Posts by enigma1863

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Silence after stating my confusion about "144,000"

by tidalblitz in

the other night, i was told about a question that a friend's bible study had asked them.

the bible study asked: "if jesus is perfect, why does he need the 144,000 to help him rule?

" this friend does not know how to answer this question.

Was It Designed? Rabies Purposeful Mode of Transmission.

by Island Man in

was it designed?.

rabies' purposeful mode of transmissionrabies is caused by a number of lyssaviruses that attack the cells of the nervous system disrupting their normal function.

symptoms include painful spasms in the muscles of the throat and larynx of patients, accompanied by a strong aversion to drinking liquids - hydrophobia.

enigma1863

Well if God doesn't create harmful creatures then God didn't create Satan which begs the question, "where did Satan come from?"

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Were we meant to live forever?

by konceptual99 in

so i believed for years that humans will one day revert to being able to live forever.

i was told the only reason we don't already is because adam and eve sinned.. if this is the case then why is nothing else in the universe capable of the same thing.

everything else has a finite lifespan.

enigma1863

What the JWs often forget is that even if Adam and Eve didn't eat from the tree of knowledge they would eventually die unless they eat from the tree of life (Genesis 3 22)

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Was It Designed? Rabies Purposeful Mode of Transmission.

by Island Man in

was it designed?.

rabies' purposeful mode of transmissionrabies is caused by a number of lyssaviruses that attack the cells of the nervous system disrupting their normal function.

symptoms include painful spasms in the muscles of the throat and larynx of patients, accompanied by a strong aversion to drinking liquids - hydrophobia.

enigma1863

If all animals were affected by this curse 6000 years ago then why are there still animals that are vegetarians?

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Was It Designed? Rabies Purposeful Mode of Transmission.

by Island Man in

was it designed?.

rabies' purposeful mode of transmissionrabies is caused by a number of lyssaviruses that attack the cells of the nervous system disrupting their normal function.

symptoms include painful spasms in the muscles of the throat and larynx of patients, accompanied by a strong aversion to drinking liquids - hydrophobia.

enigma1863

I was just going to start a topic like this.
The Tongue-Eating Sea Louse: Was It Designed?

This sea louse makes it house inside the fish mouth and feeds on the blood from the tongue till the organ withers away. The parasite very cleverly attaches itself to the remaining stump and continues to feed on blood and mucus in the mouth. It may seem as a consolation that the fish can use the louse exactly as its own tongue.

The Tongue-Eating Sea Louse

There is a whole series of parasites: http://alltoptens.com/top-ten-incredibly-dangerous-parasites/

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Gog and/of Magog...

by peacefulpete in

here is a scan of articles from the dictionary of deities and demons in the bible.

it appears

a derivation from sumer-ian gug ('black spot', 'cornelian', or 'shining', depending on the identification of the root) has been proposed (a. van hoon-acker, za 28 [1914] 336), but is highly implausible.

enigma1863

Hmm I wonder If the watchtower is getting their new light from apostate sources.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20150515/gog-of-magog/

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This just happened within last 15 mins......

by Lied2NoMore in

i saw an instagram post showing a short clip of a talk being given in one of our southern states.

the talk clip showed speaker making the statement, "jehovah doesn't want anyone to know satans real name, jehovah hates satan so much, he doesn't even want his name mentioned" .

i posted in comments: matt 5:44-48 with the full scripture rendered from niv.

enigma1863

"Ha Satan" means the adversary. Many scholars point out this character in Job is actually very much like a lawyer putting Job on trial.

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Please vaccinate your children

by Viviane in

and remember your boosters as adults!.

currently there is a measles outbreak in the u.s. the outbreak is clustered into communities where parents choose not to get their children vaccinated.

vaccination works primarily on herd immunity.

enigma1863

Here a great link:

https://thenib.com/vaccines-work-here-are-the-facts-5de3d0f9ffd0

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Build the Ark

by enigma1863 in

ken ham is trying to build an ark amusement park in kentucky.

i actually want him to build a real ark, or at least have a self contained floating zoo because this one act can show how ridiculous this story in the bible truly is.. lets make this simple.

1000 pairs of animals on one boat including provisions.

enigma1863

Are there any religious groups that avoid the food storage issue by claiming everyone fell asleep for a year. I remember back when I was a JW I thought they were only on the ark for forty days.

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Build the Ark

by enigma1863 in

ken ham is trying to build an ark amusement park in kentucky.

i actually want him to build a real ark, or at least have a self contained floating zoo because this one act can show how ridiculous this story in the bible truly is.. lets make this simple.

1000 pairs of animals on one boat including provisions.

enigma1863

I was recently thinking about the storage of supplies on such a cramped boat. How would you handle the lighting alone? there are no windows. everything would have to be lit by torch, lamp, or candle. How many candles alone would you need to store for 360 days?