It is possible that the Jews in Egypt had a greater chance of making a temple there in wealthy Egypt than they would in the impoverished land of Canaan.
So much of the OT content is about Israel's political aspirations and not reality.
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The Jewish Temple(s) In Egypt. (Circa 5th Century BCE)
by fulltimestudent inthe web address on the above sketch is misleading as the sketch (it seems) was included originally, in a article in a peer reviewed archaeological journal by a stephen rosenberg.. there is little doubt that the temple was genuine and it demonstrates that the ot stories about the role of egypt in the formation of judaism do not tell the truth about the complete relationship between israel and the egyptian empire.. we know that this temple on elephantine island was genuine.
some papyrus correspondence has survived .
there is also another (claimed) jewish temple that an archaelogical team explored last century, but the precise location has been lost.. more on the above temple tomorrow..
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Welcome to all the Newbies in the last six months
by smiddy ini think all of us on this forum would like to welcome all the newbies that have joined in the last six months or so ,if i`m not mistaken there seems to be an influx lately.. elders , ms ,and sisters.
speak up and make a comment , are you happy you came here ?.
we`d love to here from you.. smiddy.
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Half banana
Glad to have you all here.........a lot of Jerhoover's great army seem to be going AWOL!
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The Anointed Class: Do They Have Spirits?
by Cold Steel ini realize that the anointed class inherits heaven while the great crowd inherits a renewed planet earth, but how and when are the anointed chosen?
are these people born with spirits or do they grow them as they live?
when they die, they don't sleep but go right to heaven, right?
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Half banana
On Watchtower Fantasy Island, anything can happen...
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What would be the Watchtower organizations response to "GB-Fact-checkers"
by Esse quam videri inmuch is being said during the usa election run-up and trump-clinton debates about checking the facts of statements made by each candidate.
this is, of course, serious stuff as the direction of the countries future depends on just who is elected into office of the president of the united states of america.
not president of the local 'glee club' or the 'southside knitting society' , but, the president of the united states of america.
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Half banana
Facts is a dirty word to the Watchtower. You can run a cult on facts.
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the new understanding
by heathen inhi guys , i know i was never a favorite here and haven't posted in awhile ... question .
what do you think of the new understanding of , " this generation " they seem to go in circles on this one big time , once 1914 generation was almost gone they said they didn't know what it meant and now in the new publication the generation includes the second generation after 1914 .... i agree they don't know what they are talking about and this is just another control move .
any comments ?.
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Half banana
How can there be an advantage in believing in something which has no basis in concrete evidence or fact? "Beliefs" are dangerous to our wellbeing!
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the new understanding
by heathen inhi guys , i know i was never a favorite here and haven't posted in awhile ... question .
what do you think of the new understanding of , " this generation " they seem to go in circles on this one big time , once 1914 generation was almost gone they said they didn't know what it meant and now in the new publication the generation includes the second generation after 1914 .... i agree they don't know what they are talking about and this is just another control move .
any comments ?.
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Half banana
Heathen, the whole edifice of religion is built on the sanctity of folk tales held up by the priestly ones to be inerrant truth.
The time has gone when this notion is felt to be true, it has been put to bed by the majority who recognize it as childish superstition. Especially is this so in Europe but even Americans are waking up!
You responded to my quoting Mark 9,1 by saying that "The belief is" such and such. To quote a "belief" is meaningless since beliefs are irrelevant. The only things worth investigation and study are for those things for which there is evidence and there is no evidence that anything in the Bible is other than the work of human scribes usually pursuing a dire nationalistic agenda in the OT and a paranoid Jewish /pagan fusion cult in the NT.
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the new understanding
by heathen inhi guys , i know i was never a favorite here and haven't posted in awhile ... question .
what do you think of the new understanding of , " this generation " they seem to go in circles on this one big time , once 1914 generation was almost gone they said they didn't know what it meant and now in the new publication the generation includes the second generation after 1914 .... i agree they don't know what they are talking about and this is just another control move .
any comments ?.
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My Story
by HereIgo inmy story: i am a 27 year old ex jw.
former ms and regular pioneer at age 19. i was very active and had many "privileges" including district assembly and circuit assembly parts etc.
as an example for young people.
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Half banana
Well done Herelgo for waking up and putting reason before faith.
The only defence the cruel JW org has is to deny ex members their most basic human ties and emotional security; their own family............ Cult cult cult.
........but you're welcome here!
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the new understanding
by heathen inhi guys , i know i was never a favorite here and haven't posted in awhile ... question .
what do you think of the new understanding of , " this generation " they seem to go in circles on this one big time , once 1914 generation was almost gone they said they didn't know what it meant and now in the new publication the generation includes the second generation after 1914 .... i agree they don't know what they are talking about and this is just another control move .
any comments ?.
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Half banana
Heathen, the whole thing was a massive hoax right from the start. Nobody recorded Jesus' words at the time he was supposed to have spoken them and nobody could have remembered Jesus' words forty years later to write them down. The variations in the gospels demonstrate the enormous differences.
Just read Mark 9;1. Jesus got it completely wrong...why should anyone else start getting it right two thousand years later?
The JW org is a pathetic money hoarding cult preying on the goodness of honest but gullible believers.
Become a "knower" instead.
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ls homosexuality really normal?
by atomant inl know animals do it but their animals.they dont live by a moral code.the thought of 2 men going for it is not normal.what are your thoughts?.
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Yes Nic, it's morally wrong and abnormal to persist in posting grammatical and spelling errors, God will punish all offenders. As Jesus said "You must be perfect." They will not be found in God's Righteous New World.............
If one is gay on the other hand, it must be perfectly normal to feel that way. Ancient religious values are not appropriate in the modern world.
Forget the Bible; it divides people. The more enlightened way today is by pluralism, which means recognizing the full spectrum of human needs and behaviour.