Oh they were indeed in Egypt...after the Babylonian Exile.... before that it was just traders and priests... no mass exodus...
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Evidence for an Egyptian Presence In Early PalestineEgyptian Artifacts Salvaged from Robbed Tomb in Israel
by fulltimestudent ini've posted evidence elsewhere indicating that ancient israel was at times part of the egyptian empire.
that means that the exodus documents incorporated into the old testament, is a mythical story.
the israelites did not leave egypt.
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Some Questions About Jesus
by Coded Logic inwhy didn't jesus ever write anything?
why are there no letters to jesus?
no painting of jesus from that time?
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Some Questions About Jesus
by Coded Logic inwhy didn't jesus ever write anything?
why are there no letters to jesus?
no painting of jesus from that time?
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There is no evidence for John the Baptist ... nevermind Jesus. Josephus referances to John are now regarded as spurious and they dispute the preceeding paragraphs. -
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Pretending Jesus existed and the Lord's Evening Meal is true... The Memorial is wrong...
by HowTheBibleWasCreated injws celebrate jesus death according to 1 corinthains 11.. fine.
once a year since it's on the jewish passover... fail... since thats tonight not last night but..... lets overlook that... jws from new zeland to london observed the memorial on april 2 by western clock... of course all in the western hemisphere did this on april 3rd wheevr the sun went down.
thus a domino effect in the jw congregations took place starting at the date line going back to the same spot 24 hours later..... well this is pathetic in many ways... if the jws worshipped in spirt and truth according to john 4 (i'm an atheist ... i don't care) they would observe on jerusalem's time zone according to the gospels and 1 corinthians... but they dont....
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JWs celebrate Jesus death according to 1 Corinthains 11.. Fine. Once a year since it's on the Jewish passover... fail... since thats tonight not last night but....
Lets overlook that... JWs from New Zeland to London observed the memorial on April 2 by western clock... Of course all in the western hemisphere did this on April 3rd wheevr the sun went down. Thus a domino effect in the JW congregations took place starting at the date line going back to the same spot 24 hours later....
Well this is pathetic in many ways... if the JWs worshipped in spirt and truth according to John 4 (I'm an atheist ... I don't care) they would observe on Jerusalem's time zone according to the Gospels and 1 Corinthians... BUT they dont...
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The Secret is out....but nobody cares
by MrTheocratic ini've been looking on this site for some time but never posted.
i'll give a little about myself, but not too much.
i'm a ex-bethelite ( brooklyn )and currently serving as an elder (10 years) (thinking about stepping down) on the service committee.
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Beads and Tight Jeans APPROVED Service Attire For a Brother?
by sparky1 inmany, many, many posters here have wondered what happened to the religion that they were raised in or baptized into 20 or more years ago.
i just got the shock of my life on jw(dot) org.tv!
there is a video testimonial of an american indian witness that was inactive for many years and has now begun to preach again.
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People of different cultures wear what is normal for them. This is not rebranding. In Africa the men witness and give talks in what looks like dresses to westerners. In the Philippines men wear silk shirts and no tie. In Nordic countries of Europe beards are common with elders.
Its not really rebranding just culture.
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I saw and heard something in a Kingdom hall I thought I would never witness!
by HowTheBibleWasCreated inwhen i was a kid i would hear religious songs on tv and start sining them... not knowing they were church songs... one day i started singing the hallelujah song (not sure the exact name of the song) my father quickly gave me a hard slap on the mouth and said if i ever sang that song again he would take his belt off and beat my butt until it was red!.
well fast forward 30 years..... the public speaker was missing today and so tv.jw>org to the rescue.... instead they decided to play the new video about the last hundred years since 1914.. instantly the hall was filled with the exact same song i was punished for!
yes a church song filled the hall for almost 5 minutes as we watch br.
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When I was a kid I would hear religious songs on TV and start sining them... not knowing they were church songs... One day I started singing the Hallelujah song (Not sure the exact name of the song) My father quickly gave me a hard slap on the mouth and said if I ever sang that song again he would take his belt off and beat my butt until it was red!
Well fast forward 30 years....
The public speaker was missing today and so TV.JW>ORG to the rescue.... Instead they decided to play the new video about the last hundred years since 1914.
Instantly the hall was filled with THE EXACT SAME SONG I WAS PUNISHED FOR! Yes a church song filled the hall for almost 5 minutes as we watch Br. Rusell on the screen. What was this????
One young brother started humming it.in front of me... His parents didn't scold him because... this was from the WT....
I'm an atheist and only go for family reasons but... this is hilarious.
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If The Witnesses Try To Get You Back To Jehovah...How Will You Respond!
by minimus ini am most curious.
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I'm still in for family reasons but my response when that day comes will be:
"The Shashu god?" This would kill them.
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Removal of Tetragrammaton from Early Greek Manuscripts
by jhine ina while ago i posted on another thread that i had been told by some witnesses that the tetragrammaton had been in the original christian greek scriptures but had been removed when apostacy came into the church .
i did not know where this came from at the time .however while looking something else up i came across this .as i could not find the original thread i have started a new one .here is a quote from nwt reference edition 1984 :-.
" matthew made more than a hundred quotations from the inspired hebrew scriptures.
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There are NO versions of Matthew with the Tetragrammation in it (Except for more modern Hebrew translations)
This post is a copy from the back of the 1984 Referance Bible NWT.
None of the Gospels likely had the name of YHWH in them. All were Greek. Even John which comes for an early Jewish Messianic cult is in Greek.
The CUSTOM of the time is actually after 70CE was to not use the name YHWH i the Greek texts. Version of the LXX after this time don't use it and neither does the NT. The only exception of Revelation which contains a quote for Ps 104:35 4 times in chapter 19 BUT this this is in Greek charecters as the word Halleiujah
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The borrowed magic of the memorial
by Half banana inmyth comes from myth and ritual comes from ritual.
myth and ritual are borrowed in the way fire is borrowed to light another flame.
john 6:53 says that whoever does not eat (jesus) body and drink his blood will have no life in him.
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The last supper or lords evening meal is NOT based on John 6. John is Jewish-Messianic Savior Gospel.... 1 Corinthinas 11 which introduces the Bread & Wine cerimony makes it clear that this is a meal a visonary Paul and Jesus share BASED on normal church meals... the two are NOT related... Futher although the Jesus stories draws on many pagan ideas... It was started by a text called the Ascesion of Isaiah.... A Jewish-Savior story based itself on Plato's idea of the Logos...