i am curious as to why jws aren't allowed to have facial hair.
and why, then, was it okay for jesus?.
inquiring minds want to know.. l1
Ruherford went as far as to promote the idea that facial hair was the result of sin.
I am not sure if the "theory" was ever printed but i know for fact that when i was very young it was told to me by top guns when i asked about it
That is why Adam and jesus were not shown with facial hair in wt literature prior to the early 60. They may still keep such books at the kh libraries. Check the most widely wt distribuited book at the time, the pink book "Paradise lost..." printed around 1960
i am curious as to why jws aren't allowed to have facial hair.
and why, then, was it okay for jesus?.
inquiring minds want to know.. l1
Been there done that
The real reson is that Russell (the founder of the movemente) had facial hair (long!!!) and when Rutherford came into power ( in a very questionable style, illegal actually) Rutherford "the judge" knew what to do to steer attention away from founder of the movement. Lawyer are lawyers, you know..
He banned facial hair and also changed the name for the movement from "bible students" to jw
wt literature showed Adam and jw WITHOUT facial hair up until earlyl 60.
THEN, around that time Fidel Castro came into power in Cuba... then the hippies and you know the rest of the story. The REAL reason for banning facial hair was never told. .
i've just read an intersting article on the flood to do with dates and whether is was truly global or a regional flood.. http://www.commentarypress.com/essay-flood.html.
my father used to be an elder for many years and the flood was one of the things that made him walk away not just from the jw but also belief in the bible.
he was hung up on issues like the flood taking place about 3500 bc and how that fit in with the pyramids.. i don't know much about egyptian history or the ages of the big pyramids, but his reasoning was if the flood wiped out every human on earth except noah etc then at 3500 bc there were only 8 people on earth.
You do realise that this ratio is not a constant don't you??
dont tell half truth, do the math tell the difference in distance from summer to winter
no no no he is ok, he used a number based on RMS (root mean square)
i'll take that back, jesus was born in winter time,( unless wt can prove other wise)
so he used sun to earth distance AT THAT that time of the year
http://world.honda.com/hdtv/asimo/.
beware watchtower!
them puny humans are creating miracles!.
Are you sure that's not a man in a robot suit?
LOL anything is possible, i have seen many "robots" in humans suit... a whole bunch in Brooklyn
i have heard many creationists say: "just look at the universe!
there are so many things about it that have to be just right for it to be able to support life.
an interesting point, so i did a bit of basic math:.
Frank,
the universe of the universes universe. couldn't that be life too??? I like to speculate.
I concentrate on the kind of "life" am familiar with
"universe"? "speculate"? i have eunogh problems trying to figure out where i am standing, not fall and "boling water"..
i've just read an intersting article on the flood to do with dates and whether is was truly global or a regional flood.. http://www.commentarypress.com/essay-flood.html.
my father used to be an elder for many years and the flood was one of the things that made him walk away not just from the jw but also belief in the bible.
he was hung up on issues like the flood taking place about 3500 bc and how that fit in with the pyramids.. i don't know much about egyptian history or the ages of the big pyramids, but his reasoning was if the flood wiped out every human on earth except noah etc then at 3500 bc there were only 8 people on earth.
Thomas is the paradigm for agnostics so dont be too critic,
now some "down to earth" reasoning
If my father had the power... and for some 'elevated' reason i was willing to become an insect,
running the risk of becoming disgusting sight to a human or appetizer for a lizard,
most likely i will be finish soon, that is exactly what we wanted anyway..
Then after 3 days my father could... ..
never mind
this can get too complicated..
i have heard many creationists say: "just look at the universe!
there are so many things about it that have to be just right for it to be able to support life.
an interesting point, so i did a bit of basic math:.
This level of 'civilisation' is an extremely recent event and the jury is still out on whether it is a good or bad evolutionary step long term.
We only do most of these things because we need to because of the pressure of dense populations
shelter, heat, boiling, wearing coats, do you think THAT is "extremely recent"?
do you think THAT is the resul fo dense populations?
if you say somenthing about .NET i wont even try to refute you. But in this topic i feel like talking even if i dont know what i am saying,
i have heard many creationists say: "just look at the universe!
there are so many things about it that have to be just right for it to be able to support life.
an interesting point, so i did a bit of basic math:.
probably didn't boil water
Simon,
the magic word againg, "probably",
boiling water and 'cooking' meat etc was started, most likely, (i wont say probably, i have not researched the issue) for safety or survival reasons.
Simon again,
How did mankind survive for all these years without Mothercare on the highstreet and disposable nappies !
they survived with a low infant survival rate and most people dying no much longer after that, (age 40 max?)
until pharmaceutical came to the rescue,
no way humans could "develop", naturally adapt to so many health, life shortening dangers.
Frank,
try harder and stick to the topic
Balli,
Britons basically drink the equivalent of Perrier from the tap,
why they (Britons) worry so much arriving to such state of affairs?, why going through so much work? water is natural why so much process and filtering, adapt yourself, it is "natural" to adapt.
due to the earthquake tragedy .
i've set up a website here.
http://www.justgiving.com/asia.
Edited because I'm not having "One" spouting total drivel on my thread. One is clearly trolling.
i have heard many creationists say: "just look at the universe!
there are so many things about it that have to be just right for it to be able to support life.
an interesting point, so i did a bit of basic math:.
probably
that is a term that requires additional posting from you
why design a coat and wearing it when there is no need for it in the first place? we had thick skin didn't we?
why boil water to prevent getting sick?, what happened to the adaptative process,
horses drink contaminated, dirty water just fine, no boiling for them yet ..
