Posts by Touchofgrey

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Scam Marketing !

by Phizzy in

we are constantly being attacked by scam marketers who create a perceived need , not a real one, and hence create within us a want.

if we fill our desire for that thing or things by buying in to it, we then end up with totally unnecessary expense.

we have been scammed.. whether that be something to do with the latest fashions and trends, the latest 'phone, car or something similar.. the longest running, and most lucrative marketing scam in all human history has been religion.

Touchofgrey

Like the emperor's new clothes, which most people praise or seem to believe something that is false or of no value because they are afraid to go against the general opinion.

Our ancestors didn't understand the natural elements and explained them as gods and then science has explained these things.

Today we can read and write and have the internet to fact check almost everything especially regarding the origin of religious beliefs and religion in general and discover that the origins are man made, but because of fear of going against the general opinion and that we have been and people are still being lied too ,but people are now seeing through the controlling influence of religion and are breaking free and we are now becoming a more secular society.

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WT in a Nutshell

by Sea Breeze in

the watchtower tries to make the christian faith about what you are doing.

but, the christian faith is about what jesus already did.

any questions?.

Touchofgrey

What independently verified evidence can you provide that the jesus you believe in did the things that the bible claims he did ?

The four gospels were written by unknown authors many decades after the so called events so not eyewitnes accounts.

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Pre-Nicene christians and the trinity

by joey jojo in

this is just a quick summary that might be useful regarding the threads about the trinity currently on the board.. in 325 ce, the nicene council was called by constantine to settle schisms within the christian church.

the argument about the nature of jesus in relation to god was one of the big problems that needed resolution.

at first, constantine told the 2 main players, alexander and arius to sort it out between themselves, as he, constantine didnt see it as overly important.

Touchofgrey

Peacefulpete

Absolutely,

While people wear god glasses they will fail to recognize that fact ,once you take the god glasses off it's so obvious ,hopefully someone will take them off and see that the bible is a book of fiction but interesting how it evolved to what we have today.

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Pre-Nicene christians and the trinity

by joey jojo in

this is just a quick summary that might be useful regarding the threads about the trinity currently on the board.. in 325 ce, the nicene council was called by constantine to settle schisms within the christian church.

the argument about the nature of jesus in relation to god was one of the big problems that needed resolution.

at first, constantine told the 2 main players, alexander and arius to sort it out between themselves, as he, constantine didnt see it as overly important.

Touchofgrey

https://godhasason.com/pagan-trinities

Funny how the pagans came up with the trinity beliefs first well before the Christians. So it's not a new belief the Christian just copied their pagan cousins.

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Creation, Not Evolution Best Explains Genetics

by Sea Breeze in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umnhg0a9dlu.

evolutionists can change their model, and invent stories whenever they want to accomodate data.

biblical literalists are stuck with just one model, one account, and are unable to change it.

Touchofgrey

So why did a all knowing loving kind god create more than 4000 genetic diseases?

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Creation, Not Evolution Best Explains Genetics

by Sea Breeze in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umnhg0a9dlu.

evolutionists can change their model, and invent stories whenever they want to accomodate data.

biblical literalists are stuck with just one model, one account, and are unable to change it.

Touchofgrey

https://creation.com/cfk-noahs-ark

Is this the same creation Com. That claims that noah took dinosaurs onto the ark ?

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Apostles

by peacefulpete in

hear the word "apostles" and immediately the mind thinks of the contradictory lists of 12 men in the gospels.

however, the word (apóstolos) had a much broader usage in the greek speaking world, pagan, jewish and christian.

for simplicity i'd copy a few definitions.. the word apóstolos occurs only in the lxx in 1 kings 14:6, where it is used in a non-technical sense to represent the heb.

Touchofgrey

Peacefulpete & phizzy

Enjoy your post and the references you provide.

It's like paul and his followers started Christianity and the later gospels filled in the jesus story ,because Paul hardly mentioned much about him .

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The unending and fruitless argument on Trinity

by Longlivetherenegades in

those who say they are christians or follow christianity needs .

1. father .

2. jesus .

Touchofgrey

https://www.biblicalunitarian.com/articles/pagan-roots-of-the-trinity-doctrine-ed-torrence-2002

Interesting article about the evolution of the trinity doctrine and its pagan roots.

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What is Your Favorite WT Lie?

by Sea Breeze in

i would like to start a thread on lies that the watchtower and their reps have told.

surely we all have one or two that truly sticks out in our memories, no matter how much we would like to forget.

my favorite wt lie: the reason they don't want to release the name of the "scholars" who worked on the new world translation is because they do not want to accept "glory and honor" from others.

Touchofgrey

That the greatest man who ever lived was a fictional character called jesus.

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WATCHTOWER JAN 2025: WHY IS THE WATCHTOWER OBSESSED WITH THE RANSOM?

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/ocufvpm3t04?si=75zmussxknhlsrs7.

the first watchtower for 2025 is out, and immediately, articles 4 and 5 drew my attention.

these will be studied near the memorial season, a time the witnesses prepare for their yearly commemoration of jesus’ death, i will be returning on this articles near at the time.

Touchofgrey

Love should be based on trust and respect.

The love that the god of the bible is offering has conditions.

The tree in the garden of eden placed before Adam and eve, eat from it and die ,if you truly loved someone would you put a test before them .NO .

Through out the bible god gives laws and conditions to his chosen nation often described as his wife about how they should conduct themselves and even how they should dress a certain way to identify as different from the nations around them as a condition of remaining his chosen people, he actually describes himself as a jealous god ,and gives them numerous rules to live by so they would not lose his love for them.

In the jesus story he tells people that they should disown their parents brothers and sisters and even their children and follow him as a way to show that they love him. (Abusive and controlling people do that to people that they claim to love )

So by jesus/god putting conditions that you have to be born again and love him in a certain way is not love based upon trust and respect but on conditions that you have to follow.

It makes jesus/god a narcissist who demands that people love him or suffer the consequences, he uses physiological manipulation and coercive control over his victims and if you disagree or leave him you will suffer the consequences eg suffer in hell ,whatever that is.