by stevieb1 120 Replies latest jw friends
*g* I have no great insights to offer on this topic or the posts contained. I must, however, say it's strangely comforting to see that some things never change.
*Rochelle.
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"I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death -- if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach."
-- Professor Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone.
"One of the most remarkable coincidences found in nature." - NASA
"a coincidence unmatched in the solar system." - National Geographic
"it isn't even that." - Jan H
Actually, it is far more than that. For when NASA referred to "one of the most remarkable coincidences found in nature," and National Geographic referred to "a coincidence unmatched in the solar system, " they were both referring only to the fact that our sun has a diameter which is 400 times that of the moon's and a distance from the earth which is also 400 times that of the moon's.
To this "coincidence unmatched in the solar system" we must also add these additional "coincidences": "The Sun is 400 thousand times as bright as the full moon." (1998 edition of The World Almanac, page 290); "The average time between total eclipse paths crossing one location is about 400 years." (The Sun - Our Star, Robert W. Noyes, 1982, page 145); The estimated number of stars in our galaxy is "400 billion." (Carl Sagan, Cosmos, 1980, page 299 and The Demon Haunted World, 1995, page 330); The distance across our solar system, as measured from earth to Pluto, is "40 Astronomical Units (AU)," or "forty times the earth's distance" from the sun. (Astronomy Made Simple, 1996, page 8); The Bible always uses the numbers 40 and 400 to point to Jesus Christ; The Bible contains a precise chronological, historical record which tells us that exactly 4,000 years passed between God's creation of Adam and the birth of Jesus Christ; Jesus said, "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars," and that "the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky." (Luke 21:25; Matthew 24:30)
I contend that when all of these "coincidences," and more I have not yet mentioned, are added to what National Geographic has already called "a coincidence unmatched in the solar system," most people with open minds will decide to consider the possibility that what the Bible tells us is really true, Jesus Christ created our universe. (Col. 1:16)
I'm gonna have t'git myself a 40oz. Malt Liquer and study up on this.
aChristian,
Repeating your original claims do not make the rebuttal go away.
If this numerology is what made you believe, I must say it didn't take much.
- Jan
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Hey Jan,"numerology",you hit the nail on the head...OUTLAW
This forum is NICE........
Hey Ashi,how you been keeping...OUTLAW
not bad, OUT, been a little distant, lately, because work's been breaking me a bit....hope to get a bit of rest soon. I like it here, what the hell....peeps understand me her here......
ashi
Hey Ashi,right on.The rest will work itself out...OUTLAW
Stevieb1,
This is a response to your original post that started this thread. I agree with you, except for one point below. I do not recommend this site to any doubting JW's. I have tried doing that in the past and it has damaged my credibility in their minds. They not only doubted if I was safe to confide in but were inclined to go back to defending the WT after visiting here.
The one point I might disagree with on is "quality of this forum". This is a quality forum. It is a haven for sharing and recieving support for many. The problem is it's spirit is not tame enough for the average exiting cult member. It is shocking and vulgar to many who are only questioning but still have faith in the "Organization".
It would be great to have a place for all questioning JW's would feel safe while getting informed. I would not recommend trying to change something good such as a site as this to accomodate a different need. Just don't send them here. I do wonder sometimes, though, how many lurkers get turned off visiting here and it only comfirms their erroneous notion that there is 'no where else to go' but 'Jehovah's organization'.
Jst2laws
