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  How can Babylon the Great be the WORLD of false religion?

  by BoogerMan in

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  (revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!

  ) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.

  btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".

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  LeeMerk

  🙂🙃
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  How can Babylon the Great be the WORLD of false religion?

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!

  ) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.

  btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".

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  LeeMerk

  Believe me the scholarship you are talking about brings plenty of bias. But of course I'm sure if you don't agree with it then it must not be proper.
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  How can Babylon the Great be the WORLD of false religion?

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!

  ) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.

  btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".

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  LeeMerk

  My view is consistent with scholarship as well. It is and has been taught by seminaries and universities for a very long time. Science and religion does not have to be a zero sum game in my view. They can be reconciled. The answers to do that are out there for those who are interested.
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  Halloween

  by NotFormer in

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  just a bit of idle speculation.. on another thread, a publisher was reported to the elders for smoking 🚬, when all they were actually doing was holding a drinking straw in mcdonald's.. is it plausible to be questioned by elders about wearing something that looks a bit too much like a costume on the 31st of october?

  🧛🧜.

  for that matter, wearing red and green on the 25th of december?

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  LeeMerk

  I imagine it is plausible to be questioned by the elders for just about anything.
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  How can Babylon the Great be the WORLD of false religion?

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!

  ) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.

  btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".

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  LeeMerk

  Yes, I'm aware of your view. But there are other views that make more sense. To each their own. I simply stated mine in this thread originally but of course because of your black and white thinking, only your view can be 'correct' and you must make sure to put down other views.
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  How can Babylon the Great be the WORLD of false religion?

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!

  ) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.

  btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".

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  LeeMerk

  Jeffro sorry. Most of mainstream Christian scholars would disagree with you. You still are thinking too much in black and white terms. It's common and understandable when leaving a black and white thinking group like the JWs. It's the rubber band effect.
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  How can Babylon the Great be the WORLD of false religion?

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!

  ) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.

  btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".

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  LeeMerk

  Jethro, whether the tower of babel story is factual in actual history really isn't the point. The Bible is a book of Theology first and foremost. Not a book of history or science. The stories have a point to them. The writers are trying to teach something to the people in those times. We need to read them that way first.
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  How can Babylon the Great be the WORLD of false religion?

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!

  ) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.

  btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".

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  LeeMerk

  Jeffro, yes

  Babylon exalted itself in place of God. There's a theme going on.
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  GB member Jackson answers/evades questions about religious freedom...

  by enoughisenough in

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  many talk about jackson in regard to his response into the abuse of children, but this related clip is about freedom to leave the jw...i found myself thinking at several points, he is outright lying.

  (spiritual warfare in action?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxuwnumcqsk&t=92s .

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  LeeMerk

  What a bunch of jags
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  GB member Jackson answers/evades questions about religious freedom...

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many talk about jackson in regard to his response into the abuse of children, but this related clip is about freedom to leave the jw...i found myself thinking at several points, he is outright lying.

  (spiritual warfare in action?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxuwnumcqsk&t=92s .

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  LeeMerk

  Amazing how a man who made it all the way to the governing body doesn't seem to have seen much.

  I had an elder who knew I went to meetings at another church call me and ask me if I had joined that church and if I wanted to disassociate. He said I could even leave a message on his answering machine stating I disassociate if I wanted. This was an elder who spent many years in bethel also.