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  The point of existence and how it refutes the Trinity

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. beliefs

  rowan williams, the former archbishop of canterbury gave an interesting answer to the somewhat stark question, what’s the point of us existing?

  as a christian, my starting point is that we exist because the most fundamental form of activity, energy, call it what you like, that is there, is love.

  that is, it’s a willingness that the other should be.

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  Kaleb said..

  According to the Talmud and Josephus, on Nisan 14, the priests would hand over the first of thousands of lambs for the Passover Seder meals beginning at 12 noon and stop (I'm sure you meant start) the slaughtering beginning at 3 pm so roasting could be....

  The Wars of the Jews, 6.423

  Flavius Josephus translated by William Whiston
  423So these high priests, upon the coming of that feast which is called the Passover, when they slay their sacrifices, from the ninth hour till the eleventh, but so that a company not less than ten belong to every sacrifice (for it is not lawful for them to feast singly by themselves), and many of us are twenty in a company,

  This is interesting.

  The Synoptics specifically time the death at the 9th hour (3pm) on the day of Passover. Might the writer of Mark taken Josephus literally. As it reads (in English anyway) it could be understood that slaughter started at 3 the day of Passover.????

  Another thought is that an original form of Mark did not identify the last meal as the Passover Seder but a later editor more distanced from the Jewish traditions did. Matt and Luke followed. In which case John, in this detail, might preserve an earlier form of the story.
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  What the new JW light position really is 👍

  by ElderBerry in

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  i’m still an elder and i consider myself jw light.

  as my fellow elders are.

  we don’t throw our weight around like elders used to in the past, it’s all very easy going these days.

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  Carla none of this happenes in JW land anymore, I’m not too sure it ever did actually I think you exaggerate....

  Ignore this troll, he's getting jollies out of mocking our pain. I'll never understand these people.

  Please just go away.
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  Watchtower SlangJamaican Patois: Gods son came fe mash up the world😂

  by Diogenesister in

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  2. humour

  🤦‍♀️this 25 million different languages thing is getting ridiculous.

  this link is hilarious!

  they've only gone and translated into jamaican patois and boy this isn't just translation, they're literally using slang....what next?

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  peacefulpete

  The Seventh Day Adventists preach their sectarian doctrine in well over 400 languages and dialects. The Hare Krishnas in 70 languages, Even Spong Bob Square Pants is translated into 50 languages. When you are saying something stupid it is not relevant how many ways you can say it.
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  The point of existence and how it refutes the Trinity

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  rowan williams, the former archbishop of canterbury gave an interesting answer to the somewhat stark question, what’s the point of us existing?

  as a christian, my starting point is that we exist because the most fundamental form of activity, energy, call it what you like, that is there, is love.

  that is, it’s a willingness that the other should be.

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  peacefulpete

  The New Testament records the three-hour darkness....

  Interestingly while Marks reads that a three-hour darkness occurred upon Jesus' death at noon (6th-9th hour) and Matt and Luke follow their source Mark, John 19:14 says Jesus was still being tried by Pilate at noon. John also drops the whole 3 hours of darkness element. Once again, the writers were delivering a theological story (mostly drawn from the OT and related works) not history.

  The writer of Mark got the idea from Amos 8:9,10

  And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime. I will turn your feasts (Passover) into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

  The 3 hour element is likely a parallel to the 3 day (the Sun/Light of God dead) motif.
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  I was going to write a new topic ... but now I just can't be bothered

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was going to write a new topic but now i just can't be bothered ... and i'll tell you why.. on my facebook feed a few days ago, i saw an interview of a couple of onlyfans girls, who said that they were active christians that attended church weekly.

  and while i was going to spend some time writing about the virtues of our faith's strict moral standards ... i now understand that i'd only be flamed as a watchtower apologist.. that being said, out of the approximately 4 million onlyfan girls out there ... it obvious, that none are jehovah's witnesses..

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  no-zombie......Some of us read the Scarlet Letter and got the point.
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  I was going to write a new topic ... but now I just can't be bothered

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
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  i was going to write a new topic but now i just can't be bothered ... and i'll tell you why.. on my facebook feed a few days ago, i saw an interview of a couple of onlyfans girls, who said that they were active christians that attended church weekly.

  and while i was going to spend some time writing about the virtues of our faith's strict moral standards ... i now understand that i'd only be flamed as a watchtower apologist.. that being said, out of the approximately 4 million onlyfan girls out there ... it obvious, that none are jehovah's witnesses..

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  peacefulpete

  there is no way that any baptized Jehovah's Witness would could remain an OnlyFans sex worker without being disfellowshiped.

  I'm sure you are right. Is that something to be proud of? Speaking from a Christian perspective, many Christian churches would disapprove the behavior without abusing the persons.

  I would never give up my principles for anything.

  No one is asking you to. Don't do what you believe to be wrong. It's really as simple as that.
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  What makes a cult (in the pejorative sense)?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  michael moore writes:.

  a cult is an organization that enslaves minds and destroys families using cult mind control.

  cult mind control involves orchestrated deception, social pressure, psychological abuse, and repetitive indoctrination (brainwashing) centering around an unchallengeable ideology enforced in a totalitarian way in a closed socially-separatist community setting.

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  I like that vander. I'd thumbs up if I could.
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  bomb for jehova italy

  by andr in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  italy meets another bomb in front of the kingdom hall, after having caused a scandal on tv, now it is also dangerous to go to the hall.

  here is the image of the press release.

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  peacefulpete

  In relation to the attack of which the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in San Salvo was the object, we express our solidarity and closeness with them and strongly condemn this inconceivable gesture that undermines the foundations of civil and religious living, which is rooted in concord and respect for every belief and every position aimed at building and developing an integrated and supportive society. In reiterating our rejection of any gesture of affront and disrespect for civil coexistence, we trust the work of the police who will certainly identify those responsible for this unspeakable gesture.

  
  

  Those are fine words worthy of repeating.
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  I was going to write a new topic ... but now I just can't be bothered

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was going to write a new topic but now i just can't be bothered ... and i'll tell you why.. on my facebook feed a few days ago, i saw an interview of a couple of onlyfans girls, who said that they were active christians that attended church weekly.

  and while i was going to spend some time writing about the virtues of our faith's strict moral standards ... i now understand that i'd only be flamed as a watchtower apologist.. that being said, out of the approximately 4 million onlyfan girls out there ... it obvious, that none are jehovah's witnesses..

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  peacefulpete

  out of the approximately 4 million OnlyFan girls out there ... it obvious, that none are Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Is that because they are worried they'd be recognized?
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  The point of existence and how it refutes the Trinity

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  rowan williams, the former archbishop of canterbury gave an interesting answer to the somewhat stark question, what’s the point of us existing?

  as a christian, my starting point is that we exist because the most fundamental form of activity, energy, call it what you like, that is there, is love.

  that is, it’s a willingness that the other should be.

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  peacefulpete

  the language of scripture indicates

  My comments were simply Socratic, an exercise in what ifs. If God is the beginning of all then this God had nothing to do, feel or think. He didn't even take up 'space', as he hadn't made 'space' yet. Such a hypothetic case illustrates the illogic of such a being.

  But if now you want to honestly look at the 'language of scripture' we find a regional deity with world aspirations, that learns and is mistaken, changes his mind, gets angry, is jealous, and is prone to violence. No wonder the Gnostics worshipped an 'unknown God'; a worthy God they imagined into existence. The 'language of scripture' proved to them the God of the Hebrews couldn't possibly be the supreme being.