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  Peter in Babylon? - 1 Peter 5:13

  by Bobcat in

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  for any looking over the wt study article for 3-30-2014, paragraph 9 refers to peter spending time in babylon.

  the paragraph speaks of peter living in babylon as if it were a well established fact.

  in fact, the only evidence for this idea is 1 peter 5:13.. see here for a writeup that analyzes 1 peter 5:13 and whether "babylon" really means the city of babylon.

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  Bar Kokhba, never can get that h in the right order.

  I think Constantine read everything pertaining to Christianity.

  He, too, has been given a bad rap by the WT.

  Sylvia
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  Eccentric Jehovah's Witnesses

  by snowbird in

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  so as not to hijack logcon's thread about crazy things jw's have said to householders, i'd like to start one about just plain old odd jw's.. for example, i knew this dear, dear senior brother who would carry a small bag of peanuts in one pocket of his suit coat and a small plastic bag of brown sugar in the other.. during that time, we would stay out all day long because the territory was extensive.. can't you just picture that precious soul alternately tossing a few peanuts/crumbs of sugar into his mouth as he schlepped from house to trailer, from trailer to house?.

  the householders would usually offer us water, lemonade, kool-aid, or soda pops, so no problem with finding something to quench our thirsts.. those were the days!.

  sylvia.

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  LOL @ all the replies.

  Sylvia
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  Peter in Babylon? - 1 Peter 5:13

  by Bobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for any looking over the wt study article for 3-30-2014, paragraph 9 refers to peter spending time in babylon.

  the paragraph speaks of peter living in babylon as if it were a well established fact.

  in fact, the only evidence for this idea is 1 peter 5:13.. see here for a writeup that analyzes 1 peter 5:13 and whether "babylon" really means the city of babylon.

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  After the Roman War and Bar Khokba's Rebellion.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/texts/talmud.shtml

  I love all things Jewish.

  Sorry it took a while to reply; I took my teenage g'son driving!

  LOL.

  Sylvia
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  Peter in Babylon? - 1 Peter 5:13

  by Bobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for any looking over the wt study article for 3-30-2014, paragraph 9 refers to peter spending time in babylon.

  the paragraph speaks of peter living in babylon as if it were a well established fact.

  in fact, the only evidence for this idea is 1 peter 5:13.. see here for a writeup that analyzes 1 peter 5:13 and whether "babylon" really means the city of babylon.

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  They are grasping at straws ... text plainly states both in the East and in the West ...

  Also, those "great academies of Babylon" referenced in the Encyclopaedia Britannica seem to have been established after the destruction of Jerusalem, during the Diaspora, at which time Jewish scholars completed the Babylonian Talmud.

  So, WT is being intellectually dishonest to use that time period as a basis for arguing that Peter was in Babylon of Mesopotamia.

  Lord, have mercy!

  Sylvia

  Edited: Oops! I see now that East and West refers to the Apostle Paul. That's what I get for speed reading. Ok, special pleading on the part of WT.
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  Don't Expect This Site To Change Anybody's Religious Opinion

  by minimus in

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  just sayin.

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  ROFL @ Snare.

  Sylvia
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  Peter in Babylon? - 1 Peter 5:13

  by Bobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for any looking over the wt study article for 3-30-2014, paragraph 9 refers to peter spending time in babylon.

  the paragraph speaks of peter living in babylon as if it were a well established fact.

  in fact, the only evidence for this idea is 1 peter 5:13.. see here for a writeup that analyzes 1 peter 5:13 and whether "babylon" really means the city of babylon.

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  Eccentric Jehovah's Witnesses

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so as not to hijack logcon's thread about crazy things jw's have said to householders, i'd like to start one about just plain old odd jw's.. for example, i knew this dear, dear senior brother who would carry a small bag of peanuts in one pocket of his suit coat and a small plastic bag of brown sugar in the other.. during that time, we would stay out all day long because the territory was extensive.. can't you just picture that precious soul alternately tossing a few peanuts/crumbs of sugar into his mouth as he schlepped from house to trailer, from trailer to house?.

  the householders would usually offer us water, lemonade, kool-aid, or soda pops, so no problem with finding something to quench our thirsts.. those were the days!.

  sylvia.

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  snowbird

  So as not to hijack LogCon's thread about crazy things JW's have said to householders, I'd like to start one about just plain old odd JW's.

  For example, I knew this dear, dear senior brother who would carry a small bag of peanuts in one pocket of his suit coat and a small plastic bag of brown sugar in the other.

  During that time, we would stay out all day long because the territory was extensive.

  Can't you just picture that precious soul alternately tossing a few peanuts/crumbs of sugar into his mouth as he schlepped from house to trailer, from trailer to house?

  The householders would usually offer us water, lemonade, Kool-aid, or soda pops, so no problem with finding something to quench our thirsts.

  Those were the days!

  Sylvia
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  Come On And PLAY!!!

  by snowbird in

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  this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

  come on, y'all.. sylvia.

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  My questions were about Wicca stuff, of which I know naught.

  Sylvia
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  Peter in Babylon? - 1 Peter 5:13

  by Bobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for any looking over the wt study article for 3-30-2014, paragraph 9 refers to peter spending time in babylon.

  the paragraph speaks of peter living in babylon as if it were a well established fact.

  in fact, the only evidence for this idea is 1 peter 5:13.. see here for a writeup that analyzes 1 peter 5:13 and whether "babylon" really means the city of babylon.

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  http://www.endtimeprophecy.net/Articles/AMysterySolvedPeterBabylon.html

  Could it have been this Babylon from which Peter wrote?

  Interesting stuff about Mark/Marcus in the article, also.

  So much to learn ...

  Thank you, Bobcat, for starting this thread.

  Sylvia
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  Elder on the doorstep

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  with a house full with relatives someone knocked at the window.. a local elder was on the doorstep.. he told me we are missed and as i could expect they worried.. i told him see you then.. my frisian blood came up and i think the elder left not that happy.. gorby.

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  LOL @ Friesian blood.

  My sub-Saharan African blood boils at the gall of the WT in thinking people have to do their bidding.

  Sylvia