When you build with a faulty foundation....what do you expect?
Balaamsass2
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NOT on JW.org, If butt naked Adam and Eve were created 6,000 yrs ago....Explain this.
by Balaamsass2 in4/24 archeology magazine.
"the taş tepeler, or stone mounds, in southeastern turkey’s şanlıurfa province arc roughly 125 miles along the foothills of the taurus mountains, overlooking the harran plain and the balikh river, a tributary of the euphrates.
the region features plateaus amid modest mountains.
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NOT on JW.org, If butt naked Adam and Eve were created 6,000 yrs ago....Explain this.
by Balaamsass2 in4/24 archeology magazine.
"the taş tepeler, or stone mounds, in southeastern turkey’s şanlıurfa province arc roughly 125 miles along the foothills of the taurus mountains, overlooking the harran plain and the balikh river, a tributary of the euphrates.
the region features plateaus amid modest mountains.
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Balaamsass2
4/24 Archeology Magazine. "The Taş Tepeler, or Stone Mounds, in southeastern Turkey’s Şanlıurfa Province arc roughly 125 miles along the foothills of the Taurus Mountains, overlooking the Harran Plain and the Balikh River, a tributary of the Euphrates. The region features plateaus amid modest mountains. Scorching summers and mild winters with little rain barely sustain wild lentils, wheat, barley, and chickpeas, alongside other plant species adapted to the semiarid steppe environment. Farmers cultivate crops of pistachios, which are known locally as “green gold.” The plain’s few native animals, including several species of gazelle, are legally protected, but conservationists struggle to safeguard them from poaching, climate change, and urban expansion. In villages dotted across the plain, residents face challenges, too, their lives intertwined with seasonal agricultural rhythms and subject to the vagaries of swiftly changing weather patterns.
More than 11,000 years ago, during the early Neolithic period, this was a lush expanse of mighty forests teeming with wild animals including cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, gazelles, boars, leopards, and snakes and other reptiles. Its rivers and lakes were home to numerous species of fish and birds. This fertile environment drew groups of mobile hunter-gatherers who, freed from the need to move seasonally in search of food, built semipermanent and permanent dwellings on the plain and in the hills. “This part of Anatolia had a significantly richer and more productive natural environment than arid regions to the south,” says archaeologist Mehmet Özdoğan of Istanbul University. “This encouraged people to establish permanent settlements and liberated them from mere dietary concerns. Their newfound freedom allowed them to focus on endeavors beyond sustenance and shelter and on what we might define as true artistic pursuits.”
Archaeologists working across the region over the last several decades have uncovered more than 20 sites dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period (ca. 12,000 to 10,200 years ago). These sites share characteristics such as monumental architecture, often in the form of T-shaped or rounded pillars and large decorated stone benches. They also feature stone carvings of humans with skeletal features, as well as of human heads, masks, phalluses, and predatory mammals, including raptors and snakes. Between 1983 and 1991, at the site of Nevalı Çori, which is now covered by the waters of the Atatürk Reservoir, researchers discovered a series of large T-shaped standing stones that are acknowledged to be the first known examples of monumental architecture in the region. Inspired by those finds, later in the 1990s, archaeologists returned to the site of Göbeklitepe, some 35 miles away, which had been discovered in 1963. There they unearthed structures similar to those at Nevalı Çori. (See "Last Stand of the Hunter-Gatherers?") While digging at Sayburç, another of the Taş Tepeler sites, in 2021, archaeologist Eylem Özdoğan of Istanbul University unearthed a stone bench with a carved relief showing two humans, two leopards and a bull—a scene, she says, that represents the most detailed depiction of a Neolithic story found to date.
Taken together, the known Taş Tepeler sites—and perhaps others yet to be discovered—suggest something revolutionary was happening in the area at this time. “These excavations have altered people’s perspectives on the Neolithic period,” says archaeologist Douglas Baird of the University of Liverpool, who is now working at Mendik, a newly discovered Taş Tepeler site. “We know that many Neolithic areas, from Jordan to Cappadocia in Anatolia, have public buildings, but in the Taş Tepeler region, there are numerous structures designated for specific public or ritual purposes. I believe the most important aspect of public buildings is that they represent new social institutions in these communities—for which other evidence is lacking—because they brought together different families and different segments of the community for a common purpose.” These large gathering spaces underscore the significance of such communal activities. During this period, buildings became something other than just spaces to live in, and “special structures” began to be built for non-domestic purposes, an indicator of new spiritual practices. “Considering the labor and time required for the construction of these structures, they must have held great meaning for Neolithic societies,” Baird says. “The goal shouldn’t be to understand one settlement, but to understand the entire region and th
e story that is specific to this region. When you look at the plateau surrounding the Harran Plain, you find a lot of these types of sites, but as you go a bit farther, they disappear. This region has a unique coherence.”https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2024/features/discovering-a-new-neolithic-world/
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I AM THAT I AM - The Birth of The Kingdom of God
by EisMe inmy history.
a childhood vision: the first sign.
the first glimpse into my divine path came when i was just a child.
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Remember Hour Quotas?
by blondie inhour quotas timeline.
back in the old days long before 1952.
“after staying in our ‘home’ for two days we decided that if we were going to meet our quota of 140 hours for the month.
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Balaamsass2
I remember well the huge chart dragged out onto an easel every month on the platform during the 60s. Average hours. Bible studies. Subscriptions. Mags. Books. RV/backcalls. Stern warnings for slackers who could be guilty of bloodguilt!
100 hrs a month for pioneers. Timed coffee breaks.
One CO (Andy Laguna) told me in the 90s he wouldn't even consider appointing new servants who didn't average 15 hrs per month with at least one study.
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How many times did they say armagedon was coming?
by Witness 007 in1914 1918 1925 1940s 1975 1914 generation what did i miss?.
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Balaamsass2
Keeping track of Watchtowers' failed "Armageddon" prophecies is way too taxing!
It is easier to remember that broken clocks are correct twice every day, but Watchtower has never been right. :)
JWfacts.com covers the subject as well as anyone,
in my opinion. https://jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php
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The End of the Times of the Gentiles and the Restoration of the Kingdom
by EisMe inthe end of the times of the gentiles and the restoration of the kingdom.
the final stage of god’s plan on earth.
the fulfillment of prophecy: the end of the gentile age.
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Putin was almost killed.
by liam inif you have been seeing the world news, you probably aware that zelensky launch a drown attack on putin and almost killed him.
putin lost it and hit ukraine with the largest drone and missile attack of war so far, killing not only soldiers by many civilians.
even trump has said putin has changed.
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Balaamsass2
I googled the subject.
It looks like Putin and Zelinsky have each made multiple assassination attempts on each other during the war.
Nothing much this week from reputable sources. Guys repeating Hindustan Times or the Sun from mom's basement, don't worry me.
Too bad. Just think of how much misery could have been prevented with an early assassination of Hitler.
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Where is Reinhard Lengtat?
by jst2laws insorry for the posting error below.. my wife is reading crisis of conscience now.
this is good news because i know i will have someone to talk to when im caught and dfd.
but in her reading she is recognizing most of the names ( we were there at bethel during the 70s as a married couple) and asked what happened to reinhard lengtat?
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Balaamsass2
If you Google his name there are pages about him. Sounds like a really nice sincere person. I wish I had known him.
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What was really going on with Abel? Does anyone find the story of Cain and Abel screwed up.
by liam inever wonder about the story of cain and abel?
why did jehovah like abel's sacrifice more than cain's?
maybe there's a subtle reason why jehovah likes animal sacrifices.
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Balaamsass2
When you accept that the Bible is the written record of hardscrabble Bronze Age goatherders (carnivores) and not the creator of the universe, everything makes more sense.
Their life was hard, so they believed god must be an angry sociopath who desired blood sacrifice for appeasement.
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Dinosaur Soft Tissue
by Sea Breeze inback when the dinosaur soft tissue story was broken in 2005, i predicted that that many more soft tissues would be found and that it wouldn't matter if it was supposedly "65 million" years old or "165 million" years old.
the prediction has proven true and dinosaur soft tissue is routinely now found regardless of supposed age.
this is easy to predict using a literal reading of genesis and accepting it as history.... .
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Balaamsass2
Who is the source of this YouTube site?
Not an accredited "Dr." of geology, biology, or Paleontology.
It is folly to leave Watchtower and its fake "experts," like Fred Franz, to grab onto new fakes.
