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I used to be a JW! Shocking, I know
by NewChapter in
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2. beliefs
it's true.

i used to be a jw.

i was duped.
THE GLADIATOR

SweetBabyCheezits So very true.
Humans were the last species to appear on planet earth and are likely to be the first to leave. For every human there are at least 1.5 million ants. Now I haven’t personal counted them but I have faith that whoever did was not telling porkies.
Ants are great survivors and would survive despite, nuclear warfare, famine, bent politicians and a worldwide collapse of computers and commuters. And all without religion!
My money is on the ant - though snails are nicer to eat.
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Adam and Jesus in the scales.... Bull crap.
by snare&racket in
1. jw
2. friends
one of the hardest questions to answer if you believe in an all loving god, is why 'he' permits so much pain and suffering?

of course as imperfect, sinful humans we all know we could not bare to watch a day of human suffering without helping out, how could a god cope and not intervene for thousands of years....?.

the answer most of us all accepted was a pair of scales.
THE GLADIATOR

mP Lets keep thing simple - for my sake.
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Adam and Jesus in the scales.... Bull crap.
by snare&racket in
1. jw
2. friends
one of the hardest questions to answer if you believe in an all loving god, is why 'he' permits so much pain and suffering?

of course as imperfect, sinful humans we all know we could not bare to watch a day of human suffering without helping out, how could a god cope and not intervene for thousands of years....?.

the answer most of us all accepted was a pair of scales.
THE GLADIATOR

mP Lets keep thing simple - for my sake.
23
Adam and Jesus in the scales.... Bull crap.
by snare&racket in
1. jw
2. friends
one of the hardest questions to answer if you believe in an all loving god, is why 'he' permits so much pain and suffering?

of course as imperfect, sinful humans we all know we could not bare to watch a day of human suffering without helping out, how could a god cope and not intervene for thousands of years....?.

the answer most of us all accepted was a pair of scales.
THE GLADIATOR

One thing that both Christians and Atheists on this board agree on, is that Adam & Eve never really existed as humans.
That would be simple enough except that Christians have suggested that they may have been:
(a) spiritual
(b) metaphorical
(c) symbolic
(d) analogical
(e) ‘possibly’ existed as humans
Jesus could help out here but he is keeping quiet. For my money I would avoid all box-ticking and go with, Adam & Eve never really existed as humans.
Reference: Anatomically modern humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago, reaching full behavioral modernity around 50,000 years ago.
Hope this helps.
The gladiator - helping people avoid hours of debate about nothing.
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I used to be a JW! Shocking, I know
by NewChapter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it's true.

i used to be a jw.

i was duped.
THE GLADIATOR
76
I used to be a JW! Shocking, I know
by NewChapter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it's true.

i used to be a jw.

i was duped.
THE GLADIATOR

NewChapter Perhaps your confrontational approach and certainty is nothing to do with having been a Jehovah's Witnesses, and more to do with your disposition. You give the impression of being strong, certain and intelligent, and I don’t doubt that you are. You are certainly entertaining.
Tolerance should not be mistaken for weakness. In both nature and engineering, strength is often found in things that have the greatest tolerance. Brittle things are prone to suddenly snap.
Until it’s Time for me to go.
“I was an oak.
Now I'm a willow.
Now I can bend.”
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Sleep Eludes Me ...
by compound complex in
1. jw
2. friends
sleep eludes me.

she plays coy, then retreats, laughing as she looks back at me.

i vacate my disheveled bed with less than quiet resignation.
THE GLADIATOR

compound complex Moving words indeed. Life can lose its lustre. Hang on in there.
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I'm Happy to be Back
by snowbird in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been in the vale of deep shadows, but am feeling more and more like myself.. i'm grateful to my doctors and modern medicine.. sylvia.
THE GLADIATOR

snowbird Quite a few people have left recently. Wondered where you had gone.
Hope you are feeling more settled and sociable. Remember, it's all in the mind.
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Please someone, explain scientifically how an omnipotent,omniscience,omnipresent,almighty GOD came from nothing
by smiddy in
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2. beliefs
only scientific responses needed smiddy
THE GLADIATOR

mindseye "God IS the essence of the universe and existence, similar to the Chinese conception of the Tao.

Now I realize this is not what most people think about when they talk about God.
Wise words indeed!
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Please someone, explain scientifically how an omnipotent,omniscience,omnipresent,almighty GOD came from nothing
by smiddy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
only scientific responses needed smiddy
THE GLADIATOR

Giordano "...it took the god person billions of years to develop into....god."
Why does the cohesiveness and awesomeness of the universe require a god. To create the universe the god would have to be more powerful and awesome than its creation.
There are forces at work throughout the universe that have been present for billions of years. The universe may be conscious of its existence, though not in the way we think of consciousness. There may well be other life in far away galaxies.
To me, this is billions of miles away from a personal god we can kneel down to, worship or talk to.