Posts by AndDontCallMeShirley

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Something I need to clear up about the bible - It is not a BRONZE AGE BOOK!
by HowTheBibleWasCreated in
1. watchtower
2. bible
let's be technical.

the bronze age ended in 1200 bce in devoloped places and later ... aroun 900-800 in other places.

indeed read 1 samuel 13's ending.. the bible was produced not one tiny bit in the bronze age.
AndDontCallMeShirley

Vidiot, will you be my marketing guy?

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kaik: On the other hand Midrash were compiled under influence of Persia and Greece.

I had midrash once...ointment cleared it right up.
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Poor Animals
by HeyThere in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wow.

the bible really is something else.

i believe i am becoming athiest.
AndDontCallMeShirley

heresay is not "evidence".

V: Perhaps you know of proof to the contrary?

You brought it up, not us. The burden of proof is on you.

V: I prefer Hollywood's version of the flood legend. It explains a lot of things.

It explains nothing. It's a Hollywood movie about a fictional event.

V: Bottom line: Our understanding of history is limited. So what exactly happened there we don't know.

Interesting. Just recently on this thread you were speaking in absolutes.
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Need info on the 3 year elder rule.
by BU2B in
1. jw
2. friends
so i have read that if an elder commited porneia (or other serious sin) while serving and it came to light years later, he would not necisarily be removed.

i mentioned this to my wife a while back, and she refused to believe it.

is this policy still in effect?
AndDontCallMeShirley

Flock book, pg. 38 , paragraph 19 states:

" If it comes to light or an appointed brother confesses that he has committed a disfellowshipping offense years in the past : The body of elders may determine HE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE if the following is true : The immorality or other serious wrongdoing occured more than a few years ago, and he is genuinely repentant, recognizing that he SHOULD HAVE come forward immediately when he sinned. "

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So, my question is: why can't a Publisher get away with committing secret sins using the same rule?
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Poor Animals
by HeyThere in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wow.

the bible really is something else.

i believe i am becoming athiest.
AndDontCallMeShirley

@ red: How about killing 99.99% of all animals in the great flood, in order to kill a few humans? What about killing 100% of plants on the planet in the same process?

Maybe it was part of god's "helping them to adapt" methodology.
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Poor Animals
by HeyThere in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wow.

the bible really is something else.

i believe i am becoming athiest.
AndDontCallMeShirley

Well, at least I can prove my belief

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using that imagination again, I see. You are a funny fellow.
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Poor Animals
by HeyThere in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wow.

the bible really is something else.

i believe i am becoming athiest.
AndDontCallMeShirley

No, I believe God helps one to adapt to one's situation, he doesn't take one out of the situation.

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Then why do humans need god?

Since he only allows nature to take its course (according to your opinion) and does nothing to help mankind progress or raise their level of awareness beyond their current state, then god is useless baggage.
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Shunning at the Jehovah's Witness Convention San Diego 2014
by Watchtower-Free in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
found this on youtube.

its interesting how jws act .creepy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eln4czqcul4&feature=youtu.be.
AndDontCallMeShirley

"Do Jehovah's Witnesses have the truth?"

Maybe they couldn't answer that question truthfully....
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Poor Animals
by HeyThere in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wow.

the bible really is something else.

i believe i am becoming athiest.
AndDontCallMeShirley

HoaB: And so god didn't show the ways of peace to humans back then he just sank to the same level.

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Excatly the point. If valuing life as sacred and a higher moral standard was the alleged foundation of the Israelite god, the taking of life on a grand scale is teaching a far different lesson.
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Poor Animals
by HeyThere in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wow.

the bible really is something else.

i believe i am becoming athiest.
AndDontCallMeShirley

Bow and arrow? No, never heard of that. You are ridiculously smart.

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No, I have an imagination, something you are lacking

Judging again. For something you roundly condemn in others you sure do a lot of it yourself.
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Poor Animals
by HeyThere in
1. watchtower
2. bible
wow.

the bible really is something else.

i believe i am becoming athiest.
AndDontCallMeShirley

I'm guessing you are a Fundamentalist Christian or Muslim?

"They would shoot your ass..."

Don't judge....

FYI- firearms did not exist in 1400 BC.

Sounds to me like you are projecting the way you'd like things to be now, not necessarily reflecting on what things used to be like.

BTW- you have a time machine? Lucky you.