compare: (http://m.wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102005142 - emphases mine).
... satan charged god with lying and implied that jehovah was unfair in not letting adam and eve decide for themselves what was right and what was wrong.
after adam and eve sinned and as the earth began to be filled with their offspring, satan questioned the motive of all humans.
Yeah, apparently, the accusing stopped when Satan was cast out of heaven:
"And I heard a loud voice in heaven say: 'Now have come to pass the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been hurled down, who accuses them day and night before our God!'"
(Revelation 12:10)
Witnesses say this happened in 1914, but in Revelation, it takes place immediately after Jesus is caught up to heaven.
i think i am going to write bethel posing as my asshole elder super self rightous brother in law talking all kinds of apostate crap on the borg.
then sit back enjoy all the fireworks in his hall when bethel contacts the boe or whatever the po is called now and bring him in the back room.
my own theocratic war strategy.
Not sure if you live in the United States, but there is a law against this in many states called "False Impersonation" which means it's illegal to do this. So you might want to check your state's laws on this. Especially since you posted ahead of time on the Internet that you were going to do this.
the scriptures speak about the resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
all will be resurrected.
paul teaches that although all will be resurrected, not all will be resurrected to the same glory.
The resurrection spoken of in 1 Corinthians 15 is a spiritual resurrection - not fleshly. It is talking about being raised as a spirit, not into a human body of flesh. That's why it says " It is sown a physical body, it is raised up a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual one. " So they wouldn't be resurrected into mortal fleshly human bodies that can die a physical death again. But if you die as a spirit, you must be thrown into the Lake of Fire, which means the Second Death (Revelation 20:14-15).
its been probably five years for me.
i don't miss it a bit.
i was a slacker when it came to prayer.
..specifically, the suffering of animals.
you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.
i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.
To me, it appears as though all life-forms that procreate are subject to death and suffering. Many times, events leading up to death incur suffering. But if a life-form were allowed to be immortal while also having the ability to procreate, the earth, and eventually, the universe--if finite--would be filled up with that particular life-form. Think of the possibilities of an eternity of ever-increasing exponential growth of one particular immortal life form with the capability of reproduction. This is why the immortal creatures such as angels "do not marry nor are given in marriage."
how old were you when you lost your virginity and was it all that you thought it would be?????.
i was 19, and my first time was a complete let down.
i envisioned that gothic romance motif, all about romance and love, i didn't know what i was doing, didn't know sex was like that.
32... that makes you two years younger than me. Man! What I wouldn't give to be a virgin now and experience sex again for the first time! Trust me, for a man, it's great. Not so sure about losing your virginity for a female As a man, you've still got a lot of years ahead of you. After all, statistics show that your potential mates are increasing exponentially. Think about it. Would you have ever dreamed of having sex with someone 11 years younger than you at the age of 16? She would have been 5 years old!!!! Now that woman is 21 years old. The younger you are, the less potential mates you will have. Good things come with age.
thus indicating indefiniteness, thousands?
see rev.
5:11 and 7:4. strong g5505.
In Spanish, it also works for hundreds, millions, billions, and trillions. For some reason, not for thousands.
Two hundred = doscientos
Two thousand = dos mil
Two million = dos millones
Two billion = dos mil millones
Two trillion = dos billones
we all remember this passage vividly: from there elisha went up to bethel.
while he was on his way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him.
"go up baldhead," they shouted, "go up baldhead!
It's things like this that make me think surely the bible cannot be an inspired book from a loving god. It's not a case of having a good argument against the bible being true, it's more a case of things like this can't be ignored.
Exactly. Witnesses say that the reason that eternal torment in Hell is false is because a loving god would not torture people for eternity just because they made a few mistake for their 80 years (plus or minus) on earth. 80 years is nothing compared to eternity. Yet Revelation 20:10 and Luke16:19-31 are in the Bible. But it doesn't doesn't make the Bible untrue.
we all remember this passage vividly: from there elisha went up to bethel.
while he was on his way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him.
"go up baldhead," they shouted, "go up baldhead!
I was about to make a new topic about that if God hates violence then why did he make the animal kingdom so brutal and violent? But this topic pretty much sums it up.
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