that was one of the first of the prepackaged beliefs from my church that i let fall.. why?.
because i'd stared evil in the face and lived to tell about it.
i know it's textures, it's dark places, the feel, smell, perversion, degradation, corruption of it.
Here's another one to leave you scratching your head:
2 Samuel 24:1 [ASV] - " And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah."
and, in the parallell account:
1 Chronicles 21:1 [ASV] - " And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel."
So, who did it? Yahweh, or Satan?
Eden
that was one of the first of the prepackaged beliefs from my church that i let fall.. why?.
because i'd stared evil in the face and lived to tell about it.
i know it's textures, it's dark places, the feel, smell, perversion, degradation, corruption of it.
Have you ever read the Book of Jasher?
If not, by all means read it. It expands on a lot of Genesis' accounts. Very interesting.
Eden
that was one of the first of the prepackaged beliefs from my church that i let fall.. why?.
because i'd stared evil in the face and lived to tell about it.
i know it's textures, it's dark places, the feel, smell, perversion, degradation, corruption of it.
Now seriously.
That prophecy isn't about Satan / Devil. It's about the King of Babylon, presumably Nebuchadnezzar, or about the Neo-babylonian dinasty.
Eden
that was one of the first of the prepackaged beliefs from my church that i let fall.. why?.
because i'd stared evil in the face and lived to tell about it.
i know it's textures, it's dark places, the feel, smell, perversion, degradation, corruption of it.
Was it before or after Eden?
Gee, I don't know. Was he around before 1971??
Eden
that was one of the first of the prepackaged beliefs from my church that i let fall.. why?.
because i'd stared evil in the face and lived to tell about it.
i know it's textures, it's dark places, the feel, smell, perversion, degradation, corruption of it.
Somehow I couldn't recall Genesis treating Satan like a veggie, but I might have missed it somehow... ;)
Eden
that was one of the first of the prepackaged beliefs from my church that i let fall.. why?.
because i'd stared evil in the face and lived to tell about it.
i know it's textures, it's dark places, the feel, smell, perversion, degradation, corruption of it.
Where, Jgnat?
probably not an original thought, but after the nauseous watchtower today, i just wanted to say what occurred to me this morning:.
the present governing body is the witnesses given alternative for the modern-day golden calf!.
and most have contributed to its existence!.
When Abraham made the golden calf near Mount Sinai he said " "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt." (Exodus 32:4)
In effect, the GB is telling everyone: "This organization is your god, who saved you from this wicked system of things and will carry you to the earthly paradise".
Just like Aaron and the Israelites didn't believe that the golden calf was Yahweh himself, but rather, a visible representation of the deity, whom they promptly worshipped, the modern-day Aaron fashioned the organization to be the visible representation of the very God they claim to worship, in effect, rendering the organization said worship.
Eden
it was a perfect spring day, and a jazz band were playing in the mall near my work.
in front of the band, two watchtower literature carts stood in solidarity.
i could not work out who were the jws attending them.
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american survivalists and cults believe in "the new world order".
a world government will take over and we will all have barcodes on our arms etc... how did this nonsense get into watchtower lore with the whole u.n thing.
the org.
Interestingly, you only seem to get fussy with it when it's applied to your so cherished rationalist-atheist worldview. Just sayin' ...
And, btw, you DO know that pre-exile judaism isn't technically speaking "monotheistic", right? I would define it as "monadikotheism" ('monadikos' = unique). Errrm, no point in looking it up. I coined that expression today
Eden
american survivalists and cults believe in "the new world order".
a world government will take over and we will all have barcodes on our arms etc... how did this nonsense get into watchtower lore with the whole u.n thing.
the org.
Actually, it is also true for any kind of ideology, even atheist ideologies such as the ones of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodja.
Eden
