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  Ruining the Earth2.0

  by peacefulpete in

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  few years ago i did a thread that i hope has helped some folks.

  maybe it is time to 'recycle' it.. did the writer of rev 11:18 (ruin those who ruin the earth) somehow anticipate the modern environmental situation, or did he intend something more in keeping with the bible's general concerns of morality and sin?.

  secondly, how does the context help to interpret it?.

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  peacefulpete

  Waton, glad you're not having bed room issues. You can be certain the meaning the author intended is 'corrupted'.

  raymond franz....No. Your logic is flawed. Notice 19:2 used the same word gēn when condemning Rome's corruption/ruining of the earth. Further, your parsing of definitions between oikoumeni (3625) and gen are overly literal and limiting. Oikoumeni simply means land that is inhabited. It does not mean the people apart from the land. Gen and oikoumeni are interchangeable in most contexts. Go consult with your Greek professor. Better yet get yourself a good novel and step away from the apocalypse stuff for a while.
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  Is it mathematically posible for Noah and his sons to have populated the earth?

  by Fisherman in

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  bible says flood occurred approximately 4000 years ago.

  that is about *200 generations of breeding to get to the population on earth now.

  keep in mind that the population increase is geometric.

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  I just used my mind and levitated a glass that was 3.6 meters away, 2.3 meters into the air. The glass held 350ml of water. The water turned into 3.345 ml of blood. My living room is 4 meters wide and ceiling is 2.9 meters tall. The glass is a 450ml glass. Everyone ought to believe my story because it is mathematically possible.
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  While I don`t believe the Bible about GOD or other religions about a GOD ,I do wonder ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  i do wonder about the universe as we know it .

  it does boggle my mind ,and how such a variety of life does exist on this planet ,from the microscopic to the most advanced life forms.. in such an abundance .?.

  and then looking out there in the universe the multitudes of stars like our sun and planets exist that we have no knowledge of boggles my mind .. so ,maybe i am spiritual in some sense..

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  peacefulpete

  what am I to take from this? That those who don't believe in God think that this life isn't all there is after all?

  No, but "all there is" is pretty damn amazing when you stop wishing for something better.
  
  
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  Do you know of any church that KNOWS God?

  by the-MadJW in

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  i mean, the jws have many faults, as each of us have.. do you know any other group that does?.

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  Cofty's comment early on, makes the point. Finding a "church that knows God" implies you "know" what God is so as to make that determination. Finding a group of people you like is easier to understand. Finding a philosophy you agree with, that makes sense.
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  From JW upbringing to Burlesque

  by Rattigan350 in

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  2. scandals

  https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/no-big-deal-just-american-185906892.html.

  article titled: no big deal, just american pickers star danielle colby in her birthday suit on a beach somewhere.

  further down in the article it says:.

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  peacefulpete

  It's refreshing to see her success and happiness. She never speaks with bitterness. Her fans might feel squeamish about the burlesque stuff, but her personality is endearing.
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  Will the Chinese retaliate someday?

  by Fisherman in

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  that’s all we need, to lose china’s economic friendship.

  since the chinese explained it was a friendly balloon, shouldn’t we expect the same from china?.

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  It's kinda funny the feigned outrage of the Chinese. The decrying of a delay till it was over water from Republicans, the indignance on the part of those who saw the military response as heavy handed and so on. Everyone seems to see what they want to see. It has become known that apparently similar balloons flew over the US under the last administration, and nothing was done. I'm personally just fine with taking down a balloon, with spy potential flying over any country without permission. Especially if the balloon was out of control and potentially a danger to air traffic, as the Chinese say.
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  Two Powers in Heaven

  by peacefulpete in

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  2. bible

  while this topic might at first seem to come from left field, it has arisen in my mind when reading a number of recent threads.

  this topic in full requires many hours of research to fully assimilate but i'm now only introducing the topic and encouraging further reading.

  in short, by the end of the common era judaism included various heavenly figures that took on roles that, for all practical purposes, were those of god.

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  I see the link to the ebscohost article doesn't work today. Here it is: 148 Beyond Judaisms (2010).pdf (berkeley.edu)
  
  
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  Two Powers in Heaven

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  while this topic might at first seem to come from left field, it has arisen in my mind when reading a number of recent threads.

  this topic in full requires many hours of research to fully assimilate but i'm now only introducing the topic and encouraging further reading.

  in short, by the end of the common era judaism included various heavenly figures that took on roles that, for all practical purposes, were those of god.

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  peacefulpete

  Add to the Son of Man anticipations, the various other expectations such as the Messiah ben Joseph/David elements Messiah ben Joseph - Wikipedia A Dying and Rising Josephite Messiah in 4Q372 - Bright Morning Star

  Then take the expectations that the King/High Priest Messiah would be a returned Joshuah/Jesus (Zechariah 6:11)
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  Two Powers in Heaven

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  while this topic might at first seem to come from left field, it has arisen in my mind when reading a number of recent threads.

  this topic in full requires many hours of research to fully assimilate but i'm now only introducing the topic and encouraging further reading.

  in short, by the end of the common era judaism included various heavenly figures that took on roles that, for all practical purposes, were those of god.

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  peacefulpete

  Sorry, a lot of this material is behind paywalls. If you have university connections this off works. But using some of the key words there is much out there for free.
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  While I don`t believe the Bible about GOD or other religions about a GOD ,I do wonder ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i do wonder about the universe as we know it .

  it does boggle my mind ,and how such a variety of life does exist on this planet ,from the microscopic to the most advanced life forms.. in such an abundance .?.

  and then looking out there in the universe the multitudes of stars like our sun and planets exist that we have no knowledge of boggles my mind .. so ,maybe i am spiritual in some sense..

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  peacefulpete

  Can an Atheist Be in Awe of the Universe? - Scientific American

  The original ending of Origin of Species:
  There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.

  Unweaving the Rainbow (Richard Dawkins)