Posts by waton

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Are parables literal or not?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

“bible illustrations [parables] have more than one aspect.

they … often have a prophetic meaning and application.

moreover, some had a prophetic meaning for the time when they were spoken or shortly thereafter, and some were to have, in addition, a fulfillment in the distant future.” (insight on the scriptures (1988), wtbts, vol 1, pp.

waton

they have decreed that Matthew 24:45-47 is literal FFG

The parable starts with a question about the quality of the "food". which implies a competition for weeding out erroneous and untimely ideas. demoting those that have and teach them.

Jesus might have in mind his own experiences in the synagogue, where he was allowed, invited to interpret scripture. Paul too was using that open forum concept of worship, where the Bereans had the right to research and question competing ideas, aka "spiritual food".

Wt's assertion that they satisfied that requirement of quality food in 1919, shows how detached from reality they are.

wt you are no Galileo, Kepler, Copernicus, Newton. or Joseph.

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Are parables literal or not?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

“bible illustrations [parables] have more than one aspect.

they … often have a prophetic meaning and application.

moreover, some had a prophetic meaning for the time when they were spoken or shortly thereafter, and some were to have, in addition, a fulfillment in the distant future.” (insight on the scriptures (1988), wtbts, vol 1, pp.

waton

It was very surprising, that wt writers used the inclusion of the question: " who then is the faithful and wise servant--" NIV in the end time prophecy, - as an excuse to appoint themselves as god's mouthpiece. of 1919 vintage.

In the process they disinherited such greats as Paul, James, John and Luther, Kepler, Copernicus, Galilei, amd yes, I. Newron the bible researcher.. Partakers all, part of the previous "slave class"

May be these parables are planted to separate the wheat from the chaff.

The heavies mentioned above from the peripheral light weights like wt, with their so called new light. Very light, with little substance - indeed, blown away by the wind, blowing, changing direction, from the "4 corners of the earth."

should these parables by treated as strained / sustained metaphors?

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Memorial this year?

by carla in

how are they handling the memorial this year?

zoom or open kh's?

how do they reject the wine & bread in their own home?

waton

where does it say that people who do not partake have to touch the emblems at allrv 2000

when you think about it, the "other sheep"= jw non-partakers need the emblems more that the "anointed". the anointed will die to go to heaven, (pay the price) but the OS will never die at all, so they need the new covenant to have their sins really forgiven to keep living.

that is why Jesus passed the emblems to people with an earthly hope, that were un-anointed to eat and drink. not to wink.

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Genesis 1:16 and apologists- vegetation before the Sun?

by joey jojo in

gen 1: 11 says: .

11 then god said, “let the earth sprout [j]vegetation, [k]plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to [l]their kind [m]with seed in them”; and it was so.

12 the earth produced [n]vegetation, [o]plants yielding seed according to [p]their kind, and trees bearing fruit [q]with seed in them, according to [r]their kind; and god saw that it was good.

waton

all the springs of the great deep burst forth, NIV

Bobcat thanks for the reminder. kind of like a super "old faithful" letting go ~ 5000 years ago. like the earth in hot anger blowing it. now all that 9 km of water cap back in the porous mantle.

not only the talking snakes were left speechless.

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A Generation Change Again???

by BereanThinker7 in

i have heard a few whispers that once again they are going to be changing the generation teaching.

does anybody have on info on this?.

i would love to be able to hit my family with a. .

waton

mikeflood : Let's guess bold here...

John, the anointed, of bible writer fame, lived to ~103 CE. survived the end by 40 + years.

current wt generation doctrine has the anointed generation die at the beginning of the great tribulation. can they die a second death, perhaps writing the "new scrolls", -- 40 years after Armageddon too?

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Genesis 1:16 and apologists- vegetation before the Sun?

by joey jojo in

gen 1: 11 says: .

11 then god said, “let the earth sprout [j]vegetation, [k]plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to [l]their kind [m]with seed in them”; and it was so.

12 the earth produced [n]vegetation, [o]plants yielding seed according to [p]their kind, and trees bearing fruit [q]with seed in them, according to [r]their kind; and god saw that it was good.

waton

The "water canopy" that supplied the water for the global deluge of Genesis chapter 6 is mixed up in there as well, at some point.

FFG good points. To wt adherents must then be explained how that much water, more then double the present ocean volume, was suspended above ground (by pressure or in space by orbital velocity like saturn's rings.)

Near earth it would block all sunlight, like the oceans do now in the deep. Saturn's rings are now split by moons, our rings would be pretzels with our massive moon. .

to wt's satisfaction, perhaps the Perseverance rover will discover that Mars ran dry because Everest was flooded.

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Evolution a proven fact? LOL

by Rex B13 in

jw
friends

some interesting quotes from evolutionists.

natural history, vol.

' new scientist, vol.

waton

It is totally obvious that evolution could not have occurred.

R: it is obvious that evolution did and does occur. It is the tool that a possible creator uses to develop the world. not just life,

even the laws of nature might have "evolved" by trial and error. erroneous laws would not create a universe, just have the trial situation revert back to chaos, to energy.

sex is the most enjoyable evolutionary creative tool there is, inho.

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Memorial this year?

by carla in

how are they handling the memorial this year?

zoom or open kh's?

how do they reject the wine & bread in their own home?

waton

"Keep on doing this in memory of me,"

R: good point, there is actually no record of the apostles doing that at passover time.

The occasion, when Peter was freed by the angel from prison, with the full moon in the east, he did not find the other apostles at a bread and wine event. that would have been a good time in the story to highlight that. It must have been invented ~50 or 500 years later.

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watchtower: God approves lies, deceptions, faked bible dramas.

by waton in

in this week's wt study, the article suggests that you might be discouraged because you were not given wt "privileges".

but here is the unintended admission: "jehovah" has picked a lying servant, putting on deceptive bible dramas to do his bidding.

1 kings 22. passing over those with more honest intentions.

waton

Wt writers want to tell jws, what to worry about, what could discourage them. It is mainly not being able to do enough for or in the organisation. If you have a real problem, like being in an iron lung, or wheelchair, the solution to having a happy life is to put in pioneer hours.

forgets to mention all of King David's wives,

RR Yeah, acquired by collecting buckets of fore skins. no. you had to have 1000 of exclusive females to qualify for theocratic privilege to build the temple. Causing 1000 young men working out their frustration in the forests, quarries.

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watchtower: God approves lies, deceptions, faked bible dramas.

by waton in

in this week's wt study, the article suggests that you might be discouraged because you were not given wt "privileges".

but here is the unintended admission: "jehovah" has picked a lying servant, putting on deceptive bible dramas to do his bidding.

1 kings 22. passing over those with more honest intentions.

waton

In this week's wt study, the article suggests that you might be discouraged because you were not given wt "privileges"

but here is the unintended admission: "jehovah" has picked a lying servant, putting on deceptive bible dramas to do his bidding. 1 kings 22. passing over those with more honest intentions.

obviously he has done that again in 1919, when " millions now living will never die" was the big wt/ F&DS slogan. and.,

An adulterous murder, David was not allowed the privilege to build the temple , decried that loss of privilege, but retained many others. so:

If you have turned your back to wt: you had valid reason to do so. . dont be discouraged, this week's wt shows you why you are right,--- subtly. with hidden messages.