considering jesus is an invention that doesnt even appear in the ot, it shpuldnt surprise anyone that man co tinues to update the bible. nearly nintey mentions in the nt is better than zero in the ot. jews themselves'will tell you that jesus is an invention.
Posts by mP
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13F&DS reducing occurrences of JESUS in revised New World Translation
by wannabefree inafter much prayerful consideration, responsible representatives of the "faithful and discreet slave" class have decided to reduce the number of times that the name jesus appears in the main text of the new world translation of the holy scriptures (greek scriptures) from 919 to 79.. the reason for this change is one of the same reasons recently given for the new songbook.
as you may recall, the songbook "sing praises to jehovah" had about half of the songs with jesus as the theme.
in the new songbook, "sing to jehovah", we felt it appropriate for jehovah to be exalted more than jesus so the songbook reflects that balanced view by having 2/3 of the songs praising jehovah and 1/3 to jesus.. the translation committee for the new world translation of the holy scriptures found it appropriate to restore the divine name "jehovah" 237 times in the main text of the christian greek scriptures, this is very disproportionate from the number of times the name "jesus"occurs, which is 919 times in the main text.
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IS GOD REAL? HOW DO YOU KNOW?
by still thinking inthis is an honest question on my part.
someone on this board asked me 'how do you know' a while ago and i really struggled with it.
in fact, it was a turning point for me.
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mP
still:
i think you will find the discussion relevant, at the least you will see how xians ignore the text from scripyure and accept stories invented at some later stage to explain absurd stories such as seeing satan being behind everything, such as eve and the snake.
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The Bible and Genetics
by sabastious ini recently read in discover magazine that scientists have found a way to turn on and off memory cells in our brain.
they say that this is good news for people with post traumatic stress disorder, which i was diagnosed with a few years ago.
this, to me, brings up the ethical question of what did the traumatic events in my life, and the lives of others, add to society as a whole?
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mP
sure god is scientist, thats why the jews invented nothing, no machines, computers cars etc.you have to wonder why god told them to kill and take slaves who believed in other gods, when he could have simply given them a few machines for the physical labour.
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The Bible and Genetics
by sabastious ini recently read in discover magazine that scientists have found a way to turn on and off memory cells in our brain.
they say that this is good news for people with post traumatic stress disorder, which i was diagnosed with a few years ago.
this, to me, brings up the ethical question of what did the traumatic events in my life, and the lives of others, add to society as a whole?
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sab
nobody has wver used rvelation to extract a prophecy. examine the links i gave and do a little'hinest research that explains all'symbolism in rev and how it relates to'nero and it all'adds up. why lie to yourself and pretend it has a message from god? why could nt you do the honest thing and say my points are true ahd your reasoning is contrived and lies. you find a scriptyure that says snake and automatically assume its satan even though its not.
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778
IS GOD REAL? HOW DO YOU KNOW?
by still thinking inthis is an honest question on my part.
someone on this board asked me 'how do you know' a while ago and i really struggled with it.
in fact, it was a turning point for me.
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mP
sab
you avoided answering how the egyptian magicians managed to change their sticks into snakes. how did they do it ? did they always carry snakes just in case ? what if moses changed his snakes into jackals?
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778
IS GOD REAL? HOW DO YOU KNOW?
by still thinking inthis is an honest question on my part.
someone on this board asked me 'how do you know' a while ago and i really struggled with it.
in fact, it was a turning point for me.
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mP
no love is an emotion. you cant eat love. god doesnt say anywhere in the bible he loves gentiles. all his positive messages weredirected at jews, he always condemned gentiles to death in the scriptures.
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Why do JWs think God would kill these people?
by MrMonroe inthis article from the guardian is one of the most harrowing pieces of journalism i have read in a long, long time.
north koreans raised like rats in a cage, forced to work seven days a week, scavenge for food in cow manure, inform on family members to gain a tiny increase in their rations, tortured, starved, degraded .... which raises two big questions.. 1. why do jehovah's witnesses believe that these people would die at armageddon because they have not joined them in "god's organization"?
how can jehovah's witnesses think god would be so legalistic, so small-minded, that he would deprive those people of life in a peaceful paradise ... just because no brother in a shirt and tie has ever knocked on the door of their barracks and offered them a chance for a bible study?
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mP
if the jw believe in community guilt does that mean the entire cong goes to jail because a member was a pedo ?
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Disfellowshipped Over Celebrating Holidays?
by garbonzo ini found this:.
worldly celebrations such as christmas - ks91-e p.95 (it appears celebrating birthdays is not a reason to be disfellowshipped.
ks91-e is the pay attention to yourselves elder's book, right?
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mP
are not jws having meetings on SUN day celebrating the holy sun ?
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Memorial - Why do i keep going?
by maisha inevery year i attend, missing only 5 in 50 years.. i do not attend meetings nor active in anyway, my family shun me,(all devote believers) but i do feel drawn to attend each year.
i am out for sure, but i no longer have faith, or a belief in any religous body as being approved by god.. i am so screwed up now i not sure if i believe in a creator!, let alone who or what that may be.. i was born into the truth, married into the truth and my ex is devote.. i could never return to the cult now seeing it for what it is.. i served, donated, slaved for years happy to do so as has all my family.. i went out of my way to get df, sort of a wanting to die act, of rejecting the society.. i used to sit in a movie in my youth and think, wow i am so lucky, all these people are going to die and i will live forever.. even just typing this gives release to my emotions,, lol,,, yea i have many emotions,,, many regrets, basically the organisation i followed and the instructions destroyed my life in every possible way.. the power plays that i witnessed within are what first woke me up,,,at first i let it go, forgiving those involved as brothers do.
but again and again power and position is and was the thing to have, you got the power you got everything.
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mP
is it just me, or does egg sound like a nutty fundy muslim issuing a fatwa on unbeluevers ?
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Will Jehovah himself kill me, or will Jesus, Satan, or someone else?
by InterestedOne ini've heard people here say jw's believe that jehovah will slaughter non-members of the jw religion when armageddon comes any day now.
does the watchtower teach that jehovah himself will do the killing, or is it delegated to someone else like jesus, satan, angels, or humans killing each other?
who is the actual killer in the picture?
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@wizard
koalas arent bears.