for years, as i've read through the bible, i've wondered why bible writers were concerned about physical beauty (see references below)?
i realize it's human nature to be interested in beauty, but why did they see fit to record in the so-called "word of god" the fact that some of the people they wrote about were beautiful?
looks are not supposed to matter according to jw doctrine (and probably the doctrine of many christian-professing sects).
Xanthippe- Your smug contempt is creepy.
Why go to a religious based forum and spew vile
and hatred against God and the Bible? It continually
puzzles me, how you and your peculiar group are drawn here.
Whats the point, its the same thing over and over. Boring.
for years, as i've read through the bible, i've wondered why bible writers were concerned about physical beauty (see references below)?
i realize it's human nature to be interested in beauty, but why did they see fit to record in the so-called "word of god" the fact that some of the people they wrote about were beautiful?
looks are not supposed to matter according to jw doctrine (and probably the doctrine of many christian-professing sects).
The Bible was the first building code book.
When you built a house with a flat roof that
people could go up and walk on or sleep on,
you were required to build a parapet, or low wall,
around the edge so as to prevent anyone from falling off.
And if you failed to do this, and an accident occured you
were held liable. Nothing like this in Greek mythology.
for years, as i've read through the bible, i've wondered why bible writers were concerned about physical beauty (see references below)?
i realize it's human nature to be interested in beauty, but why did they see fit to record in the so-called "word of god" the fact that some of the people they wrote about were beautiful?
looks are not supposed to matter according to jw doctrine (and probably the doctrine of many christian-professing sects).
Men were unclean every time they ejaculated.
They were required to wash, change their clothes and
do a purification ritual. Women were allowed time off
from their duties while on their period and had a special
designated building or seperate place they went to
to hang out with other women each month at this time.
Today we are expected to pretend its not happening no
matter how ill it makes us or how painful it is.
So who are the barbarians ?
for years, as i've read through the bible, i've wondered why bible writers were concerned about physical beauty (see references below)?
i realize it's human nature to be interested in beauty, but why did they see fit to record in the so-called "word of god" the fact that some of the people they wrote about were beautiful?
looks are not supposed to matter according to jw doctrine (and probably the doctrine of many christian-professing sects).
The Bible speaks of what motivates men.
Men like pretty women. Physical attraction is
hard to ignore. The Bible is a record of the sometimes
shocking and gruesome and sex motivated actions of people
because thats what free will is, acting out our own thoughts.
How are we doing ? When things get ugly, we can always blame God.
for years, as i've read through the bible, i've wondered why bible writers were concerned about physical beauty (see references below)?
i realize it's human nature to be interested in beauty, but why did they see fit to record in the so-called "word of god" the fact that some of the people they wrote about were beautiful?
looks are not supposed to matter according to jw doctrine (and probably the doctrine of many christian-professing sects).
Except unlike Greek and Roman Mythology,
the Bible contains Law Codes
that are concerned with creating a just society
for both humans and animals.
The fundamental Laws in the Torah
are the basis for Western legal systems
including building codes, health and safety,
private property rights, civil contracts, animal rights,
family law, inheritance law, social responsibilty
to the poor, blind and disabled as
well as laws protecting widows and orphans.
So to brush the Bible aside as a bunch
of stories and myths about gods fighting with each other,
is short sighted and does not acknowledge
the complex nature of the moral and social questions
it addresses as well as questions of the
meaning of existance and our basic responsibilty
to each other in a civil society.
The Bible deals with degrees of guilt in the
commision of crime based on motive and intent.
No other book preceding it or written at the same
time periods addressed these issues in the same way
or at all. To compare it to Greek mythology is absurd.
Have you read Greek mythology ?
"the earth is suspended in empty space.
(job 26:7) many ancient peoples believed that the world was a flat disk supported by a giant or an animal, such as a buffalo or a turtle.".
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/science-and-the-bible/.
Job is thought by Biblical scholars to have been wriitten
before Genesis.
Job 26:7 New English Translation (NET Bible)
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space;
he suspends the earth on nothing.
Job 26:7 The Voice (VOICE)
He stretches out the northern sky
over vast reaches of emptiness;
He hangs the earth itself on nothing.
Isaiah 40:22Lexham English Bible (LEB)
He is the one who sits above the circle of the earth,
in a recent email conversation that i had with a jw friend, he brought up,the holocaust, as proof that jws were the true religion.
he said something to the effect of... "hitler targeted, jws because they serve jehovah.. hitler wanted them to renounce their faith as witnesses, if the witnesses didn't have the truth why would satan have hitler target them so brutally".
i responded "hitler put 6 million jews to death, and a few thousand witness's to death, what does this mean?".
In contrast, at the very same time, an equal number of Palestinian refugees were left in great poverty by all the Arab states, and this never changed, despite the enormous growth of Arab oil wealth. It was non-Arabs who have provided the large majority of the Arab refugees’ aid. "
I am glad you pointed this statistic out. The wealthy Arab nations
surrounding the Palestinian territories have treated
their Arab-Muslim brothers despicibly and in fact withold help,
on purpose to use them, to try to shame and complain
and blame Israel for all the disheveled Palestinian lives.
Saudia Arabia will not allow Palestinians to immigrate there nor will
any Arab nation except Jordan who took many in. Arafat took millions
and possibly billions in foreign aide from the USA and other European
nations and socked it all away in his personal accounts and his wife
lived in luxury in Paris, France.
The Jewish practice of sending their children to Torah or Hebrew school
on Saturday and exposing them to the ancient law codes has I believe
done much to develop their youth from an early age in the ability to reason,
argue law and develop logical thinking and study habits. The Jews may have
various divisions in the form of the Orthodox, the Reform and the Conservatives,
but it hardly compares to Sunni and Shia Muslims killing each other.
the number of white men on the governing body has often come up for discussion.
the negro member has been called the 'token black.
' no reflection on his race, but it just seems odd that with the great number of witnesses around the world, in such a variety of countries, that every member, but one, is white.. in your opinion, [with 8 as the target number].
Racial ?? How about WOMEN ???
Galatians 3:28 "You are neither male nor female,
you are all ONE in the Christ"
Women have just as much spiritual standing as men.
Women like Deborah, led armies into battle.
Women were leaders in the early church, and held positions.
There IS no such thing as a Biblical model for a Governing Body,
so the question of who should be on this made-up dictatorship
is a moot question.
the number of white men on the governing body has often come up for discussion.
the negro member has been called the 'token black.
' no reflection on his race, but it just seems odd that with the great number of witnesses around the world, in such a variety of countries, that every member, but one, is white.. in your opinion, [with 8 as the target number].
OUTLAW - that is offensive my friend, please remove the
images of black-faced men. Please
application for new british headquarters to be submitted within 2 weeks.
the boys from bethel have been busy planning their new luxurius residence in chelmsford ,essex .the deal to purchuase the new land was in the region of 10million all financed from struggling jehovah's witnesses across the country .please read the news article and let me know what you think.. .
instead of building in chelmsford how about building in a less affluent area "where the need is great", like cumbernauld in north larnakshire.
And to think the Salvation Army is wasting all their money
feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, and sheltering the homeless.
