observations: if man is merely a machine and the universe is merely a mechanism .... if men were only machines, they would react more or less uniformly to a material universe.
individuality, much less personality, would be nonexistent.. materialism reduces man to a soulless automaton and constitutes him merely an arithmetical symbol finding a helpless place in the mathematical formula of an unromantic and mechanistic universe.
but whence comes all this vast universe of mathematics without a master mathematician?
The observations are simply addressing the
unreasonableness of excluding spiritualism.....OLI
Nonsense..
It`s presenting the spiritual as fact,without providing a shred of evidence..
(Because.....There isn`t any..)
The unfortunate result of threads like this is..
They incite extreme prejudice of rabid non believers,against any and all believers..
It`s a pity that..
Less obnoxious Believers will be Crucified for Your Sins/Threads..
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recently susie, one of my co-workers mentioned that her husband's family were all jws.
the family converted after susie's husband left home, so he never joined the jws, nor does he intend to.
anyway another co-worker asked her: "what do the jws believe?".
Nobody at work knows what JWs believe..
Most People On Planet Earth..
DON`T KNOW WHAT JW`s BELIEVE..
i’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.
i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.
i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.
And I can say that I got my very first dedicated meme from Outlaw, even if it is calling me stupid..... OutSiderLookingIn
Just so you know..
I don`t have a problem with People of Faith.....None at all
If people want to believe in Jesus and God..
I`m Good With That.....But..
When Modern People want to justify Ancient Savagery..
With a Fictional "SAVAGE GOD",the Ancients Created in their Own Image..
It`s Time for a Reality Check..
i’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.
i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.
i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.
Sheesh, guys! That statement was sarcasm--
My thinking was that a month very likely diminished the immediate aggression associated with warfare.....OutSiderLookingIn
So Waiting a Month..
Would Diminish the Horror and Trauma of Being Raped?!..
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i'm hoping for help in finding a starting point, somewhere to direct my husband.
i brought up a little bit about the arc spoken of so widely here on the forum.
i just gave him a bit of a hint a few days ago, and he wanted to hear nothing of it - the old you can't believe everything you read.
ARC - where to start?
Where to start?..
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This WBT$ GB "Rock Star" Pope..(Geoffry Jackson)
Wouldn't/Couldn`t Tell The Truth..
If You Put a Gun To His Head..
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a stupid text which raises many questions -.
sunday, june 26. there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again.—matt.
24:21.. the earthly part of jehovah’s organization is moving ahead in various ways.
Today's Text - Fear Mongering, Great Tribulation, & New Light!
There will be great tribulation.
Yes..
We`ve Been Preaching This Crap For Over 130 Years..
With Nothing To Show For It..
JUST BE PATIENT..
i’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.
i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.
i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.
A month is a long time to hold off on rape......OutsiderLookingIn
Tell the Judge..
You Waited a Whole Damn Month,Before You Raped Those Women..
THAT SHOULD HELP!......................................................
judge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents
....it would not be scared of critics.
actually they would naturally take an offensive stance, wouldn't they?
they would welcome debate... even encourage it.
If An Organization Really Believed It Had the Truth...
The WatchTower/JW`s Wouldn`t Spend Every Waking Hour..
TRYING TO DEFEND IT..
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there's simply no way to honestly deny that the ot condones genocide, slavery and misogyny.
there are too many passage showing yahweh commanding his people to wipe out this nation and that nation - women and innocent children included!
it leaves us with a god who wrote a book that very, very, very much seems like it condones genocide, but it doesn't, etc.. what kind of god does that?
Why the Bible cannot be the work of an all-wise God
Because it`s Silly..
Day 1)..God creates Light..
Day 4)..God creates a Source for the Light..The Friggin Sun..
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IT ONLY GETS WORSE!..
