the world health organization states that in the year 2015 ,5.9 million children died under the age of 5 years of age.. in 2010 the death rate for children under the age of 5 years of age was 7.6 million.
thats over 13 million in just 2 years .
i dont think you need to be a rocket scientist to conclude that since mankind has been on the earth for however long you want to believe and i`m just going on a conservative estimate of 6000 years by the above figures i quoted their would be billions of children under 5 yearsof age that would have died.
Considering that all species produce fruit, offspring to procreate, we as top predators are the lucky ones. Consider the millions of seeds a Sequoia produces in it's lifetime, only one surviving needed to replace the parent, keep the species going.--
All the rest is food- for thought.
*** insight on the scriptures vol.1 page 1007 ***.
greek.
vocabulary.
"--good news something beyond the good news we declared to you, let him be accursed --"Jerryh:
marked in bold to allow wt lovers to consider, whether adding the" overlapping generation" is prudent, since it will extend the kingdom rule of 1914 beyond a biblical generation, and into the far future. ~2075, thus exposing the authors and publishers (that count time) to being classed as accursed. Analizing, not supporting
this was sent to me from doug shields blog.
for those who like stats and numbers may find this of interest.. 1914 – recognizing the ”the elephant in the room”.
the problem with the date ”1914 ad” lays with the two calendars that are involved – jewish and gregorian.
no wonder the end and rapture did not happen in 1914 in Brooklyn. carpentry was so simple in the middle east. make the joints fit, this does not.
awake!
1 2017 says on its back page.
the saharan silver ant (cataglyphis bombycina) is one of the most heat-tolerant land animals known.
perry, how are you connected to the commercial 8 posts ago? and: that is an impressive list of Dino DNA related information, but the bible is so wrong in other aspects than this narrow bio/timing field you presented. (not that the preserved bio matter would prove Dinos lived during the 49 000 years that Gen 1-49 partially covers. (according to the jubilee year theory adherents )
objective reading of scriptures can see many human thoughts in them.
objective analysis of religions would show that they exist primarily for their own benefit.
is science too travelling in the same direction?
"Science" is so many specialties, and getting more so. how it is used though, is another matter. Science needs money and that comes from politicians. sad to be a driven genius, but ending up as a fundraiser, even prostituting your services to do your stuff, see W. von Braun, the other expat working on the east coast.
noas a current or past jehovah's witness, do you / or did you feel part of a spiritual paradise with full liberty in christ as the watchtower society/organisation describes?.
or do you / did you feel you were wearing a proverbial straitjacket in the sense you feel / felt restricted and controlled by the watchtower society / organisation?.
bunch of stunted clones" half banana:
When I think of paradise Eden, a garden, I think of gorgeous variety,
Trees to grasses. Flowers; -- spiritually, Wt land is like a single crop GMF field stretching to the horizon.
case in point. listen to the conversations after the meeting. Indoctrination over, all subjects are broached,-- except spiritual ones.
any takers?.
wow! to add, brothers now do sit down conversations too, like sisters, funny without the skirts. No more stand up talks for up and coming young males , no need to train them, clicking on tablets is all that is required to serve. .
awake!
1 2017 says on its back page.
the saharan silver ant (cataglyphis bombycina) is one of the most heat-tolerant land animals known.
Yes, Genesis, 1-49 is history. period.
not to be taken seriously, proven wrong by research, evidence. Latter day photo dramas notwithstanding.
any takers?.
It might be shorter looking at the starting and finish times, but as a sales training and indoctrination session, it is longer, dragging on and on and on.
For those with no social life, the separate book study was better, an enforced shower and dress-up, closer personal contact and deeper discussions, delicious goodies, beverages at the end.
noas a current or past jehovah's witness, do you / or did you feel part of a spiritual paradise with full liberty in christ as the watchtower society/organisation describes?.
or do you / did you feel you were wearing a proverbial straitjacket in the sense you feel / felt restricted and controlled by the watchtower society / organisation?.
My early years in wt, the 1950s were not filled with a seeking or living in a spiritual paradise but living out a war-like campaign against the anti-life forces at work on this planet, as a special pioneer not even "planting and watering" but plowing a then hostile field.
The shock came when the controlling nature of wt became apparent in the new congregations emerging out of the work we did. Not that it was difficult to fall in line after having experienced Nazi and Commi herding.
There is among some of the lowest ranking naive JWs the glow of the ideal Christianity, but wt methods totally squelch that. There is no spiritual paradise in wt land, it is a bunch of stunted clones producing the seedless fruit of more wt herders and salesmen / women.
Bible writer had some insight when they encouraged the approved sheep to look after the "least of my brothers" and not the brass.
