yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
To summarise: It is a valid position to believe in a higer power or god but not to be able to account for what it does or doesn't do. Linking to your summary does not refute this .
How is that position different to 'its a mystery and I don't don't know whats going on here'?
Belief (ie without evidence) in a higher power or god (very vague) but not able to account for its in/actions (again, no real clue about anything)
That's a pretty soft position you argue for.
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/special-pleading
i do not think god is a'morphic.
god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.
there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
@kate
And then there was Eitnein who believed in God too.
Not according to the man himself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Albert_Einstein
In a letter to Beatrice Frohlich, 17 December 1952 Einstein stated, "The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naïve.
But you knew that, right?
we decided we don't cook enough and are pretty bored of what we usually eat (whether home-made or eating out).. so .... our new years resolution for 2014 is to try a new recipe every week.. so far we've done some jamie olivers roasted vegetables and right now we're making cornish-like pasties.
apparently, people are very militant about exactly what a cornish pastie is so our's are cornish-like because dammit, we wanted peas and carrots and whatever seasoning we wanted to stick in there too!.
smells delicious and can't wait to eat them.. i also invented a new dish using a leftover half-tin of garden peas and a slice of bread.
if you have lots of cookbooks then you should take a look at eatyourbooks.com
well worth the small subscription
i do not think god is a'morphic.
god is not human, so hence he does not possess human characteristics, to know god better and to understand him better i study science.
there has been a new discovery of strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than einstein believed.
@DJS
You seem to be well on your way to becoming an atheist. I've observed your posts; you are trying to hang onto your theism, but seeking reasons not to. I've been there. Good luck on your journey.
It's a common theme - for those that have been around the block on JWN it has been played out many times. Just one example that springs to mind:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/182113/1/Is-Atheism-a-Form-of-Blind-Faith#.UslwaWRdV90
followed a few years later by:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/world/europe/concern-over-quenelle-gesture-grows-in-france.html?_r=0.
i had never heard of this until recently.
apparently, it's gone viral and eurocrats are worried.. .
difficult to maintain the anti-establishment rhetroic given that his wife has trademarked the gesture.
LOL
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/world/europe/concern-over-quenelle-gesture-grows-in-france.html?_r=0.
i had never heard of this until recently.
apparently, it's gone viral and eurocrats are worried.. .
The bottom line is nobody gives a shit about what hand signals a french comedian is making this month.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/world/europe/concern-over-quenelle-gesture-grows-in-france.html?_r=0.
i had never heard of this until recently.
apparently, it's gone viral and eurocrats are worried.. .
what does it all mean?
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/medical/269089/1/letter-about-blood-fractions.
above as an example - the images are bleeding over the natural width of the page.
does anyone know the maximum width to set images at?.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/medical/269089/1/Letter-About-Blood-Fractions
above as an example - the images are bleeding over the natural width of the page
does anyone know the maximum width to set images at?
launch an investigation on jehovahs witnesses religious policy that violates human rights and abuses religious freedom.
link.
A petition to change the rules of a religion you have left? Seems completely nuts to me.
Are all the people signing the petition also agreeing to re-join the WTS if they do change their rules?
