Topics Started by The Dragon

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Is Satan a hypocrite or the biggest sinner of all?
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did jesus come to save sinners or hypocrites?.

if satan admits he is the biggest sinner of all....is he to be saved or destroyed with the hypocrites of self-proclaimed holy people?.

or saved with the sinners?.
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How to search for God and deal with those who play God at the same time.
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i had an idea.... .

lets say someone feels qualified to play god and judge and kill a murderer for his crime.. you find the person they love and care about the most and put both of them in a 6x10 cell, give them a couple of stones for food..and simply leave for about 6 months.. make sure the entire 6 months is video taped...so that others can have some popcorn and safely enjoy the lesson they volunteered for and learned... afterwards.. all you would have to do is remove a body and some bones..virtually no messy clean up.

if upon your return, they are eating bread, instead of one having ate the other to prolong their suffering a little longer.
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Is blasphemy,blasphemy if it is authorized by the blasphemee?
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i seem to have run into alot of problems getting an answer to this question from people who claim to be able to discern god and his thoughts and plans..including witnesses.....some look at me and ask me if i know the answer!!!!!.

kinda scary really...and iam beginning to wonder if the inquisitions were on the basis of questions like this...beware is all i can say...... seems to me it would be between the one blaspheming and the one being blasphemed alone.....it would be impossible for an onlooker to know for sure what was actually going on between them....and if they were friends under an agreement with a plan...or mortal enemies calling each other liars...... no human i know of can answer this question truthfully unless they admit to being one or the other first.. anyone else see something i missed?.

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How can scipture be used to dispute a JW when they alone understand it?
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i hear and see this alot.....debates consisting of two sides picking and hurling scriptures at one another to back up their assertions and guesses...it usually goes nowhere but wastes time and energy that could be more productivily used.. problem being is...in the case of the dubs...they believe that they and their leaders/teachers alone are being granted divine understanding...and you are trying to convince them they do not understand the book they wrote, and what they were trying to say in it basically.

they are allowed to pick and choose what is to be taken literal and figurelative without opposition...and should you point this out..you are in effect calling their leaders and trusted teachers liars.

you would have better luck convincing hitler what exactly he meant and really wanted from his book mien krap...could you convince him he really didn't have a clue and you knew it better than him?
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How can you be faithful yet not gullible or misled?
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i hear all the time how leaders justify why people should buy into and follow their guesses...and the whole defense is if you don't you have no faith.. what protects a "faithful" person from becoming prey to a self-exalted leader and their guesses?

or are the faithful meant to be prey or something?.
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What are the advantages/disadvantages of withholding information?
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have narrowed down my search of major problems facing us and our society...and i have found this to be the biggest culprit.. it is also what kicked off our existance according to the bible.

god was accused of withholding useful, good information from his creation to remain superior to them...by a spy..or someone who knew what was really going on?

for such behavior the spy was rewarded with the promise of eternal damnation.
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Keep searching..and it will be revealed? Or intellectual suppression?
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if this is true...and the truth can be found if we search hard enough.... is that the same as saying we are able to find out god's thoughts and plans if we keep trying?.

how so when we cannot even totally know another humans thoughts and plans unless they decide to share them?.

lets say we did find something...how would we even know for sure it was right and not just another guess?.
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If you recover a thief's booty .are you a thief or a savoir to his victims?
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
been tossing this one around too....... .

i think it also shows a good example on how things are subjective.. .

will the thief appreciate having his possesions he has worked hard to earn, returned to those who fell victim to him and his schemes?
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Should suicidal or self destructive people have free will?
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
been going through my head lately....if you try to prevent them from doing what they want...they see you as the enemy...but are you?.

if you take away their freedom to do so.....are they no longer free?

will they hate you...or thank you when they come to their senses?.
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Are we to be imitators of old ideas..or inovators of new better ideas?
by The Dragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
be getting alot of static about throwing out new ideas by those imitating and following the old ones.

is the game of life about follow or fail..or lead and excell?

should i discourge and intimidate my kids into doing as i do instead of coming up with their own ideas?.