Jehovah invented the sword, according to Genesis.

by marmot 34 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • Gopher
    Gopher

    LOL @ Karvel's quote. That was a great find !!

    I almost thought I was reading one of Deacon's parodies. In essence it says: "Of course the Bible is inspired, but don't believe that sword / angel stuff, because it would make the Bible look silly."

  • Leolaia
    Leolaia

    The idea that weapons are of divine or (semi)-divine origin is found throughout Canaanite and Jewish tradition. Note also in ch. 9 that God places his bow in the clouds; rain was frequently described as due to divine arrows (i.e. lightnings) that Baal or Yahweh brings forth. In the Ugaritic legend of Aqhat (= Greek Actaeon) and Danel, the god Kothar bequeaths a bow to Aqhat which the goddess Anat covets. In the Book of Watchers in 1 Enoch (third century BC), the fallen angels teach the children of men the technology of forging weapons.

  • freeme
    freeme

    i was upset about that fact in early dub life already and asked a elder about that.

    he came up with a satisfying (at least back then when i was a good dubbie) answer for me. unfortunately i cant remember it very well :-(

    edit: ah the QFR!! ya! he told me exactly this! now i know where he got it from! interesting!

  • Spectre
    Spectre

    "Flaming"

    "Sword"

    Sounds pretty gay to me.

  • changeling
    changeling

    Well aren't you the smart little cookie!

    I wonder why he wants to beat his creation into plowshares then? I thought all his creations were perfect.

    changeling

  • VM44
    VM44

    We need not conclude that our loving Creator was the first one to make what we know as swords.

    But we can conclude that our "loving Creator" placed something there that was far more destructive than any sword made by man!

    --VM44

  • watson
    watson

    Angels have wings, don't they?

  • Gopher
    Gopher

    Every time you hear a bell ring, and angel gets its wings!

  • LtCmd.Lore
    LtCmd.Lore
    http://www.gametab.com/images/ss/ps2/2681/box-l.jpg (can somebody embed this? I'm using firefox and can't figure out how)

  • Gopher

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