it seems like to me the majority of people who are in the truth, are were in the truth was a result of either a family member are a friend witnessing to them and not many seem to have been found in the door to door work.. from my years of associating with the borg i cannot recall many coming in the truth from the door to door work.. how were you sucked in?
for me it was my aunt who has now even though i am not disfellowshipped decided to write me out of her will to the tune of about $150,000.00 (maybe i should hang around a couple more years)dont think i will.. please respond .
thanks.
My mother's and father's son influenced me into falling for the slaving cult. For that I wish him the worst: to stay a JW for the rest of his life and to realize his mistake two hours before he dies.
He was brought into the borg by the wife of an uncle. Thank goodness I still have a brother who warned me about this cult.
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
in another thread robert (you know) and i had a connection.
i learned that he use to roll joints with bible pages.
i did the same as a jw teen.
All right!
Quit messing with with the gods!
Gen. 1:27
in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them
If he created man in his image, and he created them male *and* female, then god is a hermaphrodite.
J then proceeded to find man a mate among the animals, but there were few hermaphrodites.
J then took out a rib from the first hermaphrodite human and made the first sex change operation transforming man into the two genders.
lol
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
asherah: mother of the goddess anath, consort of yahweh .
i was trying to prove to a spanish site that the bible uses euphemisms in order to cover up certain words of sexual origin.
one of those is "grove" which is used in order to cover up the sexual images of asherah.
DC,s Ghost,
Thank you for your very extensive reply.
Sorry I did not have the time to answer to thank you earlier.
The more I read about the bible, the more convinced I am that Jehovah was only a Hebrew invention to have their people controlled.
The information that you give me helps me put him in its right place. As a tribal deity no different from Jupiter, Thor, Zeus, etc.
Thanks again for your New Light on the subject.
Rene
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
asherah: mother of the goddess anath, consort of yahweh .
i was trying to prove to a spanish site that the bible uses euphemisms in order to cover up certain words of sexual origin.
one of those is "grove" which is used in order to cover up the sexual images of asherah.
Logical,
There are two points
1. Bible is not translated properly and/or consistently.
2. I had never read before that Jehovah had a consort, or that his consort's mother was Asherah.
Have you heard about such a thing before?
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
asherah: mother of the goddess anath, consort of yahweh .
i was trying to prove to a spanish site that the bible uses euphemisms in order to cover up certain words of sexual origin.
one of those is "grove" which is used in order to cover up the sexual images of asherah.
Asherah: Mother of the Goddess Anath, consort of Yahweh
I was trying to prove to a Spanish site that the bible uses euphemisms in order to cover up certain words of sexual origin. One of those is "grove" which is used in order to cover up the sexual images of Asherah. In the Reyna-Valera version of the Spanish Bible, their authors use the Spanish word "bosques" Which would literaly translate into English as "woods" I looked up Exodus 34:13 for the translation of "groves" in different bibles. The translations for "grove" follow after the name of the Bible
King James Version (KJV) groves
New King James Version (NKJV) wooden images
Darby Translation (DARBY) Ashe'rim
New International Version (NIV) Asherah poles NOTE: That is, symbols of the goddess Asherah
New American Standard Bible (NASB) Asherim NOTE: I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
Young's Literal Translation (YLT) shrines
Still curious about Asherah, I used a search Engine. The following site was first on the engine.
http://www.spiralgoddess.com/Asherah.html
In this site it is claimed that Asherah is Yaweh's (Jehovah's) mother-in-law.
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
most of the stuff posted here is negative, hateful, and blasphemous against god.
even if many of you are right in saying that the jws are wrong on many and important issues, that does not make you right.
so unless you are convinced that there is no biblical god you are facing serious trouble when you die or if the lord comes during your lifetime.
God_knows,
Remember that Jehovah, YHWH, JAH, or whatever you choose to call Him is GOD, who is the same, past, present and future.
You speak of a more up-to-date concept of God....but what would your ideas be? A Father who tolerates sin and blasphemy?Even EARTHLY dads that are worth their salt have no tolerance for hatred and wickedness in their sons and daughters though they love them very much.
That is true.
A father should not tolerate sin and blasphemy.
I have decided to live by Jehovah's rules. A couple of my children started complaining that they wanted to go back to school because they were thirsty and hungry and I had not fed them for three days. Following Jah's example on the dessert, I pulled my .357 Smith and Wesson and killed two of them on the spot. I have heard no more complaints from the others.
I caught my youngest one in the Kingdoom Hell. Quick as lightning I slew him with my hunting knife (after making sure, of course, that his blood fell to the ground). The nerve of the four eyed punk. He needed glasses and dared to go near God's temple!
This poses problems in heathen America. I pay my female employees half of what I pay my male employees. They sued me but I won the case based on my religious beliefs supported by the Bible that women are worth only one half as much as man. It is good to have separation of church and state. These ingrate females wanted also wanted to sue me for sexual harassment. I showed the judge that I needed to know when they were menstruating so I would not touch an unclean female. They still refused to tell me when their menstruation days were up.
People don't realize that Jehovah's laws need no revision. They were made by an omnisapient God who knows what is and was right for all the people.
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
most of the stuff posted here is negative, hateful, and blasphemous against god.
even if many of you are right in saying that the jws are wrong on many and important issues, that does not make you right.
so unless you are convinced that there is no biblical god you are facing serious trouble when you die or if the lord comes during your lifetime.
Eeyore,
Luke 12:10: And everyone that says a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but he that blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven itMatthew 12:31-32: On this account I say to YOU, Every sort of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the spirit will not be forgiven. 32 For example, whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the holy spirit, it will not be forgiven him, no, not in this system of things nor in that to come.
Mark 3:28-29: Truly I say to YOU that all things will be forgiven the sons of men, no matter what sins and blasphemies they blasphemously commit. 29 However, whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of everlasting sin."
I assume you quoted this from the NWT because "holy spirit" is not capitalized. Since it is not capitalized, it shows disrespect for the Holy Ghost.
This is blasphemy.
Oh my God!
This means that instead of having five billion corpses lying around in the new system, there will only be five million heathen JWs who disrespected the Holy Spirit. LOL
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.
i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.
and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.
SlayerLayer,
Call me an insensitive prick, but I think he got off easy. He and all violent murderers should die slowly at the hands of the surviving family members.
Maybe slowly pulling off his fingernails, then slicing him open to pull out his intestines while he is forced to watch.
And they should start by doing the same to the ATF and FBI criminals who murdered the children and adults in Waco.
Who cries for them?
As long as there is sanctioned government mass murder, there will be McVeighs
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.
i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.
and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.
IANAO,
How come none of the ATF and FBI agents has been brought to trial and sentenced to death for the murder of those children in Waco?
What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
i am a policitcal conservative, at least a fiscal conservative and sociel moderate.
i support the death penalty, but i agree that our judicial system needs to overhaul how wwe treat criminals to achieve better rehabilitation results.
and of course, withhold the death penalty in cases where there could be doubt.. in mcveigh's case, i believe that he deserves the death penalty.
Hello Englishman,
Don't forget.
Pancho Villa invaded the USA too.
JRP
If I wanted your opinion, I would beat it out of you (seen in a bumper sticker)
