poor presentation of God by the religious leaders lies at the root of many losing their belief in God!
Hmmm not at all - A lack of evidence for such a being lies at the root of many losing their belief in gods!
it has been the history of mankind that they proceed from the crude to the subtle in all spheres of life: they seek the subtle amidst the crude, and in the subtle, they seek the subtlest.
when hunger is extinguished, humans looked for art.
ancient humans appreciated the harmony of music; they also liked to dance in joy.
poor presentation of God by the religious leaders lies at the root of many losing their belief in God!
Hmmm not at all - A lack of evidence for such a being lies at the root of many losing their belief in gods!
some jw's on various postingshave asked me was there anything about the jw's i still agree with.
of course there are some things i agree with and some i partially do.
1. political involvement - while i do not agree with totally avoiding anything associated with politics, i agree that many of todays churches are way too involved in trying to sway their constituents beliefs.
I like that they are making themselves look sillier and sillier every time they do a JW broadcast.
end of the worldhow and whenexplained scientifically!.
problem with humans is that they dont learn from mistakes.
their greed has already spoiled air and water, and brought global warming which would ultimately sink most of the inhabited earth!.
) which person/source first made you reconsider your position on creationism?.
) how long a period of time did it take to fully convince you?.
) what books and videos did you read and watch?.
though many sages have tried to describe god and his purpose, the best they could do was to declare neti, neti (not this, not this).
to the question of god, even buddha responded with silence!
jesus declared: truth will set you free but did not say what that truth is!
it does not seem long ago that the answer was, nowhere.
and yahweh and jesus don't seem to mind, they arn't hurling fire and brimstone or making it flood everywhere.
life goes on as normal, people are, "eating and drinking, men are marrying men and women are being given to other women, just as they have been doing in many places on this globe for as long as humans have been on the earth.
Doncha ya know - Gay marriage causes floods??
http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/jan/21/how-same-sex-marriage-causes-floods
tony will be happy with this piece of news:.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/montana-pol-pushes-bill-that-would-make-it-illegal-to-wear-yoga-pants-in-public/.
oh, the possibilities!
there is a lot of wasted talent.
apologies if this has already been discussed on this forum:.
mormon who runs website for doubting church members ousted.
salt lake city (ap) a mormon man who gained notoriety over the past decade for running a website that offers doubting latter-day saints a forum to chat has been kicked out of the religion..
this is very easy to watch and completely informative.. does anybody have the talent to put one together regarding watchtowerism?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vkt4hrbtuk.