Posts by alecholmesthedetective

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Questions on Evolution and the Existence of God and...

by ILoveTTATT in

jw
friends

i know this is one huge rant, but i want to put my own questions and doubts in writing.. i am a fading jw who has become agnostic... i still believe in "god" and "jesus," but i simply cannot explain to people why i believe in them.

i just do.. about the existence of god: it is an infinite regress.

"all things were created by someone"... well... who created god?

alecholmesthedetective

If anyone's interested, here's an update on Lenski's experiment.

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Questions on Evolution and the Existence of God and...

by ILoveTTATT in

jw
friends

i know this is one huge rant, but i want to put my own questions and doubts in writing.. i am a fading jw who has become agnostic... i still believe in "god" and "jesus," but i simply cannot explain to people why i believe in them.

i just do.. about the existence of god: it is an infinite regress.

"all things were created by someone"... well... who created god?

alecholmesthedetective

Perry,

Define "kind" please.

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A Clean Slate When You Die ??

by Perry in

for the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin.

- romans 6:7 (nwt).

i got a chance to witness to my dad scripture for scripture for one whole hour over the holidays.

alecholmesthedetective

All I know is that the bible doesn't teach that I'll be judged for something they did.

My question still stands, what happened in the bloody Garden of Eden?

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Jehovah does NOT cause bad things to happen

by DS211 in

ok third rant since last night.

a "demonstration" was given on how to give some brochures and in this demo it starts:.

"hi im suchandsuch and im one of jehovahs witnesses".

alecholmesthedetective

the word god is defined a certain way and asking the person to list those properties can proove nothing.

Exactly bohm, a very dishonest way on the part of the Watchtower to programme publishers to avoid having an actual conversation with the householder and just talking about their god.

My second way of answering the question on 'what attributes would god have', would probably be winding them up.

"He'd have long blonde hair, the power to fly, a hammer, and the power to cause thunders."

or

"He'd have a penchant for mischief."

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A Clean Slate When You Die ??

by Perry in

for the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin.

- romans 6:7 (nwt).

i got a chance to witness to my dad scripture for scripture for one whole hour over the holidays.

alecholmesthedetective

All I know is that the bible doesn't teach that I'll be judged for something they did.

Right, but you still will be judged for some sin someone committed at some point in history, somewhere, some time ago. I don't know, I'm just riffing here.

Btw, you "don't know" about Adam and Eve? What happened in the bloody Garden of Eden?

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A Clean Slate When You Die ??

by Perry in

for the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin.

- romans 6:7 (nwt).

i got a chance to witness to my dad scripture for scripture for one whole hour over the holidays.

alecholmesthedetective

Thankfully the bible doesn't teach this.

So what's the deal with A&E?

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A Clean Slate When You Die ??

by Perry in

for the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin.

- romans 6:7 (nwt).

i got a chance to witness to my dad scripture for scripture for one whole hour over the holidays.

alecholmesthedetective

I personally have a problem with god condemning all of us for the sin of two people and then deciding to torture his son to make up for it. That is child abuse.

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Jehovah does NOT cause bad things to happen

by DS211 in

ok third rant since last night.

a "demonstration" was given on how to give some brochures and in this demo it starts:.

"hi im suchandsuch and im one of jehovahs witnesses".

alecholmesthedetective

if you did believe in God what kind of attributes would you expect him to have?

If the god gave me free will I would expect him/her to mind his/her own business and leave me alone to live my life.

I'm not sure about scriptures, what do you think of Deuteronomy 20:13-17, where god orders a genocide, not sparing even young children? Or maybe Numbers 31:14-18 where Moses basically said, "Kill everyone but the virgins."

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A Clean Slate When You Die ??

by Perry in

for the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin.

- romans 6:7 (nwt).

i got a chance to witness to my dad scripture for scripture for one whole hour over the holidays.

alecholmesthedetective

I'm not a sinner, thanks very much. Neither are any of you.

No loving deity would employ guilt or fear to be worshipped.

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SO you turned your back on God

by maccauk11 in

ok so you had a bad experience and you stopped going to church which ever one that is.

but did you stop believing or are you that peeved you blame god etc.

i would encourage you to humble yourself before your messiah and seek him, he will let himself be found by you and come dwells within you.

alecholmesthedetective

I'm happy and content, have never been better. I've freed my life from dogma, myth, and superstition.

I'm constantly in awe of the natural world through what I learn from science, from an evidence-based world view, which saves me from wasting a lot of time with fairy tales.

I no longer fear a celestial North Korean tyrant watching my every step waiting for me to make a mistake. I'm free to discuss different ideas with people, to disagree with them, and to learn from facts, not fiction.

There is nothing better than using reason, rather than sentimentality or fear, to live my life by.