Posts by quincemyles

Are there any folks here who believe that Armageddon, the "second coming of Christ." the great tribulation and resurrection are past events rather than future?

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Is there truth in religion

by bola in

i am asking this questions due to the teachings, beliefs and practices of different religions..

quincemyles

Religion is a relic of the Ancient Near Eastern way of thinking. There's no true religion.

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where have the demons gone?

by aboveusonlysky in

jw
friends

does anybody remember some of the sensational demon stories jw's would tell back in the day?

i was a kid in the early 80's and i remember a few times hearing of people having real life encounters with demons.

for example, one sister claimed that before she became a jdub she would regularly talk to demons and they would even fix stuff like her washing machine!

It seems likely that the topic would be more prominently discussed in Africa. I am from Africa and one thing i know for sure is that demons are not fallen angels. They are hallucinations and diseases whose aetiopathogenesis is not understood by those who believe in demons.

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After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

by quincemyles in

after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

quincemyles

The beauty of being adults is that we can work to find answers to our questions and we do not expect others to do the work of searching for us. He that does not search let him not have the answers.

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After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

by quincemyles in

after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

quincemyles

Ruby 456, Vanderhoven asked whether someone was a Christadelphian. My response was to him. I assumed you noticed his question.

Redpilltwice. The Tempter was human, not just a personification of temptation.The one to whom the accuser (satan) spoke may have been a representative of God on earth in those court sessions. If not, God would have spoken to Satan even when that satan was on earth. Job 38 and other verses show God talking to Job. Did Job go to heaven for him to speak to God? No. Did the accuser need to go to heaven to raise those concerns before God? No. The accuser walked in the land of Uz, roamed in Uz. The book of Job does not say the meetings were in heaven but does say the accuser was on earth, walking about. He may as well have been a human accuser who spoke to God like Job spoke to God.

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After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

by quincemyles in

after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

quincemyles

Nice talking to you too Ruby. I am not christadelphian. Thanks.

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After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

by quincemyles in

after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

quincemyles

That account is not about resurrection to life but bodies being forcibly expelled out of burial places because of the massive earthquake. Mt. 27:51 very clearly says there was an earthquake and that very historical event is not unique. It has happened over and over again in different places throughout history when earthquakes forced bodies out of burial places.

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After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

by quincemyles in

after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

quincemyles

Ruby 456.

quincemyles, please explain how Jesus levitating into the sky is solidly founded in reality objective to humans.

Jesus was baptized by John and killed at the hands of Pontius Pilate. Modern historians know that. First century Greek and Hebrew Historians wrote that he rose up appearing to more than 500 humans. They reported that men saw the resurrected Jesus levitate into the sky. If one does not admit the historic death-resurrection of Christ and appearance to more than 500 men, then one would not accept the solidly observed and reported fit of levitation.