bart erhman states, in this you tube short presumably taken from the video series he has been doing with megan lewis*, that jesus said the god of the ot, the god of jeremiah, is not the (same)god as jesus.
bart continues "jeremiah's god killed (the children) - jesus said let the children come to me.
jesus' god said turn the other cheek" - the ot god was war-like etc (paraphrasing bart here a bit).. it's always been the thing that stopped my fully embracing the bible after leaving watchtower.
Why the heck would anyone take what Bart Erhman says to heart who cares what he says or thinks
I've read his books and posts and believe he has an axe to grind with Christians and Christianity, his main purpose seems to be to create doubt and weaken ones faith in theology and scripture.
I for one shall not be moved!!
it came to my attention that the covid-19 vaccine works by editing the genetic code of the mitochondrial dna, using gene therapy.. you should seriously question the moral implications of allowing a part of your dna to be modified.
does anyone have any concerns about this?if anyone has any questions, i can do my best to explain.
i personally find it very suspicious how they chose to word it, and conveniently inform us of this fact "after" people have taken the vaccine..
Never ever believe the government or let government controlled doctors inject anything in you.
JUST SAY NO!!!
I am constantly asked to get the flu, corv, and other various injections by my doctor when I see them and each time I reject their counsel so far I have not gotten the flu, corv, or shingles even when I am outside every day and in crowded malls.
in one form or another i've been a member of this site for almost 10 years.
in the past this was a great place for debate, news and support for ex jws.
i logged on several times a day and posted several times a week.
Who cares? Take it or leave it!
Read a post, like it reply, don't like it move on.
You are not going to agree with everyone nor do you have to question, debate, complain whatever it takes.
no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.
please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.
a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!
It is NOT true that God can do anything!
God can not lie, sin, do anything against his nature or anything that would make him less God i.e. create a rock so big that even he can not life it!
There are numerous times in scripture where God left humans to their own devices especially after he has already warned them of the consequences of their actions. See the blessings if you do and the curses if you do not do as he says in Deuteronomy.
no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.
please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.
a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!
Moral responsibility post?
No moral responsibility! We are not every child's parents the parents are responsible for letting their child run loose without supervision!
haven't been to a meeting in 13 years.
family that lives 1300 miles away doesn't know.
just visited them and here is what i observed.
You want perfect? Wait till we regain paradise, until then expect flawed characters and imperfections... "Not everyone who says to me Lord Lord shall enter into paradise
the watchtower—study edition | september 2023. study article 37. rely on jehovah, as samson did.
4 consider an example of samson’s trust in jehovah and of the support that god supplied.
on one occasion, a philistine military force had come to capture samson at lehi, evidently in judah.
Let god be found true and every man a liar!
"exaggerated or mythical stories". If that is your belief then why read the scriptures at all? Be not deceived God is not mocked
Next time you get in a real mess or in trouble do not pray to God for help, you turn your back on him he turns his face from you
Either believe and take his word for it or do not believe and stay home away from any assembling of yourself with other brothers and sisters of faith.
so the end was going to come by 2000 as documented in the magazines back in the late 80's early 90's.. so how did they get the time off so badly ( over two decades and still nothing) since the gb is jehovah's earthly mouthpiece right ?
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How about millions now living will never die, that was 1920 this is 2023 so where are these 100 plus year old millions of people still living?
ok i'll bite.. let's say for a moment that jehovah's witnesses are right, and that the nt autographs (the originals) contained the tetragrammaton.let's say that the nt writers always wrote "jehovah" in greek (iexoba, as the witnesses spell it currently) when they quoted the hebrew scriptures, whether they quoted from the hebrew version or the septuagint, and jehovah's name appeared on the quote.
let's say that the original septuagint always had iexoba whenever they were referring to jehovah.then we have that the original septuagint said in psalms 101:26-28 the following:"at the beginning it was you, o jehovah, who founded the earth, and the heavens are works of your hands.
they will perish, but you will endure, and they will all become old like a garment.
I don't trust any bible, they are all corrupted.
The rcc had several hundred years when they outlawed anyone from owning or reading the bible, they had control of the scriptures and manuscripts, who knows how much they changed, adding and deleting verses?
so the end was going to come by 2000 as documented in the magazines back in the late 80's early 90's.. so how did they get the time off so badly ( over two decades and still nothing) since the gb is jehovah's earthly mouthpiece right ?
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You can not put a date on it no matter how you try, those who like (like Harold Camping) end up looking like fools.
He wants us in a state of watching and observing what is going on but not to speculate about the day or hour.
When you see all these things happening lift up your head for your redemption draws near.
