More evidence of fraud in 2nd Peter: Noah didn't preach, per Genesis 6

by adamah 25 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  adamah

  Hello!

  Thanks for reading the 3-part series on the contradictory characterization of Lot in Genesis vs 2nd Peter, analyzing Genesis 19 and comparing it to 2nd Peter 2. In the articles, I took a step-by-step approach to show how 2nd Peter's declaring Lot as "righteous" was exactly the OPPOSITE GOAL of the author of Genesis, since the point of the story is how unrighteous Lot was saved NOT due to his righteousness, but on behalf of his righteous Uncle Abraham (the star of the Torah).

  Of course, the book of 2nd Peter is widely acknowledged by NT scholars to be a fraudulent work, written under a pseudonymous (fake) name in order to 'patch up' some loose ends in the Torah, likely to support then-blossoming doctines of Christianity. Of particular interest to ex-JWs is that one intent was to support the duty to warn others of the coming end of days, including the JW's beloved scripture, Matt 28:19, that justifies their preaching work: "Go thereforth and make disciples...." The only support for the claim that Noah preached before the Flood is found in 2nd Peter, so it's a dubious claim.

  In the latest article, I examine the Flood account in Genesis 6, showing how God had already condemned mankind even BEFORE he offered the covenant agreement to Noah, so there's absolutely no reason for Noah to be a "preacher of righteousness", as 2nd Peter claims, since God's judgment had already been passed, and death sentence had been handed down.

  http://awgue.weebly.com/genesis-vs-2nd-peter-noah-didnt-preach-bupkis.html

  As always, comments are welcome, either here or there.

  Adam
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  Kojack57

  Adamah: it's amazing the things we blindly miss due to complete brainwashing from the WB&TS.

  Research is a beautiful tool to be employed by all to become enlightened. Shows the deception by the CULT to keep rank and file so busy wasting their time preaching and selling books and magazines, that they can't see any light at the end of the tunnel.

  All the inconsistencies in the bible cause many to become atheist's and with good reason. Thanks for the thought provoking information.
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  designs

  Revisionism that would make any Watchtower writer proud.
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  MrFreeze

  Ummm, hello? Noah totally went around with Watchtower magazines.
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  cantleave

  Great research......I am enjoying your blogs.
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  adamah

  Thanks for reading the article, everyone!

  The false authorship of the epistle of 2nd Peter is a critically-important issue for JWs to consider, since one of the goals of the anonymous early Christian author of 2nd Peter was to depict God as having given "fair notice" to mankind before the Flood, just like Sodom and Gomorrah needed a "righteous man" in the story-line to warn the inhabitants and give an opportunity to repent before final destruction. Both Genesis stories needed significant reworking to plaster over pesky details that simply weren't an issue to the authors of the Genesis accounts, since early Judaism had no use for this later Christian concept (the account of Job demonstrates the Hebrew belief that God can give and take blessings without any warning, or bothering to explain why, eg Job's children were killed as a result of YHWH handing them over to Satan: no fair notice given, or need to repent; they were simply pawns used to test Job!).
  
  It's amazing to see the evolution of ideas emerging in the early Christian church, seen by reading the Book of St Clement, Book of Wisdom, etc. If a person hasn't heard of the word 'syncretism' before, they really NEED to look it up, as it's fingerprints are apparent in these early church writings which finally reimerge in 2nd Peter.
  
  
  Kojack said:
  
  "Adamah: it's amazing the things we blindly miss due to complete brainwashing from the WB&TS."

  Aint' that the Truth! :) Someone very wise once said, "they have eyes, but they cannot see".

  If someone is reading the Bible and makes it past Genesis 9 without smelling a skunk, they're not really paying attention, since the Flood account is just chock-full of 'tells' (I'll write on these others in a future article, as I didn't mention them as they didn't center on the issue of 2nd Peter's claim of Noah being a preacher of righteousness).

  Designs said:

  "Revisionism that would make any Watchtower writer proud."

  The funny thing is, most Christians are blissfully unaware that the Torah itself was subject to HEAVY redaction (editing) while in different hands over the centuries, and was constantly undergoing updating to 'harmonize' additions that were accepted into the Tanakh. In Judaism there's 1000's of pages of discussions amongst rabbis who discuss the implications of various interpretations of the Torah and discussing conflicts with other passages, a process which strongly indicates the work of clever men and not divine inspiration. Then we encounter a slew of intertestamental literature, which served as an opportunity to 'beta-test' concepts, with some beliefs actually sticking, as 2nd Peter became accepted doctrine despite it's suspicious beginnings.
  
  Point being, there's actually a LONG tradition of WT-style revisionism in religion, so the WT is not doing anything new, but only following in the footsteps of a path that is well-wornm being part-and-parcel of ALL religious beliefs. Those words are not meant as an excuse for the WT, but as CONDEMNATION, shared with all religions, being guilty of the oldest scam in the World.
  
  
  Mrfreeze said:
  
  "Ummm, hello? Noah totally went around with Watchtower magazines."
  
  Hopefully he left them in plastic bags under the welcome mats of the "not-at-homes", since he knew rain was coming. :)

  Cantleave said:

  "Great research......I am enjoying your blogs."

  Thanks for the kind words, and for reading. :)

  Adamah
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  Crazyguy

  I was thinking if he was a preacher it was only to those that actually saw him building the ark and wanted to know why.
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  adamah

  Hi Crazyguy,

  "I was thinking if he was a preacher it was only to those that actually saw him building the ark and wanted to know why."

  So, any righteous people who might've repented, but who lived outside of say, a 10-mile radius of Noah's home, were pretty-much screwed?

  There's no need to engage in any such speculation on the point, since the exact sequence of events is given in the account:

  1) God decided to destroy ALL of mankind in Gen 6:7, seeing there were no righteous men on the Earth, so no need to give them a chance to repent (that point is made in Genesis 6:5, where it describes how only wickedness and evil was found in men's hearts). God passed judgment, and handed down a death sentence.

  2) However, God notices Noah, and declares that Noah alone is righteousness, in Gen 6:8.

  3) God tells Noah of his plans to destroy all of mankind in Gen 6:13.

  4) God offers a covenant to Noah in Genesis 6:18, saying he'd save ONLY Noah and his family but ONLY IF Noah fulfill the terms of the agreement:

  a) build the ark, and,

  b) load 2 of every type of animal onto it.

  Noah abided by the terms of the performance contract to a tee, and was blessed by YHWH as a result, thus earning salvation for himself and his family aboard the Ark. Preaching a message of repentence and salvation to those already condemned to death wasn't a term of the contract, and modifying it would require changing one of the terms, thus breaking the entire covenant. Noah didn't ask for any modifications of the terms, and YHWH didn't state additional terms: the contract was fulfilled as written.

  God had already examined the hearts of men, so there wasn't a need for repentence and offering salvation to those who had already been condemned for destruction even BEFORE construction of the ark had begun, and BEFORE Noah was informed of the Flood. Hence, no need for preaching; they were already condemned to death by YHWH (who cannot change his mind).

  So while it's tempting to engage in such speculation, going beyond what the words of the Bible actually say can lead to a misreading that actually contradicts what the the original account DOES say: that's called 'eisegesis', and is exactly what the author of 2 Peter is guilty of, when he changes the story to declare that Noah was a "preacher of righteousness".

  Does that make more sense?

  Adam
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  whathappened

  Loved your blog article. How do I subscribe?
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  mind blown