Posts by Apognophos

So, clearly not a Witness. Which is why I'm still unsure why so many JWs invested with her. What was her connection to the religion? Or was it just that some high-profile JWs happened to invest first, and they recruited others who trusted them?

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Was the Biblical Canon Directed by God?

by Chris Tann in

this is a question a sincere christian may agonize over after learning that some books of the bible were rejected by certain early christian groups,while other books that did not make the canon were accepted.

also,when one realizes that so called inspired writers of the greek scriptures quote from apocrypha,that most christians reject today,one wonders if these writings that include these quotes should even be in the bible.. it is true that when it comes to the christian greek scriptures the canon has been closed for many centuries.

also, these books have been accepted by christians ever since the second,perhaps first,century.

Apognophos

Chris Tann, I suggest you take some hours to read over the material posted on that site, particularly the entries for Genesis and Exodus. The Meribah accounts are just a piece of a larger puzzle that you haven't seen yet. That being said, what did you think of the fact that the Israelites said "if only we had expired in Egypt" after 40 years had passed and the ones who had lived in Egypt were already dead? These sorts of oddities are evidence for the documentary hypothesis, and if you aren't familiar with it, you owe it to yourself to read up on it. The Contradictions site is one way to learn about it, starting with the articles in the Essential Reading sidebar.

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No Heaven For God

by Coded Logic in

imagine, for a moment, that you are the christian god.

and you have been around since before time began.

what would it be like to never be able to learn anything .

Apognophos

Yeah, he was a treasure.

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Find What Your Social Status Was in the Congregation

by Mary in

jw
friends

ever notice how the "happiest people on earth" are also the most class-oriented?

the social structure in the congregation is more complex than the blueprints of a nuclear warhead, but just so that you "remember your place", see if you can find where your niche was/is:.

1. at the top of the social order of things within the congregation is of course, the presiding overseer and his family.

Apognophos

Heh, well written. I'm a 7.

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134 years ago

by Splash in

as 2014 draws to a close, i looked to see what important things happened in history.. looking to 1880, these things all made the news for good reason:.

jan 27th - thomas edison patents electric incandescent lamp.

mar 10th - salvation army of england sets up us welfare & religious activity.

Apognophos

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No Heaven For God

by Coded Logic in

imagine, for a moment, that you are the christian god.

and you have been around since before time began.

what would it be like to never be able to learn anything .

Apognophos

On that note: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/adult/261020/1/What-if-God-exists-but-isnt-who-we-think-he-is-The-Last-Answer

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Was the Biblical Canon Directed by God?

by Chris Tann in

this is a question a sincere christian may agonize over after learning that some books of the bible were rejected by certain early christian groups,while other books that did not make the canon were accepted.

also,when one realizes that so called inspired writers of the greek scriptures quote from apocrypha,that most christians reject today,one wonders if these writings that include these quotes should even be in the bible.. it is true that when it comes to the christian greek scriptures the canon has been closed for many centuries.

also, these books have been accepted by christians ever since the second,perhaps first,century.

Apognophos

The Bible isn't "true" or "false", it's a collection of disparate writings with many noted flaws, but certainly also some historicity. Take a look at contradictionsinthebible.com. If you prefer hard copy material, the writer recommends a few books in his articles, esp. in his early/introductory posts. It can take a while reading the site before his point sinks in -- that you need to take the writings at face value and let them speak for themselves, instead of viewing them through an interpretive lens that was invented centuries/millennia later.

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Ham had sex with his mother...

by JosephP in

in genesis 9:22, it says, "ham saw his fathers (noah) nakedness.

" over the years i have heard many theories of waht that meant.

leviticus 18:8...20:11...and 20:20-21 says.

Apognophos

I think you have cause and effect backwards, JosephP. Gen 9:21 states that Noah was drunk and naked. That was why his sons had to go in and cover him after Ham told them. The statement in Deut. likens sleeping with a man's wife to uncovering his nakedness because seeing another man naked was considered a sin. People are looking for something deeper in the Ham account instead of simply accepting that the Jews were prudish about nudity and that seeing his father naked was a sin in and of itself.

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Account of Jehovah's Witness Women Prisoners in Auschwitz (very creepy)

by objectivetruth in

a book titled written by a long ti me ss member .rudolf franz ferdinand hoess.

here is a quote from this book : .

"a pleasant contrast to this type were the female jehovah's witnesses, called "bible bees" or "bible worms.

Apognophos

Yes, that's it, thank you ADCMS.