Topics Started by pokertopia

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Did Jesus say the God of the OT is not the same God as mine??
by Diogenesister in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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.
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Chat AI shows Jesus was not god
by enigma1863 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
title: jesus' perception of himself: a nuanced view of equality in a patriarchal society.

introduction:.

the perception of jesus christ's divinity has been a subject of theological debate for centuries.
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Did Isaiah even predict Cyrus' name 150 years ago?
by pokertopia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
did isaiah even predict cyrus' name 150 years ago?.

there were two types of prophets: individual prophets and court prophets.

for example, before ahab went to war, 400 court prophets predicted ahab's victory, but michaya, an individual prophet, predicted his defeat.
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Samson kills 1,000 Philistine military men with a donkey's jawbone...I think not!
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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.
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Unbelief and Salvation
by lriddle80 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hebrews 6:4-8. for it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the holy spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of god and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the son of god to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

7 for land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from god.

8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.. but then i read articles that say that you cannot lose your salvation and that this scripture isn't talking about that.. but then 2 timothy says.
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dailly text 6/26
by pokertopia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
become imitators of me.—1 cor.

11:1.. when paul said this, did he ask us to imitate his preach activities?

it is not a new verse that starts anew, but a verse that ends the previous chapter, so what paul says to imitate is shown in the previous chapter.
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Ecuador jw kills baby
by carla in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
from https://avoidjw.org/world/ecuador-jw-woman-locked-between-silence-murder-baby/.

and https://www.extra.ec/noticia/judicial/mujer-encerrada-silencio-asesinato-bebe-70076.html.

lett and his 'enemies of god' video has something to do with it or added to post partum?
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Why infant baptism in Jehovah's Witnesses?
by Antonio_Madaleno in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"adult baptism was not simply a question of religious dogma; it was an issue of power.

if baptism was delayed until adulthood—thus allowing a person to make a decision based on faith—some might not get baptized at all.

and individuals not baptized would, at least to a degree, remain outside the control of the church.
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Is a belief in GOD only found in the Bible ? Of course not .what about all of the other religious sects? Do they not count ???
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the world is made up of many religions christian and otherwise .. whose to say which religion is more superior than another religion ?

or has the approval of a god ?.

none that i can think of.. since humans have been on earth god has kept silent as to who represents him , if any at all..
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Is Bible chronology true?
by Fisherman in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
according to jw interpretation of bible chronology, the earliest human, adam, came into existence some 6,048 years ago compared to scientific dating of human fossils believed to be much older.

since jesus validated the creation of adam and eve as historical people and jc’s own lineage is traced all the way back to adam, bible chronology is certified as true and there must be something wrong with scientific dating.

what proves scientific dating as accurate that humans are much older than what bible chronology says?.