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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2012, 02:49:28 pm »
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Falcon2...i was brought up a catholic.Even at a young age i had a hard time believing a loving God could punish people forever in hell.When we examine the bible NOT true.God told Adam at death he would go back to dust.Scriptures back it up...death=non-existence.The trinity....the bible doesnt support that either.Jesus said the father is greater then i.So how are they supposed to be the same then?Xmas.Jesus NEVER said to celebrate his birthday only remember his death.12/25 a pagan celebration.

These sects existed well before yours did. The false prophets who created your sect did rearrange a lot in the bible to make it state things completely different than what was originally stated. You have posted no proof to counter-argue this. Even if you attempted to, I would not be surprised if you did the "JW's NWT is correct because JW's say so!" routine. It's circular logic and only hurts your case.

So Jesus wants people to remember his death rather than celebrate his life? What a downer. Many holiday origins are pagan, but some are not. I find it hypocritical when JW's militantly preach against pagan practices yet still participate in using months to measure time. Many of the month names are pagan in origin, so unless JW's preach different names for months, your illogical beliefs display an odd form of hypocrisy as well.

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Obviously many dont wanna be set free but use the BS to gain and prey on the vulnerability of many.

Are you referring to JW's going door to door?

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You cant back up its not truth either.You quote saying from imperfect men etc.

Your book was written by imperfect men. Imperfect gullible men who thought the whole world stood on pillars.

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Why dont you quote something Mahat Ghandi said about Jesus sermon on the mount?And Ghandi was an atheist.

I'm not a really a fan of Ghandi. Don't get me wrong- a lot of what he said was interesting, but he was also extremely racist at times. He's just not really my type of hero.

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There is no Jehovah and let us eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die.Where as the bible holds out a hope for mankind for the enemy death.

Umm...no. You seem to have another mistranslation handy, so I'll translate for you correctly- "There are no totalitarian god unless the believers can show proof for it. This has never happened. Let us work hard and be merry for this life is the only sure thing we know we have. It's best not to waste it hoping for a silly fantasy which bases itself off of ancient mythology."

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Do you seriously think Jehovahs people are in over 250 lands preaching Gods kingdom in vain?

Yep. Not only the JW's though. Every arrogant religion who militantly preaches things they cannot display an ounce of proof for. Unless you can pony up, any person who values rationality and logic can easily conclude that such endeavors are fairly pointless.
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God didnt create man as an automated machine otherwise love wouldnt exist

Actually your god did and I find it to be a fatal flaw in xtian reasoning. Free will and an Omniscient/Omnipotent god do not go hand-in-hand. If a god knows everything in the past,present, and future, it's impossible to make a free choice as this god would know of it before you chose. Therefore the majority of xtians are naive to their inherent fatalist ideals.

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Thank you for giving me the chance to defend Jehovah as universal sovereign and rightful ruler of universe.

Your boastful display of arrogance and naivety is entertaining. Please continue at your leisure.
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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2012, 03:40:45 pm »
Hmmm Your Body is a vessel and your spirit is what make you a person of different beliefs.

That's simply an ignorant, superstitious religious belief which is totally devoid of substantive evidence.

Im just gonna believe in My Parent (my father) and My Heavenly Father (GOD) cause after all I trusted him more than I can trust any of you with your profound thinking.

That's simply an ignorant, superstitious religious belief which is totally devoid of substantive evidence.

The thing I will say is ARE YOU KIDDING ME. If anyone can come up with a real answer of how we came to be humans without some moron saying his thoughts or excerpts of anothers thoughts and I wont leave out that morons minions who terrrorize people of who even think that GOD exists.

Due to the provisions of free speech here, it isn't possible, (or desirable), to prevent "morons" who spew specious religious beliefs which completely lack any supportive evidence from doing so.  Opposing irrational, specious religious beliefs is not 'terrorism'; religious fanatics who crash civilian aircraft into building is terrorism.  Irrational religious fantics who equate the two are "morons".

I can give a rats a$$ about that moron whos gonna answer a question with a question. If you firmly belive in what your saying give some detailed reality facts ...

Every time that's been done, some religious "moron" tries to use biblical hearsay, (which lacks any supportive evidence), in lieu of "detailed reality facts" to back up their faith-based beliefs, (which lack any validity in substantive evidence).  If some xtian "moron" is going to falsely characterize logical reasoning/rational opposition is such a way, they merely draw attention to their own ignorance.
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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2012, 07:47:03 pm »
Falcon2..you never understood that Jehovah can see the future when he wants to and doesnt see it when he chooses.You just never got it.Well its ez to not understand that when your heart isnt right to discern it.

If He saw the future all the time that would mean He doesnt have control.He is God almighty and is always in control and his name means "He causes to become"

Thank you for your time

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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2012, 07:56:08 pm »
Falcon2...your comment about Jesus death being more important then his birth a downer.....LOL....ya know i really find it hard to believe you dont understand that and yet you claim you went to meetings?

Did you hide in the coat room?LOL!!

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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #19 on: August 25, 2012, 08:05:19 pm »
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Falcon2..you never understood that Jehovah can see the future when he wants to and doesnt see it when he chooses.You just never got it.Well its ez to not understand that when your heart isnt right to discern it.

If you believe that he has 'a plan', then he obviously knows every peice that leads to the enactment of that plan and that cancels out our freewill. If you're suggesting he 'turns off his powers' once in a while, you're simply speculating super-powers which is childish. We could give any attribute to this god then, which is silly.

[quoteIf He saw the future all the time that would mean He doesnt have control.He is God almighty and is always in control and his name means "He causes to become"][/quote]

If he saw the future of the things he created and he's omnipotent, it would mean that he does have complete control over events. Now you're just trying to brush the problem aside like it has already been answered.

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Falcon2...your comment about Jesus death being more important then his birth a downer.....LOL....ya know i really find it hard to believe you dont understand that and yet you claim you went to meetings?

I'm speaking from a logical stance. It's better to celebrate life rather than death unless one can prove the death was extremely important. Considering Jesus's story parallels many other hero archaetypes that came before him, it's logical to conclude that the Jesus story is romanticized immensily and probably didn't happen as it's told.
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Did you hide in the coat room?LOL!!

I wish I had thought of that.
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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #20 on: August 25, 2012, 08:18:53 pm »
Falcon2...yes out of love God made mankind.What did Jesus say were the first 2 commandments?Im sure you know them.Love God and neighbor.

Gods created out of love but he tested A&E to see if they accepted him as ruler and loved him.They dis-obeyed.But realize from rebellion in Eden satan raised questions.Are we better off independent from God.God has allowed time to go by to show it fails.Pretty obvious,just look at the world.Different governments tried....all fail.

Shouldnt we be grateful to be alive?Most of us dont even say thanx when we sit down to dinner for our food.

And if you were a JW you know it took a perfect man <Jesus>to balance scales of justice <Adam sinning> to ransom it back.

You dont agree with that i know and i have seen some say why didnt God just get rid of A&E and start over.He allowed it to go on so there will be no need for this anymore to question that rulership apart from HIM fails.

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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #21 on: August 25, 2012, 09:01:26 pm »
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Falcon2...yes out of love God made mankind.

Okay. Out of love.

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Gods created out of love but he tested A&E to see if they accepted him as ruler and loved him.They dis-obeyed.But realize from rebellion in Eden satan raised questions.Are we better off independent from God.God has allowed time to go by to show it fails.Pretty obvious,just look at the world.Different governments tried....all fail.

So because adam and eve failed a test, god punished them and their children for this long? That's horrifying! That's not love! That's malevolence! What kind of sadistic mind do you have? Logically explain to me how punishing a pair of naive teens who did not have the knowledge of right and wrong is loving. Please explain how punishing generations of people for something so simple is loving. Do not dodge these questions.

Governments come and go through the ages depending on an immense amounts of information. What do you expect? Things to never change? Get with the program-- unless you can demonstrate how your god or methods are better than current governments, you have no right to talk down to any of them. It's not a wonder why JW's fail so miserably when any realism is thrown their way-- they're completely out of touch with how the world actually works.

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Shouldnt we be grateful to be alive?Most of us dont even say thanx when we sit down to dinner for our food.

What the heck are you talking about? You're going all over the place now like some mindless drone.

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God just get rid of A&E and start over.He allowed it to go on so there will be no need for this anymore to question that rulership apart from HIM fails.

So he allows suffering just to prove his point. That's the very definition of malevolence. And you preach this? That's immoral and sadistic.

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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #22 on: August 25, 2012, 10:25:44 pm »
He allowed it to go on so there will be no need for this anymore to question that rulership apart from HIM fails.

The circularity of that illogic comes through the garbled grammar.  Still, this is proselytizing a superstition, not discussing it.  That's because religious fundamentalist adherents would rather propagandize than have their 'beliefs' questioned.
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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #23 on: August 26, 2012, 08:10:30 am »
Falcon2.A&E were created perfect.They were warned of dis-obeying.God said they would die.Eve told the serpent,we mustnt eat from the tree of knowledge cos God said we would die".She understood what that meant.She understood death.Satan deceived her and her heart dwelled that Satan made it sound like God was holding something better back.She didnt trust in Jehovah after God had provided them life and every good thing.Adam followed by not being deceived but by loving Eve more then God.

If you have a child and you warn him dont play with matches and the child burns himself should you be blamed for that?

A&E were not sinners until they dis-obeyed.There was no excuse for them to sin.They let their desire for independence allow them to commit a sin <means to miss the mark of Gods standards>.Again God had warned them like you warned your child NOT to play with fire.They rejected Jehovah as ruler and all the good He had given them.

That started the human race in death.But God knew some of mankind would love and obey him and He set into an arrangment for Jesus eventually to ransom the human race back from death by dying on the stake <not cross>.

The example i meant by saying thank you at eating dinner was to point out just how thank-less the human race is in many ways.We are all guilty of sin because we inherited it from A&E but there is a difference between making an honest mistake and living & enjoying sin.

God knows the heart condition of us better then we know ourselves.Ultimately He will decide what we all think of his arrangement with His kingdom thru Jesus.

Thank you for allowing me to discuss this

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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #24 on: August 26, 2012, 08:26:40 am »
Falcon2......so you are gonna wait until man-made governments finally get it right?LOL!!!

And maybe you are gonna be patient too that man will find the fountain of youth and cure dying.

You are blind to what is going on in this world.

You & others here remind me of a child when they are mad at their parents and they yell back at them,I didnt ask to be born".


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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #25 on: August 26, 2012, 10:22:02 am »
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Falcon2.A&E were created perfect.They were warned of dis-obeying.God said they would die.Eve told the serpent,we mustnt eat from the tree of knowledge cos God said we would die".She understood what that meant.She understood death.Satan deceived her and her heart dwelled that Satan made it sound like God was holding something better back.She didnt trust in Jehovah after God had provided them life and every good thing.Adam followed by not being deceived but by loving Eve more then God.

Perfection- entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings

You contradict yourself in the first 2 sentences-- a perfect individual wouldn't need warnings. They're perfect. If the girl was stupid enough to follow a talking disney serpent, she was majorly flawed on so many levels. Besides, this story is just the first of several mysogynistic tales you preach. You seriously don't see one problem preaching this?

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If you have a child and you warn him dont play with matches and the child burns himself should you be blamed for that?

YES! I'M THE PARENT. It is my responsibility to keep the kid out of harms way even if he/she's about to go out of their way to do something very stupid. What kind of idiotic parental figure would have matches in reach of a child? Why would they put them in reach in the first place? Only a malevolent parent would do such a thing! Are you seeing the flaws yet, or are you still playing the deluded card where 'my god has no flaws'?

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A&E were not sinners until they dis-obeyed.There was no excuse for them to sin.They let their desire for independence allow them to commit a sin <means to miss the mark of Gods standards>.Again God had warned them like you warned your child NOT to play with fire.They rejected Jehovah as ruler and all the good He had given them.

According to your bible, A+E did not have the knowledge of right or wrong until after the disobedience so I fail to see how that's not a valid excuse.

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The example i meant by saying thank you at eating dinner was to point out just how thank-less the human race is in many ways.We are all guilty of sin because we inherited it from A&E but there is a difference between making an honest mistake and living & enjoying sin.

Everyone usually thanks the people who prepare and/or serve the food, so I don't understand where you're coming from. You and your followers inherit this 'sin' willingly and waste your time subscribing to ancient guilt-tripping ideas. Others who think differently do not. Praying to an invisible metaphysical being with no proof of it's existence before you eat your hamburger is pointless unless you can display proof of your god. I demand proof, or your entire argument and mythology is fallible from the get-go and you cannot be taken seriously.

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so you are gonna wait until man-made governments finally get it right?

When did I say that? Again, you're completely out of touch with the world. There will never be a perfect government, but it's always important to strive for it. It causes governments to evolve. The thing about perfection is that it's unknowable. It's impossible, but it's also right in front of us all the time. You wouldn't know that because you're out-of-touch with the idea of perfection. You think it's attainable because you put that quality on your invisible friend and your ancient mythology like it's attainable. And that's why it's wasted on beings like yourself- leeching off of people striving to make things better while promoting ancient hogwash that you can't even prove really happened. It's a parasitic strategy and bogs progress overall.

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And maybe you are gonna be patient too that man will find the fountain of youth and cure dying.
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You are blind to what is going on in this world.

And yet here I am schooling you on basic moral principles, science, and history lessons. For the 50th time now, you've failed to make a legitimate point. Scientists are constantly researching life extension methods. Who knows? By 2040 we may have a technological method of keeping people alive forever. We've already been successful in erradicating diseases, removing birth-defects, extending life 3-4 times of what it was a millenia ago, getting off of this planet, searching the stars, and communicating with people around the world in mere seconds. I'd say we have a fair chance of figuring out the 'death-cure' in the future. Granted more problems can stem from these achievements, you're telling me I'm blind for not being pessimistic and depressing like yourself-- that I should push all of it aside in favor of what some ancient gullibles wrote thousands of years ago that you can't even prove are legitimate stories. Who's blind? Let me add to that- who's deaf and dumb?

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You & others here remind me of a child when they are mad at their parents and they yell back at them,I didnt ask to be born

Huh? How? I enjoy life! I'm flying out to California in 2 weeks with my brother and a friend of ours from Germany! It's a big world out there worth exploring! I'm free of any shackles the religious debbie-downers like yourself needlessly try to latch onto people. Perhaps you should ask yourself if you asked to be shackled to a off-shoot religion born from false prophets who tell you to not partake in many qualities this awesome world has to offer.
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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #26 on: August 26, 2012, 01:16:17 pm »
He set into an arrangment for Jesus eventually to ransom the human race back from death by dying ...

That "soteriological" religious 'hypothesis' has no rational basis whatsoever, (relying entirely upon faith/belief in such a 'magical' blood sacrifice in a circularly illogical manner).  It relies on more than one unsupported assumption; that such a blood sacrifice ritual can 'magically' serve as a ransomed kidnap victim or, that there is any connection between such an irrational concept and the 'erasing' of "sin".  Obviously, few, (or none), of you religious adherents have ever questioned the completely unsupportable and illogical basis of soteriology.

Ultimately He will decide what we all think of his arrangement with His kingdom thru Jesus.

Your hypothetical supernatural egregore may decide what some deluded followers "all think" but, has no input on what others do.  It is religiously-arrogant hubris to believe that your religious mythology extends to those who don't believe such irrational nonsense, (and hypocritically offensive for you minions to evangelize blind faith).  This is why such blind faith must be opposed; it spreads ignorance like a virus.

Thank you for allowing me to discuss this

You're not discussing; you're simply evangelizing, poorly.
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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #27 on: August 26, 2012, 01:45:59 pm »
I only have 1 thing to say......


WHERE THE HEC IS NARV WHO STARTED THIS!!!!

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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #28 on: August 26, 2012, 08:25:27 pm »
I beg your absolution for not responding. I was otherwise occupied and didn't have much time for FusionCash.
I promise you, I wasn't doing this:


So, from what has been said, it seems that the assumptions of Atheism (agnostic variety) are:
  • Noone who is "religious" can prove what they say. Any attempt at proof is circular reasoning.
  • Thus, we have no reason to believe that any deity exists.
  • All that exists is the material universe. (cf. Carl Sagan's Cosmos)

Normally, I like to distinguish between Atheism and Agnosticism, but unless there are people here who are adamant that there is no God and they think they can prove it, I will just talk refer to Agnostic Atheism as simply Atheism (You guys certainly like words that start with A's  ;) .

BTW, I'm not going to be addressing the religion of the JW, because the underlying assumptions are similar to those on which Christianity depends, except that the scriptures they hold to are not the same as those of the Christian religion. But if y'all want to argue about it, knock yourselves out.
I'm sorry if my recondite verbiage is a little difficult to understand sometimes.  Using fancy vocabulary really is fun, you should try it!


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Re: Let's discuss Christianity versus Atheism (or others)
« Reply #29 on: August 26, 2012, 09:09:22 pm »
most religons last about 2 thousand years
the ad and bc on time lines is based off Christ
The calanders day schedual is based off him also.
Athiests believe there is no God
If I am a Christian and I die, then there is no God I end up like a Atheist.
If Im right, I am saved the Athesist Goes to Hell.
Seems Christianity is a better Choice than the Athiest who is certian to limbo after death, no purpose to be on Earth, nothingness....  :angel11:

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