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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  Jeffro

  sloppyjoe2:

  after Armaggeddon, no one would die of old age or sickness

  Sort of, but it’s a bit more complicated than that (because it’s nonsense). They do kind of say that being murdered by God would be the only reason anyone would die after Armageddon. But because of their made up distinction between ‘immortality’ and ‘everlasting life’, the official position is that people on earth would still need to eat and breathe etc to stay alive, meaning they could otherwise still die. So they just don’t really talk about it.
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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  Jeffro

  sloppyjoe2:

  Don't JWs believe that for the entire millennial reign, humans will be growing back to perfection?

  Yes (though the Bible doesn’t say that). See also What does the Bible really teach about the 1,000 years?

  But you said JWs believe that people won’t die anymore after Armageddon, which is not what they believe.
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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  Jeffro

  slopplyjoe2:

  Speaking of the tree of life. It reappears in Revelation 22. Since the Bible indicates this is the way Adam and Eve would live forever, I conclude that that is the way God in Revelation 21 makes “death no more.”

  It isn’t so much a ‘reappearance’ as unimpressive plagiarism of the story in Genesis and rehashed imagery from Ezekiel.

  JWs believe that people won’t die after Armageddon.

  No, they say that people won’t die (unless they do*) after a final spate of killing by God after a ‘final test’ after the 1,000 years, though the Bible refers to a final attack by enemy nations rather than a ‘final test’. And they get everything else wrong about (what the Bible says about) the 1,000 years too.

  *The Watch Tower Society allows for God to “annihilate” anyone who ‘sins’ after the ‘final test’ (The Watchtower, 15 August 2006, p. 31), but suggests it would be “very unlikely”.
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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  Jeffro

  slimboyfat:

  According to the Bible the devil is “the father of lies”. It’s fair enough reading Genesis in different ways (many, including Christadelphains, see no devil there at all) but in terms of the Christian Bible’s own interpretation of itself, it is clear the devil was the first liar.

  Sure, if we pretend the Bible is actually this homogeneous consistent thing rather than the reality that it is stories built on stories built on stories.

  The snake in Genesis is derived from the snake in the Epic of Gilgamesh. There was no 'Satan the Devil' at the time Genesis was written (during the Neo-Babylonian period, but also definitely not if one wants to pretend it was written even earlier). Satan (as an individual rather than a generic concept) was borrowed from later Persian beliefs.
  

  It hardly matters that Christians later decided that their stories represent the Bible 'interpreting itself'.
  
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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  Jeffro

  Sea Breeze:

  The fruit is just a manifestation of the core issue

  Yeah, that's why it was urgent that they be prevented from eating the fruit of the other magical tree (Genesis 3:22-24). 🙄
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  August issue is now up on JW.com

  by ozziepost in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just a heads up that the english version with the changed cover is now up on jw.com.. i haven’t yet read it but if any you have the time i’m looking forward to people’s insights.. in the meantime i must find a red 🍷.

  cheers,.

  ozzie (of the ‘is he still here?’ class ).

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  Lots of word games in the articles. In addition to the obvious semantic nonsense about what they call their ‘shunning’, there is also a conspicuous reference to a supposed ‘personal decision’ about ‘marking’ where the ‘decision’ has already been stipulated:

  if we notice a fellow Christian who shows such a disobedient spirit, we will make a personal decision not to associate with him for social occasions or recreation

  Notice how it’s not a personal decision about whether or not the person will continue to associate, but the ‘decision’ is to not associate. This nonsense is akin to the distinction that a person won’t be disfellowshipped removed for ‘accepting a blood transfusion’ but they’ve supposedly ‘disassociated by their actions’ anyway.
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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  Jeffro

  🤦‍♂️
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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  Jeffro

  It sure is funny (and quite pitiful) that there are people who believe that this unoriginal and nonsensical story is actually true. And the people who just accept that it’s all true with no evidence are generally the same people who expect ‘nonbelievers’ to explain complex scientific processes in detail in multiple fields. But they just make up trite excuses for primitive and obviously wrong folklore.
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  Paul Gillies and JW Spellcasting July 2024

  by FragrantAddendum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  gillies is moving up quick.

  wonder what kind of devilish acts he's done to get that job so fast.

  hey, look!

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  Jeffro

  It wasn’t the Pixar bit I was talking about
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  Paul Gillies and JW Spellcasting July 2024

  by FragrantAddendum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  gillies is moving up quick.

  wonder what kind of devilish acts he's done to get that job so fast.

  hey, look!

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  Jeffro

  hey, look! they put the "monster" logo in this time too!

  Good grief. It’s just a reflection. 🤦‍♂️ If you imagine the two letter abbreviation of their denomination name is just so it can be used to represent this nonsense when reflected, you’ve instantly lost all credibility.