Posts by JoenB75

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I understand your separating yourselves from the Org...BUT~

by Revealed in

...why have you left the god and his son?.

JoenB75

Anna Marina,

Like "all things", there is a context to "the beginning" of Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1. It is the beginning of the story of Israel, God's dealings with mankind.

Where do we get our information from. It is simple. As I said, the mere fact that the creation of angels are not mentioned should be a wake up call to the modern "Evangelical" tale. Secondly, the Hebrew text itself speaks of chaos "Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep". It also speaks of rudely unscientific stuff like a sea up in the heavens.

Hugh Ross places Adam's creation between 55,000 and 230,000 years ago, it seems reasonable and probably the most scientific bet out there but it is based on the premise that Genesis 1 is history in the modern sense. I dont think it is.

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I understand your separating yourselves from the Org...BUT~

by Revealed in

...why have you left the god and his son?.

JoenB75

There is an so called old earth creationist called Hugh Ross who apparently rejects evolution. He says

"The most likely biblical date for the creation of Adam and Eve, therefore, would lie between 55,000 and 120,000 years ago. However, the date could be stretched as far back as 230,000 years ago".

https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/todays-new-reason-to-believe/when-did-god-create-adam-and-eve

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Do any of you ex JW`s ever feel ashamed or embarrassed to admit you were once a JW? To your now friends / associates ?

by smiddy3 in

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i ask this now because i have been living in this town for the past 14 years and the circle of friends i have now i have never let on i am an ex jw.. i`m talking about 30-50 people at least.. not that the subject has ever really come up , but i think they would be shocked / amazed that i was a ( i hate this word ) a "devout" jw for 32 years going around knocking on peoples doors trying to convert them to the religion .. yet every now and again i get tempted to.. how say you ?.

JoenB75

Im not ashamed to admit either. Although we left when I was teen, it definetly had a unfurtunate impact on us as a family and as kids. Funny thing is that as I grow older people stop asking if I am still in. Maybe it my beard and holes in the jeans

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What Type of Future do YOU look forward to?

by Revealed in

or dread?.

JoenB75

hehe I am a repeated visit or what you call it in the US, although we have only spoken in phone

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I understand your separating yourselves from the Org...BUT~

by Revealed in

...why have you left the god and his son?.

JoenB75

Anna Marina,

Yes. It is interesting that the creation record does not mention angels. Also there seems to be some aftermath upon chaosbattle going on. There was creation before. Genesis 1 concerns with what the ancestors of ancient Israel could see with their eyes.

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I understand your separating yourselves from the Org...BUT~

by Revealed in

...why have you left the god and his son?.

JoenB75

Anna Marina,

Does it not start with "in the beginning"?

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King Richard

by Rattigan350 in

there is this new movie out called "king richard" staring will smith playing serena and venus williams father.

i don't know much about this, but i heard that they were raised by jw parents.

how does that factor into the movie and their growing up aspiring tennis stars?.

JoenB75

I saw a meme about all the historical white people that got blackwashed, even a German Hitler era general. I laughed hysterically. Considerably more funny that the sad statistics about black on white crime in the US.

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I understand your separating yourselves from the Org...BUT~

by Revealed in

...why have you left the god and his son?.

JoenB75

Anna Marina,

Genesis 1-11 are divine myths. Tales that reveals truth without being historical. Adam and Eve represents us all. So you got anything else to offer?

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The "Trinity" is not Biblical.

by Revealed in

simple.. you cannot find the word there (or many of the comical variations such as: a triune godhead, the triunity, co-equal god beings, godhead, a hypostaic union, divine essences, divine natures, a god-the-son, a god-the-ghost, hypostasis, homoousios, perichoresis , a godman, omnipresence, incarnation, a god who is a sacred mystery, a god 'in three persons', dual natures, a reincarnate god, a first person of the trinity, a second person of the trinity, a third person of the trinity, godness, a tri-unity or a multipersonal god), or any of the so-mentioned aspects.. jehovah identified himself (not 'themselves") as on one god, as did jesus and all the prophets.

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so, come, let us know of the simple twists of the clergy!.

JoenB75

Just believe what Spurgeon said. Best preacher ever.

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So let's discuss the framework of gods plan for a paradise earth

by nowwhat? in

so after jehovah kills 8 billion people "for not knowing him'" he is going to resurrect 100 billion humans because " they didn't know him" .

the 8 million jw's will be tasked with educating these ones.

that's 1 jw for every 12k resurrected ones.

JoenB75

waton, to the ancient mind, the earth hangs on nothing. Nothing tangible nor the arm of a god. So if we dont force modern science concept on the ancient text, it is true indeed.