Posts by opusdei1972

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AJWRB Press Release

by Lee Elder in

we are responding the announcement by ashya king's father that he will allow.

blood transfusion if medically necessary.

those not familiar with the story can.

little things that make you see the "truth" about this religion

by lostinthought in

jw
friends

i had tears in my eyes at work today.

there was an arbor day celebration and some teenagers had some speeches and they planted a tree...most people would not be as touched by the events today as i was but one of the women recieving an award said that she was proud of these children because they were doingsomething good for the communtiy...and i was proud of them too, but i was sad for jw's who would think these children are "bad" just because they are not witnesses...or the jw who would not let their children associate with these teenagers or even be part of a "wordly" club..that's what made me sad, all those years i missed looking at the little beautiful things in life in a positive light and not the negative debbie downer way jw's look at things..

opusdei1972

Those who are good guys but are not in Jehovah's club must be regarded as dangerous ones:

9 What about having close association with those who may be morally clean but who lack faith in the true God? The Scriptures tell us: “The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19) We come to discern that bad associations are not limited to permissive or morally debased people. Hence, we are wise to cultivate close friendships only with those who love Jehovah. ( w06 3/15 pp. 21-25, “Each One Will Carry His Own Load”)

This is the black and white thinking of these stupid ones of the governing body.

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Question about "the land of Goshen", for those Bible scholars here in the forum

by opusdei1972 in

i am writing an article in my blog against the historicity of the exodus' account.

i found that a member of this forum wrote the following : "goshen.... an egyptian provance from 671-400bce ".

so it would also prove that moses could not write the passages where the name "goshen" was written.

opusdei1972

Thank you Crazyguy, but I would like to know which document can prove (to my readers) that "Goshen" is a name given to that land after 600 BCE. It would be nice If anyone here can provide that reference for me. Thank you.

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Question about "the land of Goshen", for those Bible scholars here in the forum

by opusdei1972 in

i am writing an article in my blog against the historicity of the exodus' account.

i found that a member of this forum wrote the following : "goshen.... an egyptian provance from 671-400bce ".

so it would also prove that moses could not write the passages where the name "goshen" was written.

opusdei1972

I am writing an article in my blog against the historicity of the Exodus' account. I found that a member of this forum wrote the following : "Goshen.... an Egyptian Provance from 671-400BCE ". So it would also prove that Moses could not write the passages where the name "Goshen" was written. Well, I did some research, and I found that the Septuagint calls this land also as "Heroonpolis of the Land of Rameses" (Gen. 46:28) and "the Arabic land of Gesem" (Gen. 46:34). However, it does not prove that this was an Egyptian provance from 671-400 BCE. Could any one of you provide me an argument to show it ? I am missing something?

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David and Abishag

by opusdei1972 in

1 king david was now very old, and no matter how many blankets covered him, he could not keep warm.2 so his advisers told him, let us find a young virgin to wait on you and look after you, my lord.

she will lie in your arms and keep you warm.

3 so they searched throughout the land of israel for a beautiful girl, and they found abishag from shunem and brought her to the king.4 the girl was very beautiful, and she looked after the king and took care of him.

opusdei1972

1 King David was now very old, and no matter how many blankets covered him, he could not keep warm. 2 So his advisers told him, “Let us find a young virgin to wait on you and look after you, my lord. She will lie in your arms and keep you warm.” 3 So they searched throughout the land of Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag from Shunem and brought her to the king. 4 The girl was very beautiful, and she looked after the king and took care of him. But the king had no sexual relations with her. (1 Kings 1: 1-4; NLT)

Why did they search for a beatiful virgin if it was only for taking care of David ?

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Question for the nonbelievers and atheists

by nykid in

what specifically made you stop believing in god and the bible?

was it a steady road of doubts or it was reading one book or one major event that made you realize the bible was not what it's claimed to be?.

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opusdei1972

I still believe that there must exist a superior being (or more than one) in the universe. However, I no longer believe in the Bible, because archaelogy, anthropology, history and textual criticism have proven that the Bible is not reliable. A superior (a Divine one) being could not inspire a book with many contradictions.

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Biblical Prohecies That Came True?

by Viviane in

recently there have been several claims made regarding prophecies that came true.

i've not personally seen a prophecy that i would consider as having come true.

i would consider the following as the requirements to say something is a prophecy and evaluate whether or not it came true:.

opusdei1972

Moses Joe - Your the kind of person who I would not care if you died

Are you christian??

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Biblical Prohecies That Came True?

by Viviane in

recently there have been several claims made regarding prophecies that came true.

i've not personally seen a prophecy that i would consider as having come true.

i would consider the following as the requirements to say something is a prophecy and evaluate whether or not it came true:.

opusdei1972

I found that the oldest fragments of Daniel 4Q114 and 4Q116 were dated for the late second century BCE. It does not prove that it was written in the sixth centurty BCE. We have still the possibility of being written around 160 BCE.

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Biblical Prohecies That Came True?

by Viviane in

recently there have been several claims made regarding prophecies that came true.

i've not personally seen a prophecy that i would consider as having come true.

i would consider the following as the requirements to say something is a prophecy and evaluate whether or not it came true:.

opusdei1972

I don't know about a Daniel Manuscript which dates 200 BCE. Is there any radiocarbon measurement?. I know that that of the Dead Sea seems to belong to the second century.

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Numbers 5:11-31. How does the society make application of this ridiculous scripture?

by stuckinarut2 in

if you haven't read it yet, please do so.

numbers 5:11-31. this is a scripture that is as stupid as the "medieval witch trials"!.

it is also so degrading to women, and shows how the bible views them as mere property that can be treated as just possessions.. i would love to see how the wt tries to use this passage and make a modern day twist (as they try to do with so many other passages!).

opusdei1972

What absurd practice. The Law of Moses was a mess !!!!!