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Accident
by Louise in
1. jw
2. friends
so over easter weekend i was house sitting a lovely place.

the back door was sticking and so in order to close it, gave it a pull with all my might.

my thumb happened to be nestled in the gap of the kitchen door.
EdenOne

Ouch! That's a nasty one. Wish you a speedy recovery.
Eden
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I'm an ABSENTHEIST. Are you also?
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it just dawned on me.

the existence of god can't be proved, neither is there evidence of god's inexistence.

so, i'm neither theist neither atheist.
EdenOne

Just a brief note: It may have to do with definitions of the website, but in my computer and also on Ipad, this thread has now 23 pages. It appears that, to others, the page count is different. When I gave references to pages, I din't take into account that others might have a different count than mine, I apologize if that's the case.
Eden
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Watchtower June 15 2015, Misleading Reference to Past Statement...
by BluesBrother in
1. watchtower
2. bible
if this has been posted up before, then i missed it...... they call this organization "the truth" so we might expect it to be accurate .

they themselves they have previously championed honesty :.

live with jehovahs day in mind (2006) p115 par 9.
EdenOne

Nice catch, BB! This is precisely the kind of thing that woke me up to TTATT ... historical revisionism. Why would an Organization feel they have to resort to that, even routinely? What embarrassing facts are they trying so hard to conceal from the rank and file? It went from there ...
Eden
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Tsarnaev guilty - should he get death or not?
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
i think he probably will (it is the us after all) but i hope he doesn't.

he caused incredible pain and suffering to men, women and children who had never done anything to him.

many died in unimaginable agony, others are disabled for life.
EdenOne

I think he should be denied the satisfaction of becoming a martyr hero in the eyes of his islamic radical brethren. A life sentence in complete isolation for the first 25 years would be best, until the world forgets whom he ever was.
Eden
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I'm an ABSENTHEIST. Are you also?
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it just dawned on me.

the existence of god can't be proved, neither is there evidence of god's inexistence.

so, i'm neither theist neither atheist.
EdenOne

Nicolaou,
And yes, dictionaries are not always 100% perfect.
But ain't it funny how people demand definitions? Well, that's the place where they can be found. One can't demand definitions from an authority and then refuse said definition from said authority because it doesn't fit your model. (Confirmation bias)
Try to be nice eh?
I'm always nice, except when otherwise
Eden
284
I'm an ABSENTHEIST. Are you also?
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it just dawned on me.

the existence of god can't be proved, neither is there evidence of god's inexistence.

so, i'm neither theist neither atheist.
EdenOne

fukitol
Or I should say AssholeOne
Too bad you don't live up to the genius of the people who produced the art behind your gravatar. Here, for example.
Eden
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I'm an ABSENTHEIST. Are you also?
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it just dawned on me.

the existence of god can't be proved, neither is there evidence of god's inexistence.

so, i'm neither theist neither atheist.
EdenOne

Nicolaou:
And the spirituality Sagan speaks of has nothing to do with religion, gods or the supernatural - and you know it.
That's 'The Fallacy of Spirituality'.
Have I made any claims that Carl Sagan supported religion or the supernatural??
Strawman fallacy
Eden
284
I'm an ABSENTHEIST. Are you also?
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it just dawned on me.

the existence of god can't be proved, neither is there evidence of god's inexistence.

so, i'm neither theist neither atheist.
EdenOne

Nicolaou: Imagined.
Please think twice before you acuse me of lying. From page 15 of this thread:
Galaxie,
the point is that I don't want to make any assumptions regarding the existence or non-existence of God. [...] If you have a better word to describe the lack of presence than 'absence', I'm all ears.
Eden
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I'm an ABSENTHEIST. Are you also?
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it just dawned on me.

the existence of god can't be proved, neither is there evidence of god's inexistence.

so, i'm neither theist neither atheist.
EdenOne

From Mirriam-Webster:
"Atheism"
2
a : a disbelief in the existence of deity

b : the doctrine that there is no deity

Seems to me both definitions might be acceptable. However, my observation is that atheists such as some of the most aggressive participants of this thread don't just "disbelieve", but actively promote a doctrine of denial that deity exists. My point is: That cannot be classified as skepticism, because skepticism demands unequivocal evidence and leaves the conclusions open until evidence is in. Anyone who says positively "God/deities don't exist" isn't a true skeptic, but is a dogmatic promoter of an atheist doctrine.

Eden
284
I'm an ABSENTHEIST. Are you also?
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it just dawned on me.

the existence of god can't be proved, neither is there evidence of god's inexistence.

so, i'm neither theist neither atheist.
EdenOne

There's a huge difference between something that is absent and something that does not exist.
I agree. But that wasn't my point. The use of "absent", as I've demonstrated by using a respected dictionary (and yet Cofty and others dare to claim they know better that Marriam-Webster) can adequately describe a state of non-presence. It doesn't make any claims about existence or non-existence and can accommodate BOTH.
However, I said that if someone had a better term to positively describe a state of not being present, without presuming existence or non-existence, I was listening. Yet, so far, no one came up with a better term than "absent".
Eden