Topics Started by tec
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Do-Overs...What if you could have just one....What would it be? Why?
by Terry inas we grow older and have more life experience we have an advantage in looking at our life as a whole.. we can see things from more than one perspective.
we can be wiser as our emotions cool.
hindsight gives us the power to judge outcomes.. for example, i was thinking about a 20 year chunk of my life.
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Nativity display lawsuit: Atheists vs. Christians
by Scott77 ingillian flaccus from the associated press reports on november 19, 2012 in the christian science monitor that 'the atheist's anti-god message alongside a life-sized nativity display in a park overlooking the beach [has] ignited a debate that burned brighter than any christmas candle... http://www.csmonitor.com/usa/latest-news-wires/2012/1119/nativity-display-lawsuit-atheists-vs.-christians-in-santa-monicahttp://www.csmonitor.com/usa/latest-news-wires/2012/1119/nativity-display-lawsuit-atheists-vs.-christians-in-santa-monica.
what is your reaction to this lawsuit?
is it fair?
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Atheists and Theists... what do you want from us?
by tec inthis is a spin from palm's thread on a truce.
but i think, instead of getting people to sugget ways that a truce could work... how about we list answers to this:.
atheists: what do you want from theists?.
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Faith vs Faiths - the Bible vs the WBTS
by Fernando ina search of the wt library 2010 for the word "faiths" produces 211 hits.. yet the bible always refers to "faith" in the singular.. articles such as "only one right religion" (w55 2/15 pp.
112-116) also reveal that the wbts believes that "faith" and "religion" (beliefs and practices) are the same thing.. why then is "religion" not a fruit of the holy spirit?.
as others have observed "belief" emanates from man, whereas "faith" emanates from god.. a person does not receive the gift of "faith" from the holy spirit by choosing to follow the ruling religious clergy class of a particular denomination.. nor does faith result from doctrinal dissection and interpretations (such as on hellfire, trinity, immortality of the soul, and fds).. nor does faith result from rule-making and rule-keeping (apostate legalism according to ray franz).
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Are you a writer?
by Hortensia ini think that at least a few of you are writers, maybe more.
i mean honest-to-god working-for-money writers, writers with a small "w" rather than a capital "w." my experience is that writing is a lot like theater: a few stars at the top making the bucks, a middle level with lots of people who work hard and don't make much, and then a lot more hopeful people at the bottom who are trying to make a living writing with no luck so far.. tell me about it.
what kind of writing do you do?
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Share your photo, only if you don't have any problem with it.
by wolfman85 ini like to share my picture with you and that you share yours with me.
but only if that does not represent any problem to you.
here is mine.
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SO EXCITED!!! Going to a HUGE X-mas stuff show
by nuthouse escapee inmy never jw friends arranged a surprise for me this weekend.
knowing that i used to be a jw and how much i love all things x-mas they are taking me to what has been called "the biggest x-mas show in canada!
" it is less than an hour from home, and is in toronto, ontario.
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A truce between Atheists and Non-Atheists?
by palmtree67 inricky gervais tweeted this 11/14/12 and i totally agree with it:.
"there are good atheists and bad atheists.
there are good believers and bad believers.. no god has ever changed that.".