Posts by Village Idiot

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Jaw Bone of the First Man in Ethiopia Lived.... When?

by Slidin Fast in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31718336.

so this jaw bone of early man has been dated at 2.8 million years old.

that means that given a margin for error and allowing an unknown but short period of time for adam naming the animals the 1000 years starts in ummm, eerrr.

Village Idiot

@ Perry: "Amazing how these "3 million" year old molars look identical to "modern" molars."

The shape of teeth varies depending on the diet of the species. If they were omnivorous, like we are, those teeth would be similar to ours.

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God was the cause of the evil

by opusdei1972 in

bart ehrman noticed, in his book "god's problem", the fact that god was responsible for job's pain.

to show it, bart quoted the following verse:.

and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the lord had brought upon him.

Village Idiot

@ Perry: "The idea that God is evil and satan is good is an old gnostic heresy."

I forget where but there is a biblical passage that says that God is the maker of both good and evil.

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what a spirited, brilliant speech isreali pm mr. nethanyahu delivered yesterday to the congress against the negotiated nuclear deal with iran which israel fears would make iran a legitimate nuclear power with the ability to wipe out israel.

(http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/03/netanyuahu-congress-iran-nuclear-deal-path-to-bomb).

he also said: if no one supports, israel would defend itself alone.

Village Idiot

Abiather, you were doing ok until the last sentence: "Interestingly, war with Iran is a trigger to greater nuclear use in Nostradamus prophecy."

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2034 is going to be a huge letdown for the dubs

by wha happened? in

i've seen a few postings of a possible "next date" for dubs of 2034. based on an article they published comparing the last days to the days of noah.

preaching for 120 years.

however, i noticed a little tidbit from wiki about age:.

Village Idiot

They would need to drop the "overlapping generation" teaching before they replace it with the Noah's flood generation. It wouldn't add up since Jesus spoke of a single generation but hell, nothing adds up in JWdom.

I think that those who believe the Watchtower will implode completely are a little optimistic. They may lose a lot of members like in Rutherford's day but they came out of that stronger.

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Newest Caleb & Sophia video is a commercial

by cappytan in

caleb states, "now i can speak to chinese people.

" ummm, there are many chinese people that speak english, caleb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p2tgjvxdb4.

Village Idiot

When I was a teenage JW I carried this huge suitcase filled with literature including multiple language ones just in case we ran into a foreign householder. I remember an Asian lady who didn't speak a word of English. I had no clue as to what she was saying so I pulled out literature in an Asian language. When I presented to her she shook her head not being able to understand the characters on the book. Of course, I didn't have literature in every Asian language.

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Watchtower switching to selling children's toys that have corporation approval

by Brokeback Watchtower in

hey put a good video out about the evil toys on the market and the possibility of making jehovah very very sad by having these things in your house and demons start to party on your sofa.

then wait a couple of weeks and offer a entire line of acceptable toys and charge the hypnotized families a stiff price/suggested contribution.

could make a few million and help pay off some of these child molestation lawsuits.. i can just see tony morris singing 'rubber ducky' and offering the latest marketing scam of a toy that don't make jehovah so sad.

Village Idiot

David

Goliath

Samson

Leviathan

Noah's ark

Jesus and his apostles

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Watchtower switching to selling children's toys that have corporation approval

by Brokeback Watchtower in

hey put a good video out about the evil toys on the market and the possibility of making jehovah very very sad by having these things in your house and demons start to party on your sofa.

then wait a couple of weeks and offer a entire line of acceptable toys and charge the hypnotized families a stiff price/suggested contribution.

could make a few million and help pay off some of these child molestation lawsuits.. i can just see tony morris singing 'rubber ducky' and offering the latest marketing scam of a toy that don't make jehovah so sad.

Village Idiot

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with what then seemed to be Jehovah’s will

by berrygerry in

interesting phrase.. jan 15, 2001 wt.

there was one exception.

in 1940, hayden c. covingtonthen the societys legal counsel and one of the other sheep, with the earthly hopewas elected a director of the society.

Village Idiot

That was way back then when they probably believed in their own bunk.

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Rational Buddhism?

by cappytan in

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friends

does a type of buddhism exist that doesn't include the metaphysical aspects of traditional buddhism?

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Village Idiot

“If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.” - Dalai Lama

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What would happen if life was found elsewhere?

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

see jws have said time and again jesus died once for all time... a quote from hebrews.

okay rule out humn-like aliens what about animals plants and microbes... i once had a hot fight with an elder when i still believed that here was no reason to doubt alien animals etc.

yet not based on any wt article witnesses reject this often.. lets suppose say in a month microbes are found on ceres (i doubt it will happen but let's roll with it) they are living as much as our cells are and reporduce... okay what would mother say in the magazines when millions of jehovah's witnesses demand to know why jehovah created microbes on a dwarf planet?.

Village Idiot

HowTheBibleWasCreated:

"Okay rule out humn-like aliens what about animals plants and microbes... I once had a hot fight with an elder when I still believed that here was no reason to doubt alien animals etc. Yet NOT based on any WT article witnesses reject this often.

There is a 'reason' why fundamentalist Christians would not believe in any life out there. It simply diminishes the Genesis account were all plants and animals were created for the benefit of Adam and Eve.