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  NEW ARTICLE - Commentary on Daniel chapters 2, 3 and 4.

  by EdenOne in

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  ive just published on my website a commentary on daniel chapters 2, 3 and 4, concerning nebuchadnezzars dreams of the statue and the great tree.

  its titled: the most high rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.

  (click the title for link).

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  EdenOne

  I’ve just published on my website a commentary on Daniel Chapters 2, 3 and 4, concerning Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams of the statue and the great tree. It’s titled: “The Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.” (Click the title for link)

  It has the following sections:

  Introduction

  I - Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon

  II - The dream of the statue is interpreted

  III - The godly stone that pulverized the statue

  IV - Nebuchadnezzar challenges Daniel’s interpretation

  V - The haughty king learns a humbling lesson

  I hope you enjoy it. It debunks the notion that the dream of the statue has a messianic interpretation.

  Eden
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  Are the GB Mental

  by moley in

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  just a thought, do the gb actually beleive they are gods chosen reps and truly beleive this crap or are they just in it for the power and the authority.

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  I believe they are sincere.

  However, sincerity isn't enough a redeeming quality when they're sincere about a myth. The myth that there's such thing as one God's visible organization on earth. And that they've been chosen to lead it. Sure, they love the adulation and power trip.

  They're aware of the cracks in their cosmos; yet the alternative to their belief system is the complete dismantelling of their authoritarian system, and therefore they simply cannot afford that. This is where they're inexcusable. If they were truly humble men, they ought to consider the possibility that they aren't the chosen ones, nor Jehovah's Witnesses are special among other Christians. But they simply don't, because they've created an idol- the organization - and now they must keep on worshipping that idol. Like the israelites near Sinai, they made a golden calf and call it "their God that took them out of Egypt Babylon The Great", i.e. the image of the living God Yahweh. Only that image is a de facto replacement of God.

  Picking what Prologos said, they are like the pathetic prophets of Baal: "Oh Baal, answer us!"...but there's no viable answer. So they do and say all kinds of absurdities hoping that eventually they get the right charm to get their confirmation / vindication, that is, Armageddon. In the meantime, they play "follow the leader" with 8 million people.

  They are sincere. But they are deluded. And there's no greater danger than a sincerely deluded person, x 8.

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  Evolution is Crap, there I said it!

  by Crazyguy in

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  ok i started another thread and every one jumped on me because i was trying to take the theory of evolution out of the mix and most here seem to believe in it so i will just say it.

  the theory of major evolution is crap!

  the theory is falling apart.

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  EdenOne

  Thanks cofty

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  Evolution is Crap, there I said it!

  by Crazyguy in

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  ok i started another thread and every one jumped on me because i was trying to take the theory of evolution out of the mix and most here seem to believe in it so i will just say it.

  the theory of major evolution is crap!

  the theory is falling apart.

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  EdenOne

  If science requires naturalism as an assumption in order to function properly then isn't it simply a case of circular reasoning?

  Has this question by Slimboy been addressed?

  Eden
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  On this day in history (7/1/1879)

  by theron ware in

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  1879 american evangelist charles taze russell published the first issue of the watchtower, the most widely circulated magazine in the world.. .

  (from today's wikipedia.org main page).

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  EdenOne

  How many fish have been wrapped around in watchtower pages over the last 134 years?

  Eden
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  Our Blondie Has A Torn Memiscus.

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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  blondie posted her watchtower comments for today and her last paragraph was asking for help, suggestions.

  she is in pain from her knee injury, is on steroids and possibly going to have surgery.. she is asking if anyone here, has had the same problem, and if so, what did they do and how was the outcome?.

  just lois.

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  I hope you get better soon, Blondie. Do not put strain on that leg, rest rest rest and put ice packs on it. The swelling on the inner soft parts must go away, then the pain will subside.

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  Do beleivers have a problem with GODS silence in this technological/communication age ? and if not why not ? ?

  by smiddy in

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  why would the creator of the universe ,according to the bible ,converse ,either by angels,prophets,or in one or two occassions personally with humans centuries ago , and lets face it they are nowhere near as educated and enlightened as the present generation , and not communicate with the present generation.?

  shoudnt their be more reason for him to communicate with his creation today than ever before ?

  and using the excuse that jesus life and experiences does not cover it.jesus never wrote anything down.the scriptures themselves say everything he said could not be recorded because it would fill volumes ???

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  EdenOne

  Jgnat,

  A few times the Scriptures mention God "turning his attention to" something or "remembering" someone. Since God, in principle, isn't distracted or suffers from memory shortage, that may mean he was absent or busy with something else.

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  Do beleivers have a problem with GODS silence in this technological/communication age ? and if not why not ? ?

  by smiddy in

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  why would the creator of the universe ,according to the bible ,converse ,either by angels,prophets,or in one or two occassions personally with humans centuries ago , and lets face it they are nowhere near as educated and enlightened as the present generation , and not communicate with the present generation.?

  shoudnt their be more reason for him to communicate with his creation today than ever before ?

  and using the excuse that jesus life and experiences does not cover it.jesus never wrote anything down.the scriptures themselves say everything he said could not be recorded because it would fill volumes ???

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  Dawkins tries to conceal the obvious social darwinist latent within him (in The Selfish Gene) by telling endearing stories about animal moms who sacrifice themselves because they know that at least 50% of their genes will survive if their pups live as a result of her sacrifice. Naturally, Dawkins fails to explain how can a gene gain consciousness of itself to the point of making rational choices.

  Also, it's not intellectually honest to point the finger at christianity for the crusades and the inquisition, and turn a blind eye at social darwinism, as if it never had happened, and wasn't the justification for imperiallism, fascism, nazism, eugenics, etc

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  Do beleivers have a problem with GODS silence in this technological/communication age ? and if not why not ? ?

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why would the creator of the universe ,according to the bible ,converse ,either by angels,prophets,or in one or two occassions personally with humans centuries ago , and lets face it they are nowhere near as educated and enlightened as the present generation , and not communicate with the present generation.?

  shoudnt their be more reason for him to communicate with his creation today than ever before ?

  and using the excuse that jesus life and experiences does not cover it.jesus never wrote anything down.the scriptures themselves say everything he said could not be recorded because it would fill volumes ???

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  EdenOne

  Jgnat, glad you brought us back to the topic.

  Who says that Christianism hasn't changed the paradigm by which God relates himself with mankind? To the point that no more prophets, no more revelations, no more miraculous interventions are needed? It's a distinct possibility.

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  Do beleivers have a problem with GODS silence in this technological/communication age ? and if not why not ? ?

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why would the creator of the universe ,according to the bible ,converse ,either by angels,prophets,or in one or two occassions personally with humans centuries ago , and lets face it they are nowhere near as educated and enlightened as the present generation , and not communicate with the present generation.?

  shoudnt their be more reason for him to communicate with his creation today than ever before ?

  and using the excuse that jesus life and experiences does not cover it.jesus never wrote anything down.the scriptures themselves say everything he said could not be recorded because it would fill volumes ???

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  EdenOne

  You must really wait for my next installment on that series of articles, cofty. You may be surprised. As I told you long ago, it's not a closed series of articles yet. I misplaced my notes on the next article I was writing and went through a mild depression, and so it took me a long time to go back to the subject. but it's not forgotten.

  Eden