Samson would actually have to be clueless in intellect to fall for the same trick over and over and over again.
It seems the old-time "Jehovah's Witnesses" weren't much different than modern JWs
AndDontCallMeShirley
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Why isn't the story of SAMPSON quickly and clearly regarded a myth?
by Terry injudges chapter 15:.
14 when he came to lehi, the philistines shouted triumphantly at meeting him.
then jehovahs spirit empowered him,+ and the ropes on his arms became like linen threads that were scorched with fire, and his fetters melted off his hands.+ 15 he now found a fresh jawbone of a male donkey; he reached out and grabbed it and struck down 1,000 men with it.+ 16 then samson said: with the jawbone of a donkeyone heap, two heaps!
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3 JWs injured whilst Cart Witnessing
by Listener inhttps://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/25697590/three-injured-as-car-hits-park-bench/.
an elderly driver crashed into a park bench in mandurah, western australia today where 3 jws were sitting.
they had set up their jw cart and their literature was also strewn across the ground.. one of the jws was seriously injured with head injuries.. what a freak accident this is.. .
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Here's an example of WTs message to JWs implying they have angelic protection while doing WTs work:
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Why isn't the story of SAMPSON quickly and clearly regarded a myth?
by Terry injudges chapter 15:.
14 when he came to lehi, the philistines shouted triumphantly at meeting him.
then jehovahs spirit empowered him,+ and the ropes on his arms became like linen threads that were scorched with fire, and his fetters melted off his hands.+ 15 he now found a fresh jawbone of a male donkey; he reached out and grabbed it and struck down 1,000 men with it.+ 16 then samson said: with the jawbone of a donkeyone heap, two heaps!
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Vidiot: And while we're on the subject, why the hell has Fabio never been cast as Sampson???
I guess Hollywood director's just don't have any imagination....
you either believe the bible--and everything in it--or you dont. i kinda lost confidence when i got to the talking snake.
I lost confidence at, "In the beginning..."
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Why isn't the story of SAMPSON quickly and clearly regarded a myth?
by Terry injudges chapter 15:.
14 when he came to lehi, the philistines shouted triumphantly at meeting him.
then jehovahs spirit empowered him,+ and the ropes on his arms became like linen threads that were scorched with fire, and his fetters melted off his hands.+ 15 he now found a fresh jawbone of a male donkey; he reached out and grabbed it and struck down 1,000 men with it.+ 16 then samson said: with the jawbone of a donkeyone heap, two heaps!
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the larger purpose of the Samson account was to represent "power", as one of God's cardinal attributes
God's power cut short (no pun intended) by a pair of scissors. Epic fail.
Vidiot: All muscly and strong with long, flowing locks...women loved him, and men wanted to be him.
No, you're thinking of Fabio
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3 JWs injured whilst Cart Witnessing
by Listener inhttps://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/25697590/three-injured-as-car-hits-park-bench/.
an elderly driver crashed into a park bench in mandurah, western australia today where 3 jws were sitting.
they had set up their jw cart and their literature was also strewn across the ground.. one of the jws was seriously injured with head injuries.. what a freak accident this is.. .
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At least the JWs on the bench didn't lose their lives like the ones below:
Five family members drown in Prestea River
Sunday, 8 June 2014
Five persons said to be from the same family are feared to have drowned, after a canoe in which they were travelling capsized.
The five- a woman, her three daughters and a baby- were crossing a river to Prestea and later travel to Takwa for the Jehovah’s Witness convention there.http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=312004&comment=0#com
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Honduras bus crash leaves 14 dead and 55 injured
Bus veered off road and crashed into ravine
By Ruth Doherty , Nov 1, 2014
Updated: November 1, 2014 8:10 AM
At least 14 people have died after a bus crashed into a ravine in Honduras.
Fourteen people were killed and 55 injured when the bus ran off the road and crashed into a ravine near San Juan de Opoa, Department of Copan, Honduras, about 310 miles north of Tegucigalpa.
AFP reports that according to officials, speeding may have been the cause of the crash.
According to Reuters, Moises Alvarado, head of the country's emergency services commission COPECO, said the bus was carrying 69 people when it crashed.
The passengers were members of a Jehovah's Witness church and were travelling from the northern icy of Choloma when the crash happened.----
Super Typhoon Haiyan Pummels Central Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Super Typhoon Haiyan (called Yolanda in the Philippines), one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, ripped through the Philippines on November 8, 2013.
As of November 13, 2013, the Philippines branch office of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Manila reported that 27 Witnesses have been confirmed dead. Well over 100 homes of the Witnesses and five places of worship were destroyed.
The region has had little time to recover from the magnitude-7.2 earthquake that shook the Philippines on October 15, 2013, killing 218 people. Reports indicate that the massive quake claimed the lives of three of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Sunday, Dec 2, 2012 • Updated at 9:35 AM EDT
A day of prayer turned tragic Saturday when a bus carrying a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses rammed into an overpass at Miami International Airport, leaving two people dead and at least three others critically injured, officials said...
The Jehovah’s Witnesses had commissioned the bus service to travel from Sweetwater to the religious conference in Palm Beach County, which the group did on a nearly monthly basis, Hernandez said.
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3 JWs injured whilst Cart Witnessing
by Listener inhttps://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/25697590/three-injured-as-car-hits-park-bench/.
an elderly driver crashed into a park bench in mandurah, western australia today where 3 jws were sitting.
they had set up their jw cart and their literature was also strewn across the ground.. one of the jws was seriously injured with head injuries.. what a freak accident this is.. .
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I don't think anyone is saying "it serves them right".
However, it does call into question a JWs firm belief that god watches over them when they are doing WT's work, especially when WT never misses an opportunity to relate some event it spins as "god's intervention and protection". WT has gone so far as illustrating that angels accompany JWs while in the ministry, which makes a tragedy like this one unexplainable for a JW.
It's a sad situation anyway you look at it.
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Mass Slaughter of Animals in Hindu Festival
by cofty inthousands of animals have been slaughtered at a religious ceremony in nepal.
the gadhimai festival takes place every 5 years.
apparently some imaginary deity can be bribed by the sight of blood.. before getting too judgemental does it remind you of anybody?.
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BoC, you beat me to it !! I love that book....and the math reveals the account for the sham it is.
I wonder how many people in Nepal are starving and would've benefited from a good steak dinner?
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3 JWs injured whilst Cart Witnessing
by Listener inhttps://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/25697590/three-injured-as-car-hits-park-bench/.
an elderly driver crashed into a park bench in mandurah, western australia today where 3 jws were sitting.
they had set up their jw cart and their literature was also strewn across the ground.. one of the jws was seriously injured with head injuries.. what a freak accident this is.. .
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Where was Jehovah, or the Holy Spirit at the time?
Unfortunately, chickens rank higher in importance than a human. It has always been so.
No doubt JayJay was distracted by other really important things, like counting the hairs on someone's head, looking for fallen sparrows, or directing the GB in some profitable new real estate venture.
Being that WT's official position is that JWs maning these carts are 'independent operators' doing a "personal ministry" for themselves, not the Corp., Big J has no obligation to look after them.
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How could you justify that God killed all firstborn children in Egypt?
by Mr Fool inwas it necessary for god to kill all innocent firstborn children?
no other way out for the almighty god?.
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I cannot judge God, not because I’m unworthy, but because I’m ignorant
If your ignorance negates your ability to judge god, then how is it adequate to praise him as good?
I also believe that God respects our free agency to the point that He would never tempt any man to do evil
So you've never read the Bible account about GOD ordering Abraham to kill his son?
Man is killing far more infants than God could, through abortion. And many atheists have no problem with that?
Many Christians do not have a problem with it either. In fact, statistically Christians are getting more of them than any other group. What's your point?
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How could you justify that God killed all firstborn children in Egypt?
by Mr Fool inwas it necessary for god to kill all innocent firstborn children?
no other way out for the almighty god?.
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CS: Any rational person asks questions. I’ve got plenty of them. But they’re not predicated on God being a “psychopath.”
If one looks at the scriptures with the predicate that God is Just, then God could not harden someone’s heart to cause them harm.
What do you mean, how do I explain it? God has the right to give and take life as He pleases
Honest questioning does not start with having the answer first, then making everything fit your pre-conceived ideas.
In case you missed it, I'll re-post this quote:
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." ― Isaac Asimov
Atheists do not arrive at their conclusions as you do CS, by formulating the answer first, then performing endless mental gymnastics to make it work no matter how illogical (and dishonest) the effort must become; they actually read the Bible (many of them, like me, coming from a fundamentalist Christian background) and arrive at their decision based on evidence. Since you are not an atheist you cannot arrogantly posture as you do that you have them all figured out, no matter how much you believe you can.
As far as your musings about god, the Bible and your wished-for motivations of god, I think Hitchens said it best:
"That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence" - Christopher Hitchens
