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  Most despicable Bible texts

  by logansrun in

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  of course, there are so many to choose from.

  one of my favorite examples of pure goulish evil is found in psalm 137:8,9:.

  "o daughter of bablyon, you devastator!

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  City Fan

  Little Toe,

  This thread has little to do with research

  My opinion about the bible has been formed by a tremendous amount of research. I agree with Pete that many ex-JWs struggle to shake off the literal view of the bible that we were taught.

  I do ridicule the Old Testament, as do many here, because it paints a picture of a god more imperfect than most humans. The emotions exhibited so easily by Yahweh of the Old Testament are the emotions I try to suppress, namely jealousy, anger, and pride. Some of the actions done in god's name are a complete disgrace.

  May I also add that after reading many of your posts I think it would be great to meet up with you just to talk about your personal spiritual experience, obviously over a beer or two.

  CF.
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  Which Bible Translation is Currently the MOST Accurate in Your Opinion?

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  i really wanna know.

  i need the most accurate version to refer to in order to continue a project i'm working on.

  frannie b

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  City Fan

  Scholar,

  BA BA Hons, cand. MA Studies in Religion

  Did you get another degree in the last 12 hours??
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  Most despicable Bible texts

  by logansrun in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  of course, there are so many to choose from.

  one of my favorite examples of pure goulish evil is found in psalm 137:8,9:.

  "o daughter of bablyon, you devastator!

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  City Fan

  Bradley,

  You're maybe right, that verse is more crude really.

  I was trying not to choose one of the many verses that describe ethnic cleansing such as Deutoronomy 2:34.

  CF.
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  Most despicable Bible texts

  by logansrun in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  of course, there are so many to choose from.

  one of my favorite examples of pure goulish evil is found in psalm 137:8,9:.

  "o daughter of bablyon, you devastator!

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  City Fan

  Judges 3:21,22 describes the way Ehud kills big fat Eglon, king of Moab.

  "Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king's belly. The dagger went so deep that the handle disappeared beneath the king's fat. So Ehud left the dagger in, and the king's bowels emptied."

  Lovely!
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  Step One

  by Peppermint in

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  2. friends

  just registered today after many months of being a silent spectator, hope to tell you a bit about myself in the days/weeks to come, but not just yet.

  one step at a time as they say.

  i have been helped so much by what i have read here, at first i expected to find bitter and twisted rantings, not so, you all seem very normal.

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  City Fan

  Welcome Peppermint,

  I look forward to reading your story soon.

  CF.
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  Norway...take #1 in World Idol !!!

  by Special K in

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  2. friends

  as per my prediction on morrislamb topic thread around christmas.. and i quote:.

  "so .. i guess i'll go for the hobbit to pull alot of votes, i think he might be an underdog type winner."...

  and yes.. he did win as the "world idol"...norways, kirt nielson... a plumber, married and father of two.

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  I don't suppose Kelly Clarkson or Will Young were too bothered about losing, they've both sold millions of CDs.

  Norwegian guy was good but the trouble is I'd watched U2 Live at Slane Castle (a Christmas present) earlier in the day - now THAT is how to sing 'Beautiful Day'! Loved how the Pan-Arab judges gave Germany and Canana top marks.

  By the way did other countries also have to suffer Posh Spice miming her way through her latest dirge before the results?

  I also watched the 100 Worst pop songs last night. Interesting to see that judges Simon Cowell and Pete Waterman had produced more than 10 of the entries between them in the top 100.
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  The Feb1st WT article minimus was talking about - scans

  by dmouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  they're saying the prophecy is possibly fulfilled of "peace and security and then sudden destruction" in the year 1986 when world leaders dubbed that year as the "year of peace".

  the feb.1st watchtower mentions that just as a pregnant woman over 9 months gradually has signs of a baby's growth in the womb, so too, we may have a fulfillment of bible prophecy without knowing it fully beforehand until the effects and results become obvious.

  my mother read excerpts of the wt.

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  The writers of these articles once again stress all that's bad in the world, drug abuse, crime rates, spiralling inflation??, terrorism, etc, etc..

  Wouldn't it be great to transport these Watchtower writers to 14th century Europe for a week and see which time period they'd then prefer to live in.
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  You Can Contact JW scholar Alton Williams (g2004 22/1) And Ask About 1914!

  by GermanXJW in

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  2. friends

  awake!-magazine of january 22nd, 2004 contains the article "why i believe in the bible?

  a nuclear scientist reports" as told by alton williams.. .

  i only own the german edition so maybe someone can quote from the english original.

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  I hate these kind of articles.

  The Watchtower Society is saying 'Look, a nuclear scientist is saying that the 1914 calculation is sound so don't bother researching it any more.'

  My mother thinks that the writing department is full of ex-lawyers, ex-doctors, ex-scientists etc who all gave up their posts to write for the Watchtower. As far as she's concerned she doesn't have to do any research outside the publications because men far more intelligent than her have already done the job for her!

  Makes me very angry.

  CF.
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  " Nobody knows the day or the hour..accept the father".

  by gumby in

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  2. beliefs

  ahhh!

  but how about the year?????

  i always wondered if those that predict the year of the lords return......somehow feel justified, that they would not be going against jesus words if they mearly predicted the year.....and not the day or hour.

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  Neon

  that there is no "7 times" prophecy in the Bible

  Exactly!

  Nebuchadnezzar was the beginning and end of that prophecy.

  Also, that story was originally about Nabonidus and is recorded in the Nabonidus Prayer found at Qumran.
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  A lie is a lie, but how would GOD deal it?

  by U.2.K. Tha Greate$t in

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  2. friends

  we all know that(those who pay attention anyway, the others who dont are foolish) christmas cometh from a pagan celebration of a "false god", and it still to this day is ignorant.

  the fact is that nobody knows when jesus was born, and nobody wont know till after the end into the beginning.

  and the fact that the mothers and fathers of this world swears that they "love their children" but also lies to them about santa, people believe in fiction more then they do reality, reality is god and his wonderful creation.

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  U.2.K

  santa is not real so stop lying

  I got lots of presents delivered last night so you're the liar! Santa is real - that is a fact!

  Merry Christmas.

  C.F.