Anyone know of any world wide legends or myths of the earth standing still, or the sun standing still as is brought out in Joshua (fables of course) I asked this of two dubs today, we commented on the legends of the flood, nearly all cultures have had floods to deal with, but what about world wide legends/myths of the sun/earth standing still? They of course had no answer other than to say the bible is right in every detail. one other question i hit them with was where is the great crowd today, if in fact in 1935 all those not of the annointed were of the great crowd where were they, how old did one have to be to be a part of the great crowd? How old would they be now, and based on the life expectancy of mankind would hardly any of them even be alive and if not how could they be called the great crowd???? Dead silence, you could have heard a pin drop on a carpeted floor. They truly don't even listen to themselves.
legends of the sun standing still
by buffalosrfree 5 Replies latest jw friends
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Mary
Anyone know of any world wide legends or myths of the earth standing still, or the sun standing still as is brought out in Joshua (fables of course)
This is no legend........the month of June was so f**king hot and broiling around here that I know for a fact that the sun stood still for at least a fortnight.
if in fact in 1935 all those not of the annointed were of the great crowd where were they, how old did one have to be to be a part of the great crowd? How old would they be now, and based on the life expectancy of mankind would hardly any of them even be alive and if not how could they be called the great crowd????
Uh, can we see you in the back room for a "little chat"??
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ezekiel3
The official answer is that the nuevo-anointed are "replacements"
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w99 2/1 p. 19 Our Treasure in Earthen Vessels ***At a Gilead graduation in 1970, Frederick Franz, then vice-president of the Watch Tower Society, told the students of the possibility that they, who were all of the other sheep with earthly hopes, might baptize someone who might claim to be of the anointed remnant. Could this happen? Well, he explained that John the Baptist was of the other sheep, and he baptized Jesus and some of the apostles. Then he went on to ask whether there still was a call for gathering in more of the remnant. "No, no more additions!" he said. "That call ended way back there in 1931-35! There are no more additions. Who, then, are the few newly associated ones who are partaking of the Memorial emblems? If they are of the remnant, they are replacements! They are, not additions to the ranks of the anointed, but replacements for those who may have fallen away."
There were 5 more partakers in 2004 than 2003.
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jaffacake
Leolai
Is that your daughter on your avatar?
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jaffacake
When I was a SDA I remember learning about the signs of the times. They taught us that the Sun stood still (or something similar) either in 19th or 20th century I think. You can see why as a teenager there were doubts, although I suppressed them obediently. I got to believing the lie.