@Looter: ". . been around as long as I have . .". But you're a mere teen, who has just learned ttatt and afraid to tell your dad lest he kick you out.
Poor Little Looter.
Posts by DJS
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27"Exodus:Why Americans are leaving Religion-and Why They'er Unlikely to come back.
by James Mixon inreligion news article by lauren markoe.. some interesting points in the article.
the study follows the publication earlier this year of a book.
by study co-author and prri founder robert p. jones, titled "the end of white christian america".. the name "nones" are people who claim no affiliation with religion, they outnumber any religious denomination.. according to the poll-which has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent-age points-the nones have.
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"Exodus:Why Americans are leaving Religion-and Why They'er Unlikely to come back.
by James Mixon inreligion news article by lauren markoe.. some interesting points in the article.
the study follows the publication earlier this year of a book.
by study co-author and prri founder robert p. jones, titled "the end of white christian america".. the name "nones" are people who claim no affiliation with religion, they outnumber any religious denomination.. according to the poll-which has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent-age points-the nones have.
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DJS
Looter, do you ever research anything you say? Ever? The US is WAY down the list of most atheistic countries.
Google it. Geesh.
AND, the more atheist a country the more likely it is to be at peace,, functional, ethical, free of corruption and have a more equtable society.
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What is the purpose of life?
by slimboyfat inwhile reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
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DJS
Hip to brainwashing jazz? How many think that Looter is really a teenager, as he claims?
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Are Gods true worshippers on Earth today? If they are not JWs then who are they?
by Formerbrother inis there gods true worshipers on earth today as jesus said there would be?
if they are not jws then who are they?.
who else comes close to being gods true followers today?.
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DJS
Anders,
As always, spot on. One question: Star Trek original or Next Generation?
Your credibility depends on your response?
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Where was Jesus (or YHWH) when little children needed them?
by fulltimestudent init is claimed by christians that jesus cares deeply for children, for the gospel says:.
15now people were even bringing their babies to jesus for him to place his hands on them.
and when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
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DJS
"Jesus loves the little children, all the little children of the world. Whether yellow, black or white, they are precious in his sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world."
Until he doesn't:
Rev. 14: 14Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was someone like the Son of Man.c He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
15Then another angel came from the Temple and shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing the sickle, for the time of harvest has come; the crop on earth is ripe.” 16So the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the whole earth was harvested.
17After that, another angel came from the Temple in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. 18Then another angel, who had power to destroy with fire, came from the altar. He shouted to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sickle now to gather the clusters of grapes from the vines of the earth, for they are ripe for judgment.” 19So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and loaded the grapes into the great winepress of God’s wrath. 20The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles long and as high as a horse’s bridle.
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What is the alternative to JW?
by Formerbrother ini mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.
im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?
the the bible is word?
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DJS
FB,
No, you aren't missing something. You are missing everything. I repeat. Troll alert. FB is here to preach; he doesn't care about facts and evidence and will dismiss any presented.
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Are Gods true worshippers on Earth today? If they are not JWs then who are they?
by Formerbrother inis there gods true worshipers on earth today as jesus said there would be?
if they are not jws then who are they?.
who else comes close to being gods true followers today?.
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DJS
Troll alert. FB needs field service hours. He isn't here to actually have his OP question answered; he is here to preach. Evidence and facts do not matter to him.
Move along.
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What is the purpose of life?
by slimboyfat inwhile reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
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DJS
@Viv: " . . . . .then he will get to go to orgies full of beautiful women that totally really absolutely happen."
Umm, you do know who you are talking to, don't you?
Of course you do.
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What is the purpose of life?
by slimboyfat inwhile reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
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DJS
This stuff can't get any better:
@ John Mann: "We belong to an ancient kind of knowledge. One that have been around since the dawn of consciousness and it will be around until the end of times. We wrote the Bible, Viviane. The most influential book in human history. We are not afraid of any ideology from this world. We created your precious science. Even the language used by science is ours. We use science to achieve our task to name every specie so it must be in our holy language.
We call ourselves Ecclesia. And we know something about you."
I can't make up my mind. Is JM more of a bible writer (THAT certainly explains a lot), a yoda/obi wan (the Force, Luke) or is he just that creepy cop from Fried Green Tomatoes threatening Idgy (Viv)? I vote for the creepy cop.
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dealing with religion after leaving the witnesses
by joker ini’ve noticed many people posting on this site seem to have completely given up on religion/spirituality.. but some have attended services at another religion, or just follow their own heart regarding what to believe.. my question is how does anyone deal after leaving with all of the witness crap that we believed about babylon the great, the great harlot, spiritual prostitute, etc., etc.
i’m finding out that i seem to have built myself a pretty solid wall regarding religion.. some people can just chuck all beliefs into one basket saying that they are all basically garbage,,, and that is ok, no problem i respect that.. but for myself there is a certain part of my personality that needs a spiritual belief not like the witnesses in any way, but something to meditate on, and contemplate.. being a witness taught me how bad it is to actually think of god in any other way besides what the jw’s believe.
and now when i attend any other service, the dark jw side seems to pop out and seriously makes me believe that everything i see/do/say is wrong.
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@joker: "Some people can just chuck all beliefs into one basket saying that they are all basically garbage,,,"
"Some People" can probably do anything. I don't know ANY atheists who fit your description. As for this atheist, as I've pointed out many times previously, my atheism was the result of a very long (decades) sojourn that included the time I was in the DarkTower. After I left the cult I continued my research, meditation, reflection, evaluation, and study of life, religion, god, and the bible.
It was only after many, many years and thousands of hours of contemplation that I arrived at the conclusion that religion is a man-made construct which grew out of the needs of humans to deal with all the hardships and heartaches that we experience. Life, for 100,000 years, for humans has been difficult; it's amazing we are still around.
Perhaps there are 'some people' who can chuck all their beliefs in an instant, as you say. I don't know anyone fitting that description. I don't know anyone who has 'given up' on god or religion. It's about the evidence. My atheism was calm, rational and well-thought out. Chucking and giving up had nothing to do with it.
Geesh. When are you all going to 'get it'? (Answer: When you stop projecting your emotional, irrational views and feelings onto others - in this case atheists).