From: corey@sdf.lonestar.org (Corey Carroll)
Subject: Re: [This is what Corey and Tim says] This is what the Jehovah's Witnesses do.
Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:49:44 GMT

In article <LAURAF.92Jul24135538@wolf.eecs.umich.edu> lauraf@eecs.umich.edu (Laura Falk) writes:
>
>In article <LAURAF.92Jul23142629@wolf.eecs.umich.edu> lauraf@eecs.umich.edu (Laura Falk) writes:
>
>
>>>>-Tim:
>>>> Well I don't know about Corey, old son, but the book he mentions happens
>>>> to have been the very publication which fell into my hands about ten years
>>>> ago. It was my first encounter with creationist propaganda and, since my
>>>> field is the humanities, I found many of the anti-evolution arguments in it
>>>> pretty convincing. Luckily I went to a library and checked up as many of the
>>>> quotes and footnotes in the book as I could and did a bit of reading on 
>>>> evolution and anti-evolutionism (this is called looking at both sides of the
>>>> story). I found that your sweet little book is a bizarre collection of
>>>> out-of-context quotations, misquotations, misleading quotations, non
>>>> sequiturs, errrors of fact and just about every other dirty intellectual
>>>> trick known to man. (I'll substantiate this statement in long and glorious
>>>> detail if you [...]
>
>>> Please do!!!! I keep an open mind just as long as what is being said agrees 
>>> with the bible.
>
>> Gosh, how open. See above.
>
>I accept the bible as Jehovah's word, which is far superior to that of mans.
>Why would anyone want to go through channels when they can go right to the
>source?!?!  (Men are imperfect; Jehovah is perfect.)

GOddamnit Laura!  What the fuck is wrong with yoU?  What makes you think
the Bible is the word of Jehovah?!?!  What makes you think he EXISTS?!?!?
What makes you think he's PERFECT?!?!  Maybe the universe was created
by a giant sloth who didn't care what happened after the big bang...
What basis do you have to support this reasoning?  Show me, WITHOUT REFERRING
TO THE BIBLE, how the Bible is true, inerrant, and inspired.  I bet
you can't do it.

>
>>> You are right, Tim, it does take courage to admit when one is wrong!!
>>> However, I have a question: why is it JW's loss if Corey gives up
>>> everlasting life for Satan's system, which as he well knows will be
>>> destroyed very soon?
>
>> As who "well knows"? If you mean Corey, I don't think Corey "well knows"
>> this at all; indeed, Corey has recently shaken off this ludicrous belief
>> among many others. Hallelujah, as it were. Corey now seems to possess the
>> open mind which you clearly do not from your comments above.
>
>On the contrary, Corey does know the teachings.  As far as believing them, that
>is a different story.  That is funny you mention the word "Hallelujah".  Please
>look it up in the dictionary.  It means "praise Jehovah"!

So?  I know all the teachings yes.  I heard them so many times I wanted to
puke.  I couldn't think of living forever and having to go to 5 meetings
a week for eternity...AARGh

>
>But I do have an open mind.  Just show me from the bible and I will listen.  As
>I mentioned above, I have a tendency to accept the words of a "perfect creature"
>before those of an "imperfect creature".

What makes you think God is perfect?  Maybe he's imperfect.  Take a course
in Logic, laura.

>
>> As to whether this constitutes a loss for the JWs, well, I certainly
>> hope it does.
>
>No, it does not constitute a loss for JW.  It only constitutes a loss for Corey.
>
>> Cheers
>
>> Simon
>
>Regards,
>Laura


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"All religions make me sick!" - Dead Kennedys, Religious Vomit

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