how many of you, like me, want answers to biblical questions but get overwhelmed by all the information to research?
the task seems so daunting that i just tend to say i'll read the cliff notes in someone's post and make my decision based on that.
i know i'm falling into the same trap that i fell into with the wbts but i guess i'm a follower and so many of you seem to have such a better handle on all this biblical stuff.
Blueblades
The tooth fairy told me Jesus doesn't exist. You do believe in the tooth fairy right? Or does the tooth fairy not exist?
Seriously...I was joking when I wrote the prior post in this thread, but its one of those things - like "until I see big foot myself I don't believe he exists"....its more a type of colloquial conclusion than an evidenciary one.
Jack
i've been thinking and wondering a lot lately about the existance of god.
i haven't had much chance to talk to atheists before, and i was just wondering what was it that convinced you that there wasn't a god?
i'm not asking whether there's proof of god or not...i'm just curious about personal feelings and experiences, if you don't mind sharing.
i've been thinking and wondering a lot lately about the existance of god.
i haven't had much chance to talk to atheists before, and i was just wondering what was it that convinced you that there wasn't a god?
i'm not asking whether there's proof of god or not...i'm just curious about personal feelings and experiences, if you don't mind sharing.
Atheism is NOT: the belief there is no god but atheism IS the lack of belief in a god.
Once people understand that then you suddenly find many who call themselves agnostics in the atheist camp.
Jack
how many of you, like me, want answers to biblical questions but get overwhelmed by all the information to research?
the task seems so daunting that i just tend to say i'll read the cliff notes in someone's post and make my decision based on that.
i know i'm falling into the same trap that i fell into with the wbts but i guess i'm a follower and so many of you seem to have such a better handle on all this biblical stuff.
Jesus can blow me!!!
Guess that's why I never get any...he doesn't exist!!!
thirteen years ago my nieces were murdered.
today is a hard day for me, remembering the phone call the shock and pain.
lives stolen in a moment.
((((Cassilines)))))
how many of you, like me, want answers to biblical questions but get overwhelmed by all the information to research?
the task seems so daunting that i just tend to say i'll read the cliff notes in someone's post and make my decision based on that.
i know i'm falling into the same trap that i fell into with the wbts but i guess i'm a follower and so many of you seem to have such a better handle on all this biblical stuff.
FW,
I hope you are well. I too have been where you are...in fact once you get there there is no way out except by lying to yourself. What I have learned though is to live with it. I came to question everything I believed or was supposed to believe according to what I was taught as a JW.
I now no longer accept something as truth. In order for me to buy in to something I seek demonstrated reality which can be backtested. I will not invest time, effort or money in something which simply "sounds good". I question (without answers) the existence of god. I find no evidence of such a being - and just because things in the world seem pretty or glorious doesn't mean there is a god....all I know is that somethings in the world are pretty or glorious...it is not a logical next step for me to assume there is a god.
Does this lead me to have a meaningless existence? That is a tough question for me...the answer if I think long enough and honestly enough is YES. But then I think of others who claim to have meaning....and I think about the meaning they claim to have and I realize mostly it is an exercise in self-deception so their's is meaningless too. I have an honest existence, I am honest with myself about how I feel. I am honest that I feel and wish for meaning - and I accept that meaning can be relative in the eyes of the beholder, yet if I have to expereince some altered state to achieve the meaning then is it for real? Some would say yes and some would say no. I say I don't know.
Jack
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i just got back from the doctor,he say the echocardiogram reveals aortic stenosis,narrowing of the valve.however,i have no symptoms of this,and so he is scheduling me for a visit to the cardiologist.. i have done some research on the heart and this problem,in the long run valve replacement is usually the way to go.. i need to wait and see what the cardiologist will recommend.that's it for now.. blueblades, trying not to be anxious.
Blue check out http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000178.htm
i keep saying i am going to start a thread on this topic so here goes.... what, if anything, is always morally wrong?
murder, rape, incest?
how much do you think your belief, or lack thereof, in a higher power influences your opinion?.
(((((BigTex))))) - that was the first time I have read part of your story. I am so sorry for what you endured. I truly respect and admire you for what you are and who you are today. It takes courage to say what you said...courage I don't have.
I agree with you and with Reborn. I think there are moral abolsutes in a given situation... Reborns example is a good analogy of where a moral absolute is situational.
Jack
how many of you, like me, want answers to biblical questions but get overwhelmed by all the information to research?
the task seems so daunting that i just tend to say i'll read the cliff notes in someone's post and make my decision based on that.
i know i'm falling into the same trap that i fell into with the wbts but i guess i'm a follower and so many of you seem to have such a better handle on all this biblical stuff.
FW,
May I politely ask what about the Bible it is you want to know? Are you looking for ANSWERS to life questions? If so do you agree that a large assumption has been made that the Bible contains the answer at all.
Further...everyone seems to be looking for answers but so few even know the questions.
Jack
you didn't come to that conclusion in an instant, did you?
you thought about it, deliberated and concluded: god exists!.
how did you get to that conclusion?.
The good news: God does exist
The bad news: He is the guy you call the devil - the one worshipped by the other fellow whom you condemn.
Watching believers engage in their mental-masturbation is more exciting and definitely more funny than any gameshow or season of reality TV.
Jack
