I hope your book has a second editition titled "How the Bible was created for Dummies " I can get bogged down with too much "over my head " information.
Still .I look forward to it.
smiddy3
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The Marcionite Hypothesis
by HowTheBibleWasCreated ini'm still working on the hebrew bible for my book but looking ahead most of my research had fallen into place as i take month off from research., when it come to the nt most people accept what is commonly called markian priority.
this common theory says that mark was written in 70 ad and then a saying gospel of jesus called q was combined with this to make matthew and luke sometimes around 100 ad.
john as later.
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Wh a JW Paradise would REALLY be like.
by smiddy3 inwhere does one start ?
ok i`ll do my best and you can add some more if you like .. first off, wherever in the world you are that`s where you will stay.why?
because modern day transport as we know it will no longer be.
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Doesn`t he get enough BORING sessions at the meetings ?
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Jehovah Will Protect You with Powerful Angels
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | march 2021. study article 13. jehovah will protect you—how?.
14 we also have the support of myriads of powerful angels.
think of what just one angel can do!
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smiddy3
The reason King david sent bathsheba`s husband to the front is because he knew he would be killed in battle .
So much for Jehovah`s Angels protecting anyone .David well knew that front line people in battle for jehovah would be killed.
2 Sam.Chapt. 11 No Angels protected Uriah .
No Angels protected them.And they were fighting for Jehovah`s interests.
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Jehovah Will Protect You with Powerful Angels
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | march 2021. study article 13. jehovah will protect you—how?.
14 we also have the support of myriads of powerful angels.
think of what just one angel can do!
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When a JW dies because of this or that their excuse then is a Bible verse " Time and unforseen occurences befall them all " Eccl.9:11,...Eccl.3:1-8
There is a scripture for every tune you want to play on the Bible.
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Are Jehovah Witness willing to end studies?
by Maria Nieves inhttps://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-october-2020/how-to-conduct-a-bible-study-that-leads-to-baptism-part-two/.
i recently came across the above watchtower article which spoke about conducting bible studies which lead to baptism.
it progressed to say that if the bible study instructor does not see growth within the student or the desire to work towards baptism, then the studies should end.
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smiddy3
waton ,yes I remember the 6 month period of having a bible study and if no progress was made of that study becoming a JW then end the study and look further a field.
Some elderly people just liked someone to spend some time with them and to them it was just a social event .
This also exposes their intent,does it not ?They claim to the Governments that the Jehovah`s Witness religion is all about a Charitable work of spreading the Gospel ,while at the same time helping migrants learn English and helping them assimilate in there new country .And also to help people to be better citizens by learning Bible based principles and tolerating people of all ethnic backgrounds Their prme purpose is not to convert people to the JW faith.but help people to become law abiding citzens.
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New JW study book / method announced on JW Broadcast
by Funky inso did anyone catch the january jw broadcast?.
it's the "spiritual content" of what would have been introduced in the october annual meeting, had the october annual meeting taken place.. morris, splane, and jackson introduce a new jw study publication: "live forever eternally - an interactive guide".. details were sparse, but apparently it is a 256 page book (when in actual printed form), primarily designed to be used in its electronic form, stuffed with links to videos.. it is designed to be "just one book" to be studied prior to baptism, where "all 60 questions that baptism candidates have to know" are found in just one place.. the purported reason is to make jw "bible" studies more "productive", i.e., lead to more baptisms.. splane brought out the governing body's "great concern" that 10 million+ "bible" studies are conducted by jws every year, but the number of baptisms has been stuck at 200,000 - 300,000 per year for decades.
so the thinking is, this new book + a "new method of conducting studies" (again, no real detail, but apparently it involves more "discussion" and less "question and answer").. want to know my thoughts?
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smiddy3
And Jehovah`s witnesses still claim their religion is based on first Century Bible based Christianity ?
How many questions and what were those questions did first Century beleivers have to answer ?
Jehovah`s Witnesses need to study the New Testament or as they like to call it the Christian Greek Scriptures but regardless of what they call it they need to study that instead of the WatchTower magazine.
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Wh a JW Paradise would REALLY be like.
by smiddy3 inwhere does one start ?
ok i`ll do my best and you can add some more if you like .. first off, wherever in the world you are that`s where you will stay.why?
because modern day transport as we know it will no longer be.
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I don`t know where that etc promo came from ,i hope they pay me royalties or something ?
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Wh a JW Paradise would REALLY be like.
by smiddy3 inwhere does one start ?
ok i`ll do my best and you can add some more if you like .. first off, wherever in the world you are that`s where you will stay.why?
because modern day transport as we know it will no longer be.
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Where does one start ? OK I`ll do my best and you can add some more if you like .
First off, wherever in the world you are that`s where you will stay.Why? because modern day transport as we know it will no longer be. No buses to take you anywhere ,no trains ,trams,or even automobiles. There will be no industries to supply them and no structure to support them .There will also be no Aeroplanes flying to get you anywhere either.Again there will be no industry to build fly or maintain planes and no fuel will be available for any of these modes of transport for again you would need industries to provide the crude and refinerys to provide and distribute to a network of other outlets to provide it to users.
Roads would fall into ruin ,electricity would no longer be available ,households would no longer have lighting air conditioning ,refrigerators would just be a memory of the past ,no radio,no hot water available at the tap and for that matter no cold water on tap in the home. No supermarkets to buy all manner of foods from all over the world .All take away food shops woud disappear,No clothing shops ,and no printed material of any kind including WatchTowers and Awakes etc.No pubs or clubs one could attend , or night clubs for the young would be ruled out also.
The Governing Body would not be able to reach out to anybody because there would be no means to do so No ships to travel the seas ,All of the things,, some simple things , that we take for granted today would not exist in the Paradise Jehovah`s Witnesses talk about .
That`s just some of the things that come to my mind ,i`m sure you could elaborate and tell us more why I think Paradise on earth JW style would more like be Hell on Earth .
I laugh now when I think of this or brother saying I `ll live in that mansion or do this or that in the new system because ther will not be the structure to support them.
In the Bible GOD -JEHOVAH has never provided any technology for mankind to benefit himself ,never.There is no reason to beleive he or JESUS would do so in a Paradise.
What`s your thoughts ?
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How many TRUE BELIEVERS do you think are left in the Organization?
by pistolpete ini have a few jw relatives who are true believers.
by this i mean, they believe with all their heart that 1914 was the beginning of the last days, that this is the last generation, that we are in the very last of the last hour of this system of things, and that you should obey the governing body even if it does not make sense.
all of them are in their 60s and up into their 90s there is nothing you can say or show them to convince them or even cause a small doubt that the wt is not god organization.
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Jehovah`s Witnesses like to claim that they follow first century Christians and that their teachings are stictly in line with the bible ? Right ?
Wrong
1 / First Century Christians" baptized in the name of the" Father the Son and the Holy Ghost"
Jehovah`s Witnesses don`t do that.
2 / First Century Christians taught and preached the kingdom of Jesus Christ .
Jehovah`s Witnesses announce the Kingdom of Jehovah ,......that is not said or taught in the new Testament.
JW`s preach a new gospel.
3 / First Century Christians find salvation by faith and grace beleiving in Jesus Christ.
Jehovah`s witnesses find salvation by trusting and obeying the GB and counting how many hours they do in announcing Jehovah`s Kingdom.
Not a Bible teaching.
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"Great Reset" and the Borg
by mikeflood inwow, just watched a video from the 'world economic forum' , a respectable organization by the way, not the usual conspiracy lunatic theorist.
it says that by 2030 meat is gonna be a treat not widely available like today, that the us is not gonna be a global superpower anymore, instead a handful of countries will dominate and that people is not gonna own nothing but will be happy.. well, that would help the borg to keep the craziness going on.. thoughts?
what's this great reset?.
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smiddy3
In the 60`s there was Moral Re-armament movement in the world ,whatever happened to that ?