Until into the 20th Century, the more fundamentalist elements amongst South Africa's Afrikaner population believed Isaiah 40:22 "proved" the earth is flat.
After all, every bloody fool knows that a circle is flat!
Bungi Bill
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The "circle" of the earth
by stillin ina fair bit of time was spent discussing the (one) scripture in the bible that "proves" that when the bible touches on scientific subjects, it is absolutely correct.
this was at the most recent clam meeting this past week.
from isaiah, the reference to the "circle" of the earth.
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Bungi Bill
Chad Morgan!!!!
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Don't forget Geoffrey Jackson!
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The Gentile Times Reconsidered Recommendation
by Jules Saturn ini've been trying to get my hands on this book and read a review that i thought was interesting.
an anonymous person reviewed the book on barnes and noble and said .
"jonsson book deals with babylonian tablets.
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Bungi Bill
The problem here is that Carl Jonsson don't know Akkadian. Also, some of these tablets that he refer to has problems
To put things very mildly, this reviewer casts grave doubts on his own abilities, before picking apart anything Carl Johnsson may have said!
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Anyone go on a cruise?
by NewYork44M injust finished a 7-day cruise from nyc on norwegian cruise line (ncl- gem).
this is my first cruise in 30 years, so my past experience does not count.. overall, a great experience.
ncl does a great job.
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Bungi Bill
It has never actually appealed to me, but then each to their own! That being said, my wife and I have agreed to next year join a friend on a cruise to mark his 60th birthday.
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Bungi Bill
I didn't see Kevin Bloody Wilson's name mentioned on anywhere?
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Bungi Bill
The "Deep things of Jehovah" would make Jack and the Beanstalk seem a very intellectual work!
(Although when old Crazy Fred was at large, some of their utterances did at least have some appearance of depth).
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The Watchtower's Medical Expert
by Lee Elder ina new article by s. sparrow, published today at ajwrb, investigates dr. joachim boldt, one of the watchtower's “bloodless medicine” experts.
a notorious “medical pretender” who has exposed jw's to additional needless risk.
watchtower continues to cite this source, and fails to expose him as a fraud.
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Bungi Bill
Yet another example of the WTS's use of psuedoscience.
Yet another case of unless it's corroborated from another source, disregard anything you hear (or read) from that lot!
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X/LDS vs X/JW!!!Who is more twisted and bitter.
by joe134cd insince leaving the jws i have become fascinated by the lds church, because of the similarities both organisations have.
in reading x-mo forums i get the impression that they tend to be not as bitter and as twisted as xjw.
this is surprising as i think the lds is a bigger con than the jws.
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Bungi Bill
While I have known a number of LDS people, I have yet to meet an ex-Mormon, so cannot comment there.
From all that I have been able to glean from observation, the LDS is quite family-oriented. That does contrast strongly with the JWs, whom I consider to be extremely unfriendly toward families (I could almost write a book about that, but not right now!)
Noteworthy, too, I think are certain remarks recalled by Raymond Franz in Crisis of Conscience.
According to him, the WTS's then president, Nathan Knorr once even volunteered that " the Mormons look after their people better than we do."
Another once highly-placed Jehovahs Witness, WC Stevenson, summed up the whole JW experience as follows (quoting from his 1968 work Inside Story of Jehovahs Witnesses):
"No other religious group would demand so much from its members, in return for so little."
This may well explain why ex-LDS people don't harbour the same ill-feeling towards the religion as we ex-JWs tend to do.
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A Reminder of the time when Jerusalem was a Christian City
by fulltimestudent inconstruction workers in jerusalem have uncovered an inscription that recalls the era when jerusalem could be described as a christian city.
this is the story of how jerusalem changed into a christian city for a brief period in its history.
how did it happen?
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Bungi Bill
fulltimestudent,
You have a PM