thursday, december 8. take your stand against him, firm in the faith.—1 pet.
5:9.. to do that, we need to prepare our mind and heart, to train ourselves now to do what is right.
we do not know what our spiritual warfare may involve in the future.
Can I ask something? I mean it with all due respect and you already know what it is and I am sure I'm not the first to ask...
Why are you still reading the Daily Text of all things?
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the rebuttals... I wouldn't volunteer to do it, so I guess I'm glad someone does. But damn.
today, i want to share some scriptures i have come across in my research which show the link between yahweh and the canaanite god el.
el and other variations such as elyon, el shaddai and elohim appear many times in the bible.
these are usually translated as god, most high, god almighty and so on.
It's a complicated story which I'm sure David_Jay could more thoroughly comment on, but based on what I've read, yes, the Israelites were a group of roaming, pastoral Canaanites. Canaan was also a vassal of Egypt for many years, which is another reason why the conquest of Canaan in the book of Joshua is rather myth.
The Exodus from Egypt is also suspect, because (for ONE thing) it's not like the escaping slaves could just walk across the sea and be out of Egypt's grasp. No, Egypt had men all around there.
And then there's also the fun bit about the first statement of monotheism being found in... Isaiah? Up till then, Yahweh was a god amongst other gods. It was not until Isaiah 44:6, which was not even written until long after Isaiah's death, that this was the ONLY god. And then you had the Shema Yisrael statement in Deuteronomy 6:4, etc. It's all very fascinating to see how this developed.
A Believer, please, please do yourself an academic favor and explore this topic.
today, i want to share some scriptures i have come across in my research which show the link between yahweh and the canaanite god el.
el and other variations such as elyon, el shaddai and elohim appear many times in the bible.
these are usually translated as god, most high, god almighty and so on.
Oh the naivety...
No, @A Believer. You are essentially splitting hairs by saying that they just knew him as God Almighty. God Almighty is a translation of El Shaddai.
It is enough to say that there is no god after all, but the Judeo-Christian god in particular is derived from neighboring beliefs around the Middle East. The roots of the concept might go back to Amun-Ra, or even further, and also resulted in such gods as Zeus in Greek myth (and you are then to be reminded that the "Greeks" were a broad spectrum of people in the Mediterranean and Asia Minor with heavy Egyptian and Phoenician influence).
Honestly, we in Western civilization owe a lot to the Canaanites. They gave us our God and even our alphabet.
today, i want to share some scriptures i have come across in my research which show the link between yahweh and the canaanite god el.
el and other variations such as elyon, el shaddai and elohim appear many times in the bible.
these are usually translated as god, most high, god almighty and so on.
Is there a book specifically about the evolution of Yahweh? Like from his origins in Canaanite religion and mythology to God and Jesus? That's the clear picture I get from composite reading of multiple books, but one definitive book on the subject, I am not aware of.
today, i want to share some scriptures i have come across in my research which show the link between yahweh and the canaanite god el.
el and other variations such as elyon, el shaddai and elohim appear many times in the bible.
these are usually translated as god, most high, god almighty and so on.
This post is so fascinating that I clipped it to Evernote. Thank you!
i found this amusing and ironic, but in a nutshell.
stay on the yellow brick road, do as we say and want, and we promise you courage, a heart, a brain and a ticket back home (spirtual paradise now/ physical paradise soon/ resurrection guaranteed )... .
don't ask too many questions or look behind the big curtain, just believe us or you'll fall apart and die... (research or study on your own/internet/ researching the governing body leads to weakness and disfellowshipping).
Yep, I've long thought about that little man behind the curtain who puts on a big scary show. I've written here how I see correlations with the Emperor's New Clothes as well.
my sarcasm will get me df'd one day.
after being disgusted by the bs of the sunday meeting, i chatted with one inactive brother came back for that one meeting.
i can't exactly remember how it came up, but he told me and a sister whose a close friend of mine that she shouldn't be so uptight, we're no longer under the mosaic law.
Jehovah's spirit vessels...
Spirit wessels...
Wessels...
"What does God need with a starship?"
that's a comment i heard from an elder i haven't seen in over a decade, yesterday.
i mentioned it all on my other thread.
i responded that i knew of no one that was crawling back to the meetings and gave him an incredulous hearty chuckle.
The sad thing is that I can imagine a dub saying this with all sincerity, like the world has humbled these people. It's positivity but in like a twisted way.
i've been gone for a while doing other research, checking out other forums.. this forum is the first place i went when i very first started waking up and i just want to say thank you.
from the bottom of my heart thank you.. you guys were so helpful, so kind and so supportive.
you guys got me and were there for me when my whole world was crashing in on me.
This forum saved my sanity. Sure, there are atheist and secular forums as well. Of course. But Jehovah's witnesses have a specific experience set that I needed to talk about and dispel. So I needed this... You guys have been awesome!
i am not a jehovah's witness, although i do respect your religion entirely.
i am 27 years old, and live in minnesota.
i have an older cousin, who's mother (not with my uncle -separated when my cousin was a baby) had been a witness, grew up in your word, and about 12 years ago she fully converted.
Smiddy speaks an unfortunate observation about your average JWs. Not all, of course, and in fact there are many JWs who sell insurance products. I was a life agent myself for a time, though I never made a sale.
At my work, I have practically all the insurance I can get through my employer. Investment and retirement savings too. It's a thing for me. My dad was on the phone with his insurance company and trying to save some money, and I will always remember his words: "I'm not gonna die any time soon." He canceled his life insurance policy. He was diagnosed with terminal adenocarcinoma shortly thereafter. After he died, my mom was just a year too young to collect his social security benefit, so I had to take care of her.
Sad story is sad.
