Topics Started by Norm
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Do they REALLY believe in Armaggeddon?
by Mr Angry indo they really believe in armaggeddon?.
i thought i would kick of my prescence here by starting a thread!.
do the governing body really believe that armaggeddon is just around the corner?.
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Interesting essay on Mithras
by expatbrit inbeen doing a bit of reading on mithras.. this essay contains some interesting information.
count the parallels between the legends of mithras and that of christ.. one of the "proofs" given to show that the gospels must be divinely inspired is that relatively simple men of the first century could not have fabricated such a powerful mythos.
a simpler explanation is that they merely made use of thousands of years of pre-existing religious ideas, shaping them to fit their own needs, as follows.. expatbrit.
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A different thought re "flickering light&q...
by comment indoes it seem plausible to you that some of the society's apparent flip-flops on doctrine are simply errors by the writing department?.
for instance, take the question of whether the inhabitants of sodom and gomorrah will be resurrected.
around 1989, the revised edition of you can live forever in paradise said no, the insight book said something else and the revelation climax book said something else.
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Hi Prisca. I am Norm, and I am new here
by Norm inhi, prisca,.
i am norm, and i am new here.. .
this post is primarily for those folk on this board, who post .
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Do 3 wrongs make a right? Yes!
by Norm indo 3 wrongs make a right?
the comments about lot and his daughters made me remember another quite interesting story from the bible, this one:.
*** rbi8 *** 22 while they were making their hearts feel good, look!
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The arrogance of the "True Believer"
by Norm inboth political and religious true believers often distinguish themselves by their limitless arrogance towards people who dare hold different opinions from them.
every thing has to be done on their terms; people who think differently cant expect to have the same rights as those who consider themselves true believers.
in this way a elite is created a kind of spiritual master race.
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Flickering light
by Norm inhave you ever considered this excellent example of how the light flashes and flickers in brooklyn?
then let us look at the story about the 2,300 evenings and mornings did you know that jehovah makes his official announcements in the watchtower magazine?
you didnt?
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The wonderful future Christian America.
by Norm inthose of us who have frequented h2o and have otherwise encountered our fundie friends from the usa have many times been reminded of their strange arguments and ideas.
all of them seem to long back to biblical times and particularly the times of the old testament.
they have got the idea that those days were so wonderful when everybody was adhering to biblical morals, values and such.
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Always Late?
by Norm inalways late .
one of the watchtower society favorite themes is how incredibly late it is.
it is in fact always later than you think.
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The Watchtower Society, a "True" Pr...
by Norm inthere has been a lot of discussion about the status of the watchtower society as a prophet.
is it a prophet and if it is, is it a true prophet?
let us look at the watchtower society own definition of a true prophet as found in the insight book: .