Posts by HowTheBibleWasCreated

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When was the book of Lamentations written?

by Jules Saturn in

so i was researching about 587 and 607 and couldn't help but notice that the wbts states that the writing of the book of lamentations was written by jeremiah near jerusalem and was completed in 607 bc.

chapters 2 and 4 of this book describe jehovah's anger towards jerusalem and the terrible effects of jerusalem's siege taking place in chapter 4. can someone clear this up?

was this book written in 607?

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Lamentations is one of the few books I feel is complementary with the events it records. It likely has a historical core. Other city laments were added on later to make the acrostic style.

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Why is Enoch referenced in the bible but his book omitted?

by Ursula in

why is enoch referenced in the bible but his book omitted?.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

I have a theory about this book.. The Book of Enoch seems parallel to Daniel which makes me think it needs to be places between 170-164 BCE.

Why was it not accepted and Daniel was? Daniel threw the Maccabees a bone... saying ' a little help'... Enoch didn't.

Also Enoch was invented out of the blue... Daniel was based on a Syrian magician.

When the Hamoneans (Maccabees) gained control for 100 years they edited every biblical text.. Daniel barley slid through as part of the writing. But Enoch lost out. However a bone was thrown to this test in what was added in Genesis 5. And that ALL that was mentioned of him.

The only other places in the bible canon that mention Enoch is Jude and Hebrews which are late texts... Hebrews author was on drugs...lol

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So how did JF Rutherford function...?

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

every picture i have seen at him at beth shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally i couldn't care less anymore.... for jw's this is low moral character.

so i'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers?

was he gay too?

HowTheBibleWasCreated

It's possible cob ..

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So how did JF Rutherford function...?

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

every picture i have seen at him at beth shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally i couldn't care less anymore.... for jw's this is low moral character.

so i'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers?

was he gay too?

HowTheBibleWasCreated

vienne I'm not sure where I saw it but there is a video (film) of Rutherford with a bottle in his hand I saw.

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So how did JF Rutherford function...?

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

every picture i have seen at him at beth shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally i couldn't care less anymore.... for jw's this is low moral character.

so i'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers?

was he gay too?

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Every picture I have seen at him at Beth Shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally I couldn't care less anymore...

For JW's this is low moral character.

So I'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers? Was he gay too? His anti-wife statement in the Children book makes me think he was not hetero.... that's fine too but let it come to light if true...

Now I can only imagine him walking though bethal with a flask tucked in this jacket... probably why is talks were so offensive... he had whiskey goggles on

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DId you ever fall asleep at the meetings, Assemblys??

by karter in

jw
friends

if i'm tierd i fall asleep anywere so the meetings ect were no diffrent my wife would always try to wake me but im a deep sleeper.

karter .

HowTheBibleWasCreated

LOL James well I was embaressed.. but so was he actually we left at lunch that day for no reason I knew of lol

Now as I think back my dad used to have problems with REM sleep... sleep paralysis didnt work for him so he often was dreaming at night and having conversations and walking

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DId you ever fall asleep at the meetings, Assemblys??

by karter in

jw
friends

if i'm tierd i fall asleep anywere so the meetings ect were no diffrent my wife would always try to wake me but im a deep sleeper.

karter .

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Yes all te time at conventions or asemblies fell asleep. One time my father fell asleep... he always did... and woke up with a start screaming...lol... a bad dream I guess. ..However in Kingdom Halls it was bad. I rmember just before I learned god wasnèt real falling asleep in the TMS hearing about how Joshuas slaughtered Canaan.. In my dream Joshua had a spear and was coming right at me ... I woke up with a start and threw my bible in between my chair and the speakers stand... I recovered it quietly as they switched speakers...

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A big question, why writtings or book?

by Crazyguy in

we often have debates on this site about what was written in the bible and why.

there are also debates about which bible is better .

then there's the debate about if the quran is really the better book or more accurate.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

It must be because god is a comedian and enjoys humans arguing over a jumbled book. He must be laughing at us...

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What are your beliefs now, religious/non religious?

by Jules Saturn in

what are your convictions now that you are no longer one of jehovah's witnesses?

are you a born again christian?

have you joined another denomination of christianity?

HowTheBibleWasCreated

I often post and simplify my beliefs as atheist. However like Dawkins I am 'a deeply religious non-believer'. I study alot on String and M theory recently and if there is a spiritual journey this is it. This is the ultimate mystery. No god though. I lean perhaps towards Buddhism or Taoism but don't limit myself.

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Which Bible Translation

by moreconfusedthanever in

i have seen a few comments about the nwt being an altered version of the bible and i must admit that when they released the new one it did not sit right with me.. i want to read the bible but not the nwt.

i also do not want to read one that has the thee and thou and ye etc because that will do my head in.. what translations do you recommend?.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

I would actually suggest reading the deutro canonacals... four a number 4 I would take the Jerusalem bible as well.