JosephAlward
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Two Flood Stories Conflict
by JosephAlward in17 i am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it.
19 you are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
20 two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.
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Forty Days Motif
by JosephAlward inafter the flood which lasted forty days, it seems that there were an unusual number of bible events lasting exactly forty days.
there are eighteen separate events of duration greater than ten days, and 61% of the time the event lasted exactly forty days.
only seven of eighteen events did not last forty days [1], while the other eleven lasted forty days [2].
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There are No Annointed Ones
by JosephAlward ini've been reading posts to this forum for about four months, and i've been continually struck by the extraordinary number of forum members who consistently spell "anointed" incorrectly as "annointed.
" i estimate that only one time in four is this word spelled correctly in this forum, when it should be ten times in ten.. now, i would be the last to suggest that any of us should ever try to police the spelling of other posters, since what really matters is the message, not the spelling, but this is an extremely important word in jehovah land--or am i wrong about that?
probably no one will care very much if a current or former jw misspells most other words, but not spelling "anointed" correctly, given its extraordinary importance within the jehovah's witnesses' culture, would seem to be no more excusable than not spelling "jehovah" correctly.
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Bible Error: Jesus Cast as Dangerous Child
by JosephAlward inthe myth of the dangerous child was virtually universal in pre-biblical times: a child is born about whom certain prophecies have been made, and who represents a threat to a king or tyrant.
the child is removed from danger and later returns in triumph.
the story of one of the better-known dangerous children was told in the epic poem "mahabarata," written two centuries before jesus' birth.
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Matthew's Potter's Field Story Is a Fake
by JosephAlward inaccording to matthew, jesus says that jeremiah spoke of events which would foreshadow the priests' purchase of the potter's field with the thirty pieces of silver judas obtained for his betrayal of jesus: .
"then judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders... and they... bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
then was fulfilled that which was spoken by jeremy the prophet, saying, and they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of israel did value; and gave them for the potter's field" (matthew 27:3-10) .
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Useful Information
by JosephAlward ina simple way to keep track of threads in which one is active is to create a desktop shortcut for those threads.
just click on "members" in the upper left corner of this screen, then select the letter from the alphabet line corresponding to the first letter of your screen name, find your name, then click on the icon representing your threads.
right mouse-click to create a shortcut.
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Jesus' Sword
by JosephAlward inim reposting here an argument that appeared in november, 2001, which received little in the way of meaningful rebuttal.
perhaps rwc and other die-hard inerrantists on this forum will be able to show why we shouldnt believe that matthews claims are ridiculous.. here it is:.
the author of the matthew gospel was by far the most unreliable of the bibles writers, as evidenced by his appalling lack of understanding of the old testament and his willingness to imagine that it was filled with prophecies of the coming savior.. .
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Kissing Hank's Ass: Humor
by JosephAlward inwho is hank, and why would i want to kiss his ass?.
he can do what ever he wants and what he wants is to give you a million dollars, but he can't until you kiss his ass.. me: that doesn't make any sense.
mary: oh yes, all the time.... me: and has he given you a million dollars?.
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Bible Contradiction: Whoring and Adultery
by JosephAlward inthe bible writers contradict one another in the matter of adultery and whoring; some of them say that god forbids it, while others claim that god encouraged it in some cases.
here is the evidence: .
god forbids adultery and whoremongering.
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Catholic Support Groups
by JosephAlward inis anyone aware of a group for ex-catholics?.
joseph f. alward.
"skeptical views of christianity and the bible".