the world/science/technology and society (not the society) are changing so rapidly.
what does everybody think will be wt$ doctrine and belief in 10 or 20 years time?
i'm thinking mainly about advances in medicine and cloning, which were always looked upon as being a cut-off point.
I cannot believe that they will be around that much longer. I do not see them going another 5 years much less 10.
I see a merger with the NWO agenda and green movement facade as far as US/UK. For the most part they will probably take the $$ and run. I believe they have already been in preparation for new upstart in Africa and maybe some other isolated areas that do not have internet. They may even change their name and doctrine somewhat so as not to be recognized by the current generation.
why has it been passed down to us that the word 'armageddon' refers to meggido?
who came up with that and stamped and approved it as a translation?
i am not sure if jws buy into that same interpretation...so maybe you all can fill me in.. .
leolaia: The modern Italian word don derives from Latin dominus; whatever sound similarity with Armageddon that led you to that word arises from the sound change that occurred centuries later. But who knows! Maybe Italian don really comes from English dawn or Omaha don "sun" or Japanese don "bowl" or Sanskrit dána "liquid flowing from the temples of the elephant for the rutting" or Sanskrit dan "tooth" or Ossetian don "river" or Old Irish don "place" or Middle Irish donn "dark" or Tamil don "big club" or Georgian don "flat, level" or Old English dón "done" or Old High German donar "thunder" or Old High German donén "vast" or Middle High German don "relaxed" or Korean don "money", etc. etc.
Leo, you are so cute when you're mad!
I'll wash and you can hang it out to dry. 'k?
why has it been passed down to us that the word 'armageddon' refers to meggido?
who came up with that and stamped and approved it as a translation?
i am not sure if jws buy into that same interpretation...so maybe you all can fill me in.. .
Magic, or rather ILLUSION, goes hand in hand with both religion and politics. Illusion is how all of these things operate and connect. Illusion is how people are controlled and are made subservient.
I believe "mage" is the root word of Armageddon and I think it carries the meaning of the word as well.
Armageddon is thought to be the climax or end result of the Apocalypse.
Apocalypse has been said to be "the lifting of the veil" "revealing what has been hidden". We all know that magicians work with a "hidden hand" and a "veil of distraction".
The implications of Meggido, as being a battleground where many decisions were made, could also fit the scenerio.
When everything has been exposed as to how these charades have been played on humanity, people will have a major decision to make. Will they continue to go with the flow because they:
1. refuse to investigate further when confronted with controversy
2. accept tradition and the way things are because it is easier
3.choose to believe the lies because fantasy is comforting
OR will people:
1. Take a stand and speak up to expose the lies
2. choose to severe ties with affiliations that mislead
3. give up dependency on authorities to "parent them"?
I think many people find it to be a "safety net" of sorts to allow someone else to tell them what they can and cannot do. It's a part of ritual to have someone else making the plans for you and designing how you will spend your time. One does not have to do any deep thinking or reasoning. This may be why they easily give their power away to others.
Stepping out to become autonomous would be the road less traveled. There is no "safety net" and the system we are living under is not really designed to support this type of lifestyle.
why has it been passed down to us that the word 'armageddon' refers to meggido?
who came up with that and stamped and approved it as a translation?
i am not sure if jws buy into that same interpretation...so maybe you all can fill me in.. .
Outlaw, You are comparing apples to oranges.
This is dealing with the New Testament.
Armageddon is only mentioned in the New Testament. And through speculation and conjecture, religious con men have tried to tie it into ancient OT history in order to give it some kind of meaning or definition. Fact is...it still remains an UNEXPLAINED word.
why has it been passed down to us that the word 'armageddon' refers to meggido?
who came up with that and stamped and approved it as a translation?
i am not sure if jws buy into that same interpretation...so maybe you all can fill me in.. .
Forget everything you may have learned in Sunday School. The New Testament was written by Roman patricians, among them The Calpurnius Piso family that was descended from one of the generals in the army of Alexander the Great. The family included such famous people as Cleopatra, the Ptolemys, Pythagoras, Flavius Josephus, and the Roman Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasiani.
The great temple at Jerusalem was built by Herod the Great, and utterly destroyed in 70 CE by Titus Flavius Vespasiani. Of course nobody knew it was the year 70 in 70. That date had to be invented by somebody. The Christian calendar set the date at 70, and you will see that it is probable that the Pisos (operating as Church Fathers) created the Christian calendar. Apparently the Pisos were obsessed with Julius Caesar, evidence of which you will see repeatedly in the following text.
It is certain that the Roman emperor Vespasian captured the city of Jerusalem for Rome in 66 CE (Common Era), and the Roman emperor Titus Flavius Vespasiani (the son of Vespasian), destroyed the temple there in 70 CE. In fact, both Zela (religious center of Pontus) and Jerusalem were the sites of temples that were destroyed: Julius Caesar destroyed the one in Zela in 47 BCE. The Piso family were aristocrats whose ancestry traced from Zela.
Julius Caesar was an in-law of the Piso family. His wife, Calpurnia, was a Piso. He had married her to cement an alliance with Pontus. When Cleopatra, also a Piso relative, seduced Caesar, it is possible that she was conspiring with her relative Pharnaces II, king of Pontus, to distract Caesar while Pharnaces prepared to wage war against Rome.
why has it been passed down to us that the word 'armageddon' refers to meggido?
who came up with that and stamped and approved it as a translation?
i am not sure if jws buy into that same interpretation...so maybe you all can fill me in.. .
Are you suggesting the Bible was written in Ancient Italian?..LOL!!!!!..
YES
Italian is the primary language of Vatican City. It is the closest national language to Latin. You will find some interesting word changes and meanings if you cross reference scriptures in the Italian version of bible. I will see if I can link a reference.
In the meantime, you may want to check out the Piso family.
quote:
"The New Testament, the Church, and Christianity, were all the creation of the Calpurnius Piso family, who were Roman aristocrats. The New Testament and all the characters in it - Jesus, all the Josephs, all the Marys, all the disciples, apostles, Paul, and John the Baptist - are all fictional."
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Abelard Reuchlin
from The True Authorship of the New Testament
the cat which stands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3xucjbsm90.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apmvmdeae80.
I laughed when the cat actually waved at the neighbors. that was a surprise. I wonder if this cat will eventually learn to walk upright. I bet it could be taught. Amazing balance and sure to develop strength in muscles and use them in ways not normally used by four footed creatures.
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purple sofa... .
...................... ...outlaw.
Here's to you, Purple Sofa!
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/06/tempe_police_wont_say_whether.php.
i just got word of this and i'm completely shocked.
i knew him during my short time at bethel and i spoke to him regularly.
When I see news like this I always wonder....was he a poster or lurker here at JWN? Did finding out the truth about The Truth do him in? Was it too much to handle? Was the guilt and disgust overwhelming? I would imagine that it really takes a lot of strength to come to terms with realizing the WT deception.
why has it been passed down to us that the word 'armageddon' refers to meggido?
who came up with that and stamped and approved it as a translation?
i am not sure if jws buy into that same interpretation...so maybe you all can fill me in.. .
Leolaia:
And then a few sentences later you outdo yourself in pulling a specious etymology out of thin air:
Magedon. "Mage" refers to magicians. "Don" is the Mafia Boss. Could "Magedon" refer to a battle between the wizards of control and illusion and those who have seen behind the curtain?
"specious" meaning "plausible, but actually wrong".
So you are saying that "magi" is not the plural of the singular "mage"?
And are you saying that the Mafia Boss is not called a "Don"?
It's another speculation that is just as good as Megiddo, imo.
Who are these "kings" being gathered at this place? Where are their kingdoms? Are these kings currently rulers on the earth? Or are these the "kings and princes" as the future earthly rulers (as promoted by WT ?) Perhaps if we could define who the players are and what happens at this place, then we could shed more light on it's meaning and significance. Go the roundabout way.
