this is an interesting lecture.
one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.
evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.
It's not a book of supersitions though .. it's extremely intelligible and easy to see a reasonable framework.
[if you can't handle metaphor, sure, the Bible isn't for you]
Have you read the Book of the Dead? Enuma Elish?
Those are superstitions from the time period. God-men (and gods) doing 'awesome' things, like a Michael Bay movie.
it used to be that the master "arrived in 1918" and the virgins put their lamps in order.
according to the noolite, the arrival is yet future.
however, the gibbering buddies now insist that the annointed have not fallen asleep, but stayed awake up until now.
Yeah, what a crock. Oye.
They will be caught in their own folly certainly.
all the animals on earth were destroyed in the flood of noahs day apart from those in the ark ,apparently no sea creatures were destroyed in the flood , why is that ?.
this is not an issue that only affects jehovahs witnesses , it is one that affects all beleivers that accept the bible as gods word.. obviously sea creatures were not put on the ark , no whales ,no dolphins , no fish , no krill , no plankton etc.
you can fill in the rest .. so my question is , why were land animals / birds singled out for destruction ?, what wrong did they do to deserve this judgement against them .
God didn't target the animals.
But regardless, you are basically saying that God has no right to judge people.
That is your core argument, right?
As an aside, you do eat meat I assume.
See a problem here?
If you are holding Jehovah to a standard (protect ALL life, no matter what), you should follow it as well.
Have you supported just human millitary intervention? It's no different, actually, it's even better when judgment comes from God: he is outside of space time, no margin for error.
if you read jw literature, the world has been progressively getting "worse and worse" since 1914.. is that really the case?.
for a more rational analysis, look here:.
a few highlights:.
Eden, how you doing man?
Actually, I'm referencing the Roman 'iron' system which came into Europe and permuted into the nation-state system we call the 'West' today.
The figurative 'iron and clay'.
This 'empire' is plainly referenced in Daniel 2, and 7.
Not to be confused with a spurious framework similar to the Daniel 11 UK-KoTN / US-KoTS conception I know you are familiar with.
(which, on the surface, is clearly referencing Ptolemy and Selecus -whereby Robert King reads the US-UK dichotomy into)
this is an interesting lecture.
one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.
evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.
The Christian conception of a creator outside the universe generated a plethora of men and women dedicated to unraveling that mystery without resorting to Greek 'god of gaps' notions.
You mention Hammurabi -- but did Hammurabi inspire European legal formation?
No, Christianity and the Torah did. Hence, these other notions are irrelevant to facts of history.
[you can attempt to link them, but you will need to provide documentation]
Would they have produced the enlightenment?
What did produce the enlightenment? The printing and distribution of the Bible.
this is an interesting lecture.
one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.
evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.
Island man, you are confusing 'blind faith' with the biblical conception found at Hebrews 11
the evident demonstrationof realities that are not seen.
For by means of it, the men of ancient times* had witness borne to them.
Christian faith is evidence based.
this is an interesting lecture.
one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.
evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.
Oh I'm mad baby, and loving every minute of it!
Cofty: the world would function perfectly if we followed the Sermon on the Mount
So I'm not sure where you are coming from with that statement.
Note: Christianity produced modern science ... Keppler, Nicholas of Cuza, etc.
Similarly, Western legal conceptions.
this is an interesting lecture.
one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.
evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.
Actually, ad homenem would be invalidating your argument because of some perceived problem with YOU.
Not what I'm doing.
Rather, I'm responding as to why God 'cloaked' (encrypted) this message.
The point of 1 Corinthians 1 is God invalidating man from saying "I already know" (or, I know better) we don't need to learn from you.
We DO need to learn from him. We are all idiots, look at the world!
this is an interesting lecture.
one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.
evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.
No, not circular reasoning.
"Baked into the cake" because of this notion:
For it is written: “I will make the wisdom of the wise men perish, and the intelligence of the intellectuals I will reject.”
Where is the wise man?
Where is the scribe?
Where is the debater of this system of things?
Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?
The haughtiness of man blinds him from the truth Jesus Christ revealed. Hence, God is in effect blinding the 'wise'.
And further:
but God chose the foolish things of the world to put the wise men to shame;
and God chose the weak things of the world to put the strong things to shame;
and God chose the insignificant things of the world and the things looked down on, the things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
so that no one might boast in the sight of God
So, as you can see, this isn't 'circular reasoning' but evidence (as it has occured as stated) that God is behind these writings.
this is an interesting lecture.
one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.
evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.
Yes, I agree Island Man. That is true.
