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04 Jul 12
OK so there's this little bit over on the Obama mocking Bible thread, about the possibility of a challenging debate topic. No new challenging debate topic is mentioned there (so far).
There are of course, golden oldies -- evolution, evil, science, the evils of science, the evils of religion, the evils of evil, theological differences between JWs and non-JW theists, and others.
I suggest a look at:
http://idebate.org/debatabase/themes/moral-%2526-religious
...to see if there are any new topics or to see if the points made trigger any new thoughts on old ideas.
It is a link from:
http://idebate.org/
04 Jul 12
Originally posted by JS357No. Nothing new there. It's the same debate as from the beginning, only the players have changed.
OK so there's this little bit over on the Obama mocking Bible thread, about the possibility of a challenging debate topic. No new challenging debate topic is mentioned there (so far).
There are of course, golden oldies -- evolution, evil, science, the evils of science, the evils of religion, the evils of evil, theological differences between JWs and non-JW ...[text shortened]... points made trigger any new thoughts on old ideas.
It is a link from:
http://idebate.org/
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05 Jul 12
Originally posted by josephwTo you of all people I need not say:
No. Nothing new there. It's the same debate as from the beginning, only the players have changed.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 (New International Version)
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
05 Jul 12
Originally posted by JS357Since nothing is new, then the debate is moot.
To you of all people I need not say:
Ecclesiastes 1:9 (New International Version)
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
We choose of our own free will what path we walk down.
07 Jul 12
Originally posted by JS357OK, looks like I got the wrong end of the stick. I interpreted JS357's recent comments [here and elsewhere] as a wish for challenging debate topics, and I interpreted josephw's comment to mean more or less 'what's the point?'
Shhh... nobody is supposed to notice when that happens. 😉
08 Jul 12
Originally posted by FMFThat's cool. I assumed as much anyway. You have a very acute way of thinking. I admire that, but, in my opinion, you're just slightly off the mark. 😉
OK, looks like I got the wrong end of the stick. I interpreted JS357's recent comments [here and elsewhere] as a wish for challenging debate topics, and I interpreted josephw's comment to mean more or less 'what's the point?'
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08 Jul 12
Originally posted by FMFI suppose I've expressed that wish in part by submitting OPs that raise subjects other than the big 5 or big 10 or whatever number there are that dominate this forum. This is also for me a way to test the waters for the existence of any lurkers (a common non-judgmental way to describe non-participatory forum readers) who might just be waiting for a thread to come along that they care to respond to. But I am coming to think that josephw's "what's the point?" is quite apt.
OK, looks like I got the wrong end of the stick. I interpreted JS357's recent comments [here and elsewhere] as a wish for challenging debate topics, and I interpreted josephw's comment to mean more or less 'what's the point?'