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  Two Powers in Heaven

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  while this topic might at first seem to come from left field, it has arisen in my mind when reading a number of recent threads.

  this topic in full requires many hours of research to fully assimilate but i'm now only introducing the topic and encouraging further reading.

  in short, by the end of the common era judaism included various heavenly figures that took on roles that, for all practical purposes, were those of god.

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  cofty

  I do understand it. I am familiar with Carrier's work and Ehrman's response to Doherty
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  Two Powers in Heaven

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  while this topic might at first seem to come from left field, it has arisen in my mind when reading a number of recent threads.

  this topic in full requires many hours of research to fully assimilate but i'm now only introducing the topic and encouraging further reading.

  in short, by the end of the common era judaism included various heavenly figures that took on roles that, for all practical purposes, were those of god.

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  cofty

  I find it impossible to take the mythical Jesus hypothesis seriously.

  Richard Carrier et al get very angry about all evidence to the contrary.

  Erhman , while very willing to shed Christian dogma is still reluctant (to say the least) to consider the possibility that there was no Jesus

  Not only has Ehrman considered the possibility that there was no historical Jesus he tackled the evidence in detail and wrote an entire book on the subject.
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  Two Powers in Heaven

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  while this topic might at first seem to come from left field, it has arisen in my mind when reading a number of recent threads.

  this topic in full requires many hours of research to fully assimilate but i'm now only introducing the topic and encouraging further reading.

  in short, by the end of the common era judaism included various heavenly figures that took on roles that, for all practical purposes, were those of god.

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  cofty

  PP - I was listening to a lecture by Bart Ehrman on this very topic yesterday.

  I am persuaded that nobody thought of Jesus in divine terms during his lifetime, neither did he make any such claims.

  Jewish monotheism was more nuanced than we may have thought for the reasons you have outlined above. It was this background that made it possible to take the first steps after Jesus' death that ended in belief in his divinty.
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  Is it mathematically posible for Noah and his sons to have populated the earth?

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  bible says flood occurred approximately 4000 years ago.

  that is about *200 generations of breeding to get to the population on earth now.

  keep in mind that the population increase is geometric.

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  cofty

  That's because you remain wilfully ignorant of the science.
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  Is it mathematically posible for Noah and his sons to have populated the earth?

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  bible says flood occurred approximately 4000 years ago.

  that is about *200 generations of breeding to get to the population on earth now.

  keep in mind that the population increase is geometric.

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  cofty

  Without solid evidence to stand on, Bible faith is impossible

  Exactly!

  ALL of the evidence proves there was no global flood. But don't worry your sort of faith is never impossible. It makes a virtue out of believing things despite the facts.
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  disgusting money grab attempt

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  put under scandals because i think it is horrid...got this from jw facts page while i was looking for something else.

  check out how the jws tried to get money from a fund dedicated to holocaust victims.

  : copied and pasted-.

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  cofty

  the Watch Tower would be pleased devote any allocated moneys solely to the interests of Holocaust education and the remembrance of the prisoners who bore the purple triangle

  Straight into the paedophile defence fund more like.
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  Are Both The JW And The Ex-JW Community a Cult?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  charlie ryde writes:.

  let us use the same bite model for determining if something is a cult to both being a jw and being ex-jw.

  mind you this is a short summary.. b- behavioral control.

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  cofty

  The obsession with LE is a bit cultish.

  8000 comments later - He's an idiot - okay move on!
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  Flu is finally back in Scotland - after its 2 year holiday!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. social
  2. current

  the little demon went totally awol for 3 winters, 2019 - 2021, but now it's back with a vengeance: .

  "the first minister turns to the "extraordinary levels of winter flu.

  "" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-64209723.

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  cofty

  New Cochrane study results 30 Jan 2023. Meta-analysis of 15 relevant studies.

  'wearing a mask may make little to no difference in how many people caught a flu-like illness/COVID-like illness (9 studies; 276,917 people); and probably makes little or no difference in how many people have flu/COVID confirmed by a laboratory test (6 studies; 13,919 people).'
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  Bible MIRACLEs!! Are they a Myth or Emeth?

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the bible records miracles such as resurrections, angels, prophecy and destructive acts of god to mention a few.

  are these all a pack of lies?

  how do you explain them?

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  cofty

  You are suffering from logorrhea
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  Bible MIRACLEs!! Are they a Myth or Emeth?

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the bible records miracles such as resurrections, angels, prophecy and destructive acts of god to mention a few.

  are these all a pack of lies?

  how do you explain them?

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  cofty

  You are not arbitrator but only an advocate. - Fishy

  I'm not an advocate. I think that Sai Baba is a fraud and the witnesses to his 'miracles' are deluded. And yet there are thousands of those witnesses within living memory.

  That ought to give you pause before trusting the veracity of ancient miracles.