Posts by Heaven

I had a female ruby throated hummer land right beside me while I was sitting outside. She zoomed by me to sip on the marigolds in the garden bed next to the patio. Once she was done she decided to take a wee rest on the patio stones right next to my foot! It was so cool. I loved looking at her feathers and beak and teeny tiny feet. I don't make a lot of sudden movements so I guess she didn't mind I was there. She stayed there for quite some time too. I was rather surprised.

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Parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/11/19/06/parents-under-fire-for-failing-to-allow-lifesaving-blood-transfusion-to-terminally-ill-son.

there is a video that can be seen at the above link that is worth watching.. the andersons.

7:10pm june 11, 2015 parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son.

Heaven

Doltologist said: It's called religious freedom. However, when the freedom of one person (the parents) impinge upon the freedom of another (their child's right to life) then that's where society should step in and either ban the practice or the cult.

I completely agree with you Doltologist. It's time for laws to be enacted that shutdown these groups that cause harm to people.

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The Case for Theism

by FusionTheism in

"theism" here means "belief in a god" or "the worldview that an intelligent designer created the universe and life.

" ("god" here means a being with a mind who initiated and/or wound-up the universe, and designed life on earth)the most common claim that i see atheists making on twitter, is that "no evidence" exists in support of belief in a god.this post will remove any excuse atheists have for claiming "no evidence exists" in support of an initiator.

atheists can still reject this evidence as "weak," but they cannot truthfully say it does not exist.now, it is true that we do not have "observable, repeatable, falsifiable, empirical, scientific" evidence conclusively proving that an initiator exists, but we do have many lines of philisophical, experiential, and logical evidence.and... here... we... go:1:) many leading scientists, including stephen hawking, say that the space-time-matter universe had a beginning at the singularity/big bang.

Heaven

John_Mann an hour ago

I don't like the atheist label because it was given by the very theists.
Being a negative it gives the self evident status to theism.

This is a good point, John.

I find believers get very weird when the atheist term is used as well. If I tell them I'm atheist, it's almost like I told them I'm Satan the Devil himself. I've also had believers recoil at the term humanist. One person said "Don't use that. That's what Madonna uses." Um, ok.

Perhaps the more apt term is unbeliever or non-believer. I think a lot of public non-believers use the term 'agnostic' because they are pretty sure god doesn't exist. Any scientist is willing to leave the door slightly ajar on this because it is the nature of science to do so. So far, any 'evidence' (read religious or Biblical claims) that has/have been presented has not held up to scrutiny. The application of integrity, morals, logic, and reason must be abandoned when dealing with belief and faith.

In my many discussions with various people on the subject of god over the course of my life so far, I can tell you this. Everyone has a different idea of what god is. And many have very little knowledge of the Bible, its origins, and the belief systems that existed prior to the Bible.

This alone says to me that god is just a figment of the human imagination. If god really did exist, especially as this omnipotent being most believers claim 'him' (?) to be, then everyone would have the exact same knowledge and understanding of god.

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Parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/11/19/06/parents-under-fire-for-failing-to-allow-lifesaving-blood-transfusion-to-terminally-ill-son.

there is a video that can be seen at the above link that is worth watching.. the andersons.

7:10pm june 11, 2015 parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son.

Heaven

I think most JW's live in fear of a number of things, including the Blood Policy. I think they all hope like hell they never need a blood transfusion or blood products to survive.

As a teenage girl back in the '70s, blood transfusions was totally forbidden. So were the use of blood products. I definitely lived in fear of being denied this life saving treatment if I ever needed it. It wasn't until I was an older child that this 'policy' was made known to me. At the time I told my Mom I didn't think it was right. My take was that if you could save a life doing this then it should be done. We are all taught life is precious. If it is within our power to save a life, we must do it. The Watchtower's blood policy refutes this belief.

This policy was one of the factors that led me to decide not to have children.

This religion/cult messes people up. They are damaging, destructive... I do not understand how they are allowed to legally operate.

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The Case for Theism

by FusionTheism in

"theism" here means "belief in a god" or "the worldview that an intelligent designer created the universe and life.

" ("god" here means a being with a mind who initiated and/or wound-up the universe, and designed life on earth)the most common claim that i see atheists making on twitter, is that "no evidence" exists in support of belief in a god.this post will remove any excuse atheists have for claiming "no evidence exists" in support of an initiator.

atheists can still reject this evidence as "weak," but they cannot truthfully say it does not exist.now, it is true that we do not have "observable, repeatable, falsifiable, empirical, scientific" evidence conclusively proving that an initiator exists, but we do have many lines of philisophical, experiential, and logical evidence.and... here... we... go:1:) many leading scientists, including stephen hawking, say that the space-time-matter universe had a beginning at the singularity/big bang.

Heaven

Ruby said: Heaven, yes Zeus was a God many of many roles, but mostly he was connected to power rather than to intellect very much like the Jehovah of old. And this olden days Jehovah is actually the Jehovah I recognize at the meetings.
The modern day God who is connected to mind reflects our own preoccupation with intelligence and seems to be a modern construct. This mind God is almost never discussed at the meetings and I suspect that Jehovahs witnesses take a counter cultural stance to this God by their depiction of God as Power, so I think that if xjws do discover a God of MIND then they can use this to fuel a position of dissent towards a power mad entity who is bent on destruction.

Yes, in short, OT God was angry, spiteful and vengeful. But as with all things, God evolved.

After he was able to rape the unmarried Jewish girl and get a son out of the deal, NT God mellowed somewhat. He is still going to judge you, though, and if you are found to be unfit or an unbeliever, you will be tortured for eternity once you die.

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I'm okay with the "fruitage of the spirit."

by cappytan in

jw
friends

though i now consider myself a secular buddhist, i just realized today that i'm okay with trying to pursue the qualities mentioned by paul as the "fruitage of the spirit.".

the only one i take issue with is "faith" in the context of religion.

what are your thoughts on the matter?.

Heaven

Later on today I hope to partake of the spirit made from the fruitage of these items:

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Parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/11/19/06/parents-under-fire-for-failing-to-allow-lifesaving-blood-transfusion-to-terminally-ill-son.

there is a video that can be seen at the above link that is worth watching.. the andersons.

7:10pm june 11, 2015 parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son.

Heaven

Isn't x-tianity about peace and love?

Christianity is about the veneer of peace and love. The underlying truth is that if you don't believe as they do, if you do not get reborn as one of them, you risk judgment and eternal torture.

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What JW's are afraid of~

by kairos in

just putting together a mental list:.

jehovah .

jesus.

Heaven

Not making it through Armageddon.

And Ozzy Osbourne. Yep, my bro got in big trouble for buying Ozzy's album "Speak of the Devil"

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Parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/11/19/06/parents-under-fire-for-failing-to-allow-lifesaving-blood-transfusion-to-terminally-ill-son.

there is a video that can be seen at the above link that is worth watching.. the andersons.

7:10pm june 11, 2015 parents under fire for failing to allow lifesaving blood transfusion to terminally ill son.

Heaven

I lost a cousin who was in a very bad car accident because she refused a blood transfusion. She left behind a husband and 3 children.