush and Blair both said that God told them to attack Iraq.

  Man has invented many gods and used them as scapegoats for their barbaric actions. They have written many Holy books and claimed they were inspired to write them. Obviously we need to look beyond these self serving history books, if we are to make progress in our search for answers to the mystery of the universe.

  There are spiritual paths that seek to explain the hidden forces behind mankinds actions. They don't insist that we accept the notion of a man styled deity shouting out instructions from the sky. Until we get past that man made concept of a god, debates like this will continue for infinitem.
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  A God of love?

  by MrFreeze in

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  they try to tell you god is love.

  if that isn't the biggest load i've ever heard than i don't know what is.. god is love huh?

  what would you say if i told you that there was a child that was deathly ill and the father had the cure?

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  Hadit

  It would follow then that a lot of people are STILL unconscious...

  This is the idea behind eastern philosophy/religion Lao Tzu and Buddha said that most of us move through our lives like sleepwalkers, never really present in what we are doing, never fully alert to our environment, and unaware what motivates us to say and do the things we do.

  I'm not endorsing these men but there is some truth in their observations.
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  What Makes The Apostle Paul Better Than Me?

  by Dark Side in

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  one thing in particular has bothered me since well before i left the wtbts .

  it's been years since i read anything in the bible, other than quotes on this board, so i had to look up these scriptures online.. before the apostle paul became a christian, he was, by his own admission, an asshole.

  galatians 1:13-14 (new international version).

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  THE GLADIATOR

  St Paul actually.

  Try to keep up!
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  Apologies for God

  by watson in

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  i am growing tired of people trying to explain and apologize for god.

  it doesn't need it.

  it doesn't care.

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  This Dawkins fellow needs to chill - take less water with it.

  Yahweh never did me any harm, never even said good morning or sent a tax demand; just stayed the hell outta my way. Is it cos I'm a gladiator?
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  "Birthdays rob the glory of God"

  by sabastious in

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  humans are unique.

  each one is unique in his/her own regard.

  like your thumbprint, your life is unlike any life in existence.. .

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  Any god that is worried that a 6 year old celebrating becoming 7, is going to rob the god of its glory, loses my vote.

  Fail!
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  Pat Condell: "God or Nothing"

  by leavingwt in

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  "admitting you don't know something is not the same as believing in nothing.".

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovg0eyjm64w.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  People who are simply non religious are sometimes labeled as Atheists. To not have a religion or any interest in religion is different to not believing in a God.

  If there is an intelligent force at work in the universe does it take the form of a Deity? I for example do not consider that existence of a deity as described in holy books and scriptures is realistic or accurate. I have no time for organized, commercialized religion. This does not mean that I have ruled out the possibility that the universe is permeated by a coordinated intelligence.

  Such intelligence does not have to have a plan or fixed moral rules, but could operate by a very different kind of process to the one that goes on in our heads, that we choose to label as intelligence.

  So before we enquire into one's belief in God we have to define God
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  Pat Condell: "God or Nothing"

  by leavingwt in

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  "admitting you don't know something is not the same as believing in nothing.".

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovg0eyjm64w.

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  I have always watched Pat Condell's videos and am automatically emailed each time there is a new one. He was an English stand up comic for many years. Hard hitting and intelligent he provides a counterbalance to the power that mainstream churches hold.

  "But just because I believe that religion is a cynical perversion of the human spirit that exists purely for the benefit of the parasites we know as clergy, doesn't mean I'm not looking for answers to the big questions just like everybody else - you know, the questions that religion pretends it has answers to, because it knows that for some people, anyone's answer is better than no answer at all." Pat Condell 2008
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  A God of love?

  by MrFreeze in

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  they try to tell you god is love.

  if that isn't the biggest load i've ever heard than i don't know what is.. god is love huh?

  what would you say if i told you that there was a child that was deathly ill and the father had the cure?

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  MrFreeze

  We've gotten the screw job right from the start, according to the Bible.

  If we are to come to any conclusion we have to start out from a sensible premise; or look at where we are and work backwards. This means thinking outside the box.

  We may be thinking too much of ourselves and are just advanced bacteria that is damaging the planet while a perfect invisible intelligence looks on dispassionately.

  Or, we as humans may be the manifestation of consciousness that was working at an unconscious level for millions of years. If all that exists is of God and God, then we are part of God. We need to look no further than the end of our nose to see God and know love, and all the priests and vicars are going to be out of work.
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  My aunt is questioing.

  by LouBelle in

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  my aunt has been questioning the faith, though we initially did chat to her a few years ago, she wasn't ready to know the truth about the truth.

  we gave her coc but she didn't read it.

  now she has read it, and is reading it again.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  LouBelle The book I published is called - Opening the Door to Jehovah's Witnesses. It covers some of the altered scripture. A free download is available. If you are interested, go to Lulu.com and type or paste into the search box the number 5456415.

  The download has a price by it but if you click - go to shopping basket it will show up as a free download. Anyone else who wants to do this is also welcome.

  All the best with your aunt.