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Atheist/Agnostics..you'r e in good company
by badwillie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
famous people who were also atheists:.

simon bolivar, revolutionary of venezuela.

abraham lincoln, president.
edge3

Logan,
No you didn't say that there are no contemporary scientists who are Christians but your original comment was certainly biased in that direction. "Finding Darwin's God" is not only an expose on ID but also an expose on atheists who dishonestly use Darwin as a support for atheism. In your comment about the book why did you fail to mention that? Is it more bias or did you only read part of the book? If you did read it all you would know that Miller is a devout Roman Catholic. Sounds pretty "traditional" to me.
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Atheist/Agnostics..you'r e in good company
by badwillie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
famous people who were also atheists:.

simon bolivar, revolutionary of venezuela.

abraham lincoln, president.
edge3

To say that only scientists of the past were Christians is pure ingorance. While being an atheist or agnostic may be more common today there are those who work in the sciences today who are theists. Two that come to mind are Kenneth Miller a biology professor at Brown University and Francis Collins Director of the Human Genome Research Institute. The first scientist I ever knew personally was a devout Christian. He is the father of a childhood friend of mine and quite a fine chemist.
I work for a major engineering firm that employees well educated people with degrees ranging from B.S. to Phd's. As far as I can tell many if not most of them are theists.
Additionally you may want to look at the lives of those in the list at the top of this thread. Frank Lloyd Wright for example while being a great and one of my favorite architects was a scoundrel in his personal life. He had no problem screwing the wives of his clients while he designed homes for them. He felt he was simply above any morals of the common man.
Finding Darwin's God
by edge3 in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone here read the book "finding darwin's god" by kenneth miller?

he is a devout catholic and professor of biology at brown university.

he defends darwin in a way that is sure to upset both fundametalist creationists and those who conclude there is no god in whole or at least in part due to evolutionary science.
edge3

Has anyone here read the book "Finding Darwin's God" by Kenneth Miller? He is a devout Catholic and professor of biology at Brown University. He defends Darwin in a way that is sure to upset both fundametalist creationists and those who conclude there is no God in whole or at least in part due to evolutionary science. It's an interesting read.
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If The United States Had Remained A Sovereign Territory..
by Englishman in
1. jw
2. friends
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they'd drive on the proper side of the road for a start.

englishman.
edge3

Our refrigerators would be made by Lucas. Thus we would enjoy warm beer.
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Top 8 Morons of 2003
by Simon in
1. social
2. humour
1. will the real dummy please stand up?

at&t fired president john walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership.

he received a $26 million severance package.
edge3

Funny but number eight is most likely not true. Portions of virtually any boat trailer would be visible above the waterline as would the straps.
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Things about Jesus the Borg didn't tell us
by ozziepost in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
has it ever troubled you when you read a scripture that tells you something about jesus that the borg doesn't?.

care to make a list?.

i'll start:.
edge3

Hunyadi,
I believe the topic was what does scripture tell us about Jesus that the Borg does not. The whole of Christianity reads scripture and recognizes Jesus as God. You simply state what the Borg teaches, the exact opposite of the topic.
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Things about Jesus the Borg didn't tell us
by ozziepost in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
has it ever troubled you when you read a scripture that tells you something about jesus that the borg doesn't?.

care to make a list?.

i'll start:.
edge3

I couldn't go with it for almost a decade after I left. Gradually I changed my mind.
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Do all informed JW's deny the man Christ Jesus as their mediator?
by hooberus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
many here are familiar with the current watchtower doctrine that jesus is the mediator for only the 144,000. .

members of the great crowd who know and believe wt doctrine on this subject will deny that jesus christ is their mediator.

those of the remant who know and believe wt doctrine on this subject will claim to have jesus christ as their mediator, but will deny that the mediator is a man.. however, the bible says that the mediator is .
edge3

The mediator doctrine is one of the issues that helped me see JWs are not a Christian group.
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Things about Jesus the Borg didn't tell us
by ozziepost in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
has it ever troubled you when you read a scripture that tells you something about jesus that the borg doesn't?.

care to make a list?.

i'll start:.
edge3

The one thing they absolutely will never tell you is that He is God, in the flesh.
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I've been robbed
by wasasister in
1. jw
2. friends
no, actually, i was corrected by the friendly police officers who responded to my 911 call.

i was burggled.

(did i even spell that right?
edge3

My heart goes out to you wasa. I had the same thing happen to me years ago and the only word to truly describe it is violated. I hope you are able to find at least some of your things at a pawn shop.
Your old friend from back then... Jeff (Jack01)