Posts by opusdei1972

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Radiocarbon dating totaly inaccurate before 2000 BCE

by opusdei1972 in

it seems that this portion was published in the watchtower in the year 1977 (as i have in the spanish version):.

the radiocarbon dating method has been widely accepted by many scientists as showing that humans lived back to at least 50,000 b.c.e.

that conflicts with what the bible says.. but physicist r. brown of andrews university claims that this radiocarbon dating method is highly inaccurate.

opusdei1972

Thank you jgnat, your finding led me to the following article online of Brown:

http://www.grisda.org/origins/15039.htm

I will analyze it.

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Radiocarbon dating totaly inaccurate before 2000 BCE

by opusdei1972 in

it seems that this portion was published in the watchtower in the year 1977 (as i have in the spanish version):.

the radiocarbon dating method has been widely accepted by many scientists as showing that humans lived back to at least 50,000 b.c.e.

that conflicts with what the bible says.. but physicist r. brown of andrews university claims that this radiocarbon dating method is highly inaccurate.

opusdei1972

This article is very insteresting:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carbon-dating-gets-reset/

And the following pages prove that recent and bettering radiocarbon dates for some neanderdals are even older:

https://richarddawkins.net/2014/08/when-did-the-neanderthals-go-extinct/

https://richarddawkins.net/2013/02/neanderthals-went-extinct-much-earlier-than-thought/

The 6000 year belief has no fundation!!!!

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Radiocarbon dating totaly inaccurate before 2000 BCE

by opusdei1972 in

it seems that this portion was published in the watchtower in the year 1977 (as i have in the spanish version):.

the radiocarbon dating method has been widely accepted by many scientists as showing that humans lived back to at least 50,000 b.c.e.

that conflicts with what the bible says.. but physicist r. brown of andrews university claims that this radiocarbon dating method is highly inaccurate.

opusdei1972

It seems that this portion was published in the Watchtower in the year 1977 (as I have in the Spanish version):

The radiocarbon dating method has been widely accepted by many scientists as showing that humans lived back to at least 50,000 B.C.E. That conflicts with what the Bible says.
But physicist R. Brown of Andrews University claims that this radiocarbon dating method is highly inaccurate. After a ten-year study, he concludes that radioactive carbon atoms did not exist in the earth's atmosphere in significant amounts before 2000 B.C.E. and so cannot be used to date objects before then. Sometime around that date, he says, a major atmospheric change likely occurred, resulting in the buildup of radioactive carbon in the atmosphere.
One such vast change was the flood of Noah's day, which the Bible indicates to have taken place in 2370 B.C.E. That catastrophe without a doubt drastically altered atmospheric conditions.Gen. 7:11, 12

I don't know who is R. Brown, but I would like to find his "ten-year study". Do you know about an article comenting about it? As far as I know radiocarbon dating measurements have not reported such a drastically alteration of atmospheric conditions around 2000 BCE. The measurements does not report such a gap. So, we have two options, most scientists working in radiocarbon dating are liars and stupids, or this guy R. Brown was dead wrong.

Any thoughts?

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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.

opusdei1972

Thank you for the information.

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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??