EverApostate

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  Is the Bible truly inspired?

  by MrRoboto in

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  so i was reading the book of daniel, starting with chapter 4 (nebuchadnezzar's famous tree chopping/banding dream where the 7 times is introduced) but i noticed that when you don't cherry pick verses and just read straight thru - it really seems like some children's book that was poorly written.

  even though the borg says that this book as written by daniel, chapter 4 is clearly written by "king nebuchad·nezzar to all the peoples, nations, and language groups dwelling in all the earth" after the tree chopping business.

  ) of the rest of the chapters seem to be written in 3rd person (odd, if you are writing about your experiences).

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  EverApostate

  Yes, the Bible was inspired by its own writers and nothing more. If it was inspired by God there would be facts about the universe, human physiology, germs etc...

  To the contrary, it contains a lot of absurdities, proven wrong by Science.

  Moses, the supposed writer of Deuteronomy , writes about his own death in Deuteronomy 34:5. How could that be?

  All gospels are written by anonymous writers and later labelled as :According to Mathew, According to.....

  If I write a book, I would say something about myself, like the time and place I lived and so on, which is missing in most of the Bible Books.
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  Oddest front covers on Watchtower or Awake

  by usualusername1 in

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  in my comedy i want to show the audience a large version of some weird front covers from the watchtower or awake.. do you have any suggestions?.

  cheers.

  paul.

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  Had I seen the October 22 1988 Awake, I wouldn't have become a JW. Seriously....
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  Why pigs???

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  why did jesus supposedly cast the demons into a herd of pigs?.

  (matt 8 / luke 8).

  and, how were there so many demons inside one man, that when "released" by jesus, it took a whole pack of pigs to contain them??.

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  I admit that this blog has a lot of sensible posts too, which has been very useful and informative for me. But the topic discussed in this thread was anything but serious, for me.(Sending devils into pigs)
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  Why pigs???

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  why did jesus supposedly cast the demons into a herd of pigs?.

  (matt 8 / luke 8).

  and, how were there so many demons inside one man, that when "released" by jesus, it took a whole pack of pigs to contain them??.

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  David_Jay, Sorry if I had offended. Nothing personal here.
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  Why pigs???

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  why did jesus supposedly cast the demons into a herd of pigs?.

  (matt 8 / luke 8).

  and, how were there so many demons inside one man, that when "released" by jesus, it took a whole pack of pigs to contain them??.

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  Bungi Bill, Yes I love that Voltaire's Punch. Applies to all religions. This quote makes me laugh hard, when people revere religious absurdities.

  David_Jay, Seems you are taking all religious texts very seriously and trying hard to add substance to it. Take it EZ friend. Religion is all about fun, for most people on this Blog. Just saying. Its your wish to write your mind.
  
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  Why pigs???

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why did jesus supposedly cast the demons into a herd of pigs?.

  (matt 8 / luke 8).

  and, how were there so many demons inside one man, that when "released" by jesus, it took a whole pack of pigs to contain them??.

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  Great Points. Should ask a Christian next time

  eyeuse2badub
  he pigs might have committed suicide, but spirit creatures (Mythological creatures) certainly wouldn't die from a mere fall off the cliff. So why kill the pork chops?

  pale.emperor
  Why would Jesus obey the request of two demons anyway? They ask to be sent into the swine and he grants them that request. Why not just destroy them or send them into a rock or something?

  punkofnice, Yes I too wonder how I believed all these non sense once upon a time. Voltaire's statement is absolutely true
  

  "God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh"
  
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  Why pigs???

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
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  why did jesus supposedly cast the demons into a herd of pigs?.

  (matt 8 / luke 8).

  and, how were there so many demons inside one man, that when "released" by jesus, it took a whole pack of pigs to contain them??.

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  EverApostate

  The beauty of religion is, people tend to take funny, impossible, silly and ridiculous events in their holy texts as allegorical.
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  Why pigs???

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  why did jesus supposedly cast the demons into a herd of pigs?.

  (matt 8 / luke 8).

  and, how were there so many demons inside one man, that when "released" by jesus, it took a whole pack of pigs to contain them??.

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  EverApostate

  Mark 5: 13 Jesus Extracted two evil spirits from a person , and as per their request, infused them into 2k pigs which ran a mighty race up the hill and committed suicide by plunging into the sea.

  The Bible never mentions if Jesus was sued for this for animal cruelty or for damaging other peoples property.

  One thing for sure, somebody would have given a spoiled bacon to Jesus that made him hate pigs like anything.
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  YPA change of picture

  by dozy in

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  anybody got any idea why the cover picture on the young people ask book was changed?

  they removed the picture of the boy bottom right & superimposed a different head.

  maybe the guy got dfd or maybe it was to change it to an asian guy rather than 2 caucasians?

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  EverApostate

  Italics mine.

  1 Peter 3:3

  Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— Else would be Photo shopped by the Holy GB
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses and “the Friends”

  by minimus in

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  i never understood why many jehovah’s witnesses will say “the friends”.

  it seems so mormon like..

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  EverApostate

  In India they would say brothers and Sisters. In USA, Friends.

  I was annoyed about this when I came to USA as I felt somewhat worldly to refer as Friends.