Posts by Doug Mason

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Jehovah's witnesses believe in Tranys.

by mickbobcat in

so women who are of the anointed will be changed to male?

i know it says there are neither male nor female in heaven but they are never depicted as women always male gender.

so does the cult believe in the transgender crap?.

Doug Mason

Oscar Wilde said:

"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."

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Jehovah's witnesses believe in Tranys.

by mickbobcat in

so women who are of the anointed will be changed to male?

i know it says there are neither male nor female in heaven but they are never depicted as women always male gender.

so does the cult believe in the transgender crap?.

Doug Mason

Rafty,

The people who wrote Revelation were also very specific about the exact number who would come from each of the specified Jewish clans. No ifs, no buts.

The writers also said these 144,000 needed protecting because they were living on earth while God's fury is being poured out.

Doug

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Jehovah's witnesses believe in Tranys.

by mickbobcat in

so women who are of the anointed will be changed to male?

i know it says there are neither male nor female in heaven but they are never depicted as women always male gender.

so does the cult believe in the transgender crap?.

I have both volumes of "Insight" on my computer. I could try to send them to you via Dropbox, but to do that you would need to PM me your email address or email me directly -- you will find my address on all of the material I write. I promise you that I do not have the time or the inclination to hassle or to follow up. unless you were to contact me further.

I can assure you that page 371 of Volume 2 of "Insight" does not have an entry for "men" although that same page has a lengthy article that runs on to the following page on "menstruation", including a lesson on biology.

Doug

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Jehovah's witnesses believe in Tranys.

by mickbobcat in

so women who are of the anointed will be changed to male?

i know it says there are neither male nor female in heaven but they are never depicted as women always male gender.

so does the cult believe in the transgender crap?.

Doug Mason

See pages 44 - 45 of:

https://jwstudies.com/The_Watch_Tower_Society_Reveals_Itself.pdf

As for "transgender" being "crap" I think you need to talk to people who are neither male nor female in their physical bodies (intersex) and also to those whose minds are similarly afflicted.

Doug

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Second Temple literature

by Doug Mason in

i have now prepared my study that deals with the literature of the second temple period.. this period runs from the return of exiles from babylon through to the gospels, so it includes most of the "books" that later became part of bibles.. the writings of the period include: the pentateuch, second isaiah, ezra/nehemiah/chronicles, 1 enoch, jubilees, maccabees, paul, and the gospels, and much more.. https://www.academia.edu/s/557a8dcee2?source=link or.

https://jwstudies.com/second-temple_period_literature.pdf .

in addition, i have listed all the resources i have located related to the second temple period.. second-temple period: resources:.

Doug Mason

I am fully aware there is a plethora of material that I could cite regarding the Second Temple period.

Here is another resource I came across today which would sit well in my Study on the literature of the Second Temple period.

My next Study is much simpler, dealing with the "significance" of the Second Temple period.

Doug

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Stuckenbruck, Loren (2010). The Dead Sea Scrolls and The New Testament in Qumran and The Bible: Studying the Jewish and Christian Scriptures in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Nóra Dávid and Armin Lange. Peeters. https://www.academia.edu/1384836/significance_of_DSS_for_NT_study

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Second Temple literature

by Doug Mason in

i have now prepared my study that deals with the literature of the second temple period.. this period runs from the return of exiles from babylon through to the gospels, so it includes most of the "books" that later became part of bibles.. the writings of the period include: the pentateuch, second isaiah, ezra/nehemiah/chronicles, 1 enoch, jubilees, maccabees, paul, and the gospels, and much more.. https://www.academia.edu/s/557a8dcee2?source=link or.

https://jwstudies.com/second-temple_period_literature.pdf .

in addition, i have listed all the resources i have located related to the second temple period.. second-temple period: resources:.

Doug Mason

I have now prepared my Study that deals with the literature of the Second Temple period.

This period runs from the return of exiles from Babylon through to the Gospels, so it includes most of the "books" that later became part of Bibles.

The writings of the period include: the Pentateuch, Second Isaiah, Ezra/Nehemiah/Chronicles, 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Maccabees, Paul, and the Gospels, and much more.

https://www.academia.edu/s/557a8dcee2?source=link OR

https://jwstudies.com/Second-Temple_period_Literature.pdf

In addition, I have listed all the resources I have located related to the Second Temple period.

Second-Temple Period: Resources:

https://www.academia.edu/s/ed06639498?source=link OR

https://jwstudies.com/Second-Temple_Period_Resources.pdf

Now it's time to put head down and continue.

Doug

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looking for Jw infomation about the bible being changed etc?

by Aposta-Fish in

in one of mike and kim's latest videos they claim that the borg wrote in the 1960's that the book of revelations wasn't even finished until a much later date.

they have also stated that apostate christians changed the bible> i've also read years ago they trashed the bible or at least the king james years ago after another one of their fail predictions and right before they made their own bible> .

i'm looking for these writings and any other that where the borg is criticizing the bible?.

Doug Mason

If the Watchtower is not part of Protestant Christendom, then why does it bother with that religion's scriptures?

Of all the sources the WTS could have used, why rely on the 19th century text produced by Westcott and Hort rather than on Nestel/Aland?

The Scriptures have been subjected to editing, deliberate changes, and accidental changes from the moment the ink dried on a initial scroll, to the point that it is not possible to know what was originally written.

Doug

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Second Temple Period: Messiahs (Draft)

by Doug Mason in

i have been researching the second temple period (2tp) for a little while and there is more i have yet to do.. i am preparing a series of 5 studies (plus a separate list of resources) and the first study has reached its draft stage.. normally, i do not make a draft publicly available, but for several reasons i decided to do so this time.

this study deals with the messiahs prior to and during the 2tp.. as this is a draft, i will appreciate – even encourage – any feedback, especially criticisms and corrections.. messiahs (draft): https://jwstudies.com/2tp_messiahs.pdf.

resources (draft): https://jwstudies.com/2tp_resources.pdf.

Doug Mason

oeacefulpete,

I apologise for not responding earlier, but I know you will understand how this project is occupying my time.

Thank you for your recommendation, which I located without any difficulty at PDFDRIVE.COM

Doug

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Second Temple Period: Messiahs (Draft)

by Doug Mason in

i have been researching the second temple period (2tp) for a little while and there is more i have yet to do.. i am preparing a series of 5 studies (plus a separate list of resources) and the first study has reached its draft stage.. normally, i do not make a draft publicly available, but for several reasons i decided to do so this time.

this study deals with the messiahs prior to and during the 2tp.. as this is a draft, i will appreciate – even encourage – any feedback, especially criticisms and corrections.. messiahs (draft): https://jwstudies.com/2tp_messiahs.pdf.

resources (draft): https://jwstudies.com/2tp_resources.pdf.

Doug Mason

Thank you so much, Phizzy,

As you will see, this Study is one part of a series on Judaeo-Christianity's soteriology.

I am at present learning about the Second Temple Period and when it became clear that a single Paper would have been overwhelming, I broke the Period into 5 Studies, with this one on Messiahs being the first to reach its Draft stage.

I am now working on bringing my Study that deals with "Death and Resurrection" to its Draft stage. I want to present the subject(s) chronologically as possibly as it will let me.

Of course, these various features intertwined. For example the introduction of an Eschatological Messiah late in the Second Temple Period cannot be isolated from subjects such as Resurrection nor from the literature they produced at the time.

Doug

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Funeral talk

by dothemath in

i was recently present at a witness funeral (by zoom) and the brother did do a nice talk about this sister who passed away.

her and her husband had pioneered for many years, but she succumbed to cancer.. in his closing remarks, of course he talked about the resurrection, and remarked how the husband (still alive) would soon be back together with his wife.. certainly fine thoughts, but imagine if this guy ended up getting remarried?

isn’t that putting a lot of pressure on someone, when it isn’t even mentioned in the bible at all?.

Doug Mason

The Hebrews inherited the idea of resurrection from the Persians (following the defeat of Babylon). The idea did not really take off until the Jews (as they had now become known as) inherited the idea of a "soul" and "Consciousness in death" from the Greeks.

Hence the only place in their Scriptures where resurrection is mentioned is in Daniel. That Book, of course, was prepared the the 2nd century BCE, following the absorption of those ideas from Persia and Greece.

All of this took place in a much larger context, in which the Jews took on the idea of "Last Days"; "War in heaven"; Evil Leader of fallen angels, and so forth.

All these features might not appear strange for some today, but they were extremely novel at the time.

The Saddusees only ever accepted the Torah, and since it does not speak of a resurrection, so neither did the Sadducees. They were true to the Scriptures, whereas the Pharisees were more generous and accepted other writings as authoritative.

Doug

An Afterthought: Is this idea of resurrection part of a denial of Death?