Posts by kassad84

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What is the main "idea" of the bible?

by KateWild in

as jws we were often told what the theme of the bible is, we were taught that it was the promised seed.. i was recently asked the question.... what is the main "idea" of the bible?.

for me the whole purpose of the bible is about control.

it features a god that punishes and rewards.

kassad84

Exile and salvation:

http://www.thepoorinspirit.com/post/76387903597/hermeneutics-in-the-beginning-there-was-exile-part

http://www.thepoorinspirit.com/post/81639269160/hermeneutics-jonah-chapter-ii-part-iii

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i admit i no longer believe in god and holy books.. thinking of the made up 'universal sovereignty' thing, surely if god existed in the way the holy books describe him then he could have thought of something better than humankind suffering thousands of years and the slaughter of jesus?.

couldn't god have said: 'well, satan is a very naughty boy but you all know how great i am so we can end it now.

i will lovingly kill satan and his mates and that's that.

kassad84

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Jesus had to die? Really?

by punkofnice in

i admit i no longer believe in god and holy books.. thinking of the made up 'universal sovereignty' thing, surely if god existed in the way the holy books describe him then he could have thought of something better than humankind suffering thousands of years and the slaughter of jesus?.

couldn't god have said: 'well, satan is a very naughty boy but you all know how great i am so we can end it now.

i will lovingly kill satan and his mates and that's that.

kassad84

kaik - i think the gist of it is mentioned in 1 John 3:8..

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Jesus had to die? Really?

by punkofnice in

i admit i no longer believe in god and holy books.. thinking of the made up 'universal sovereignty' thing, surely if god existed in the way the holy books describe him then he could have thought of something better than humankind suffering thousands of years and the slaughter of jesus?.

couldn't god have said: 'well, satan is a very naughty boy but you all know how great i am so we can end it now.

i will lovingly kill satan and his mates and that's that.

kassad84

Jesus had to confront everything Satan stands for and has assaulted creation and his Father with. He chose to die and to forgive those who are killing him at that very hour. It's all about principles. Love vs hate. Self sacrifice vs selfishness. Peace vs violence. Even if we dont believe in him, perhaps we can meditate on the works. it applies to everyone.

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No more WWI veterans... Only 5 people born before Jan 1st 1900

by ILoveTTATT in

jw
friends

we should keep watching this list: http://www.grg.org/adams/e.htm.

this list shows the list of verified oldest people alive.

technically, articles in the 1960's and even in the 1980's indicated that "this generation" meant people born before 1900.. 5 more people, and we can officially celebrate another failed wt prophecy.. when i was "in" i thought that the wwi veterans had to die.... they're all dead... all of them... not a single person on earth now can tell you what happened when they served in wwi.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_last_surviving_world_war_i_veterans_by_country.

kassad84

IMO, C.T. Russell started a group with good intentions in mind, as with many others. He even sacrificed his own wealth to finance it. He truly wanted a "pure Christianity", at least pure as how he understands it. He was initially against predictions, but was eventually coaxed into it, as his fame, his followers (and his ego) grew. Typical human fallibility. As I remember, Raymond Franz discussed this as well in his book, one of the tragic effects of starting a split group from Christianity is that it eventually disintegrates into shit as the old one from whence it came from did, and this is true for many other denominations of Protestantism. (that is why he didn't start a new one to join the party when he got expelled from WTS) Everyone believes his own version of the truth as "The Truth", and most often it ruins lives for good, despite the purest intentions to do otherwise.

I envy those who truly believes something higher than men, and actually lives and dies without actually paying attention to all these mess. I understand why so many starts losing faith because all of this looks like a joke (that is not even funny).

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Is the U.N. preparing to attack Religion

by confusedandalone in

about 5 minutes ago i get an article emailed to me from my mother telling me that i need to find a way to get back to jehovah and his saving arm... she read an article in a reputable newspaper that all the friends are using to show that its not just jehovahs witnesses who see religion about to get attacked by the u.n.. it concludes with a link to the article and her desire for me to please read it in light of my recent situation.. .

here is the article http://www.examiner.com/article/is-the-un-preparing-to-attack-religion.

the writer bill underwood is a jehovah's witness.

kassad84

A nuclear bomb being detonated in the hands of a muslim extremist, for example, would change opinions just as fast

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Atheists, here is a 'balls' question ---even for all---

by prologos in

it is very difficult to knock a ball into a hole (like golf), throw it into a receiver's hands (american football) intercept it and knock it over the fence (american cricket).

or to put a sattelite at the right time at the right speed in the right direction in the right place to have it orbit another body, so :.

what ingenious natural & process is it, than can get 9+ zillions bodies to get into the right orbit simultaniously or sequentially and have them remain there for billions of years?