i think wt interpretation about the rev.
mystery great babylon is too general, saying that is all false religion..... from reading revelation, it looks more specific because it says, it is the mother, ( maybe origin or root ).... what's your view ?
thank u and hoping for ur replies.
I think it's all a bunch of crap.
"Ding!' We have a winner! It is all a bunch of crap- but you have to do a lot of research... to eventually realise you have been wasting your time on a bunch of crap... Bart Erhman gives a good explanation of Revelation, as do Catholic Church scholars and people like Elaine Pagels. The factual explanation is very boring really, which is why fundies like to spice it up.
i have a number of older wt publications.
due to downsizing, i would like to get rid of them.
if some of are of value and have not being scanned, i could scan them for all to share.
Magnum- there is a text version here: http://www.strictlygenteel.co.uk/mystery/mysterytitles.html
You have to save each chapter separately though... sure there are other copies elsewhere if you look hard enough.
personally i believe we are.. your thoughts?.
how will it turn out?.
what can/should we do?.
we now have nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
LOL, we do indeed- but look at the current war in Iraq- which is being fought in the same way as World War I- with tanks, trucks & men with guns. War gives humans an outlet for their aggression- but if the weapons used are too powerful, then it just becomes extermination- which is not 'cricket', and usually happens more in natural disasters, where everyone feels sympathy for the victims. So there is a good reason why we haven't destroyed ourselves yet- technology has surpassed our basic emotional needs in the killing field. Boring, but true.
i think it's wonderful that be all posses creative power of thought, and i think this form of creative manifestation comes most commonley in the form of arts.so many posters have mentiond they are writing a book, but i bet some of you create music or make a wonderful soup.. i ask this because i was reading my old school reports and my art teacher wrote " michael is the post constructive, imaginative pupil i have ever had.
his enthusiasm wonders a bit but on the whole an excellent pupil" ....sadly i think if that statement was true i have rather let my self down with my artistic expression.
still it's never to late and i intend to involve myself in my art again this summer..
I've always been more practical than artistic, and have made simple furniture- coffee tables, bookcases etc. - but I have always loved photography, and taking a picture of ordinary things in such a way that they appear kind of iconic. I'm not about to cut off my ear though, lol.
i'm not complaining, jwn is an excellent research and discussion site, and easy to use.
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it's just that i feel i have to scroll back through pages of threads every day to see who, if anyone, has replied to me.. only asking, thank you for your hard work, simon and the mods..
LOL, maybe I've read your question wrong, but you do know you can click on your own username, and then on 'Topics Posted On' to find all your posts? You only have 4 pages of posts...
It's very strange... Armageddon is a 'theme' for the WTS- one that they can't stop using. Every few years in a publication they would say that kids would never grow up before Armagedon. I guess the Watchtower writers were so senile they couldn't remember writing the same thing many times before... or they died of old age, and new writers came in who believed their own BS. After many years, it does start to seem comical...
personally i believe we are.. your thoughts?.
how will it turn out?.
what can/should we do?.
Your thoughts?
Yes we are living in the best time in human history, because 100 years in the past or the future, and we wouldn't be here- other people did and will populate this planet.
How will it turn out?
We will all keep getting older and greyer.
What can/should we do?
Not much we can do... dye our hair darker, maybe?
my thread was inspired by gentledawn's insightful comment about the effect the events in wales had on her jw husband.... hope any lurkers out there can filter out the signal (storys and experiences like this) to noise (the current trolls running amok on the forums) ratios.
this the problem with those who focus on outrageous fantasies about the watchtower.
it distracts from the real issues that need to be highlighted.. what happened in wales was for real.
LOL, what does it matter? A few more threads on JWN- so what? I only click on threads that interest me- maybe 5% of all new threads and ignore all the rest- and I'm sure that's pretty typical for everyone - so there is no point getting your panties in a twist... I never do.
its been about a year and a half since i started being on this site.
before i came to this site i had already blown up in my mind several of the key teachings of the org.
the final ones were their teaching on christ being the mediator only for the 144k and all it entails, they also only being in the new covenant etc.
Can't argue with that. There was a doco on TV about the Bible a couple of years ago that basically stated everything you have, but lol, I can't remember the name of it. Anyway, you will know it if you ever watch it, lol.
its interesting to find out that there is no evidence of king david or his son solomon.
what about this amazing temple that solomon supposedly built??
there is no arcylogical evidence that it ever excisted either.
You are a champion, WMF!
