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  'Evolution' definition can include 'origin of life'

  by hooberus in

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  the popular berkeley evolution site (while responding to the misconception that evolution is just "a theory about the origin of life" does state:.

  "evolutionary theory does encompass ideas and evidence regarding life's origins (e.g., whether or not it happened near a deep-sea vent, which organic molecules came first, etc.

  ), but this is not the central focus of evolutionary theory.

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  Quantum mechanics
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  Greek Myth and the Bible

  by Doug Mason in

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  while the cost of the physical book, "greek myth and the bible" by bruce louden is beyond my means, the kindle version is tempting.. a preview is available at amazon and a critical review is available at:.

  http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2019/2019-08-03.html .

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  While the cost of the physical book, "Greek Myth and the Bible" by Bruce Louden is beyond my means, the Kindle version is tempting.

  A preview is available at Amazon and a critical review is available at:

  http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2019/2019-08-03.html
  

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  No Need To Preach In Every Country Anymore

  by pale.emperor in

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  speaking to a pimo from my hometown yesterday.

  he told me that in the watchtower study (10 nov 2019) regarding “the great tribulation” the elder on the platform said that there’s no need for jws to preach in every country in order to fulfil the prophecy, and therefore the org has already fulfilled that prophecy.

  and that there’s nothing else left to wait for now but for “the great tribulation” to come.. gasps of delight came from the audience.. has anyone else heard this?

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  "To all the world"

  What did that mean to those people when those words were written?

  It related to their understanding of the expression in their own immediate environment. They were not thinking of Australian Aboriginals. They were considering only their own immediate environment.

  Read Romans 1:8 and also Romans 10:18.

  These people were not writing to us, nor for us, nor about us. Understand their writings in the context of their time.

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  JW's ransom sacrifice DOGMA

  by The Fall Guy in

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  it-2 p. 735 ransom - “the real ransom (a) sacrifice.....would have to correspond (b) to the perfect adam......and enslavement into which their first father adam had sold them.

  only thereby could he satisfy god’s perfect justice (c) that requires like for like...(d)’”.

  a) can a ransom redeem something which wasn't lost – i.e.

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  Who received the "ransom" payment?

  Who was holding humankind hostage?

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  While resrarching Evolution/Creation, I came across 'The Blob'

  by Doug Mason in

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  my research into evolution/creation is taking me down many roads.

  on one journey, i came across 'the blob'.. it made me wonder what life was like when the environment was far different.. https://jwstudies.com/_blob__slime_mould_with_720_sexes.pdf .

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  Hi,

  My research into Evolution/Creation is taking me down many roads. On one journey, I came across 'The Blob'.

  It made me wonder what life was like when the environment was far different.

  https://jwstudies.com/_blob__slime_mould_with_720_sexes.pdf

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  Did Jeruselm fall in 587 or 586 BCE?

  by Doug Mason in

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  i came across this article written in 2004 by an evangelical.. “when did jerusalem fall?”, rodger young, journal of the evangelical society [jets], 47/1 (march 2004), 21-38.. http://www.rcyoung.org/articles/jerusalem.pdf .

  these are the conclusions of the 18-page analysis.

  (1) jerusalem fell in the fourth month (tammuz) of 587 bc.

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  Hi Scholar,

  Thank you for the reference to the paras in "Insight" volume 1.

  This means that the WTS accepts the ability of scholars to accurately calculate the dates of astronomical phenomena. I have copies of the original material that is referred to by these paras in "Insight", and they consistently are able to provide the dates of the eclipses during all of the period in question.

  This is great news, for these same scholars also list the eclipse in 605 BCE during Nabopolassar's reign and the 567 BCE eclipse during Nebuchadnezzar's 37th regnal year.

  I am equally delighted to see that the WTS has to rely on the secular chronology to arrive at 539 BCE.

  Their reliance on Parker and Dubberstein is also obvious, because the WTS changed the date from 538 BCE to 539 BCE following the 1942 release of P&D's work.

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  Did Jeruselm fall in 587 or 586 BCE?

  by Doug Mason in

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  i came across this article written in 2004 by an evangelical.. “when did jerusalem fall?”, rodger young, journal of the evangelical society [jets], 47/1 (march 2004), 21-38.. http://www.rcyoung.org/articles/jerusalem.pdf .

  these are the conclusions of the 18-page analysis.

  (1) jerusalem fell in the fourth month (tammuz) of 587 bc.

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  Hi Scholar,

  So you don't know how the WTS arrives at its starting point of 539 BCE.

  Maybe you should ask the WT (through its expert Rolf) to provide you with an article that shows its method for arriving at 539 BCE.

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  Did Jeruselm fall in 587 or 586 BCE?

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i came across this article written in 2004 by an evangelical.. “when did jerusalem fall?”, rodger young, journal of the evangelical society [jets], 47/1 (march 2004), 21-38.. http://www.rcyoung.org/articles/jerusalem.pdf .

  these are the conclusions of the 18-page analysis.

  (1) jerusalem fell in the fourth month (tammuz) of 587 bc.

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  Scholar,

  You write: "The establishment of 539 BCE as the date for the Fall of Babylon and as Pivotal date for the dating of the OT is based on known secular sources and the Biblical record."

  Give me the details, including the sources. Which "secular sources" and which "Biblical record"?

  The date is calculated from the secular absolute dates which are unacceptable to the WTS and from secular chronologies that are likewise unacceptable to the WTS. Yet the WTS accepts their conclusions.

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  Did Jeruselm fall in 587 or 586 BCE?

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i came across this article written in 2004 by an evangelical.. “when did jerusalem fall?”, rodger young, journal of the evangelical society [jets], 47/1 (march 2004), 21-38.. http://www.rcyoung.org/articles/jerusalem.pdf .

  these are the conclusions of the 18-page analysis.

  (1) jerusalem fell in the fourth month (tammuz) of 587 bc.

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  Hi Scholar,

  Prove 539 BCE without relying on secular scholars' absolute dates and chronology.

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  Did Jeruselm fall in 587 or 586 BCE?

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i came across this article written in 2004 by an evangelical.. “when did jerusalem fall?”, rodger young, journal of the evangelical society [jets], 47/1 (march 2004), 21-38.. http://www.rcyoung.org/articles/jerusalem.pdf .

  these are the conclusions of the 18-page analysis.

  (1) jerusalem fell in the fourth month (tammuz) of 587 bc.

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  Hi,

  I came across another article that supports the 587 BCE date.

  https://www.critiquesonthewatchtower.org/new-articles/2019/02/Jerusalem_587_586.pdf
  

  I think that concreting in the correct date provides further information that deals blows to the WTS's imaginary 607 BCE date. Working through the process provides mental discipline that defies the method that the WTS uses to arrive at their date.

  Doug