Topics Started by LucidSky

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Evidence for Evolution?
by LucidSky in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
all historical and archeological evidence aside, the biggest evidence that convinced me evolution is factual is speciation (also called "micro-evolution").

this is the transformation of one species into two such that the two can no longer interbreed.

there is no need for historical evidence to prove this -- cases of speciation have actually been observed.
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Can any believer answer this?
by LucidSky in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it was the point i decided to become agnostic.

i found my final stumbling block in my search for god.

i asked (myself as well as others): why would god create carnivorous animals before sin?
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Polyamorous/Open Relationships
by LucidSky in
1. social
2. relationships
but what makes this social taboo still unacceptable by many even today?

we'll define polyamory as a sexual or romantic relationship involving more than two persons during the same time period.

all persons involved understand this up front.
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JW's Helping the UK Government
by LucidSky in
1. watchtower
2. medical
> transfusions in that country.. >.

> jehovah's witnesses and.

> for frozen blood it's 253 per liter (approx.
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"Once Upon a Time..."
by LucidSky in
1. jw
2. friends
i had a fantasy once.

it wasn't so bizarre.

i'm certain that most people have wished that they would never have to die.
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Divorce or Stay Together?
by LucidSky in
1. social
2. family
do you know any couples that were miserable together?

or maybe just not married to the right persons?

yet they stay together anyway because it was a 'grave sin against jehovah's arrangement'?.
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Is Anyone a Pantheist ?
by LucidSky in
1. jw
2. friends
is anyone a pantheist ?.

in my search for the meaning of life, it has been only a month or two since i've actually become agnostic.

my reason for the final rejection of christianity was that i could not believe a god of love, justice and wisdom would create a world that along with life/pleasure would also foster death/suffering for seemingly infinite numbers of innocent and not-so-innocent beings.
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I can prove that God does not exist.
by LucidSky in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just thinking.... i can believe that a higher intelligence entity (hie) cannot be proven.

i am willing to accept that a hie cannot even be definitively induced, even for marvels that we cannot demonstrate at this time (e.g.

natural transformation of elements into living material).
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Protecting Children From Sex
by LucidSky in
1. social
2. relationships
with controversy surrounding a soon-to-be-published book entitled harmful to minors: the perils of protecting children from sex ( http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/dailynews/childsex_book020405.html), it is apparent that attitudes may indeed be changing in our society in regard to sex among youths.

instead of being totally avoided, they may be given encouragement to practice sex (obviously within safe limits) with other youths or even adults.

some cultures already encourage something like this.. socially, it seemed that boys were given subtle encouragement to "score", while girls were always viewed as the innocent victims to be protected from such lustful young men.
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Where do you see us going?
by LucidSky in
1. jw
2. friends
suppose some higher intelligence did not make us what we are.

humanity is truly in control of it's entire destiny... however good, or bad, that may (yet) turn out to be.

that pleasantly frightening thought crosses your mind on occasion when your faith structure is challenged.. here are some things i'm guessing might be in store for the future (fyi: i'm an optimist):.