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  Museum Pic

  by peacefulpete in

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  a lot of ink has been spilled on the topic of the cross.

  the wt felt it had uncovered some deep conspiracy when they found a number of words were used to describe how jesus was understood to have been killed.

  there was an extensive thread many years ago that in short strongly supports the conclusion that at least some nt writers envisioned a cross, while others had a tree in mind.

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  @peacefulpete: it is unlikely the early Christians would use the stake given the existing symbolism of the cross. Most early text reference not the cross but either the Chi (X), Taw (+), Chi-Rho (XP overlapped) or reference ‘the sign’. Orthodox Christians still use the + over the elongated cross from Western Christianity.

  Note that the Jews (where Christianity originates from) used the sign to mean ‘truth’ or given it was the end of the alphabet, ‘God’. The Jews in turn got it from Egypt and/or Babylon. Likewise Ezekiel, Leviticus and Genesis used the sign for eg. the mark of Cain, the mark of the Passover etc

  These signs are thousands of years old and predate Judaism and Christianity and are heavily found in all those texts. As far as the Greek stauros meaning a “upright stake” in this context is only a 18th/19th century invention, and uses a very dubious set of sources, seemingly in an effort to purify Christianity from pagan and Jewish lore, once again, you see this in Millerite theology, which the Russelites and IBSA were borrowing many of these interpretations which eventually split into the faction we now know as JWs.

  There is no reference to a stake in early Christian “lore”, all references dating as early as 200AD (Christianity wasn’t widespread until ~100AD) use these symbols to mean Jesus (and/or God, depending on branch):
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  Avatar 2: The Blue Space Monkeys Learn To Swim (spoilers ahead)

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i saw jim cameron's avatar sequel last week.. right off the bat re the avatar franchise, i believe that there are two types of viewers.. firstly, there are the fans.

  the people who see the pretty visuals and immediately conclude that avatar is the greatest film franchise of all time.. then there are the rest of us - people who can appreciate the world-building and stunning visuals but do not use them to cover over the flaws, more of which later.. the plot - jake sully, neytiri and their children have to leave their idyllic arboreal existence and seek refuge among a green-skinned tribe which lives a semi-aquatic lifestyle.. bad guy quaritch is back ... in avatar form.

  that's some great imagination - nice one, jim.. so the humans are back because the earth is dead.

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  The effects are great in all these movies but even the first movie was very forgettable characters and the plot line was basically environmentalism and the mythos of the noble savage in disguise. Basically dances with wolves in space.

  The thing is that the effects have nothing to do with the director, all that is done by almost a thousand graphics designers many underpaid contractors working the tech sweat shops in India.
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  Museum Pic

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a lot of ink has been spilled on the topic of the cross.

  the wt felt it had uncovered some deep conspiracy when they found a number of words were used to describe how jesus was understood to have been killed.

  there was an extensive thread many years ago that in short strongly supports the conclusion that at least some nt writers envisioned a cross, while others had a tree in mind.

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  The cross was in use before and after the start of Christianity and seems to have been in common use as early as the second century such as in the Alexamenos graffito.
  
  Jesus didn’t die on either, he was a mythical figure. The early church followers may have died on crosses or stakes or hung on trees.
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  Disappointed

  by jhine in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so last night me and hubby got round to watching love actually for the first time .

  seemingly everyone says that it's a must see christmas film , people watch it numerous times .

  sorry to say l was underwhelmed and won't bother watching it again.

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  The last few James Bond’s have been pretty underwhelming. Everything AppleTV or Netflix brought recently is high in production quality, but very poor on the story end. Basically the way you judge movies to be good these days is low scores in the professional review on Rotten Tomatoes and high scores in the audience review.

  One movie I did enjoy was Prey, a movie in the Predator universe, if you’re into that. Very underrated, not preachy, decent acting for what is basically a B-movie. Terror on the Prairie is another western that is basically B-movie with some great actors and an excellent story.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses keep "making God's name known".."...search warrant executed at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses"

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i like to check google news for "jehovah" every month to see what's new...".

  man suspected of sexually assaulting a child, search warrant executed at kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses near woodland park" "teller county, colo. (kktv) - a 60-year-old man is suspected of sexually assaulting a child in the woodland park area.. the teller county sheriff’s office announced the arrest of shawn lance swisher on tuesday.. “a search warrant of swisher’s residence was also completed at the time of his arrest,” part of a news release issued by the teller county sheriff’s office reads.

  “the second search warrant was executed at the kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses near woodland park.

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  Next letter to the elders: we have found it wise for discreet elders to keep records of judicial committees they have participated in at their private residence (Matt 45:13, 1 Rev 1:24). This loving arrangement will make sure that elders don’t have to travel to the Kingdom Hall unnecessarily and respond quickly to any concerns in the congregation (Eph 12:45). We have prayerfully considered and in this loving arrangement, the elders should not disclose which elder retains a particular record. Note the legal department cannot give advice on and should not be contacted in regards the retention of these records.
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  2022-12-19--Vaccination Requirement!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  2022-12-19--vaccination requirement.. .

  click image to enlarge.. .

  https://postimg.cc/xxvbcwdv .

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  Question is what do they do in Denmark or Sweden where the vaccine is banned for males under 30.
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  Christmas and the name jehovah

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the same reasons jw's reject christmas they use the name jehovah.. dec 25 is the recognized day to celebrate the birth of christ in the world.- we use jehovah because it is the recognized name of the father in the world.. it dishonors jesus because we don't know the actual date of jesus birth- even though we don't know the actual pronouncing of gods name it brings honor to god to use it.

  even though the angels rejoiced at the birth of jesus, no where in the bible does it say we should celebrate it.

  even though no where in the bible does it say christians are to be witnesses of jehovah, we proudly bear his name!.

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  The whole argument against Dec 25 is as weak as the argument for it. The Bible literally doesn’t say, it mentions the baby needing to kept warm in an inn/stable which would indicate it definitely wasn’t spring, summer or fall which even winter in the region is warm enough for some people like shepherds to sleep outside, but perhaps not babies.

  Luke mentions the conception happening in the 6th month, given the religious connotations of a savior this would likely have been around Purim, somewhere around modern day March, +9 months = November or December time frame, not July-September as the JW speculate. Moreover religious/mythical figures were often conceived on the day on days of importance such as the spring equinox so they would die in order to fit life with the cycle of the sun so again, if you want to put death in March/April, you have to put birth 9 months later.
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  What really is UN doing with religions?

  by Kosonen in

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  occult un forces seek to hijack religion for globalism.

  https://thenewamerican.com/occult-un-forces-seek-to-hijack-religion-for-globalism/it does not look like religions dominate un but the other way around.

  journalist alex newman gives a totally different picture about the real state of affairs.

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  There is a movement to “unite” religions in the secular political causes. Whether it is the vaccine hoax or the climate change hoax, the UN through its world leaders has an agenda and will push it.

  Religions are easy to satisfy, give them an air of legitimacy and money and they will happily parrot whatever you want them to say, in that regards it’s no different than the pope working with kings in the Middle Ages. The UN won’t unite any religions, but it will unite a lot of their messaging.

  The UN is a bit of a paper tiger when it comes to its actual stated goals, but when it comes to pushing ideology, it’s a tool used to cudgel the weak leaders of Western nations.

  As long as the West has no moral backbone it won’t stand up to the people that push false narratives and any institution will be used to push the ideology and nations like China and Russia that have recognized the moral breakdown in Western society will be glad to use the UN as a tool to push for more and whether that is through the WHO or the pope, makes no difference to them.
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  DID YOU KNOW - about Event 201? (Two months before the virus outbreak a simulation/discussion among the elite)

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  (event 201).

  “event 201” was an exercise organized in october 2019 to simulate what might happen if there was a severe pandemic.. it invited people from business, government, and public health to simulate coordinating a policy response to a theoretical pandemic.. .

  what was the event?.

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  Look up the Crimson Contagion, a similar exercise done by HHS.
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  What hymns will you never hear sung in Kingdom Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. beliefs

  for sure you will never hear the national anthem of heaven below.

  do you know others?.

  https://youtu.be/gkovqfcdegu.

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  What’s funny is that a lot of hymns you will never hear is the original versions of the ones they ripped off themselves. There are a ton of Protestant and Presbyterian songs that have very strong similarities both in the composition and verses that have been twisted to fit their dogma.