by Terry 33 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
But, what about people of, um, Faith!? Surely they can think......can't they? A little?
Or, does that spoil it?
Well, the guy who told me the NASA story also told me that the dinosaurs never really existed - the fossils were put there by Satan to fool unbelievers into the false theory of evolution...
Well, the guy who told me the NASA story also told me that the dinosaurs never really existed - the fossils were put there by Satan to fool unbelievers into the false theory of evolution...
What? you mean that's NOT how it happened ???
WTF !!!!!
What? you mean that's NOT how it happened ???
WTF !!!!!
Of COURSE NOT - we are running our cars and other machinery on squished dinosaur guts. A CIRCUIT OVERSEER told me petroleum comes from squished dinosaurs.
There there you guys. You cannot overthink these scriptures. You must have faith if you are to understand and accept the bible.
Everyone has made good points so far so I'll just say that I am enjoying reading this thread!
If a window washer from NY says it's so, then who am I to argue?
Yet, nobody else writing at this time or immediately thereafter ever wrote a single word mentioning such an astonishing event!
Actually, I think there are many myth/legends/stories in other cultures about such a day, if my memory serves.
BTS
That scripture was written when everyone on Earth was a geocentrist. They believed that the world was the center of the entire universe (though they didn't have much of a concept of "universe" back then).
Today, we rightly would understand this scripture to mean that the Earth just stopped spinning. This causes all kinds of physical problems.
The following is taken from: http://starryskies.com/articles/2003/09/earth.rotation.html
Earth is rotating at a speed of about 1100 miles per hour. If our planet suddenly stopped rotating, the atmosphere would still be in motion at that speed. The atmosphere would be moving so fast it would literally sweep the land masses clear of anything not anchored to bedrock, this would mean rocks, soil, trees, buildings, people and animals. All would be swept up into the atmosphere.
This story was published many years ago in an American news-paper!
It was widely circulated around the JW community and given to me by a Sister of the remnant!
So surely it must be true?
I don't think it was literal, but more a perception (like a divine light) if you will, such as the ninth plaque on Egypt.
