judges chapter 15:.
14 when he came to lehi, the philistines shouted triumphantly at meeting him.
then jehovahs spirit empowered him,+ and the ropes on his arms became like linen threads that were scorched with fire, and his fetters melted off his hands.+ 15 he now found a fresh jawbone of a male donkey; he reached out and grabbed it and struck down 1,000 men with it.+ 16 then samson said: with the jawbone of a donkeyone heap, two heaps!
mgmelkat - I think the article you linked to can be completely debunked by the sentence at the bottom..........
SOTT can’t confirm this story or the research it suggests took place , however, we have wondered on many occasions, what is the use of hair and why so many legends refer to hair as being a source of strength, from Samson, to Nazarenes, to the Long Haired Franks.
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 .
It was ALREADY there. Before God made dry land appear, the entire "planet" was all water.
I would love to see the scientific support for that ludacris statement.
i was reading about some amazing developments in our understanding and manipulation of pluripotent stem cells, for those interested i will post the link below.. whilst i was reading it a question came to me - do believers think that these cells contain a "soul"?
when does the soul enter the the biological entity?
is it at the time of gamete production?
That would be correct in WTS theology since they say the biological entity is the "living soul". What those that believe the soul is separable from the biology?
i was reading about some amazing developments in our understanding and manipulation of pluripotent stem cells, for those interested i will post the link below.. whilst i was reading it a question came to me - do believers think that these cells contain a "soul"?
when does the soul enter the the biological entity?
is it at the time of gamete production?
I was reading about some amazing developments in our understanding and manipulation of pluripotent stem cells, for those interested I will post the link below.
Whilst I was reading it a question came to me - do believers think that these cells contain a "soul"? When does the soul enter the the biological entity? Is it at the time of gamete production? Or at conception? Maybe when consciousness arises?
I would love to hear opinions - in the meantime delight in the awesomeness of biological science........
http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/41643/title/New-Stem-Cell-State/
i wanted to thank so many who have taken the time and effort to read and recommend captives of a concept over the past decade.. for those who have not seen it, there is an interview on youtube that may have helped some witnesses begin the process of getting the sense of the way the watchtower religion actually works.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5trkrpia-3q.
don cameron.
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Thank you for writing it.
awake 1980 12/8 p.11 "since the release of "the exorcist" some years ago many reports are on file (at bethel no doubt) of adverse effects it had on many...mureen was an atheist who saw the film..."i could feel something happening to me....there was something in my house as i could feel it with me whereever i went..." mureen studied with local witnesses and was cured.
awake 1980 7/22 p.31 "excorsist 2 was shown recently on t.v.
a mother and daughter from whitchita falls texas watched it together.
The Exorcist was a I film I avoided throughout my JW days, I was too scared to watch. Soon after we were DF'd Nugget and I decided to to be rebellious and view it...........What a disappointment - most the film is peole talking around a table drinking coffee.
The truth is French and Saunders spoof is more scary :-)
99% of all funerals that i have attended have been the wt version, where they preach about the resurrection into paradise and say little about the person who passed other than they were loyal to jah.
the other 1% catholic for grandparents.. now that i consider myself an atheist, i got to wondering what do atheists plan for when they die?.
if you are a non-believer what are your plans for when you die?
Donating my body to science. Those med students need a laugh.
I get warm and fuzzy feelings when I think of the love god demonstrates.
aawa activists burst into a kingdom hall in kent.
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This achieves nothing.
as part of my deconversion catharsis, i have been building a(nother) website to highlight some of the more ridiculous jw beliefs.
im a looong way from done, but i wanted some early feedback on one article: dinosaurs.
http://www.jwbeliefs.com/dinosaurs/.
Bloody hell - I never noticed the f*cking dinosaur in the water.
