JustHuman,
I'd be interested to see a link of this
why does WT clearly contradict it self when they accept the building of the Pyramids in Eggypt in the year 4400 B.C?
I don't have access to the WT CD.
yes instead of striking them dead he decided to flood the entire planet killing every living plant and animal {sorry peta members} which only afew years before he created declaring it "good.
" then he made a "rainbow" as a sign that never again will he destroy every living thing.. wasn't this over the top?.
too bad they forgot the poor unicorns and dinosuars though!.
JustHuman,
I'd be interested to see a link of this
why does WT clearly contradict it self when they accept the building of the Pyramids in Eggypt in the year 4400 B.C?
I don't have access to the WT CD.
yes instead of striking them dead he decided to flood the entire planet killing every living plant and animal {sorry peta members} which only afew years before he created declaring it "good.
" then he made a "rainbow" as a sign that never again will he destroy every living thing.. wasn't this over the top?.
too bad they forgot the poor unicorns and dinosuars though!.
I remember reading somewhere that some of the pyramids predate the flood. This might include the sphinx.
Some archaeologists have asserted earlier dates to a number of clay tablets excavated from the preflood period but the clay tablets are not dated documents. It is evident that writing existed in the preflood world, even though the Bible does not make mention or reference to any writings in that period.
The Bible gives only a basic understanding of that era and much is left out. It does not make mention every time someone went to the toilet, but we know that the natural order provided for such things. Speaking or putting thoughts on clay tablets was no less a natural progression. Today, we still do much of what was done in the preflood era - the building of cities, the development of musical instruments and theory etc.
yes instead of striking them dead he decided to flood the entire planet killing every living plant and animal {sorry peta members} which only afew years before he created declaring it "good.
" then he made a "rainbow" as a sign that never again will he destroy every living thing.. wasn't this over the top?.
too bad they forgot the poor unicorns and dinosuars though!.
The situation is more complex than most realize and involves the issue of free will.
If you believe the account fine, if not, fine.
It was never intended that the angels become human and mate with women. They circumvented the command in Genesis for only humans to be fruitful and multiply. Bear in mind the scripture that says, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."
The fallen angels also lost their wives and children at the flood - but this was a judgement from God. Had the angels been unable to dematerialize they too would have died.
yes instead of striking them dead he decided to flood the entire planet killing every living plant and animal {sorry peta members} which only afew years before he created declaring it "good.
" then he made a "rainbow" as a sign that never again will he destroy every living thing.. wasn't this over the top?.
too bad they forgot the poor unicorns and dinosuars though!.
Designs,
Yeah!
yes instead of striking them dead he decided to flood the entire planet killing every living plant and animal {sorry peta members} which only afew years before he created declaring it "good.
" then he made a "rainbow" as a sign that never again will he destroy every living thing.. wasn't this over the top?.
too bad they forgot the poor unicorns and dinosuars though!.
Bohm,
It's not my decision to make.
The angels that came to Earth did not keep God's commands. They crossbred with humans and two different kinds of flesh became united. One made originally from the material of the spirit realm that was shelled in a human vessel. Their relations with women produced a different seed that was never intended - the Nephilim. Leviticus 19:19 "You are to keep My statutes. You must not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material."
Jehovah considered the fallen angels to be perverted. He saw no difference in the holy angels that betrayed him and mated with humans, and vise versa, it is all perversion and goes back to the fallen angels that began the perversion. God built in a safety net so the Nephilim could not reproduce, revealing that God did not bless the two unnatural unions.
yes instead of striking them dead he decided to flood the entire planet killing every living plant and animal {sorry peta members} which only afew years before he created declaring it "good.
" then he made a "rainbow" as a sign that never again will he destroy every living thing.. wasn't this over the top?.
too bad they forgot the poor unicorns and dinosuars though!.
No, bohm,
Regarding the children, it doesn't make much sense. However, the offspring of the fallen angels, the Nephilim, could not be saved, nor could the wives of the fallen angels be saved since what had occured in God's sight was a perversion.
The Nephilim could not benefit from the ransom sacrifice since this was only extended to humans from the Adamic line. The Nephilim were counterfeit humans.
yes instead of striking them dead he decided to flood the entire planet killing every living plant and animal {sorry peta members} which only afew years before he created declaring it "good.
" then he made a "rainbow" as a sign that never again will he destroy every living thing.. wasn't this over the top?.
too bad they forgot the poor unicorns and dinosuars though!.
The calling on the name of Jehovah which started openly in the time of Enoch during the pre-flood era, was not considered
wholesome in Jehovah's eyes by many that called upon his name. This was because the fallen angels developed lofty eyes for
both male and female companions, and came to Earth to materialize as flesh and blood and had made the secrets of the heavenly court
known, including God's name that Adam and Eve had made known to their children whom passed it on to successive
generations.
Many of the fallen angels called upon God's name, considering themselves still a part of God's family even though they left their original positions in heaven and forsook their proper dwelling place. Those angels encouraged humans to call upon God’s name, hoping that God would accept their intervention, intermingling and blending in of them with humans. They hoped God would forgive and accept the alternative path they took. They wanted nothing more than to remain in human form and continue living on Earth. By their works, mankind knowingly blasphemed God's name by following the lead of the fallen angels; this was unforgivable in God's eyes to those that knowingly did so; those on the fringe were offered salvation via the ark.
yes instead of striking them dead he decided to flood the entire planet killing every living plant and animal {sorry peta members} which only afew years before he created declaring it "good.
" then he made a "rainbow" as a sign that never again will he destroy every living thing.. wasn't this over the top?.
too bad they forgot the poor unicorns and dinosuars though!.
Witness007
I have often asked this question myself.
I think the Flood served more than one purpose - it destroyed wicked humans and forced the disobedient angels to dematerialize their human bodies. In addition, the flood also destroyed the preflood cities which contained knowledge given to humans by the fallen angels.
any thoughts on the existence of invisible agents as a potent force in human affairs?.
why people believe invisible agents control the world.
a skeptic's take on souls, spirits, ghosts, gods, demons, angels, aliens and other invisible powers that be.
Alice,
Thank you for the very interesting article.
Although I have left the JWs, I still believe in the Bible. I think what makes it hard is for people to accept the existence of spirits or angels is that they are seen as purely mythological beings because of their association with the Bible. I think in reality, they are another form or life and are alien to this world.
my camera got to see her - the back of her.
too many people for me to get through with the wheelchair.
i stood up held my camera in the air and clicked in the direction i hoped she was in.
I have seen Prince Charles outside the Tower of London - we were going to look at the crown jewels.
Governments come and go every four to five years but the monarchy endures.