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Are you religious or are you spiritual? Wake up to what?
by Deltawave in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there is a huge difference between been religious and been spiritual.

been religious is about been superior to others in the sight of god.

however, been spiritual is about self awareness, inner peace and unity with the natural world.
JWINQUESTION

Well I want to say welcome deltawave. :) I personally will look into this BK thing. I am an open minded atheist and in the process of researching.
I commend you and thank you for your post. Don't mind the rude behaviour of some posters on here.
It is true that if you are highly opinionated on here and try to present those opinions as fact some posters will tactlessly try to jump on you.
While I believe in addressing skewed or irrational viewpoints, such can be done with tact, humility and kindness.

Keep showing your kind demeanour in your post even if others don't do the same.
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Are you religious or are you spiritual? Wake up to what?
by Deltawave in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there is a huge difference between been religious and been spiritual.

been religious is about been superior to others in the sight of god.

however, been spiritual is about self awareness, inner peace and unity with the natural world.
JWINQUESTION

Hey deltaware,
interesting post. I will comment on it later. Thanks again.
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Did Ray Franz ever address his thoughts on atheism?
by JWINQUESTION in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anybody know if ray franz ever addressed his thoughts on atheism?

from what i've read, he was a diligent reader of the bible.

if anybody has any info and sources about this, it is highly appreciated.
JWINQUESTION

Faye could you let me know what you meant by Ray being a true Christian?
And what makes his brand of Christianity true?
I know you claim to be Christian and I ask you out of respect and genuine kindness. Thanks in advance.
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Did Ray Franz ever address his thoughts on atheism?
by JWINQUESTION in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anybody know if ray franz ever addressed his thoughts on atheism?

from what i've read, he was a diligent reader of the bible.

if anybody has any info and sources about this, it is highly appreciated.
JWINQUESTION

Yeah maybe if he left at a younger age, he would have eventually done more critical research on the bible.
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Did Ray Franz ever address his thoughts on atheism?
by JWINQUESTION in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anybody know if ray franz ever addressed his thoughts on atheism?

from what i've read, he was a diligent reader of the bible.

if anybody has any info and sources about this, it is highly appreciated.
JWINQUESTION

Onthewayout that is what I liked about Ray Franz. Even though he remained Christian, he didn't preach that if others were not Christians, that they would go to hell. Who knows? Maybe he was uncertain himself about the existence of God.
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Did Ray Franz ever address his thoughts on atheism?
by JWINQUESTION in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anybody know if ray franz ever addressed his thoughts on atheism?

from what i've read, he was a diligent reader of the bible.

if anybody has any info and sources about this, it is highly appreciated.
JWINQUESTION

Yes Faye. It seems that Ray was a very humble and genuine man. I am pretty sure he would be the kind of person who would do his best to answer sincere questions. Like I said, an an atheist, I want to keep learning. I'm not the type of atheist that would mock or use sarcastic comments to prove my point or bring anyone down. I am not implying that the atheists on JWN are like that either. Of course, all of us here have different personalities and the way we say things might be taken the wrong way by others.
I need to read "In Search of Christian Freedom". Thanks for bringing up that book.
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Did Ray Franz ever address his thoughts on atheism?
by JWINQUESTION in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anybody know if ray franz ever addressed his thoughts on atheism?

from what i've read, he was a diligent reader of the bible.

if anybody has any info and sources about this, it is highly appreciated.
JWINQUESTION

Hello Faye. :D I understand he was a Christian. I just want to know if there were any sources or direct quotes from him on his thoughts on atheism. That is all. If he were still alive today I would have asked him myself. It would be interesting if he were still alive to see if he could address some of the questions some atheists on JWN want to hear answered as some theists on here like Perry and William Draper just does a hit and run post. I tried to tactfully engage in conversation with them with genuine sincerity and no sarcastic intent to no avail.
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Did Ray Franz ever address his thoughts on atheism?
by JWINQUESTION in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anybody know if ray franz ever addressed his thoughts on atheism?

from what i've read, he was a diligent reader of the bible.

if anybody has any info and sources about this, it is highly appreciated.
JWINQUESTION

Thanks for that done4good. Very interesting indeed. If you have any more info please share.
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Did Ray Franz ever address his thoughts on atheism?
by JWINQUESTION in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anybody know if ray franz ever addressed his thoughts on atheism?

from what i've read, he was a diligent reader of the bible.

if anybody has any info and sources about this, it is highly appreciated.
JWINQUESTION

Does anybody know if Ray Franz ever addressed his thoughts on atheism? From what I've read, he was a diligent reader of the bible. If anybody has any info and sources about this, it is highly appreciated. I am still on my path as an open borderline atheist looking for informative sources to read and study. Thanks in advance all. :D
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Where is it said , not to independently do deep study of scripture
by william draper in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i do believe it is written somewhere in jw literature .
JWINQUESTION

William you never got back to me about some of the religious questions I have through PM. Being an open minded atheist, this really puts me down as I am hoping to have a genuine and sincere discussion with theists. Do you just plan on ignoring me? I was nice to you from the start and and not as frank and rude as some atheists here (not all) but I just keep getting ignored so I asked you again to read my PM.