by Lemonp 41 Replies latest watchtower bible
Listening to this tripe now. A few favorite quotes:
It cannot be said. . .Abel likely, Enoch formed a mental picture, Noah very likely, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob could have, it is likely, Moses could likely, none of us can be sure of exactly what,
So it cannot be said, but the WTB&T$ will say what the Bible doesn't!
Who else spotted what the bible says about the location of this better place (the city having real foundations) that these faithful Men and Women of old were reaching out for?
Hew 11: 16 -
"But
now they are reaching out for a better place, that is, one belonging to
heaven. Therefore, God is not ashamed of them, to be called on as their
God."
Check out how other translations word this verse and the 3 preceding verses. NO - wait, Stop, Please do not read other Bible translations, you will get the wrong meaning. We must believe the WT, These faithful Men and Women recorded in Heb 11 do not go the heaven, but will be part of the earthly resurrection.
So it cannot be said, but the WTB&T$ will say what the Bible doesn't.
Bible! Bible! We don't need no stinking Bible!
(Blazing Saddles' version)
In paragraph two it mentions a young girl imagining she is flying on a butterfly. It then states that this is an example of a mere fantasy. Wouldn't petting a lion, living for eternity, reverse aging and rising from the dead be similarly ridiculous? I mean if there was a scale of incredible unbelievable things that could happen they would all be a 10. It is only by manipulating the authority of a book written thousands of years ago that you can get anyone to believe any of this.
Beautiful daydreams. Nothing more.
SL
16 When we talk to other Christians about what we would like to do as Jehovah continues to fulfill his promises, our mental picture of the future becomes more vivid. Even though none of us can be sure of exactly what our individual circumstances will be in the new world, when we talk about the possibilities, we encourage one another and express our faith in the reality of what God has promised.
At this point it all got very material, everybody wanted a big house with a lovely view and stables , just what people dream of if they should win the Lottery.(of course that would be an unrealistic fantasy!)
The fact that their paradise is to be achieved on the back of the slaughter of billions of helpless men, women and children seems to bother them not a jot.
The fact that their paradise is to be achieved on the back of the slaughter of billions of helpless men, women and children seems to bother them not a jot.
I use to wonder about things like that too Blues and as a child it scared the hell out of me. I think that most JW's just don't think things through enough.
At this point it all got very material, everybody wanted a big house with a lovely view and stables , just what people dream of if they should win the Lottery.(of course that would be an unrealistic fantasy!)
The fact that their paradise is to be achieved on the back of the slaughter of billions of helpless men, women and children seems to bother them not a jot.
Ignoring the 7 billion corpses for a moment...
Everybody seems to want a 5000 square foot McMansion with several acres of fruit trees, with a water view AND a mountain view.
The Insight Book speculated the earth's population, post-resurrection, would be about 20 billion.
Exactly how much coastline is needed to build 10 billion seafront mansions? How many mountain ranges?
It never seems to occur to these guys that some poor schlubs are going to have to live in Kansas, or the Sahara, or the middle of China, if there is going to be room for everyone. There just ain't that much coastline.
Not to mention all the other stuff they ignore, too (how is the electricity for these large homes to be generated? Or will they be lit by candles? Refrigeration not needed? etc.)
After 30 seconds or so, it should be apparent to anyone with a modicum of intelligence that the paradise life these nitwits are imagining is logistically impossible. Of course, I have long maintained that the literal inability to think for more than 30 consecutive seconds is a prerequisite for remaining a JW.
