Posts by Crazyguy

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I am traveling long way to meet stephen lett in sacramento would you like me to lgive message to him

by poopie in

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this weekend

Crazyguy

Tell him thanks, he woke me at a florida DC.

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GOD in the Beginning

by Doug Mason in

the ancient hebrews left two bequests:.

a universal, single god named yahweh;.

a series of writings identified as sacred scripture..

According to the Bible the god of Abraham was introduced to him by Melcizadek. He was the leader of the town of Jerusalem we are to believe. Yet the town was named after a god named Salim, so this is odd. And in the Moses story the god seems to be that of a Mideonite god. I believe several books in the Bible may be speaking of a different god. Genesis is a telling of the older Emu Elish which is about several gods. Exodus could be about a Medeonite god. The psalms has writings similar to that of Marduk and one or more gods from Egypt. Hosea and some of the minor prophets also write as if their god is from Egypt. In the book of John Jesus was written as saying to the Jewish leaders "you don't know who my father is." And in the book of Revelations the god Amen is mentioned as if he is Jesus. I'm starting to think all these writings were gathered together and then redacted to make them fit in to an idea that their all writing's about just one God.

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Remember the two elderly sisters?

by John Aquila in

about a month ago i posted what had happened to two elderly sisters who were reprimanded by a couple of elders for crying because the jw broadcasting was going to be stopped at the kingdom hall and it was up to each publisher to learn how to use the internet.

if you recall the sisters got together with my mom and talked about it and it resulted in all of them declining to make meals for the pioneers.

here is the link.

Crazyguy

Sweeeeeeeeet!!!!

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GOD in the Beginning

by Doug Mason in

the ancient hebrews left two bequests:.

a universal, single god named yahweh;.

a series of writings identified as sacred scripture..

Crazyguy

I asked you the question about the

exodus story because it's during this story that we are seemingly introduce to this god Yahweh by Moses father in law. So it's curious that if the story didn't happen where did they come up with this god and why would they grab a god from the Mideonites and then make him their own Supreme god especially while most likely in captivity in Babylon? Could it be these priests were not Jews but Mideonites? Or was this Yahweh a later invention since we never get this name just the tetrogramitton?

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GOD in the Beginning

by Doug Mason in

the ancient hebrews left two bequests:.

a universal, single god named yahweh;.

a series of writings identified as sacred scripture..

Crazyguy

I after wonder if this so called god Yahweh is really what they say he is a dessert god from Edom that the News made their own and combined with El. Almost every writing about this god is motifs of El and then one of his created beings Baal Hadad. Some say they could have just a easily taken the moon god of Egypt and morphed him with El. In the Canaanite pantheon both El and Hadad are the the husband of Asherah.

When they get to Babylon it would seam as though they switched to worshipping Enki and or Marduk. In the Canaanite religion it looks as though Enki was the god Dagon. The reason a lot of scholars may reject this idea that the Jew's worshipped him is because the Bible talking about rejecting Baal and their enemy the Sea people worshiped Dagon. The important question one should ask was the Baal they were told to not worship was he in fact the same Baal Hadad or just the Baal of a certain city.

Some say that the Jew's were not polythiastic at all since most of the time the word used in the Bible was Elohim which is plural for god's not god. Also everytime one sees the word lord what he really is seeing is the original word Baal. So as I see it El was the same god as the earlier Sumerian god Anu. Baal Hadad replaced him as the top god when he cheated death and defeated the dragon Logan. Marduk does the same in the Babylonian pantheon. Dagon is the father of Hadad and Enki is the father of Marduk. Just a reminder Yahweh is written as being and accomplishing the same things as El and Hadad and their is writings in the Emu Elish about Marduk that are very similar to what is said about Yahweh in the Bible. It's hard to connect all the gods together because each city or region would change things about their gods a bit. Anyway I don't know if this desert god ever really got into the pantheon of the Jew's. It's my opinion that they worshipped El, then Hadad. Enki is Dagon both of their sons rise up to defeat the dragon, Hadad and Marduk. Dagon and Enki are associated with fish. Dagon with bread as well. Jesus is associated with fish and bread and sends his champion Michael to fight the dragon and defeat death in the book of revelations. Their are also similarities in the pantheon of the Egyptians and Greeks. I believe that by the first century the writers where using the pantheons of the Egyptians and Babylonian's to write the epic of this new Savior Jesus. In the end it's all about worship of the Sun but connecting the gods is not an easy task next week I may find another clue that makes me change my opinion which god is which. Like you Doug, I'm just a student of all this. I downloaded this document and will read it with hopes it will add to my knowledge of the gods. One question for you is do.you believe in the exodus or do you believe it to be a retelling of an older story either from the Hyksos, story from Assyria or possibly a story about the Jews returning from Babylon?

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The Romans did not crucify robbers

by purrpurr in

i've been reading a book called nonsense from the bible.

in it it makes the point that the romans did not crucify robbers.

having since researched this it seems this is true.

Crazyguy

I believe they the Romans let a Roman terrorist go to replace him with Jesus so asked the crowd, this would of never happened. Also this idea that the Jewish leadership would be involved with and pushing for the execution of Jesus during Passover week is preposterous. They would have broken over 7 of their own laws to have Jesus killed during this time.

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Stats of conventions in Mexico

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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i just went to a convention in mazatlan, mexico.. i had wanted to do this for a very long time, it left me shaken a bit (because i had a confrontation of sorts with one jw who recognized me), but i got some stats that give some insight into the borg.

it really is crumbling, even in the places where they have arguably had the best, wildest success in the world: mexico.. just so you can see how much they have success in mexico compared to the us or anywhere else:.

top three countries in 2014 were:.

Crazyguy

As the internet apostates gain a foot hold in this language, the Mexican 's will wake up and probably be more vocal at getting loved ones out. They are a tighter nit family dynamic then Americans. This will cause more discussions and more family fights and more people waking up. The growth in Brazil has also stopped .

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Sumerian history

by StarTrekAngel in

can anyone recommend a good, updated book or documentary on the sumerian civilization?.

thanks in advance.

Crazyguy

Babylon was still one of the most populous cities in the world in the first century and wasn't depopulated until several hundred years after the Roman Empire fell. It was finally destroyed when they had several times rebelled against and Iraqi leader and he forcibly removed the population to other areas in the area. So really Babylon was never destroyed after Assyria but just abandoned.

Thanks Kepler for your post about the curse of the Assyrian over Babylon, I read about his a little but never connected the dots. It's clear to me this is what Isaiah was talking about and Jeremiah possibly and that to use it in connection with Jerusalem was per propaganda.

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Another one decides to leave

by problemaddict 2 in

well in a month where i had a friend of 20 years tell me "we can't kick it no mo" because i no longer go to meetings, i had an even older friend who is coming to visit me, call me and tell me hes out.. currently a high profile ms who gives talks out all over the place, the elders said they are recommending him for appt to the body in sep when the co is coming through.

but nope......hes about to step down all together.. what did it?

because i am not disfellowshipped, and soft peddle my issues with the org, i was able to speak to him about things like blood, and a couple other things.

Crazyguy

Sweet!!!!

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GB member has chance to witness to the world, but wait.

by Crazyguy in

go therefore and make disciples of the jw church, we have been taught and show the world that you must be part of the borg and follow the gb as the faithful and discreet slave as gods chosen mouth piece!

so with all eyes on the faithful slave his chance to tell the world of this witness he does what?

he says that would be "presumptuous of us.

Crazyguy

Scully, did Jesus deny who he was did Paul back down when confronted with persecution? This was the Faithful slaves chance, his opportunity to proclaim himself to the world!!!!