Posted by Zadok [Zadok] on November 29, 1999 at 11:37:59 {DGglKT6Uj2drpa5PWFPAsmfOGWFvn6}:
In Reply to: *******Question for 1 posted by AF on November 29, 1999 at 09:35:57:
This is explained in the Watchtower quotes cited above. If you need more, there are entire articles that accompany those quotes, which I assume you have access to.
What a ridiculous and transparent copout! ... If you had a clear answer, it would be easy to post it here. Your refusal is an acknowledgement that your beliefs are founded on emotions rather than facts.Not only did I not refuse to provide a clear answer, but I did provide one. I even stated that the point in question "is explained in the Watchtower quotes cited above." Why do you feel it's a "copout" for me to suggest that if he requires more information that he can refer to the complete articles from which the quotes were taken from, and for which I provided references to? That being established, what is your basis for suggesting that my "beliefs are founded on emotions rather than facts"? Even if it were true that I refused to provide an answer, which I didn't, how is this in any way an acknowledgment that my beliefs are based on emotion?
Here's a suggestion for you, Alan. Why don't you deal with something relevant to the argument, rather than accusing me of refusing to answer? Or, are these the kinds of tactics we can expect from you?
Are you really Greg Stafford?If you're actually serious, no, I'm not Greg Stafford.
Truth is simple. JWs make their version of "truth" into an impenetrable mass of nonsense that only those who have "the right heart condition" can understand. Translation: You have to disconnect your brain to "understand" the Fundamental Doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses -- that its Governing Body speaks for God and with the voice of God and is to be obeyed as if God himself were speaking.You're entitled to your opinion, Alan, but I don't share it.
Zadok