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Beliefs About What Caused the Universe

by Perry in

the universe can be observed to be expanding.. an expanding universe must have had a beginning.

whatever begins to exist had a cause.

therefore the universe had a cause.

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Me phis: "If you can demonstrate that intelligent life exists outside of that paradigm, please do. Otherwise I'm not seeing what point you're attempting to make with that post."

Nowhere did I mention intelligent or organic life did I?

my point is like yours, in a way, There had to be time to start anything, even the actions that current theories ascribe to a self-starting the universe. My point is there is a huge difference between time as such and our current, compulsory movement through that 4st dimension.

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Beliefs About What Caused the Universe

by Perry in

the universe can be observed to be expanding.. an expanding universe must have had a beginning.

whatever begins to exist had a cause.

therefore the universe had a cause.

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Mephis: "Here's a simple truth. To perform an action, any action, takes time - no matter how brief a moment or how long. Linear time began with the big bang so far as our physics allows us to tell currently. So how is an action performed in the absence of time? ---"
Why say that time is linear, one dimensional? In our graphs it is always at right angles to any of the three space dimensions. Time is more pervasive than space dimensions, and can therefore predate space. When we speak of time we really mean movement through time, and that does not have to be, and perhaps was not for an eternity.
M: "--To perform an action, any action, takes time perform an action, any action, takes time ---"- true, and there probably was time, plenty of it, stationary time, for always. and:
without movement through time, no sequencing, who needs a cause? Flag Dislike Like

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Today's Text - Be Humble & Don't Judge (The Exact OPPOSITE Of What JW's Do!)

by Divergent in

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another nauseating text which proves conclusively that jw's do not practise what they preach!.

monday, may 9. who are you to be judging your neighbor?—jas.

4:12.. humility restrains us from overstepping our authority.

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comment during daily text" bye bye gossip bye bye judging elders. by the way they are only judging themselves anyway.

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My letter to Bethel about the flood

by Cornbread in

i've decided to go full public with a new username on this forum.

it's been almost a decade since i've been out and i don't care at this point who knows.

that being said, here's a letter that i'm mailing to bethel.

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MC: "--that would make the air pressure down here a hundred times larger. yeah, unless it is in orbit like the rings of Saturn.

and make that ~ 9 km not just 1.--Mt Everest had already risen 5000 years ago, but is still rising.

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Another generation....

by joey jojo in

it has been 21 years since the 1995 article that pretty much buried the idea of the '1914 generation'.. remember those guys?

the ones born in 1914 that would still be alive when the end of the system arrived.. i'm glad i'm old enough to remember going from door to door, preaching this belief.

the reason i say that is because i have a lot of 'still in' jw friends and family.

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TD: "--Great Crowd" doctrine itself is dependent upon the length of a human lifespan." So was the idea of the 1914 generation, anointed or not. That did not stop wt writers to make them into overlapping groups. Perhaps they are working on a Great Crowd aka the 12 tribes of Israel, to become under -lappers and over- lappers too.

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Speaking of the Flood... Does the Earth Move?

by kepler in

just read over the long thread about a letter to hq regarding noah's flood.

reminded of another literal litmus test.

within 7 years of beginning telescopic observations of the heavens, galileo was called to judgment by the inquisition in 1616. disputes in this case abound, but the biblical arguments for which galileo was tried and condemned "revolved" around i chronicles 16:30, psalms 93:1, 96:10, 104.5 and ecclesiastes 1:5, summarized by "the world is established; it shall never be moved.

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kepler; I brought this up, because It is quite possible that many jws would not realize that to have the sun stand still, the rotation of the earth would have to stop, and start up again. and you are right, --like the moon, der/ elle/ it revolves around the barycenter, but rotates once a month around its own axis at the same time.

In astronomy there is a distinction between rotation (spin) and revolution (orbit) path. , in mechanics, the motor revs per minute, the orbit is the lap around the track. k"I am aware of that." of course you are, but for the readers to see how irrational the bible is to have such ideas as "TRUTH" , I nit-picked away.

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Speaking of the Flood... Does the Earth Move?

by kepler in

just read over the long thread about a letter to hq regarding noah's flood.

reminded of another literal litmus test.

within 7 years of beginning telescopic observations of the heavens, galileo was called to judgment by the inquisition in 1616. disputes in this case abound, but the biblical arguments for which galileo was tried and condemned "revolved" around i chronicles 16:30, psalms 93:1, 96:10, 104.5 and ecclesiastes 1:5, summarized by "the world is established; it shall never be moved.

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kepler; ' --For in the case of ordering the sun and moon to stand still, most of their observed motion is based on that of the earth. The earth revolves; not the sun.

do I read right? does not the rising , setting of the sun depend on the daily rotation of the earth and not it's yearly revolving? except for one sidereal day?

you are right;-- "god" did not proof-read the bible.

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This generation, Jerusalem, spiritual Jerusalem but what about Judea?

by Crazyguy in

in the book of luke chapter 21 it's writings are very similar to that of matthew where jesus is talking about the end and "this generation" .

he mentions jerusalem being surrounded and to flee.

in modern times bible believers believe this generation is about thier generation and jerusalem is refuring to spiritual jerusalem and they point to scriptures in the book of revelations to make the point.

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It was a Jerusalem & temple question, and a Jerusalem's temple answer. retreat even from the surroundings:-- Judea.

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Angst and the Jehovah's Witness Mindset

by cofty in

there is no typical jw personality type.. any of us who were in the religion for a number of years will remember all sorts of individuals.

there is as much variety among jws as there is in the general population.

some were arrogant and judgemental but others were humble and kindly.

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agonizing angst, angst to make it to the meeting on time, aengstlich to make the monthly hours, anxious to please the elders, your husband, your wife, angst to miss the boat or fire-resistant vessel at Armageddon, angst to carry bloodguilt. angst to anger the deity

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Interesting Wallpaper

by NeonMadman in

my wife and i live in a small town in northern new jersey.

there is a building near our house that, many decades ago, used to be the local post office.

it sat idle for many years, but a couple of years ago, some folks bought it and renovated it into a nice little cafe.

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Can somebody send this as a screensaver wallpaper to all the bethel computers? it would be giving them food for thought, at the proper time, not just in New Jersey, but NY.