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  Chat AI shows Jesus was not god

  by enigma1863 in

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  title: jesus' perception of himself: a nuanced view of equality in a patriarchal society.

  introduction:.

  the perception of jesus christ's divinity has been a subject of theological debate for centuries.

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  cofty

  Chat AI is full of shit
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  The Sickening Sadism of Christianity

  by cofty in

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  burning heretics alive was a common practice in medieval europe.

  i cannot begin to imagine the depravity of the mind that invented this cruelty, let alone the inhumanity and callousness of those who carried out the act.

  sometimes an individual would take pity on the victim and hide gunpowder among the wood faggots to hasten their death.. there is only one way to make this scenario even more depraved, infinitely depraved in fact; and that would require magic powers.

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  If a christian doesn't believe in eternal torment then the OP isn't aimed at them. Hope that helps.
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  The Sickening Sadism of Christianity

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  burning heretics alive was a common practice in medieval europe.

  i cannot begin to imagine the depravity of the mind that invented this cruelty, let alone the inhumanity and callousness of those who carried out the act.

  sometimes an individual would take pity on the victim and hide gunpowder among the wood faggots to hasten their death.. there is only one way to make this scenario even more depraved, infinitely depraved in fact; and that would require magic powers.

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  cofty

  Burning heretics alive was a common practice in medieval Europe. I cannot begin to imagine the depravity of the mind that invented this cruelty, let alone the inhumanity and callousness of those who carried out the act. Sometimes an individual would take pity on the victim and hide gunpowder among the wood faggots to hasten their death.

  There is only one way to make this scenario even more depraved, infinitely depraved in fact; and that would require magic powers. Imagine you could make it so that the victim never found escape from their agony through death, not just to extend their pain for a few hours or days but literally for all eternity.

  Now imagine you could impose this penalty on untold millions of humans; not as a punishment for hideous acts against others but for thought-crimes.

  Anybody who can worship and adore a deity who invented this incredible depravity is a moral imbecile. Christians believe they can celebrate in heaven, eating, drinking and praising their god within sight and sound of a scene that would make Auschwitz look like a holiday camp.

  Christianity is a death cult and its most ardent followers are sadists.
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  Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  looks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.

  why don't the jw's do the same?.

  from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).

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  I wonder if christians who rant about eternal torture in hellfire are secretly harbouring sexual fantasies about it.
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  Why Do JW's Believe that Hell is Symbolic When the Disciples of the Apostles believed it Was Literal ?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
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  looks like the early christians believed jesus when he warned about hell over 40 times.

  why don't the jw's do the same?.

  from “the epistle of barnabas” (70-130ad).

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  Anybody who can worship and adore a deity who would burn a fellow-human for eternity is a moral reprobate.
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  A simple rebuttal to the recent 'Last Minute Repentance' change.

  by nicolaou in

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  for decades, critics have pointed out the unfairness of god slaughtering billions in a future armageddon who never even met a jw much less heard their life-saving message.

  (remember the contortions around the collective responsibility of nations?

  ) also, why do babies and children have to die simply because their parents rejected the witnesses?

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  Sea Breeze - If you actually believe that you are a moral imbecile. If you are only pretending to believe that why should anybody waste their time conversing with you?
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  Dates and times

  by jhine in

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  last night at my bible study group we looked at 1thessalonians ch 5 .

  we have been working through the whole letter.

  verses 1-11 start with .

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  Jesus preached that the 'end' would arrive within the lifetime of his disciples. For that reason they literally abandoned wives, children and businesses to follow him.

  It turned out Jesus was a false prophet. So who can blame his modern followers for doing likewise?
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  The Reasoning Book

  by Magnum in

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  the book reasoning from the scriptures was released in the 1980's, and it was used at virtually every meeting for service, every service meeting, and every theocratic ministry school meeting thereafter.

  many jws had copies bound together with their bibles.

  it was huge in jw land back then.. at that time, with the reasoning book, jws were trained to keep conversations going in spite of objections, to almost stick their feet in people's doors to keep conversations going, to defend "the truth," to argue doctrine, etc.. compare the situation today with that of the 80's.

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  I hated that book. I knew how to answer questions from the bible and objected to being told to get the book out and read the answer. I never used it.
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  Is Jesus God?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  i know that a lot of historical names have claimed to be a god.

  but, jesus arguably claimed to be god.

  scripture says he's the creator.

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  You can use the bible to prove whatever you want regarding the divinity of Jesus because the bible isn't a book - it's a library written by authors over a long period of time during which the theology of the church evolved.

  The developed doctrine of the trinity is post-biblical mumbo-jumbo.
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  JW Chrisians in name only-what do you think

  by enoughisenough in

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  jw claim they are the true religion and they mention the love they have among themselves as proof.

  i have been watching a youtube creator who had some thoughts on the subject, bringing out jw were not really christian, based upon their actions.

  he made a pretty good case.

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  It is true that JWs have a terrible record of practical love. It is all shallow and conditional.

  However it depends on how you define 'christian'. Jesus' earliest disciples were an apocalyptic sect who lived for the imminent end their own glorification. So they have a lot in common with primitive christianity.