i cannot wrap my mind around the fact that there is jw tv.
being a born in and living most of my life hearing how tv evangelism is wrong and lazy preaching yet seeing this unfold solidifies this religion as a cult!.
i remember back when i began my fade a few years ago i told my brother during an argument how this religion is just like any other religion in that its bull.
They can feel jehovah's guiding hand in the studio!!
You really can't make this stuff up!!
Isn't this venture just absolute proof they are indeed as much a part of the world as the rest.
They have indeed succumbed to the satanic influence of the internet they had previously warned against.
A big one up for jehovah's mortal enemy.
does the bible have a central theme?.
there seems to be a general consensus throughout christian religions that there is a consistent theme throughout the bible.
the seeming evidence of a theme coming from a collection of books written by over 40 different authors over a period of 1500 years is what givse credence to the claim that the bible is an inspired literary work.
Take 40,50,66 even, murder mystery books by different authors written at different times.
You wanna find a central theme eh? Let me think! That's it! Got it.
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/2014-yearbook/one-hundred-years-ago-1914/.
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the be thou faithful unto death countdown card was used by some in their resolve to remain faithful to the end.
The rank n file will justify with noooo light saying ' thankfully we have the truth now '
THATS WHAT THE OLD GUARD THOUGHT!!!! They were deluded, as are the presnt brigade !!
are you an angry atheist?.
personally i wish i could say anger is to strong a word, but from my point of view :-.
a)i am angry that religion teaches children to hate " worldly people" at least that was my experience ad a j.w.
Ah yes zeb...nowhere to go, as an athiest I'd say that applies to the whole cemetery!!.
Best wishes.
are you an angry atheist?.
personally i wish i could say anger is to strong a word, but from my point of view :-.
a)i am angry that religion teaches children to hate " worldly people" at least that was my experience ad a j.w.
Hi nhah..anger? Im not sure perhaps perturbed, perplexed even fumingly annoyed sometimes.
Probably because as an ' athiest 'its a puzzle why those who are open minded, who will reason on evidence, who are educated can still cling to supernatural explanation for their existence ie the god being causing a deliberate, purposeful action.
I suppose it takes all sorts to make a world (keep bertie bassett out of it if you know what I mean)
Best wishes. ?
when i left the wt organization, i continued to believe in the bible, so i wanted to confirm and refine, as much as possible, my faith that the true god is in the bible.
so i began to discuss with skilled christians, who were also ex-witnesses.
but i was surprised when some of them tried to relax my fundamentalist position on the literalness of the genesis account.
Thank you jgnat,, you have genuine honesty.
Best wishes.
what is our place in the universe?
scientists map our galactic supercluster and give it a name, laniakea.. .
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/14798/20140904/what-is-our-place-in-the-universe-scientists-map-our-galactic-supercluster.htm.
The reality cancels the myth.
Our place is no more than literally where we are.
when i left the wt organization, i continued to believe in the bible, so i wanted to confirm and refine, as much as possible, my faith that the true god is in the bible.
so i began to discuss with skilled christians, who were also ex-witnesses.
but i was surprised when some of them tried to relax my fundamentalist position on the literalness of the genesis account.
Hi jgnat,,. Your preference is obviously not a conclusion then?
Love exists because of weakness? For what purpose then?
Do you consider that love can come about/ exist only on humanistic basis?
when i left the wt organization, i continued to believe in the bible, so i wanted to confirm and refine, as much as possible, my faith that the true god is in the bible.
so i began to discuss with skilled christians, who were also ex-witnesses.
but i was surprised when some of them tried to relax my fundamentalist position on the literalness of the genesis account.
Mixing and matching with Christian belief,when the premis and definition is at source is a cop out to suit ones individual needs.
Seems some people actually require delusion.
I am atheist, I am free of the shackles of theism/ deism I have no feeling of being ' lost ' on the contrary my lifes journey started and will end as all before me.how I choose to fill that interim will be down to me NOT some superstitious non..sense.
when i was a jw i had a lot of silly ideas that seemingly explained things i wondered about.
arguments from ignorance or special pleading i suppose.
actually, my conclusions were daft.. one thing i have wondered about and i don't know if anyone else has, is why man hasn't either rendered the earth to a cinder or why there haven't been more nukes go off against nations.
Nor I punk but what the hell are they up to.
Don't they have better things to do with their precious time?
Why the secrecy, no minutes reports of discussions, oh well perhaps for another thread.
Best wishes.
