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  Details of Noah’s Ark

  by enigma1863 in

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  jw magazines have claimed the flood story has so much detail that it couldn’t be just a made up story.. is it detailed?

  name one person outside of noah’s family.

  name one nephilim.

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  Somehow, god always takes the most cumbersome and difficult path to accomplish anything. He leaves zillions of angels sitting around doing nothing, while making pesky little humans struggle to do anything.

  Genesis 6:

  11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.

  ''All the people''... So, every baby, young children, grandmother, grandfather were all full of violence? God has ( a 500 year old ) Noah build an Ark ( with primitive tools) that takes over 100 years to build. God destroys every living thing with the flood. Why didn't God send in angels with swords and kill those who were evil? Why didn't God strike everyone with a heart attack like the story of Ananias and Sapphira for just stealing money?

  If this story is true, what did God accomplish with the flood, as evil comes back a hundred times fold?
  
  
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  Details of Noah’s Ark

  by enigma1863 in

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  jw magazines have claimed the flood story has so much detail that it couldn’t be just a made up story.. is it detailed?

  name one person outside of noah’s family.

  name one nephilim.

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  Noah could of never built the Ark. Look at what it took to build this replica. Humanly impossible, without modern engineering and equipment.

  

  Cary Summers, who headed Herschend Family Entertainment from 1992 to 1998, was hired as the lead consultant for the Ark Encounter.[25] Patrick Marsh, who helped design exhibits for the Creation Museum and previously designed attractions for Universal Studios Florida, was part of the planning and design team.[47] The Troyer Group, a construction firm in Mishawaka, Indiana, was contracted to oversee construction of the ark, which was constructed by Amish builders using traditional timber framing techniques.[27][48] In total, over 1,000 craftsmen were employed in the ark's construction.[49] As possible, board pulling was used rather than steaming. Steel nails were used to conform with building code regulations.[1]

  While the builders originally planned to hold the ark together with wooden pegs, modern building codes required the builders to use steel fasteners, thus 95 tons of metal plates and bolts were used to connect the wood together.[50] The electric lighting inside was designed to look like oil lamps.[9] According to AiG, the Ark Encounter is the largest timber frame structure in the United States.[2]

  AiG considered twelve different possible lengths for the biblical cubit, and AiG chose to use a length of 20.1 inches (51 cm); this produced plans for an ark measuring 510 feet (155 m) long, 85 feet (26 m) wide, and 51 feet (16 m) high.[51] The Ark Encounter consists of approximately 3,300,000 board feet (7,800 m3) of wood.[1] The framing of the ark consists mostly of Engelmann spruce, while the exterior is made of pine; some of the logs were as long as 50 feet (15 m) long and 36 inches (91 cm) in diameter.[52]
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  Passport to Heaven

  by JW Answers in

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  jehovah's witnesses believe that only 144,000 go to heaven, where as the bible teaches us that all who come to jesus can!

  nothing in the bible for 144,000.. the bible teaches that salvation is not through religion, works, self righteousness or human effort.

  but salvation is only through the person of the lord jesus christ.. feel free to watch below.

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  What did God accomplish by wiping out the entire earth? God's solution failed!"
  That wasn't God's solution. The flood was to clear out the waters in the heavens covering the earth.

  Not according to how I read things:

  GENESIS 6:

  11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
  
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  Passport to Heaven

  by JW Answers in

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  jehovah's witnesses believe that only 144,000 go to heaven, where as the bible teaches us that all who come to jesus can!

  nothing in the bible for 144,000.. the bible teaches that salvation is not through religion, works, self righteousness or human effort.

  but salvation is only through the person of the lord jesus christ.. feel free to watch below.

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  So he needs to get rid of the people and the violence.

  So why didn't God accomplish this the first time?
  
  
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  Passport to Heaven

  by JW Answers in

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  jehovah's witnesses believe that only 144,000 go to heaven, where as the bible teaches us that all who come to jesus can!

  nothing in the bible for 144,000.. the bible teaches that salvation is not through religion, works, self righteousness or human effort.

  but salvation is only through the person of the lord jesus christ.. feel free to watch below.

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  JW Answers

  I was a Jehovah's Witness for over 40 years. We read the Bible, but at the same time didn't really read the Bible. Here is one area that really made me doubt and the dominos fell :

  Here is a replica of Noah's Ark that was built in Kentucky. It is a project that could only of been built with modern equipment. Bending wood, brackets, braces, lifting, carrying heavy loads would of been humanly impossible. Let alone finding animals that were not from that region, finding and storing food, ventilation problems, unloading excrement, animals fighting and eating each other, odor problems, no medical care for all the animals and for Noah and his family ...etc, etc.

  God destroys every living thing because of human violence...only eight human survivors. Thousands of years later, the population is close to 8 billion and the violence is a million times worse. What did God accomplish by wiping out the entire earth? God's solution failed!

  
  
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  Jehovah Will Help You Deal With Life’s Uncertainties

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  library.

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  the watchtower—study edition | april 2023. study article 17. jehovah will help you deal with life’s uncertainties.

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  3. The Watchtower—Study Edition | April 2023

  STUDY ARTICLE 17

  Jehovah Will Help You Deal With Life’s Uncertainties

  
  

  18 Disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic have affected many of Jehovah’s people. For example, a widow in Nigeria was very low on provisions. One morning, her daughter asked her what they were going to eat after they cooked their last cup of rice. Our sister told her daughter that they did not have any money or food left but that they should imitate the widow of Zarephath​—prepare their last meal and put their complete trust in Jehovah. (1 Ki. 17:8-16) Before they even started thinking about what they would eat for lunch that day, they received a package of relief supplies from fellow believers. The package contained enough food to last for more than two weeks. The sister said that she did not realize how closely Jehovah was listening to what she had told her daughter. Indeed, when we rely on Jehovah, life’s uncertainties can actually draw us closer to him.​—1 Pet. 5:6, 7.

  A Nigerian mother and daughter barely have any food left. They cooked their last cup of rice. They put their complete trust in Jehovah that they won't starve.

  A package of food arrives from fellow believers. Now, they have enough food for two weeks. Did they call the local elders to see if the congregation can help them? Nope! Jehovah somehow was listening in to their conversation, gets his holy spirit involved and gets fellow believers to pool their money together, purchase food and leave relief supplies at the front door.

  So, after the pandemic affects the entire WORLD, Jehovah listens to the prayers and conversations of his loyal followers and forgets to help non-believers with relief supplies. What a great ''God'' Jehovah turns out to be!
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  Another interesting comment made by a PIMI JW

  by joe134cd in

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  i thought i’d shear this with you good people.

  the cognitive dissonance is just breath taking.

  i over heard this comment at a relatives family dinner the other night.

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  In this Kingdom Hall meeting, I see eight clean shaven men! In the 40 years I was a Jehovah's Witness, never did I see a beard. For some reason, a moustache is fine but long sideburns, goatees and beards were forbidden. This to me was always a man-made rule!

  Here is an example where they claim that someone with a beard is '' not considered a servant of God,'' but a troublemaker. I guess the clean shaven can be trusted, but those who have a beard cannot!

  And they fail to explain how a beard might stumble someone!

  “Extreme hair styles can easily lead one into a trap of the Devil also, and cause others to stumble. For example, a young man in the United States was making fine progress in his study of the Bible, and he was moved to share with an experienced Witness in preaching to others about the good things he was learning from the Bible. From early youth he had let his beard grow, and since some in the business community wore beards, he felt that his wearing one in preaching to others would be acceptable generally. But in speaking to a lady he was unable to do more than introduce himself, when she said: "I'm sorry, young man, I do not want to become involved in student revolt." No amount of explanation after this sufficed to clear up the misimpression. After the conversation ended with the closing of the door, he asked the experienced Witness what had happened. He was invited to consider his appearance in relation to what he claimed to be, a servant of God. Not wanting to be responsible for even one person's being stumbled so as to miss the way to everlasting life, this new Kingdom publisher shaved off his beard. Would you be willing to do the same or to make similar adjustments if your appearance gave the wrong impression in a certain community?” Watchtower 1975 Aug 15 pp.500,501
  
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  Devastating Earthquakes Strike Turkey and Syria—What Does the Bible Say?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  KEEP ON THE WATCH!

  On Monday, February 6, 2023, devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria.
  

  • “A huge earthquake killed more than 3,700 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the thousands left injured or homeless and hampering efforts to find survivors.”—Reuters, February 6, 2023.

  Our hearts ache when we read of such tragedies. At times like this, we can look to Jehovah who is “the God of all comfort.” (2 Corinthians 1:3) He provides “comfort from the Scriptures [that] we might have hope.”—Romans 15:4.

  ( Supposedly) God does not cause natural disasters. Natural disasters are one of the causes of suffering that God’s Kingdom will eliminate in the 'new system.' In the meantime, he is concerned about people who are affected by them. God provides comfort for those who are affected by natural disasters.​

  How does God provide comfort? Does God dig them out, does God provide medical care, does God provide shelter, does God rebuild new housing/ buildings? Or, is it volunteers, medical teams and rescue providers who provide comfort?

  If God plans on eliminating earthquakes, why not now? I guess God only cares about Jehovah's Witnesses, and those who worship him ' in the new system.'

  
  

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  What Does the Bible Say About Natural Disasters?

  How does God help victims of natural disasters?

  • God comforts victims with his Word, the Bible. The Bible assures us that God cares for us and that he feels for us when we suffer. (Isaiah 63:9; 1 Peter 5:​6, 7) It also reveals his promise of a time when natural disasters will not happen anymore.​—See “ Bible verses to comfort victims of natural disasters.”
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  spiritually sick

  by enoughisenough in

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  i thought of this today.

  when i first told a certain person i didn't believe the gb were the faithful slave, that person told me i was spiritually sick....even bought me flowers.

  i threw the vase away because i couldn't look at it without thinking how i was judged spiritually sick.

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  I was considered ''spiritually weak'' by the elders after I came back to the meetings after being out for 2 years. They told me I needed a ''Bible study''. They thought by having a Bible study ( all the dirt I collected by being away from the meetings) would cleanse me and the congregation. They even had elders help me back to ''field service''.

  They had me study a new book with a brother who just got out of Bethel. He would never show up. I told the elders that I didn't forget anything and having a Bible study was useless. They elders use the study to see where you're at as to the Society's control.

  In 2004, I finally left! I feel the pressure is off my shoulders and don't have the heavy burdens the Society place on everyone's shoulders.
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  Exercise Patience Regional Convention

  by Rattigan350 in

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  the theme of the in person convention this year is "exercise patience".

  looking at the convention map, they are really using their assembly halls and they are using smaller civic centers or city arena.

  no more huge stadiums.. are they not expecting a great crowd?

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  "Exercise Patience District Convention"