continuing my lastbthought, im thinkning of king david vs uzziah the guy whondied for stopping the ark from hitting the ground. take a look at all the other heroes, they always get a swcond chance. take alook at samsung, he was wjoring with the philistines.
and then we heare the philstines manage to steal the ark, how is that possible.
firslt the bible is not about god. the ot is about a small nation judea and its constant problem with bigger more powerful nations. god and religion is just a tool of the king and priests to control the masses who do the work andndying in battle.
to think that judea is the promised land is a joke. have a look at it, its half desert. there are countless better presents or homelands god should have told the jews about.
the concept of a chosen people is also absurd. why would god make such a promise to one man, and completelynignore the remainder mof humanity.
im going to aeguemthat the kings a priests themselves dont actually believe in god or hismretributions for sinning. it always seems that the king or hero gets aqay enoughnof the time while common people always get zapped first time.
i wonder how a jw would answer this?
perhaps eggnogg would like to give it a stab.
he seems to know it all!
jesus ismwith us everyday. we all literaly see him everyday and we live in his goodness and light. jesusmismof course tyhe sun!
remember paul seeing a light- yup jesus is the sun.
jesus in the clouds - yup the sun is in the clouds.
jesusnwalking on water - yup the suns reflextion walksmon water.
jesus dies on the cross - yes the sun dies sosn sthe southern cross in the winter solstice. look at any star chart. three days later he is resurrwxted and stsrts to rise upss .
i have been given permission by barbara anderson to relay some interesting correspondence related to the society's negiligent approach to child abuse.
it should be said at the outset that these letters are anonymous, and the only thing that can be said with certainty is that they are letters addressing the subject of child abuse that were likely sent some time between 1997 and 2004.. with names and dates having been removed, it is impossible to verify the events described in these letters, although if true, they betray a shocking arrogance and apathy on the part of the society.
they also describe pedophiles running virtually unchecked in certain congregations with little or no safeguards for their victims.
one mus remember that pedophilia is not actually banned in the bible. pedophilia was never a crime in many ormost ancient cultures. greeks and romans elites all kept boys and were very much into man boy love or pedastry. any argument cannot say aduktry or illegal sex is banned in the bible, because paedastry was not bammed by the romans. in fact nearly every cesar in the first century had a boy toy. look it up in wikipedia if you want.
if one remembers these facts and the fact that rape was okay providing she didnt belong too another man, then its no surpriae pedophila was alos ok.
deu 22:28+
man rapes virgin, punishment must buy her from father.
i know that there is no mention of any birthday celebrations in the bible besides the two which were celebrated by non-believers.
and it just so happened that on each of these events, someone died (one non-believer and one believer).
but does it mean that just because the bible mentions these two events, that all birthday celebrations are forbidden?
NOLAW
god hates astrology explain
job 38:32, amos 5:8
dont use nwt they dont translaye somemhebrew terms.compare'with any other bible.
firstly angels dont exist.
justblike god doesnt send angels to tell jw things the same was true in the bible. priests always used divination, throwing sticks, rocks eyc. ecen the apostles used sticks to pick matthais after judas. the jewishnpriests had teomrocks on theirmbreast plate whoch they used for divination. there are articles that diacuss howmthey answered quesrions by goinbg away and then somehow ask the stones a yes/no question and hope gos contorlled the rocks.
i know that there is no mention of any birthday celebrations in the bible besides the two which were celebrated by non-believers.
and it just so happened that on each of these events, someone died (one non-believer and one believer).
but does it mean that just because the bible mentions these two events, that all birthday celebrations are forbidden?
its not about principals its about alienation. bdays, xmas, are all bonding experiences. many acholars say the jews refused tomeat pork to be different. if you dont eat the same food, you wont invite them and they wont invite you. the result is division and reduced good terms, opportunities to solve bproblems etc.
notice jw never ban wedding rings which are pagan.
i was hit by this topic after doing reaserch in the old testament.
there are eleven different sexual relationships that are directly condemed in the old testament.
strikingly your daugher and your niece are not listed.
its also ok to sell your daughter and rape your female slaves in the bible. no where does jesus replace these godly laws with something else, so if younare honest younwould still acnowledfge and follow yhese inspired laws.
remember women arent people they are property, look at the last of the ten commandments, its you must not take your neighbiurs wife. also look at buying a virgin by raping her for fifty coins in deu22:27+.
jesus said, "truly i say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me".. .
exactly to whom was jesus addressing these words, and who were his "brothers?the subject matter of matthew chapter 25 deals with christ's judgement of all humans, and verses 32 & 33 make it crystal clear that there only two groups standing before him - 'sheep' and 'goats'.
keep in mind that during his ministry, jesus referred to himself as "the fine shepherd" who would give his life on behalf of his sheep.
i laugh when i hear --new light-- not because of the funny corrwctions, but because of the solar imagery.'thats right folks, jesus never existed, jesus is the sun.
ever wonder why xians worship on SUN day and why xians celebrate his birthday on the winter solstice, or why he died and was raised on the spring ewuinox? ever wonder why jesus used words like, thenlight, in the sky, on clouds, walked on water--suns reflextion, and so on. ever wonder why the four apostles have the same beats as the ones in ezekiel - they are the cardinal zodiac signs.
ever wonder why no wt ever showed the insides or explained the symbology of the temple in jerusalem, why it pointed east, what the two columns at the entrance represented, why cherubs look like babylonian and egyptian mythical figures...
i could go on forever, just seacrh for astrotheology.
an effort at a summary... still learning about atheists/agnostics and what they believe at this point on the journey.... .
religionistsatheists/agnosticsbelieversthe "god of religion"embracerejectrejectsupremacist, sectarianembracerejectrejectself-righteousness via:.
embracerejectreject- legalism (rules).
the simple reason that demonstartes the bible is not from god is the cruelty in it.'laws like deu 22:28+ whereby a man can rapea virgin and then buy her show the true author. to think god would let local customs influemce his ideas about rape is weak, because godmanages to be strong against homosexuality but not lesbianism and is also against idolatry.
most of the 613 mitzvot laws are about priests. who they can marry,'shaving beards, how to'sacrifice, and lots of other similar concepts. the simple explaination for tjis is of course religion back then like now is about money and power. the preists condeme d other religions because they wanted an exclusive deal, they wanted all the money, power, free food -- sacrifices.
