Posts by Village Idiot

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The multitude that no man can number

by SonoftheTrinity in

how can protection from destruction at armageddon be solely with the jehovah's witnesses when the great multitude is one that no man could number while the jehovah's witnesses put great effort into cooking statistics of how many jws there are worldwide?

the unscriptural scare tactics they use are blatantly insulting to anyone who can read a bible.

Village Idiot

Please don't ask me to explain:

Which no man could number.—“Whose number no man is able to tell (i. e., it is not a foreordained or fixed number—none were called to be of this company.)”—Rev. 5:11.

Of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues.—“As the number of the Bride of Christ is to be 144,000, it would be reasonable to think that each number of this class may have 144,000 to look after, as 144,000 x 144,000 equals 20,736,000,000 (twenty billions seven hundred and thirty-six millions), evidently just about the right number to be cared for—144,000 would be quite a host for each individual of the Bride class to look after. So we can see the necessity for the work of the Great Company." - The Finished Mystery 1917

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Part of the USA's Violent Past

by fulltimestudent in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdd64sudz1a

Village Idiot

fulltimestudent,

"And, that Charlie Russell's description of 1914 bringing an end to a long era of peace..."

This is a bit off subject but I should say that Charles Russell stated that 1914 was to be the end of social strife (Armageddon which started in 1874) and the beginning of the peaceful Millennium. It wasn't until that prediction utterly failed that the Watchtower changed its teachings to 1914 being the beginning of social strife.

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Questions that keep me awake at night . . .

by Slave4_38y in

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Village Idiot

Non Sequitur

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What if we could bring down the WBTS?

by derangedjdub in

what would be your plan or ideal reason the walls came crashing down?

Village Idiot

Just ask yourself if you can bring down another similar religion like the Mormons. The answer, of course, would be no.

Once a religion passes a critical level of a certain number of members it becomes self perpetuating. Should there be a serious crisis or schism there would be enough leaders to maintain a sect or a surviving remnant of the faithful.

During the Rutherford purges up to three quarters of the Bible Students (JWs) left and the hard core remained. Some of those splinter groups still remain up to this day. Smaller, milder and quieter.

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Question for people who believe in Evolution

by ttte36 in

though school i did religious education and my teacher who was religious ruled out evolution because humans are the only creatures who do not want to die, can anyone who understands evolution explain this?.

im 99% on to the theory of evolution, this is just the last stumbling block..

Village Idiot

truthseeker100, some things might be forever impossible to prove through direct observation. Esoteric mathematics might be the only means of ascertaining what is true or possible.

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Question for people who believe in Evolution

by ttte36 in

though school i did religious education and my teacher who was religious ruled out evolution because humans are the only creatures who do not want to die, can anyone who understands evolution explain this?.

im 99% on to the theory of evolution, this is just the last stumbling block..

Village Idiot

ivanatahan, "Evolution and the Big Bang theory are really two separate subjects."

Not quite. Evolution is a process that is not limited to life but includes the whole history of the Universe, animate or inanimate. Life is simply a molecule that had the ability to reproduce itself. Before it acquired such abilities it had undergone intensive transformations (evolution) from Hydrogen/Helium after the Big Bang to stars to higher elements made within the stars to molecules in the planets that surrounded those stars to ever more complex assemblies of molecules that led up to the first self reproducing molecule.

As far as what happened 'before' it is beginning to be the consensus amongst astrophysicists that there is a universe of universes known as the Multiverse. Many of those universes including ours may have the ability to spawn other universes.

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Question for people who believe in Evolution

by ttte36 in

though school i did religious education and my teacher who was religious ruled out evolution because humans are the only creatures who do not want to die, can anyone who understands evolution explain this?.

im 99% on to the theory of evolution, this is just the last stumbling block..

Village Idiot

"Humans are the only creatures who do not want to die..."

I think your teacher was referring to the fact that humans seem to be the only creatures that are aware that they will someday die whereas animals only react to present threats. If so then the reason for that is that we seem to be the only animal who, due to the evolution of our brain, has a concept of the future and our place in it.

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When doers Babylon the Great Fall? :)

by The Searcher in

take your pick!!.

kj chap.

15 p. 286 par.

Village Idiot

I'm confused as to your first two citations and the year they are from.

My understanding, throughout the 1970s, was that the "great tribulation" would unfold in the following manner:

The United Nations would announce that there was worldwide "peace and security".
Right after that the UN would lead an attack upon "Babylon the Great" (All religions but the Jehovah's Witnesses).
After the destruction of all religions the UN would notice the Jehovah's Witnesses as the last religion left standing and would direct its attention towards them.
When it seems that the Witnesses are about to be wiped out Jesus and company will come down and destroy the nations of the Earth in the battle of Armageddon.

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Bloodlust

by berrygerry in

i'm about half-way through the novel "watch how we walk," written in 2013 by a born-in, jennifer lovegrove.. absolutely worthwhile read.. does this paragraph sum up jw-land?.

"i was paranoid again, like i had been back home, as though someone was scrutinizing and judging me.

although i was alone, it reminded me of being at the kingdom hall.

Village Idiot

Kate, when were you disfelowshipped? I got df'd in 1980 when a nationwide witch hunt for apostasy was in overdrive (Ray Franz was df'd around the same time).

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Bloodlust

by berrygerry in

i'm about half-way through the novel "watch how we walk," written in 2013 by a born-in, jennifer lovegrove.. absolutely worthwhile read.. does this paragraph sum up jw-land?.

"i was paranoid again, like i had been back home, as though someone was scrutinizing and judging me.

although i was alone, it reminded me of being at the kingdom hall.

Village Idiot

It was around one per year back in my time. There are a couple of Watchtowers that indicated a 1% disfelowshipping rate per year. It was mostly the young that would get it for obvious reasons.