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  The Bible's Buried Secrets, new findings on how the ancient Israelites became supposedly monotheistic

  by Finkelstein in

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  i viewed this tv series recently and found the information interesting to say the least.. here is part 2 which got my attention the most.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyd0lzmile8.

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  What other religious groups are ...

  by EdenOne in

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  b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

  c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

  d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

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  Sorry, GS, I mistook him for another preacher on the line of the "prosperity gospel". I apologize.

  "The End of Faith" et al... ok I get it. Thank you

  Eden

  Edit: Carl Harris was the one I had in mind.
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  What other religious groups are ...

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  b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

  c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

  d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

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  Thank you, GS.

  Although "feel-good" christianity isn't really what I'm looking into.

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  What other religious groups are ...

  by EdenOne in

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  b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

  c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

  d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

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  Sure, Adamah, whatever floats your boat.

  

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  What other religious groups are ...

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  b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

  c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

  d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

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  EdenOne

  Reading first, yes.

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  What other religious groups are ...

  by EdenOne in

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  b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

  c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

  d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

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  Adamah

  EdenOne, it sounds like you're in the market, shopping for a new religion that fits your thinking? In the past, you relied on your 'horribly-flawed' moral compass to choose the JWs (and God didn't help you on THAT decision, despite prayers asking Him for direction on that decision), so why do you think you stand any better chance of picking the "right" religion now?

  You assume so much, Adam. Too much, for an intelligent person.

  I was raised a JW; there was no "moral compass" involved in choosing the JW's. Although I was baptized as a baby in the RCC, soon my mother began studying with a Witness neighbor who converted her, and thus I was raised a Witness since the age of 5. Not much room for personal decision there, is it? I was baptized as a teenager too. Again, not much room for choice or letting a fully developed, albeit 'horribly-flawed' 'moral compass' drive me.

  Then, you also assume wrong that I am "shopping" for a new religion. Pick your guess as for what my reasons are. I won't waste time in arguing them with you.

  Eden
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  What other religious groups are ...

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  b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

  c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

  d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

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  punkie,

  there are the remains of watchtower(R) programming still in your mind. That old familiar feeling is comforting.

  Of course there are. Why would that even surprise you? Yet, there are some fundamental questions that right now are digging a deeper trench between myself and the official doctrine of the Watchtower Society.

  Eden
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  What other religious groups are ...

  by EdenOne in

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  b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

  c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

  d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

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  yadda,

  The cbsm website is very vague about their beliefs. I can't tell what exactly they stand for.

  As for Anthony Buzzard's Restoration Fellowship, his belief in a literal, earthly millenium kingdom with a "full restoration of the earth" is something I currently struggle with. Still, interesting.

  Eden
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  What other religious groups are ...

  by EdenOne in

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  b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

  c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

  d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.

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  Indian Larry, about the "Living Hope International Ministries", whose link you have provided, they're interesting and their set of beliefs is remarkably identical to that of the JW's; however, this:

  When Christ returns, he will rule over the entire earth with his throne located in Jerusalem.

  Is sooo Rutherford/Russell pre-1925 belief. I don't find them to be all that different from the JW's. Apparently they don't engage in door-to-door evangelism.

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  Interesting finding in Israel ...

  by EdenOne in

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  see full article here.. this recent finding in israel challenges the long-established proposition that homo sapiens have arised originally in africa.. eden.

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  Ty Jgnat.

  Eden