this is literally hot off the press as in from about half an hour ago.. we have a friend from nz (who is wavering and knows our situation) and he is on holiday in japan at the moment.
today there was a zone overseer talk that he went to in nagoya (southern japan) and it has just finished up.
straight after the song and still in the stadium he emailed us the info below.
moshe:
The growth of the Internet age seems to parallel the decrease in publishers-
After the US and the UK, Japan is the next largest source of visitors to my wordpress pages about the JW's 607 doctrine (based on data for the last 365 days). If this is any reflection of Internet usage of the Japanese people in general, then the Internet is very likely a considerable factor in the stagnation of JW numbers in Japan.
using bible in determing the date of the creation of adam .
anyone in their right mind believe this to be true in today age.. don,t you think this nullify the whole bible?
the very first book.
Perhaps Adam was the first man that could read and write? If that's the case he would stand out as "the first man." Language (and writing) as we know it, is not that old.
Human language is significantly older than writing. Language 'as we know it' is tens of thousands of years old (as distinct from 'proto-languages, which are much older).
Writing didn't suddenly develop as the invention of one individual (and certainly not 'Adam'). It would be fairly pointless if there was only one person who could read and write anyway. Writing developed from rudimentary counting marks (i.e. for trade) thousands of years earlier (along with pictures), which were replaced by symbols to represent groups of things, and then symbols to represent other concepts.
'Adam' (a golem from Jewish folklore) never existed.
has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.
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heathen:
People will not share their stories if others constantly treat them as mentally ill .
You're endorsing exactly the opposite of what should actually happen. People should drop the fear of ackowledging the possibility of a mental illness, for which in many cases they can receive treatment. (And 'mental illness' is not the only medical cause of these 'experiences' anyway. Stress, fatigue, reaction to prescription medication, dehydration, sleep paralysis, tumor, and many other conditions also explain various 'demonic' stories.)
What kind of person wants to keep a medical condition undiagnosed just so others can hear some spooky stories?!?!
ive just been reviewing my timeline of the divided jewish monarchy and the neo-babylonian period.
i decided to check for correlations of egyptian and assyrian rulers mentioned in the bible that i had not previously considered at all (much less tried to make fit a particular year).
i was happy (though unsurprised) that no adjustments were required.. pharaoh tirhakah (taharqa) (2ki 19:8, 9; isa 37:8, 9) insight (volume 2, page 1109) claims the years assigned to him by historians must be wrong.
Larsinger58:
5. As far as Ahaziah of Judah "becoming king" in both the 11th and 12th years of Jehoram of Israel, note this does not represent a "Nisan-based" vs. "Tishri-based" rulership assignment, though that was a reasonable way to try to harmonize this reference. In actuality, when the Bible mentions a person "became king," it can either be a reference to their co-rulership or their sole rulership. That's why you have the mention of the same person becoming king twice, years apart. Case in point Jehoram of Israel. He becomes king once in the 18th of Jehoshaphat (2 Kings 3:1) and again in the 5th year of Jehoram of Judah!! (2 Kings 8:16). Jehoram of Judah, of course, did not become king until the 2nd year of Jehoram of Israel. That simply means that king Ahab also died in the 5th year of Jehoram of Judah, the time when Jehoram "became king" a second time, in his own 6th year, after a 6-year co-rulership (out of 12) with his father Ahab.
As with his other claims, there are various problem here.
Firstly, despite what is 'suggested' by Lars above, my chart already properly accounts for the coregencies of both Jehoram (of Judah) and Jehoram (of Israel).
Secondly, he claims I am mistaken about the Nisan- and Tishri-based reckonings for Ahaziah's reign, but after waffling on about the two Jehorams, he doesn't actually say anything about where he would otherwise place the reign of Ahaziah.
Thirdly, there isn't an alternative for placing a second starting point for the reign of Ahaziah, as it comes between the reigns of Ahab and Jehoram, which already accounts for the the period of Jehoram's co-regency with Ahab, which followed Ahaziah's own co-regency with Ahab.
using bible in determing the date of the creation of adam .
anyone in their right mind believe this to be true in today age.. don,t you think this nullify the whole bible?
the very first book.
jam:
How can anyone in their right mind believe this to be true in today age.
Duh. The answer is simple: If in doubt, 'God did a magic thing'.
has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.
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But even the most hardened skeptic is likely to spend the night in an old dillapidated asylum or prison, or even spend an hour walking through one at 2 a.m. And if one did, I wouldn't be surprised if he or she left a believer.
People get scared in 'scary' places because they've been told about things that (supposedly) happened there previously (either specific to the location, or generic ideas about drafty buildings with clunky pipes). They've been 'prepped' for fear.
If someone went to an old building that was done up to look like it was new and was not told any scary stories, they would happily spend the night with no worries at all.
A person doesn't have to believe in ghosts to get scared by a movie about ghosts. It's all about the presentation.
has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.
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jesus healed the demon possesed so think he knew what he was doing
Cinderella's fairy god-mother could do magical things too. You do know it's just a story don't you?! Jesus also supposedly believed the 'Adam and Eve' story (Mark 10:6-9), though we know that humans have been around much longer than 6000 years. Jesus, if he existed at all (but more likely an archetypical 'god-man' character compiled from various earlier myths), was wrong. Biblical 'accounts' of 'demonic possession' are consistent with ergotism.
has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.
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How can you be hit by a car and run away as nothing has happened ?
1. She didn't "run away as nothing has happened". She was unconscious for a period of time, and some time later in filming, she ran away.
2. People on meth (and various other drugs) can exhibit qualities of extreme strength and unawareness of injury. It's because the sense of pain is chemically blocked, not because they're 'possessed'. People with various mental illnesses can manifest similar 'abilities'.
3. Some people have an inherited condition where they do not experience pain (congenital analgesia). The woman may have had injuries (even very serious injuries) that were not physically incapacitating in the absence of pain. Shock also inhibits pain.
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Of course, many active JWs are only just now learning about this “New Light” and some probably won’t learn about it until it is considered in the WT Study in their congregations in the first week of September.
And you can bet that when they 'study' the 'New Light', they won't be holding up the 'od' book (or any of the many other contradictory things in many previous publications) next to it for comparison.
has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.
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Johanna0426:
About a week ago one of them said, "What if it's revealed that there’s another God above God." ... She apparently followed me home because she’s still around and attempts to harass me by saying "No" during waking hours. ... About a year ago, one of them screamed, "You're my wife," and keeps sending the message, "I love you."
If you are hearing actual audible voices when there isn't another person around, it is extremely important that you talk to a psychiatrist or neurologist. Even if you believe it could be 'demons', it is very important to rule out a serious medical condition.
Start with your GP.
