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  Beleif in the Bible ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  thousands of years ago .. genesis chapter 11: 1-9 and how god was affected by what man planned to do ?.

  build a tower into the heavens ?

  their is no end to what he may acheive having only one language .. today, in the year 2022.. not only are modern skyscrapers taller than anything that could have been built with the tower of babel in bible times ,but what is acheivable today in space far exceeds anything that could have been acheived back then.. and god / jehovah is silent ?.

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  Zane has a really good explanation here. Were I a believer, I would go with it.

  However, I refer to my previous opinion that religion is just a big grift that we got drawn in to and is an utter waste of time.

  Eg - So what did God do?

  My answer, Nothing. It didn't happen. It's all fiction. I'm yet to see evidence of a god or gods.

  First prove to me that the Bible is 'Holy'. Not just by the book proving the book. Or prophecy being fulfilled when we're not even sure the prophecy pre-dates the event. If it even happened at all.

  I'm sure 'scholars will say....' but they're probably in with the grift.

  Do you see my dilemma?
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  blame Mary's toe.

  by stan livedeath in

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  He's lucky he wasn't named. 'Ouch, ya bugger!'
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  Beleif in the Bible ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thousands of years ago .. genesis chapter 11: 1-9 and how god was affected by what man planned to do ?.

  build a tower into the heavens ?

  their is no end to what he may acheive having only one language .. today, in the year 2022.. not only are modern skyscrapers taller than anything that could have been built with the tower of babel in bible times ,but what is acheivable today in space far exceeds anything that could have been acheived back then.. and god / jehovah is silent ?.

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  smid - Build a tower into the heavens ? Their is no end to what he may acheive having only one language .

  .....and along comes Google Translate.

  I don't have any confidence that the Bible is a 'Holy' book, anymore than Spider-man comics. Both can be enjoyable reading but mostly fiction. I say 'mostly' because in Spider-man comics, he lives in a real place. Does this prove he exists, just because NYC is real?

  It's all been a big grift for those unscrupulous enough to realise they can cash in on people's superstitions. I admit, being brought up as a Jobot, I was conned too.

  It pains me to see folk going deep into what a scripture/s mean. They study thoroughly. They don't agree on things, even after that.

  Don't they realise they've been conned into believing rubbish by clever grifters? Grifters that have the knack of making them feel special for knowing stuff from a book of metaphors. It saddens me to the heart of my bottom.
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  1975 selling of houses

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  as 1975 was approaching, many witnesses sold their property.

  do you know about specific cases that are willing to share their experience of doing so?.

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  Beth's Serum - If That is the case...how evil

  Yep. That sums the WBT$ leaders up even if that wasn't the case.
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  Nephilim...Only desired females

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  bible questions answered.

  who were the nephilim?.

  the bible account says that “the sons of the true god began to notice that the daughters of men were beautiful.” (genesis 6:2) those ‘sons of god’ were actually spirit creatures who rebelled against god when they “forsook their own proper dwelling place” in heaven, materialized human bodies, and “began taking as wives all whom they chose.”​—jude 6; genesis 6:2.. the hybrids born from this unnatural union were no ordinary children.

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  DOC - OH NO! Does this mean that there really is no Santa Claus?

  Write him a letter and see if you get the prezzy you asked for?
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  Temple Talk

  by peacefulpete in

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  recall the famous charge made against jesus in his trial in the gospel mark: .

  “we heard him say, ‘i will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days i will build another, not made with hands.’”.

  matt has a shorter version which likely reflects what he saw in his copy of mark:.

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  PPete - I tried 3 times to post this thread and each time it appeared to get stuck in que. I was just repeating that this morning and discovered it had posted a few hours before. Is it a known issue? Is it my computer?

  Without prying, could it be the browser you're using? Are you working through something like Citrix?

  Mine does the same if I'm going through Citrix.

  I've noticed that some browsers are not always that good.
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  Noah's Ark - Kentucky

  by BoogerMan in

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  regardless of belief/non-belief in the bible account, why is the ark nearly always depicted by both believers & non-believers as a huge boat, with a rounded hull & stern, and a tapered bow?

  https://arkencounter.com/ .

  the ark was crate shaped according to the measurements.

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  I agree with Beth Sarim.

  Was this the 'attraction' that had a model dinosaur in it?

  If so, that's hilarious.
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  Nephilim...Only desired females

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  bible questions answered.

  who were the nephilim?.

  the bible account says that “the sons of the true god began to notice that the daughters of men were beautiful.” (genesis 6:2) those ‘sons of god’ were actually spirit creatures who rebelled against god when they “forsook their own proper dwelling place” in heaven, materialized human bodies, and “began taking as wives all whom they chose.”​—jude 6; genesis 6:2.. the hybrids born from this unnatural union were no ordinary children.

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  Nephilim...Only desired females

  I do too.

  smiddy - JW`s and religion in general was all made up to control humans to some degree

  That's pretty much my take on it too. At least if there was religion that occurred 'naturally' from how people saw the world, some grifters saw the potential of money and power from it. The grift was on. Infiltrate the people's beliefs and 'game on!'
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  1975 selling of houses

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  as 1975 was approaching, many witnesses sold their property.

  do you know about specific cases that are willing to share their experience of doing so?.

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  Waton - 1975, when jws were selling , watchtower was buying Brooklyn hotel for 2 000 000. peanuts.

  That's interesting. Do we think that they concocted the 1975 thing to rake in money for this purchase?

  They panicked the Jobots into getting them to give their house sale money to the WBT$? A shakedown.

  I can't remember if they were spouting the old 'Jehovah(tm) needs your money.' schtick. I wasn't that on board at the time. Just tagging along with Mum and Dad.
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  1975 selling of houses

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  as 1975 was approaching, many witnesses sold their property.

  do you know about specific cases that are willing to share their experience of doing so?.

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  1975 is a whole different story.

  I had a good 1975. The weather was lovely. I bought some great albums. Discovered some great bands. Got my first motor cycle.

  I do recall one October, looking at the calendar at work and thinking, 'Nothing is happening.' I wasn't totally convinced by the JW stuff but my family was all in the cult so I was naturally invested in it.

  The fact I was wondering about 1975 is evidence enough for me that the Watchtower Babylon Crap society DID make us think 1975 was the end.