Posts by HowTheBibleWasCreated

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Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

by Parker in

i'm new to the forum.

i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

So if Genesis 1 is poetry (Only verse 27 is paralleism btw)

then chapter 2 and 3 and 4 are prose.

Chapter 5 links geneologies to Noah and Luke 3 agrees with them (Well except for one name)

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Galaxies and 49000 years

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

now today this is of course a non-issue.

the wt has embraced the big bang/old earth etc just not evolution.

in fact the creator book has some decent info.. however i have a good copy of the 1958 paradise book.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

btlc quotes a 1976 book still claiming 49000 years (I think the idea was to conicide with the jubilee.)

In 1985 however the creation book said the 'days' were eons. I think the 1984 resonng book did too.

So what happened between 76 and 84 in Brooklyn? Didn't they suddenly beieve in other galaxies all of the sudden?

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What was Jesus "anointed" as?

by Doug Mason in

it is illogical to say that “jesus was anointed as christ”.

that’s like saying that “jesus was anointed as anointed”.

the question that needs to be asked is: “what was jesus anointed as?”.

Ok althogh you claim it is illogical many early christian sects believed in Jeus as a man until age 30 when he was anointed with 'the Christ'. As his death he 'entrusted his spirirt' (of Christ') back to God.

This is because the verse quoted from Ps.2:7 says that this is my son TODAY have I begotten you.

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Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

by Parker in

i'm new to the forum.

i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Anders that is the problem. Liberal churchs might not believe in literal Adama and Eve but Jesus did.

Paul did for sure.

Also the old earth creationism that JWs and Liberal churchs push is debunked by Exodus 20:11- For in six days the LORD/YHWH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day.

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What's Wrong with the Watchtower?

by Vanderhoven7 in

not sure who wrote this list a while back but i think it is worth a repeat....to be added to or subtracted from or modified...whatever.. what's wrong with the watchtower.

"overlapping generations" - this teaching makes no sense.

the word used by jesus is in the singular, not plural form.. .

HowTheBibleWasCreated

The biggest issue for ME is their denial of evolution. From there that is the problem

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The Characterization of most Jehovah's Witnesses

by Mr.Finkelstein in

after years of being with jws you start to see a certain developmental characterization of most jws, particularly from elders who have the most power in each congregation.

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the ideology follows along the route of holding up a white sheet over the entire organization, as well each identified individual member (brothers and sisters) which no doubt most jws will inevitably exploit toward themselves.. i personally recognized what hypocrisy was at young age from seeing and being around jws at the kingdom halls and what they were like away from the halls.. there is forced pretentiousness at play which comes out by jws.. having being reminded repetitively that god almighty sent his only begotten son to redeem their sins probably had some relevant connection.. there was no question to the fact that jws are associated with delusions, anxiety, fear, ignorance, subsided with prejudice against others who are not recognized as being active jws .. we are the most righteous chosen ones as it were and that self recognizance goes deep into the jws's consciousness in their daily living.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Today is differant from my childhood 80s/90s.

Now I would say there are 3 groups of JWs

1:PIMO They will surface after COVID

2. Older witnesses .. Tired but firm no no other life. (Morons) don't help people over 60 to escape! They will not be able to handle it. (My opinion)

3. Young witnesses 0-40 But wait... what about 40-60?

Oh yeah very few... check it out... ether they flow with the younger group or most are POMI.Sad

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Out Of All TV Shows Over The Years Which Were Your Favorites?

by minimus in

jw
friends

the sopranos was my number one show.

to me it was the best series ever.

for a good laugh, i still enjoy the beverly hillbillies reruns.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Well im 42 so I was a teen in the 90s.

Star trek TNG, DS9, VOY

Walker Texas Ranger/Martial Law

MadTV

Royal Canadian Air Farce (Not lkely known by amercians)

But let me say today in 2020 I can turn on Netflix on my phone and watch Last Lingdom/Sons of Anarchy/Ozark/Animal Kingdom//Olympus/Troy/Merlin/Riverdale/Black Lightning etc

Today is better

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From reddit...How old were you when you became a publisher?

by Biahi in

i was six, not given any choice.

i remember being in the old kh, and my dad told me the brothers wanted to talk to me in the back...i was terrified.

i actually thought they knew i didn’t want to be a dub, my dad told them to just add me as a publisher, so no back room meeting.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

I was 9. My first bible reading was Mark 1: 1-15 which i practiced so much even today I can quote it word per word sadly.

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Watchtower Sues to Keep Convention Videos Off Internet

by Sea Breeze in

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/07/20/mormonleaks-founders-pay/?fbclid=iwar31g8tcjkq3dtzxjx6mhinhqnk6fequaiwu_278zkhia6vmbyb6ha_jz28.

so i guess the wt holds free public gatherings, but will sue anyone who publishes a video of the free speeches?

what happened to advertise, advertise advertise the king and his kingdom?

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Letme just say ANYTHING I WRITE IS COPYRIGHT FREE! I beleive copyright goes a step to far. Yes we need to patent invetions songs, ideas, books etc. but if we all sat at home twiddling thumbs no one would improve anything!

Yes patent the original but F*** copyright let the next generation improve. (You are still regestered as the original :))

Now as for the topic of videos of conventions. this is a public venue where people are invited (not this year)so anyone can record. BTW the WT cannot tell a person when or when not to record in most developed conties.

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Galaxies and 49000 years

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

now today this is of course a non-issue.

the wt has embraced the big bang/old earth etc just not evolution.

in fact the creator book has some decent info.. however i have a good copy of the 1958 paradise book.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Now today this is of course a non-issue. The WT has embraced the big bang/old earth etc just not evolution. In fact the Creator book has some decent info.

However I have a good copy of the 1958 Paradise book. It states every day of genesis was 7000 years long.

Now using this info was fine from russel up to about 1930s.

See a guy named Hubble....

Let's get to the issue. Pre- 1940 or so one could twist the age of the earth and universe to be 49000 years old.But once Andromada was found to be over 2 million lights years away and then other glaxies were discovered.. and also that it was expanding!

Well the Paradise book in 1958 must have been a joke! This galaxy itself is over 100000 light years across! (Which they stated in the Creation book in 1985)

See if I was a learned man in 1958 and say this paradise book i would throw it in the garbage.

The society hasn't addressed yet why supposivly this bluddering fool Jeblooper is ACCELERATING the expansion of the universe by dark enegergy but given their track record this sould make it into magazines in 2030s. (Though I doubt the WT will be around much then.