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Is account of Ananias & Sapphira genuine?
by anointed1 in
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1) ananias “sold a piece of property… and kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.” (acts 5:1, 2) peter interpreted the whole incident as unbecoming of believers as they created the impression that they are giving full amount received from the sale of their property, and told the wife of ananias: “the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.” (acts 5:9).

death sentence for slightly exaggerating one’s generosity?.

2) in this incident, peter seems to be over-righteous!
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Ananias & Sapphire and JWs
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when people like ananias and sapphire tried to take the honor that did not belong to them, they were instantly struck with death-penalty.

(acts 5:1-11) when jws did the same taking the glory of being god’s spokesperson on earth (by proclaiming to the world something as though god revealed to them—eg “generation that saw the events of 1914 would not pass away”) god did not respond.

in the same vein, when moses and aaron said “they were going to bring water from the rock” (instead of jehovah), god punished them instantly.
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Many of the atheists are doing better than religionists!
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i got up today to listen to the shocking news that russia’s ambassador to turkey was assassinated at an ankara art exhibit, and assassin was acting in the name of god.. it seems things have evolved to the other extreme that atheists are doing the work of religionists and vice versa.

while religionists take delight in killing fellow humans in the name of god, there were many atheists who followed very elevated morality.

the french existentialists and writers jean-paul sartre and albert camus were some of them.
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Why was corruption of scriptures not prevented?
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many bracketed portions in the scriptures, influence of foreign myths and unscientific teachings … etc show that scriptures have been corrupted.

even when they are not corrupted, religious teachings have often no effect even on direct disciples (when jesus was teaching, his immediate disciples were thinking about who was going to be first in the organization—something that happened in all religions which led into their infighting and divisions).

at the same time there are many good people among materialists, why?
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Bible supports evolution
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the thread that runs through the details of bible is evolution.. .

1) a nation believes that they are god’s chosen people and rest of the world is pagan.

when the history unfolds, the so-called chosen people go under occupation by the so-called pagans.
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If Abraham had gone to Kingdom of Heaven, why not John the Baptist?
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jesus rated john the baptist as the greatest “among those born of women” (luke 7:28) hence after his death he should naturally go to heaven—especially so lesser ones like enoch, abraham are already in the kingdom of heaven.

(hebrews 11: 5, 6; 13-16).

in view of the direct statement of jesus: “i say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with abraham, isaac, and jacob in the kingdom of heaven” (mathew 8:11), people like abraham are definitely in heaven.
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If preachers were serious and open-minded
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if preachers were serious and open-minded, they could have seen themselves as the object of mathew 7:22-23 “many will say to me on that day, ‘lord, lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ then i will tell them plainly, ‘i never knew you.

away from me, you men of lawlessness!”.

people who operate in the name of jesus doing things such as preaching, casting out demons, or performing many miracles are called “men of lawlessness” (or “evildoers” in other translations) by jesus himself.
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Where is Antichrist?
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it is true that bible has at times fallen at odds with proven science (e.g.

joshua stopping the sun, star being stopped over jesus’s house of birth …etc), .

however, when it comes to entropy (moving from order to disorder) it is in harmony with science—especially with the spirit of what the second law of thermodynamics that says that energy of all kinds in our material world disperses or spreads out if it is not hindered from doing so …... .
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What does Trump Win mean for JWs?
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trump’s son-in-law buys watchtower hq, has big, beautiful plans for it.

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/33/dtg-kushner-watchtower-deal-2016-08-12-bk.html.
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Biblical Scholar Claims The Story Of Jesus Christ Was A HOAX Designed To Control The People
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here is something i found interesting:.

biblical scholar claims the story of jesus christ was a hoax designed to control the people.

http://simplecapacity.com/2016/10/biblical-scholar-claims-story-jesus-christ-hoax-designed-control-people/.