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CalebInFloroda
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What is the most bizarre counsel you received as a JW, from a JW?
by Funchback inthere were many addressed to me.
for example, i once had a sister tell me i was gambling because i liked playing skill crane (the machine where you have to try to pick up prizes like stuffed animals) at the arcade.
i then fired back a her: "you saw the r-rated movie 'backdraft.
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Does anyone pray and if so to who?
by duc007az init's been years since i've prayed and the last one i prayed to was the god known as jehovah.
just wondering.
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CalebInFloroda
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What language was Jesus most at home with?
by fulltimestudent inour former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.
(aid to bible understanding-103-105).
of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.
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CalebInFloroda
Caleb is dead. I got her computers now, everybody watchout -
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What language was Jesus most at home with?
by fulltimestudent inour former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.
(aid to bible understanding-103-105).
of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.
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CalebInFloroda
So is atheism and agnosticism. I've left Judaism behind. I am now changing to something else. You've all won. I'm dedicating myself to one true religion from here on out.
Goodbye cruel world.
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What language was Jesus most at home with?
by fulltimestudent inour former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.
(aid to bible understanding-103-105).
of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.
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CalebInFloroda
I'm a Jew.
And I was joking too.
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What language was Jesus most at home with?
by fulltimestudent inour former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.
(aid to bible understanding-103-105).
of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.
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CalebInFloroda
Jehovah's Witnesses have spent so many years pretending that they know what they are talking about.
They have published ridiculous concepts that people have based and lost their lives on. They might as well have been jokes becuase they had none of the value promised or that the Governing Body promised these did.
If you are just sitting here joking around, you are no better than they are. People come here for real answers. Some people are literally suffering from the mental and spiritual abuse they have suffered. Questions and comments, unless places in an area for jokes, are no place to offer foolishness of the same sort.
If this is just a joke to you, then I am so glad I am not you.
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What language was Jesus most at home with?
by fulltimestudent inour former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.
(aid to bible understanding-103-105).
of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.
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CalebInFloroda
Simply demonstrate here, using the critical method, how Thomas can be Q since Thomas has no Eschatological Discourse and that is an essential facet of Q.
And yes, I have the facsimiles of Thomas with me. And of course I've read Mark.
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What language was Jesus most at home with?
by fulltimestudent inour former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.
(aid to bible understanding-103-105).
of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.
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CalebInFloroda
14 minutes ago
I didn't say I didn't know.
Yeah so you say, but you didn't prove it now did you? You could not write down a similar first three paragraphs of my response.
You had no idea.
So I've done my bit. You haven't.
Prove that Thomas is NOT Q.--Saintbertholdt
Q is theoretical. There is great doubt in some quarters over its existence. But Thomas exists.
Q is supposed to be a sayings-source, but Thomas shows a narrative structure. Unlike what many people think, scholars see a narrative in Thomas. Duke’s professor of religion, Mark Goodacre, is one of them, for example. He has written extensively against Q and compared it to what we have learned from Thomas.
As I mentioned before, Q is supposed to contain only sayings, well-known for being the source of the Eschatological Discourse given on the Mount of Olives, such as appears in Matthew 24. Thomas, on the other hand, has no such discourse in it at all.
Therefore Thomas cannot be Q, if Q exists.
My question to you is how can Thomas be Q in light of the absence of Q’s well-known Eschatological Discourse feature?
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What language was Jesus most at home with?
by fulltimestudent inour former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.
(aid to bible understanding-103-105).
of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.
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CalebInFloroda
Besides, if you have read Thomas, you would know it was was written in Coptic, proving my original point that the language of that era was not "Egyptian" as you put it (Thomas was discovered in Egypt).
Also, Thomas is known for being very independent of Q. Q is noted for the Eschatological Discourse, but Thomas doesn't have it or other well-known earmarks of the theoretical Q.
So I am only asking you for proving your views via a critical methodology. When I said that this is what everybody else should be asking, I didn't mean a lot of people were reading this, but that all people who consider religion should ask that others prove their points employing a critical methodology that employs logic.
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What language was Jesus most at home with?
by fulltimestudent inour former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.
(aid to bible understanding-103-105).
of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.
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CalebInFloroda
Here's the statement:
"Saintbertholdt,
Okay, if you say the Gospel of Thomas seems to be earlier and was probably Q, simply use the scientific method to prove that, right here and now.
The scientific method is the model used in Biblical criticism by philologists to demonstrate textual transmission. I am sure you know how to do this because I doubt you would be making any such claims here without having validated your views without due process.
Make sure you include the data of those who validate your conclusions as well."