Such apologists have a lot to lose.
When ones entire theology hangs on a mere thread with no backing they really pull out all the stops to uphold their confirmation biases.
When JW.org drops 607BCE...
by Nathan Natas 153 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Sanchy
Scholar: "Celebrated WT scholars have long championed the date 607 BCE"
Could you please list the the names of these "Celebrated WT Scholars"?
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Sanchy
Could you please list the the names of these "Celebrated WT Scholars"?
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The said scholar would like to help you but his understanding is that they wish to remain anonymous akin to the NWT Committee.
scholar JW
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Jeffro
False equivalence. The Bible contains references to calendar systems, they aren’t ‘alternative methodologies’. Worse still, poor ‘scholar’ doesn’t seem to understand that the ambiguity he asserts would necessarily apply to the WT dating. And even worse, the WT nonsense is based on circular reasoning for their dogmatic selection of 537 BCE as the end of the period (which Russell just as dogmatically said was 536 BCE).
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Indeed it does. The Bible describes at least two calendrical systems, the Sacred calendar beginning in the Spring and the Secular calendar beginning in Autumn. There is no ambiguity in connection with these two systems for the purpose of constructing a modern scheme of Chronology as our system rather uses historical events in connection to regnal data. Confusion abounds with a Chronology that is based on regnal data alone as shone by your contrivance using different calendars in trying to resolve the 586/587 BCE pwoblem. It all comes down to methodology.
The date 537 BCE for the Return has wide acceptance within scholarship so circular reasoning is unnecessary!
scholar JW
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Jeffro
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Poor deluded ‘scholar’. Wrong at every turn.
I don’t see the Watch Tower Society abandoning their 1914 nonsense any time soon, but if they do it will be funny watching ‘scholar’ flounder about pitifully.
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NotFormer
Sanchy: "Could you please list the the names of these "Celebrated WT Scholars"?"
That's a good question. Presumably the writing department is in charge of "scholarship". Can anyone name a single person from the writing department? How do anonymous drones get to be "celebrated"?
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Rivergang
A bit like trying to play chess with a pigeon.
It ignores the rules, knocks the chess pieces over willy-nilly, craps all over the board, then struts around like it has won the game!
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Jeffro
I don’t see the Watch Tower Society abandoning their 1914 nonsense any time soon, but if they do it will be funny watching ‘scholar’ flounder about pitifully.
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Your imagination exceeds my imagination.
scholar JW
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Beth Sarim
No matter what "new light" the Borganization drops and it may affect thousands of lives adversely,,, remember the Borg will say ""no apology is needed either."
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Gorb
607 affect no one. 90% of the jw's have no clue about it. Only brother Theo Logy and Doc Trine will raise their eyebrow.
G.