LOL!
Nice points here. Thanks glenster.
That point about David is is very good. David wasn't the first king of Israel.
the apologists states: "give at least one example in the bible where the word prototokos (firstborn) does not carry the meaning of "a beginning of existence.
or present any occurrence of the genitive phrase "firstborn of ..." which does not include the subject as part of the group.".
hi aggressive questions present the logical fallacy of false dilemma.
pop quiz for the watchtower writing department.... .
when was frederick franz baptized?
april 4, 1914 or november 30, 1913?.
ran across an interesting article commenting on the capitalist imperitive of endless growth.
in a world controlled by mega-corporations - whose amoral and self-interested philosophy is growth uber alles - we are bombarded daily with propaganda about the blessings of growth, even as we experience its opposite.
unless we, the people, regain control of our corporate oligarchy and re-define economics to generate balance, the world will continue to degenerate under a self-defeating, for-profit, ethic of growth-to-ruin.. .
my father passed around 9 this morning.
he'd been in poor health for some time, but it still comes as a shock to have him gone.
we are going to miss him terribly.
pls share, i love these stories!.
very sad as was said by a poster earlier our shared one time faith makes it seem as if you knew her.
rip.
is the watchtower society really god's organization?.
the governing body of the watchtower society, makes the claim that they are god's, 'spirit directed organization', god's 'prophet, or mouthpiece'.
one would suppose that an organization that claims to know all the truths of the bible, would know that the coming prophet like moses, who was appointed over jehovah's house in the days of the israelite nation, would also know, that the coming prophet like moses, would be the one appointed over god's house when he arrived on the scene, when the due time arrived for the new covenant to go into force.
i found taking the traveling overseers out for a meal, to be a waste of time.
our literature regulary spoke of the upbuilding talk the local congregations received by entertaining our brothers.
now some of the modern cos look at their telecommunication devices, talk of things not related to our ministry or phone it in.
i wonder whether the changes are significant.. i also wonder what sort of scholars form the committee now that the alands, metzger, martini and others are gone.
i guess bart ehrman wasn't invited!.
http://larryhurtado.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/nestle-aland-28-has-appeared/.
http://pesn.com/2012/10/20/9602210_humanoid_alien-extraterrestrial_carcass_being_forensically_studied/.
real or hoax, i know not.
greer is reported to be an m.d.. i can tell you that there have been some terrifying up close and personal encounters with bizarre creatures in italy and brazil in recent years that were well attested to.
The tiny 'Alien' in Brazil was a monkey. Debunked. We should be suspicious and cautious with similar claims. They brag about specialists doing research with CTs, DNA. The same they did with the Brazilian 'alien' and there were no experts and the results were manipulated and presented the opposite way. I don't believe them. Give us the CT scans to examione them ourselves and DNA to sample it. As for the link I suppose those teenage and after teen cheeks were seeking some publicity. That's how it starts and then more people join the 'party'. Any photos? It reminds me of a known singer here in Greece who said that he saw a UFO while driving on the national road (UFO maniac). Why didn't dozens if not hundreds of other drivers see it?
Now regarding that photo would you expect NASA to be so careless to show in public an alien base? How more logical it is to assume that this is a mark about a location for experiments or a future planned mission? At best a hidden Russian base?