sbf has a point: watching modern day masons with copper age tools try to dress and then erect a mini pyramid showed, that it would have taken more man hours to sharpen the tools than do the work. but they did it, not slaving either. Must have been the water canopy effect, the flood happened ~ at the same time.
Posts by waton
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22How smart were the ancients?
by Coded Logic ingrowing up as a jw, i always thought the ancients were scientific morons who knew next to nothing.
ashamedly, i used to run around citing isaiah 40:22 as proof of the bible's 'divine authorship' because it talked about "the circle of the earth".
as though this were somehow an unknowable before spaceflight.
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Genesis chapter one can make your life meaningful and joyful
by venus inliteral reading of genesis chapter one brings no benefit because you would see god as speaking to fishes and birds (genesis 1:22) which we know is not possible.
however, with “a king’s mind” if one looks for the implied truth behind its literary allusions it may bring immense benefit.
(proverb 25:2) for example:.
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waton
implied truth behind literary allusions.
The planet Venus spins, but in the wrong direction. if its an allusion its an illusion. The yarn you are spinning might fit Venus, venus.
but to each his own. a good thread.
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WT shooting themselves in the foot, or rather the mouth, finally
by oppostate in"stop the presses!".
awesome blog article at bereans.net !.
http://beroeans.net/2017/08/07/stop-the-presses/.
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waton
On reason they like to dump those Cities of refuge, maintained by the priestly Levites, is: that it would make the ones fleeing into it Israelites, and wt strictly maintains that all non 144 000 are not spiritual Israelites, never, god forbid, members of the" Israel of God" , even though one all of the sealed have to be members of the 12 tribes first.
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How smart were the ancients?
by Coded Logic ingrowing up as a jw, i always thought the ancients were scientific morons who knew next to nothing.
ashamedly, i used to run around citing isaiah 40:22 as proof of the bible's 'divine authorship' because it talked about "the circle of the earth".
as though this were somehow an unknowable before spaceflight.
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waton
ancients with smarts? bible writers were not the brightest of the lot. Dealing with religious fictions, personalities will always be lame compared to observational, theoretical science.
good points CL.
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A disturbing reaction.
by longgone inearlier today i was listening to a you tube video about brain plasticity, how our minds aren't hardwired, and that by changing the way we think it can make actual physical changes in the brain.
which is cool for many reasons.
one in particular for me and likely any ex jw is that the way the wts has programmed us, especially those born in, can eventually get past it.
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waton
How about memorizing a humorous connotation for every theocratic word like "serve"?
serve , my foot, slave, be present in a pretentious capacity ha ha.
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WT shooting themselves in the foot, or rather the mouth, finally
by oppostate in"stop the presses!".
awesome blog article at bereans.net !.
http://beroeans.net/2017/08/07/stop-the-presses/.
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waton
Did not David Splane's remarks on irrelevant type anti-types, past doctrines negate all these past doctrines? fringe-grabbers, jonadabs et al? I was a jonadab on my first Pub. record card.
To fit the "city of refuge sheep", what sins would they be running from? disobeying Jesus' command to "eat and drink, all of you?" anointed or not? , and his listeners were not anointed! OS all 11or12 of them!?
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WT shooting themselves in the foot, or rather the mouth, finally
by oppostate in"stop the presses!".
awesome blog article at bereans.net !.
http://beroeans.net/2017/08/07/stop-the-presses/.
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waton
Wt doctrine also falsely identifies "The Sheep" of Math 25 with the "other sheep" of John 10, (really the Gentile Christians), and the former are supposed to be a separate "class" from "Christ Brothers, the true cheep, the little flock". so,
The Mixed multitude, Gibeonite, Jonadab, fringe grabbing, City refugee , multiple anti typical second class Christians may be disproven, but for wt, the "we, the superior anointed" power trip is too tempting to be abandoned.
The real reverse marksmanship of wt is in installing the anointed sheep as the last generation, instead of the hapless Other Sheep.
The last generation according to the biblical Jesus is supposed to last into everlasting paradise. (the sheep of Math 25 coming out of the Great Tribulation). The last wt generation, the anointed, never make it.
Contradicting Jesus is really off the mark. blowing your doctrine out of the water (of "truth"). marked?
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Todays WT, study with worldy kids if you can
by purrpurr inaccording to today's wt, jws are now encouraged to start bible studys with worldy kids even if their parents dont want to join in.
the wt suggests that the study should take place with the parent present or with another mature jw present.. the wt suggests that studying with the kid may make the parent eventually want a study too.. ...
in what situation would any worldly parent allow some stranger from a werid cult to come jnto their house and convert their children?
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waton
kids are naturally contradictory. (we were pro-jazz, Mustang, B17 in the Hitler Youth ha ha, so, jw parents beware, pretend to be worldly, apostate to keep your kids "in".
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Genesis chapter one can make your life meaningful and joyful
by venus inliteral reading of genesis chapter one brings no benefit because you would see god as speaking to fishes and birds (genesis 1:22) which we know is not possible.
however, with “a king’s mind” if one looks for the implied truth behind its literary allusions it may bring immense benefit.
(proverb 25:2) for example:.
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waton
Meaningful and joyful? great feelings, like generated by majestic classical music? yes, . but the message is wrong, like the Nazi , other anthems.
The only redeeming features, that the words ".... god said... " implies resonances, and several laws, theories have frequency components. Bible writers had no idea about that though, not even "jesus" who was supposed to have done it all.
is it all about feeling good, even using error and lies?
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Todays WT, study with worldy kids if you can
by purrpurr inaccording to today's wt, jws are now encouraged to start bible studys with worldy kids even if their parents dont want to join in.
the wt suggests that the study should take place with the parent present or with another mature jw present.. the wt suggests that studying with the kid may make the parent eventually want a study too.. ...
in what situation would any worldly parent allow some stranger from a werid cult to come jnto their house and convert their children?
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waton
That was just part of this WT.
Another topic was the unique trial of someones mate dying, FedUp actually got to comment on this one.yeah,
7. sister enters menopause without off spring, (obviously after trying for decades). For her plight:--- Remember, wt teaches that the restoration of procreative powers to females, survivors or resurrected ones, is not part of the return to perfection.
8. A woman is "saved through childbearing" wt: "saved, but not to everlasting life", only from meddling in other's affairs , (like pioneering). ha ha.
9. losing a mate? wt: "look to the resurrection hope", but wt teaches that the resurrected mates will not be reunited in marriage, even if there is one (mate, or a resurrection). . ( because there may be six others with similar claims) wt rules are rules.