Posts by Mr Fool

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What About Adam & Eve?
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what are the teachings of the jehovah's witnesses in regard to adam and eve?

i know that they believe the fall was a horrible, horrible mistake and that man was never intended to fall (despite god's foreknowledge).

does the atonement of christ cover their sins or are they to be destroyed after their resurrection?
Mr Fool

The snake may symbolize the fallos. Eating the fruits may mean Adam and Eve had sex WITH orgasm. After that they fell.
Adam and Eve were maybe not two persons, but represented the males and females in a population. Maybe, or maybe not.
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Could I get disfellowshipped for this?
by slimboyfat in
1. jw
2. friends
ooops i think i went and did it this time.

could i get in serious trouble over this?

i didn't go to the meeting on sunday, and lazed about the house instead and listened to a bit of the meeting on the phone.
Mr Fool

....cool but confusing story
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New Watchtower video on "real friends"
by cedars in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5schopnecog.

it's difficult to imagine how this video could be more disingenuous and hypocritical.

cedars.
Mr Fool

How to "be there for them even when times get tought" if he/she gets DFS?
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Are religionists and atheists on the same team?
by Fernando in
1. watchtower
2. bible
do they both lead people away from god?.
Mr Fool

The similarity is maybe not so much in what they think, but the attitude itself. The "I know better than you who disagree with my point of view"- arrogant mentallity.
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Are religionists and atheists on the same team?
by Fernando in
1. watchtower
2. bible
do they both lead people away from god?.
Mr Fool

Phizzy, I found the definition here: http://atheistempire.com/atheism/atheism.php
It´s possible that Atheism and Religionism can, as you write, be like two opposing teams, just like black and white, yin and yang etc. Separated but maybe connected anyway. My limited experience with people from both sides, they have a lot in common; both are confident in their point of view, both think they "know", both claim that they have right and others with diffrerent point of views are wrong etc etc. If my understanding is correct, arrogance and pride have these features too.....
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Are religionists and atheists on the same team?
by Fernando in
1. watchtower
2. bible
do they both lead people away from god?.
Mr Fool

Actually I´m not interested in dictionaries. I don´t even have one. I have asked questions here, no claims that I know things, because I don´t.
But I like you Mr Cofty. Your modest and humble attitude, full of wisdom, is a bless to this world. It really is.
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Are religionists and atheists on the same team?
by Fernando in
1. watchtower
2. bible
do they both lead people away from god?.
Mr Fool

Adamah, Cofty wrote that "it´s nonsens to claim that not believing in God counts as a belief".
I don´t understand this when you can read that "Atheism - the doctrine or belief that there is no God"
Thanks for the deeper explanation (without an aggressive attitude) Adamah
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Are religionists and atheists on the same team?
by Fernando in
1. watchtower
2. bible
do they both lead people away from god?.
Mr Fool

Non-unicorns, I have not seen any, but who am I to tell if they exist or not? In this world or in other worlds? Even if I have a brilliant logical thinking and so called "proof" I can be dead wrong about everthing I´m certain of. Do I exist? I don´t know. It feels like that, but I´m not 100% sure of it. This text I write can well be an illusion in my mind, I don´t know and I cannot prove it.
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Are religionists and atheists on the same team?
by Fernando in
1. watchtower
2. bible
do they both lead people away from god?.
Mr Fool

Okay, Cofty, you are the wise man. You have a superior insight. I´m wrong as always. No problem. I´m used with people trying to tell me what I shall do/think/behave.
So when someone believes in something (for example the conviction of non existing God), that is not a belief. It´s no problem with me. If you say it´s not a belief, no problem. If someone is convinced that aliens visit (or not visit) us, that is not a belief either. A conviction and a belief have nothing in common. Can be so.....
But wait, here:
"Atheism - the doctrine or belief that there is no God"
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Are religionists and atheists on the same team?
by Fernando in
1. watchtower
2. bible
do they both lead people away from god?.
Mr Fool

I find it interesting.
A religionist has a doctrine, a belief that there is A God (or several).
A atheist has a doctrine, a belief that there is NO God.
Both are believers, that´s it.