Topics Started by JosephAlward

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Creation Stories
by JosephAlward in
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where do the bible-believers in this forum stand on the genesis creation?

is it one story told by one author, the same story told twice with different emphasis by the same author, the same story told twice with different emphasis by two different authors, or two different stories told by two different authors, or two different--and conflicting--stories told by two different authors?
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Jehovah's Witnesses at My Door
by JosephAlward in
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joe alward.

i recall last year someone cited a particular passage in the new world translation that showed that jesus was jehovah.

can anyone recall which one that was?
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Bible Error: The Hour of Jesus' Crucifixion
by JosephAlward in
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joe alward

john's account of the time of jesus' crucifixion apparently contradicts mark's account.

here is the evidence:.
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Cults and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder
by JosephAlward in
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cults and the narcissistic personality disorder .

excerpted from the following site:

http://samvak.tripod.com/journal45.html
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Bible: Women are Inferior
by JosephAlward in
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no teaching in the bible is clearer and more consistent than the one which holds women to be inferior to men.

below i show that it is taught that the woman was created from man, for man, that man--not woman--is the glory of god, and that women are not allowed to teach or control man because the woman, not the man, is the one who was deceived by the serpent.

" (1 corinthians 11:2-9) "for a man...is the image and glory of god: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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Does God Deceive Us?
by JosephAlward in
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the bible says that god's word can be trusted: "every word of god is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

(proverbs 30:5) but, the verses below suggests the opposite is true:.

"so now the lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours.
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Jesus Set Precedent for Shunning
by JosephAlward in
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abandon family to serve god ?

a contradiction not often discussed relates to the biblical teaching to abandon family in order to serve god.

matthew claims that jesus told his disciples to "honor your father and mother.
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Jacob's Branches and Genetics: Bible Error
by JosephAlward in
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2. bible
joe alward.

about a year ago i raised this issue of the bible-writers' apparent belief that the color of one's offspring is determined in part by what you're looking at while you're mating.

we didn't obtain then what i considered a satisfactory resolution of this problem, so i'm presenting it once again for the forum's consideration:.
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The Sins of the Father: Bible Error
by JosephAlward in
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2. bible
joe alward .

the bible contradicts itself in the matter of punishing children for the sins of their fathers.

in one place is says that it is strictly forbidden, but in another the lord speaks of slaughtering sons for the sins of their forefathers, and in yet another place the lord orders the murder of suckling babes.
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An Eye for an Eye: Bible Error
by JosephAlward in
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2. bible
many months ago i offered the "eye for an eye" conflict as evidence that the bible cannot be trusted to provide non-contradictory moral guidance.

since that time many new people have joined this forum, so i present this bible "difficulty" once again:.

scripture teaches that one should destroy one's enemies, and take an eye for an eye: "show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.