Posts by FragrantAddendum

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

FragrantAddendum

did you skip the first two chapters of genesis?

notice how the word "day" is used:

they did die "that day"

we're still in "that day" and adam and eve aren't around because they're dead

god doesn't lie

but i know someone who does

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Alteration of Revelation 3:14 in the 4th century to support the emerging Trinity doctrine

by slimboyfat in

in an earlier thread another poster asserted that there is no evidence that revelation 3:14 played a part in the 4th controversy that led to the trinity doctrine.

this was claimed as evidence that the description of jesus as “the beginning of the creation of god” in the verse was not understood to mean that jesus was god’s first creation.

the scholarly greek–english lexicon of the new testament & other early christian literature 3e (2001) by bauer, arndt, gingrich, and danker, in its latest edition states that “first creation” is indeed the probable meaning of the greek phrase.

FragrantAddendum

<Kaleb said>: I am Jewish.

FragrantAddendum:
we know this messenger is jesus because he looks so much like his father....
<Kaleb said>: I am sorry, but what type of Fresh-out-of-the-Watchtower-culty reasoning is this?
We know because "he looks so much like his father"?
What?
Since when do we know what God looks like?

a faithful jewish man wrote the words of ezekiel chapter 1 verses 26-28

perhaps you are familiar with how they read in hebrew

here is one translation of those words into english...

Since when do we know what God looks like?
I guess John 1:18 can be thrown out.

john's words are true

he was speaking figuratively, as he often did about beautiful concepts

"god is love"

"jesus, the light of the world"

and so on

no man has seen god's full heavenly glory at any time

jesus had seen god's heavenly glory before being human

so he could explain

but that many humans have seen jehovah in a materialized body

is detailed throughout the bible

moses talked with god face-to-face

moses, while talking to god face-to-face asked to see god's full heavenly glory

but god said it wouldn't work, it'd be too much for a human to handle

that's why god always materialized a body when visiting adam and eve in the garden

also it's why god materialized a body to visit abram that time

"all things are possible with god"

you do remember what his name means, right?

https://youtu.be/kJPRw7CnNaw

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Paul Gillies and JW Spellcasting July 2024

by FragrantAddendum in

gillies is moving up quick.

wonder what kind of devilish acts he's done to get that job so fast.

hey, look!

FragrantAddendum

paul gillies is a real clown🤡

shriner style

goober comedians like lett who are super naughty but pretend to be funny

https://youtu.be/HaxrYbhjbHk

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Paul Gillies and JW Spellcasting July 2024

by FragrantAddendum in

gillies is moving up quick.

wonder what kind of devilish acts he's done to get that job so fast.

hey, look!

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lol, yes, it does have that nessie shape! 😆

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Big News: August English Watchtower released on servers

by ukpimo in

big news.

just in from a friend who is fading.. disfellowshipping will no longer be a term used by jws.

study article 35, paragraph 4 footnote says this:.

FragrantAddendum

(looks like wt pulled the english august 2024 magazine off the servers...)

guess they can't make up their minds what kinda macaroni to serve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nrb2jAZ9B4

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Coming soon: Governing Body Update #4

by ukpimo in

the upcoming governing body update, set to be released on friday this week, will feature a bearded samuel herd.. jwtalk website revealed the leak, so this thread will be used to speculate the content of the update and discuss the actual contents after its release..