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  The Lost Qos

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the names of the gods of palestine and surrounding regions are known to most of us only through the condemnations of the ot writers.

  baal peor, hadad, chemosh, molech/milkom dagon, etc.

  it is therefore surprising that the main deity of the sister nation to the south, edom is never mentioned.

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  EdenOne

  Judges 5:4 "When you, Lord, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water; The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai"

  Seir, Edom, Sinai .... all south from Israel. Yahweh comes from the South, commanding a storm.

  Deuteronomy 33:2, 26: "The Lord came from Sinai, and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes (...) There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides across the heavens to help you, and on the clouds in his majesty."

  Again, Yahweh comes from the south, commanding lightening and clouds.

  Habakuk 3:3 - 11: God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran (...)His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden. (...) He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble (...) I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish. (...) Sun and moon stood still in the heaven, at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear."

  Again, the same imagery: Yahweh comes from his dwelling in the south to save his people, commanding the weather as he storms past the tents of his peoples' (southern) enemies, causing earthquakes and floods.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  EdenOne

  if God is not part of this equation then it is all a waste of time" - Fisherman

  Never truer words were spoken. The whole enterprise - is a colossal waste of time, a colossal waste of lives.
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  The Lost Qos

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the names of the gods of palestine and surrounding regions are known to most of us only through the condemnations of the ot writers.

  baal peor, hadad, chemosh, molech/milkom dagon, etc.

  it is therefore surprising that the main deity of the sister nation to the south, edom is never mentioned.

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  EdenOne

  But one can't overlook the association of Yah with storm / clouds / wind. Yah is also, at least at some point, a storm deity.
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  The Lost Qos

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the names of the gods of palestine and surrounding regions are known to most of us only through the condemnations of the ot writers.

  baal peor, hadad, chemosh, molech/milkom dagon, etc.

  it is therefore surprising that the main deity of the sister nation to the south, edom is never mentioned.

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  EdenOne

  llubrevlis2000 - "These fallen angels are the current rulers of this world (...) these are the same demons who wanted to be worshiped in the Bible times (...) at the end of the day my current beliefs are that God (YHWH or Jehovah if you add the J but that may not be accurate) never had a beginning he is from time indefinite. The firstborn of all creation is his firstborn son. Call him Jesus if you ad the J"

  
  

  Ain't it an irony that you hold such beliefs, and claim that all ancient deities are in fact demons, when the handle you chose is, well, Lord Nandi ...

  
  

  
  

  ... or Ba'al ...

  
  

  ... or Apis ...

  
  

  Just sayin' ... 😇
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  The Lost Qos

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the names of the gods of palestine and surrounding regions are known to most of us only through the condemnations of the ot writers.

  baal peor, hadad, chemosh, molech/milkom dagon, etc.

  it is therefore surprising that the main deity of the sister nation to the south, edom is never mentioned.

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  EdenOne

  I'm cautious of assuming any of the Moses narrative is historical but like you said it contains elements that may be.

  Naturally, one must take the ancient bible narratives as amalgamations of historical bits reworked over and over to fit a religious agenda. But when peeling layer after layer of fabrication, some tenuous picture starts to emerge, one where the early hebrews were polytheistic, and Yah was one of many deities worshipped by an assortment of semi-nomadic people in northen arabia - something that the later scribes and editors were eager to conceal because it didn't fit their strict monotheistic and ethnic uniqueness narratives.
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  The Lost Qos

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the names of the gods of palestine and surrounding regions are known to most of us only through the condemnations of the ot writers.

  baal peor, hadad, chemosh, molech/milkom dagon, etc.

  it is therefore surprising that the main deity of the sister nation to the south, edom is never mentioned.

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  EdenOne

  Thank you for sharing, Pete.

  Inquiring minds may wonder why Moses, when he ran away from Egypt, went to Midian, found shelter with the Kennite clan, and married the daughter of Reuel (Jethro), a PRIEST of the Kennites, who later on is seen offering acceptable sacrifice to the god of the hebrews, together with Moses and Abraham. ( Exodus 18:9-12). Clearly, the Kennite / Midianite deity worshipped by Reuel must have been identified syncreticly with Yah of the hebrews.
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  Nutty Nine Fat Balloons

  by EdenOne in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  and then there were nine .... a little homage using nena's 80's hit:.

  nutty nine fat balloons /.

  floating over warwick sky /.

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  EdenOne

  And then there were nine ...

  A little homage using Nena's 80's hit:

  🎈 🎶

  Nutty Nine Fat Balloons /

  Floating over Warwick Sky /

  Spread the gospel, the good news /

  Mega millions r'gonna die /

  The print machine gave us life /

  Now multimedia fills the eye /

  Hiding any trace of strife /

  See nutty nine fat baboons go live /

  Nutty nine fat buffoons /

  Sitting in nine fluffy chairs /

  Lording over million goons /

  Preaching bullshit no one cares /

  Thousand case of CSA /

  We're denying all the way /

  Shunning keeps us in control /

  No blood martyrs in a roll /

  This is what we waited for /

  This is it boys, this is war! /

  Tribulation's drawing nigh /

  See nutty nine jailed by FBI /

  None of them is what they claim /

  None is prudent, none a slave /

  Floating over Warwick sky /

  Those nutty nine fat balloons go by!

  https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPHFhnPGM50&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE
  
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  EdenOne

  Yes the announcement is gone, but his name has been scrubbed from the official list of GB members.

  Still serving in Bethel. Resigned for health reasons.

  Those aren't facts. It's as speculative as everything else.
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  773

  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  EdenOne

  2.) Recent new appointments changed majority in GB and made serious changes possible; AMIII is not agreeing with changes and decided to resign. If so, we should see any major doctrinal or organizational changes before end of 2023.

  Someone pointed out that the decisions on the GB are made by unanimity now; in this scenario, it could be that Anthony Morris became so entrenched and isolated in resisting a change of some kind, that the others concluded that he was resisting the flow of the Holy Spirit and asked him to resign ... and perhaps (why not?) using his known alcohol excesses as leverage against him to force him to resign.
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  773

  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  EdenOne

  I am SO sorry to disappoint you, but Thomas James Sullivan resigned July 5 1973 due to health reasons, and died July 30 1974.

  The Governing Body only exists since 1977. That must have been one of the Directors of the Watchtower Society. In that sense, we can also go back to 1945 and recall when Knorr and Franz asked then Vice-President Hayden Covington to resign from the board of directors because he didn't have the "heavenly hope". He resigned and was replaced by Lyman Swingle.