when i was in school, you never heard about critical thinking skills...not till you started taking college level courses.. i work closely with the public education community.
now, the big rage in public education is instilling critical thinking skills from kindergarten on up.. and i'm in texas!
imagine what it's like in more liberal areas.. i would not be surprised if the watchtower started denigrating and discouraging public education (k-12).. it would likely start like this: .
Distance learning is the way of the future, I am sure it would be a legit school that taught reading, writing, math, but absent would be the little worldly kids to make you question your beliefs, and the teaching of lies like "biology".
Its not out of the question, who of us ever thought one of the core teaching tools would become saturday morning cartoons with caleb and sophia, I think the parents are more into that BS than the kids
similar views as those presented here are gaining in popularity in christian circles.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgmrfatdvtm.
started a history channel series on netflix last night called bible rules.
first episode was interesting.
in one part is was discussing stoning (which was not exclusive to the people of the dessert god).
No apologists on child sacrifice? Not as fun without the apologists
started a history channel series on netflix last night called bible rules.
first episode was interesting.
in one part is was discussing stoning (which was not exclusive to the people of the dessert god).
Its good for lurkers to know that the Desert god (yhwh, yahweh, Jehovah etc.) was not opposed to child sacrifice. Yes the scriptures did condemn it at times, but often with qualifiers like "to Molech". Instead of just "don't sacrifice your kids". There are scriptures that outright say it like that though, but this was likely due to changes in culture perception of these types of practices.
Here is a good one from 2 Samuel for the lurkers. The desert god is punishing Israel with famine, so what's the answer?
Problem: Desert god mad
Solution: Human sacrafice
21 Now there was a famine+ in the days of David for three consecutive years, so David consulted Jehovah, and Jehovah said: “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibʹe·on·ites to death.”+ 2 So the king called the Gibʹe·on·ites+ and spoke to them. (Incidentally, the Gibʹe·on·ites were not Israelites but Amʹor·ites+ who remained, and the Israelites had sworn to spare them,+ but Saul sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)3 David said to the Gibʹe·on·ites: “What should I do for you, and how can I make atonement, so that you will bless the inheritance of Jehovah?” 4 The Gibʹe·on·ites said to him: “It is not a matter of silver or gold+ for us in connection with Saul and his household; nor can we put any man to death in Israel.” At that he said: “Whatever you say, I will do for you.” 5 They said to the king: “The man who exterminated us and schemed to annihilate us from living anywhere in the territory of Israel+— 6 let seven of his sons be given to us. We will hang their dead bodies*+ before Jehovah in Gibʹe·ah+ of Saul, the chosen one of Jehovah.”+ The king then said: “I will hand them over.”
7 However, the king showed compassion for Me·phibʹo·sheth,+ the son of Jonʹa·than the son of Saul, because of the oath made before Jehovah between David and Jonʹa·than,+ the son of Saul. 8 So the king took Ar·moʹni and Me·phibʹo·sheth, the two sons of Rizʹpah+ the daughter of Aʹiah whom she bore toSaul, and the five sons of Miʹchal*+ the daughter of Saul whom she bore to Aʹdri·el+the son of Bar·zilʹlai the Me·holʹath·ite. 9 Then he handed them over to the Gibʹe·on·ites, and they hung their dead bodies on the mountain before Jehovah.+All seven of them died together; they were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the start of the barley harvest. 10 Then Rizʹpah+ the daughter of Aʹiah took sackcloth and spread it out on the rock from the start of harvest until rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies; she did not allow the birds of the heavens to land on them by day nor the wild beasts of the field to come near by night.
Also lets not forget Jeptha...
started a history channel series on netflix last night called bible rules.
first episode was interesting.
in one part is was discussing stoning (which was not exclusive to the people of the dessert god).
27 So he took his firstborn son who was going to reign in his place and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice+ on the wall. And there came to be great indignation against Israel, so they withdrew from against him and returned to their land.
I'm counting my time btw... lmao... time, as if.
Mind you they were attacking moab and who/what's wrath/anger came against them??
started a history channel series on netflix last night called bible rules.
first episode was interesting.
in one part is was discussing stoning (which was not exclusive to the people of the dessert god).
2 Kings 3:27
International Standard Version
So he took his firstborn son, whom he intended to reign after him, and offered him up as a burnt offering on the wall. There subsequently came great anger against Israel, so they abandoned the attack and returned to their homeland.
Looks like moloch had some street cred too.
started a history channel series on netflix last night called bible rules.
first episode was interesting.
in one part is was discussing stoning (which was not exclusive to the people of the dessert god).
Yes the stoning they suggested was not to show loyalty towards the persons wrong doing, but to show how you would be loyal if the city was attacked etc, totally power/control/political. So how is disfellowshipping any different? Its not some enlightened spiritual form of justice, its bronze-motha-f&%$ing-age control.
_Morpheus They also mentioned a scripture (i need to find it) where the moabites or someone sacrificed a child and the Israelites lost a battle. Looks like the desert god recognizes the effectiveness of child sacrafice.
started a history channel series on netflix last night called bible rules.
first episode was interesting.
in one part is was discussing stoning (which was not exclusive to the people of the dessert god).
Started a history channel series on Netflix last night called bible rules. First episode was interesting. In one part is was discussing stoning (which was not exclusive to the people of the dessert god).
Something they strongly emphasised was how there were a lot of ways to kill someone. Yes this was barbaric but there was another factor to it as well. It demonstrated your loyalty. Sound like disfellowshipping? Everyone gets to participate this way they can show their loyalty to the religious leaders and group. Vicariously representing some diety.
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0101/planofsalvation.html.
if you haven't seen this before thought you'd like it.
kate xx.
i have noted that the main problem for those who are seduced by the watchtower society is their ignorance about the bible itself.
people who believe that the bible is the word of god usually ignore the studies on textual criticism and how scientific criteria forbid absurd stories like that of the global flood.
so, i strongly believe that students in schools need at least an obligatory course on "the bible" through the point of view of science and the textual criticism.
I agree with you. That was what woke me up. Weekly bible reading. Then questioning and researching, the realising the witnesses have molded the bible into a witness world. If you were raised in this is what you believe.
This is why I believe Caleb in floroda has some of the best info for crushing witness fantasies about the bible. I am a huge critic of what's in the bible and how dangerous it's ideas cab be. But people don't realise what it was and leave it like that as a cultural artifact of story telling and not the word of THEIR almighty god
