One easy way to know that the Jesus stories are myths introduced centuries after his supposed life is the story of his death. In this story he dies and not only does the sun stop shining but people are actually resurrected and run a round Jerusalem. No I repeat No writer or historian at the time writes about this monumental event, not one. This is a major event the first time in history of a mass resurrection and no mention of it anywhere.
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That's it! The Jesus stories are most reasonably explained as myth. History makes this obvious.
by Island Man ina careful examination of the historical pagan religious context existing at the time of the genesis of christianity leads any reasonable person to conclude that jesus is just another one of several similar myths.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn7teoa9ark.
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Meandering thoughts of a recent JW funeral experience
by undercover ini went to the kh a couple of weeks ago.
for a funeral.
i haven't been in a kh, except for funerals, for several years.
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The last funeral I went to I did out of resect for the guy since he really was a good guy. I listen to them go on about him quite awhile and even had a video showing some pics of him etc. but the talk was half about him and half JW doctrine going all the way back to the basics of Adam and Eve and their sin etc. That was weird. After it was over I left right away, I wasn't going to be around a bunch of brain dead arrogant A holes any longer then I had to. -
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Does Jehovah control the weather? (Pharaoh's dream - 7 years of famine)
by truthseeker inaccording to the scriptures, jehovah makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous.
- matthew 5:45. in that case, if we look at the account in genesis, god is shown to give pharaoh a dream that he will cause seven years of famine.. genesis 41: pharaohs dreams.
25 then joseph said to pharaoh, the dreams of pharaoh are one and the same.
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Yeah and let's not talk about how God changed Pharoah mind several times until he got to kill the first born of all Egypt. So much for free will. I wonder if God got together with his angels and had a BBQ with the dead bodies? You know how much he loves BBQ. -
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Fossil fish with a lung
by StarTrekAngel inhttps://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/3l6be1/living_fossil_fish_sports_a_lung_the_coelacanth/
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Pope Francis - Tax Churches That Don’t Help the Needy
by Petraglyph inan interesting perspective from watchtower's nemesis:.
pope francis calls for ending tax-exempt status of churches that dont help the needy.
pope warns religious orders: take in refugees, or pay property taxes.
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This guy is really trying to following the edicts of the character Jesus, good on him -
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Going Nuclear - Marriage
by Sofia Lose inhas anyone here gone nuclear on their spouse and, all of a sudden, came out in the open as a jw opposer?.
by this i mean, sitting them down and saying: i no longer want to be a jw anymore, do not want to go to meetings or preaching anymore!
and, what has happened in the relationship after that?.
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I tried to share with my wife my findings on one subject that was in conflict with what the JW's taught. She ran from the room and called the elders. These people left their brains somewhere in life. -
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Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.
by John Aquila inlast night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.
he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.
then out of the blue he tells me; .
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John, you have to many good stories or experiences, are you making this stuff up. I surely hope not. -
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Are the J.W's reaching a "Tipping point"?
by karter ini haven't been to a meeting in 15 years but my mother and sister are hard as j.w's.
the brothers they are appointing elders are at best suspect like one guy from my old hall made elder,big time drug used before becoming a j.w his talks are all over the place and would have struggled to make m,s years ago but with at least 60 to 70 % of young ones leaving the pool to pick from is at best reduced.. 2 other recent elders both young and zero life experience both on benefits one not well at all falls asleep all the time.. the decent,kind elders mostly older and are decent people with alot of life experience are burning out fast as there are so few of them left like 3 per congro of 100 publishers.. then you have the rich elders who wouldn't ever think of inviting some poor older or mis-fit person out to the expensive placers they go to as they couldn't afford to go so they are above the r&f and the r&f get pissed off with them.
then we have the ones who have "put the kingdom 1st" who are now old worn out and barely getting by from welfare cheque to welfare cheque that are saying "the system should have been over many years ago" it's still here and they are struggling everyday.. then there are the pioneers who have a low payed reduced hour job that seem to think anyone who has anything is totally materialistic and looks down on anyone getting a new car buying a house ect.. along with the child abuse issues,the generation change,access to information the the g.b don't want anyone to know ,not to mention the issues around blood.. is there a tipping point coming????
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The last few meetings I went to I was surprised at how many at meeting didn't have their watchtower studied. They may still be in but the apathy is huge. Only down side is their is always 10% of the congregation that are truly zealous idiots and let's not forget the young ones who are not taught about the past so they are doomed to repeat what their parents did. -
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Sheep who mate in front of stripey trees will produce stripey offspring
by purrpurr ingenesis 30:37 leaving aside the whole "joseph cheats laham out of his flock" issue.
one passage of scripture that i've missed until now is 30:37 where it says how joseph got all the sheep to be stripey etc ( btw have you ever seen a stripey sheep?
cos i certainly haven't!).
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WATCHTOWER'S basic premise is false (i.e. copy the earliest form of Christianity and you get it 'right')
by Terry inwatchtower's so-called 'scholars' (excuse me while i throw up) have a basic premise they have always worked under.
namely, the earliest form of christianity was the purest and least corrupt.
by trying to pattern jw's after this earliest form of "purity of christian doctrine" the so-called truth is supposed to emerge.. well--apparently this is a false premise, according to bart ehrman.. _____.
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The Christians were killing each other over opinion and it took the counsel at Nicea and the Roman armies to uphold the one and only opinion after.