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  If there really is no God...

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  if there really is no god, then man really only has himself to blame for all this mess.... .

  blaming god or satan would only seem like a cop - out, and an excuse for opression.. man may not be able to stop a tsunami or a hurricane, but we can absolutely stop wars and opression, violence and hatred.. come on people!!!

  why is this so difficult to accomplish when we have the capacity to do so???

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  Monsieur

  Evolutionary biology. Our hardwired behaviors and responses, that have helped us survive for ~1 million years, can not be rewired in 100 or even 1,000 years. The progress of humanism vastly outpaces the hardware upgrade needed for such a wholesale change. I wish I had a more positive answer.

  bibiyan-

  bibiyan, if this is the case, then religion IS in fact necessary, in order to make sense of something that is impossible to change. Religion would be necessary in order to inspire hope of changing the impossible to change. otherwise, we really are just another species of animal.

  how ironic that religion in its efforts has served to instigate man against himself even more.

  what a 'circle' of futility, don't you think?
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  If there really is no God...

  by Monsieur in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if there really is no god, then man really only has himself to blame for all this mess.... .

  blaming god or satan would only seem like a cop - out, and an excuse for opression.. man may not be able to stop a tsunami or a hurricane, but we can absolutely stop wars and opression, violence and hatred.. come on people!!!

  why is this so difficult to accomplish when we have the capacity to do so???

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  Monsieur

  If there really is no God, then man REALLY only has himself to blame for all this mess...

  Blaming god or satan would only seem like a cop - out, and an excuse for opression.

  Man may not be able to stop a tsunami or a hurricane, but we can absolutely stop wars and opression, violence and hatred.

  Come on people!!! why is this so difficult to accomplish when we have the capacity to do so??? if there are no 'spirits' getting in our way, what gives???
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  What about the OUIJA board? anyone played it?

  by Monsieur in

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  the ouija board is suppose to be a straight shot to interacting with 'demons'.. has anyone here played it?

  what happened?

  are the claims true regarding the floating pieces an such?.

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  Monsieur

  The ouija board is suppose to be a straight shot to interacting with 'demons'.

  Has anyone here played it? what happened? are the claims true regarding the floating pieces an such?
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  Did the Romans use crosses or stakes??

  by Monsieur in

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  the cross is so prevalent, i would be inclined to believe that this is for a reason.

  can anybody provide references for either one?

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  Monsieur

  The cross is so prevalent, i would be inclined to believe that this is for a reason. Can anybody provide references for either one?
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  Who has experienced a REAL demonic incident?

  by Monsieur in

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  has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.

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  This discussion, i feel, only proves the disparate disconnect between a 'concept' (existence of demons) and an absolute (cold, hard, 'palpable' evidence that CANNOT be refuted or denied by any intelligent and reasonable human mind).

  it could be akin to once attempting to prove that the sun (or earth) was/wasn't the center of the universe, and eventually man accepted whatever proof or evidence of it became recorded.

  will we one day have absolute proof of the existence of demons? hard to say. we have so far so much evidence of so many other once 'inconceivable' claims, why is this not the case with demons?

  there is still a small (very small) part in my brain that says there is a chance, but its becoming reduced more and more.

  man can be 'demonic' (murdering, hateful, abusive) there is plenty of proof of that.
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  Who has experienced a REAL demonic incident?

  by Monsieur in

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  has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.

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  Thanks for the responses.

  Perhaps one would have to 'experience' such an incident so as to feel absolutely shure. I've become very skeptic and one cannot deny the incredible lack of evidence to support the existence of demons (evidence that everybody and anybody can dissect and draw real conclusions from).

  i'd reason that evidence of such 'demons' in turn is evidence of God since both must exist. I don't believe that this method is going to work though.
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  Who has experienced a REAL demonic incident?

  by Monsieur in

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  has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.

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  emery and heathen,

  what was your experience and what did you see?

  please be detailed if possible. thanks
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  Who has experienced a REAL demonic incident?

  by Monsieur in

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  has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.

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  Has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??
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  AAWA- i was signed up w/out my consent??

  by Monsieur in

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  i'm obvioulsy out of the loop here, i'm reading comments around that posters at jwn are being 'forced' signed up at this other site?.

  is this correct?

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  ok, thanks for explaining.

  sounds like a real mess.
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  How is Life measured at Death?

  by Monsieur in

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  recently an old friend died in an accident at the tender age of 35. the unfortunate event has been described from 'sad' to 'unfair' etc.. dying of old age is one thing, dying of sickness even.. but dying abruptly in an accident (or worse, being eaten by another creature, shark etc) is downright ludicrious.. if there is no afterlife in any shape or form, and one dies being struck by a surviving drunk driver or murdered at a theater, a tornado, or mauled by piranhas, what the hell is the point of that??.

  what of all your work to raise a good family, helping your fellow man, doing good deeds, building something etc.??.

  it's almost laughable to think that one can do all these things and in the broad spectrum of things death can make it all ultimately meaningless....

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