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Are Satanic Temple’s Seven Tenets Morally Superior To Ten Commandments?

Where did you get the idea I am a fundamentalist? There are many texts in the Bible meant to be taken as illustrations and parables and some are foretelling of events to come, and yet others are historical facts...the flood is one of them...the Bible is not meant to be taken all literally or all figuratively...discernment and study is required to be able to distinguish the difference...

Anyone that believes that stories in the Bible like the flood and creation describe literal events is a fundamentalist. For example, science cannot prove nor disprove the virgin birth. Granted, such an event would be extraordinarily unlikely in terms of everything we know in regards to biology, but as we do not have a DNA sample from Jesus, we cannot say it never happened.

In contrast, science can not only say the account of a global flood is physically impossible, we can also say that everything we know about the earth's geology, physics, biology, and genetics tells us it never happened. If there was indeed a global flood and all the animal species were collected on a giant ark, there would be incontrovertible evidence for that flood across the globe - so much so that it would not even be remotely controversial among geologists. Moreover, the evidence for all animal species being reduced to breeding pairs on the ark would be written in the genome of every animal on earth. Yet it isn't. Moreover, if we take a literal account of dating the flood according to scripture, its occurred 4,285 years ago, yet the oldest living tree is 4,845 years old, thus it would have been 600 years old at the time of the flood yet somehow lived through being submerged under a great global flood.

Point being, the flood isn't just a myth, its absolute nonsense.
 
One day soon we will all find out...
 
Name the date. Your sect has often cried wolf. You have no credibility.

If you knew what you were talking about, you'd be dangerous...:roll:

“Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father."
 
If you knew what you were talking about, you'd be dangerous...:roll:

“Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father."

That's not what your sect has said over the years. Here is a list of failed prophecies. No need for personal insults please. Try and follow the rules.

http://www.bible.ca/Jw-Prophecy.htm
 
That's not what your sect has said over the years. Here is a list of failed prophecies. No need for personal insults please. Try and follow the rules.

Prophecy Blunders! 100 Years of Failed Watchtower prophecies

Those dates were pivotal times in history, they are not failed propehcies...we are living in the time of the end and have been since 1914...go to the source if you really want to know...otherwise you don't know what you are talking about...

https://www.jw.org/en/
 
Those dates were pivotal times in history, they are not failed propehcies...we are living in the time of the end and have been since 1914...go to the source if you really want to know...otherwise you don't know what you are talking about...

https://www.jw.org/en/

They were failed prophecies. I know what I am talking about. Are all these failures the reason why you will not give a date for the next end of the World?

1914: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1915: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1918: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1920: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1925: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1941: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1975: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon
1994: Some Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon
1997: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_of_the_end_of_the_world#20th_century
 
They were failed prophecies. I know what I am talking about. Are all these failures the reason why you will not give a date for the next end of the World?

1914: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1915: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1918: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1920: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1925: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1941: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.
1975: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon
1994: Some Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon
1997: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon.

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_of_the_end_of_the_world#20th_century

:lamo
 
Yes, those nonsensical end of the world "prophecies" are hilarious. When can we expect the next end of the World?

Like I said, you have no idea what you're talking about...now run along and try to inform yourself instead of reading misleading websites...:2wave:
 
Like I said, you have no idea what you're talking about...now run along and try to inform yourself instead of reading misleading websites...:2wave:

So these prophecies were accurate? When did I miss the end of the World?
 
Reading comprehension problems? SMH...

Irony meters explode. You believe the lies of a fundamentalist Christian sect, I'll go with the science.
 
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One day soon we will all find out...

When it comes to the world wide flood, we already know. It did not happen as described in the bible in the literal sense.
 
Reading comprehension problems? SMH...

I will tell you. When it comes to prophecies, all the ones that Christian uses from the OT follow a certain pattern

1) Mistranslated
2) Taken out of context
3) Vague.
4) Shoe horned into place.
5) Written to.

Every solitary one of them.
 
I will tell you. When it comes to prophecies, all the ones that Christian uses from the OT follow a certain pattern

1) Mistranslated
2) Taken out of context
3) Vague.
4) Shoe horned into place.
5) Written to.

Every solitary one of them.

And not one of them has panned out.
 
I will tell you. When it comes to prophecies, all the ones that Christian uses from the OT follow a certain pattern

1) Mistranslated
2) Taken out of context
3) Vague.
4) Shoe horned into place.
5) Written to.

Every solitary one of them.

Just a few that have been fulfilled...

The Bible paints an accurate picture of ancient Egypt, and how the prophecy recorded at Isaiah 19:3, 4 came true.

Archaeology has confirmed the Bible’s portrayal of the Assyrians, their kings, and Assyria’s end. Nah. 3:1, 7, 13

The prophecies involving Babylon have proved reliable. Jer. 20:4; 50:38; 51:30

The prophecy regarding Medo-Persia came true. Isa. 44:28

Daniel 7:6 and 8:5, 8 were fulfilled regarding Greece.

Daniel 7:7 was fulfilled with the emergence of Rome as a world power.

The prophecies found at Revelation 13:11 and 17:10 have been fulfilled.

PROPHECIES ABOUT ABRAHAM AND HIS DESCENDANTS

The descendants of the faithful man Abraham would become a great nation, later called the nation of Israel.—Genesis 12:1, 2.

Abraham’s descendants would return to the land of Canaan after living in a foreign land for four generations.—Genesis 15:13, 16.

Abraham’s descendants would take possession of “the entire land of Canaan.”—Genesis 17:8.

Because the Israelites rebelled against God, he would allow them to be conquered and taken captive.—Jeremiah 25:8-11.

God would restore the Jews to their homeland after they spent 70 years in captivity.—Jeremiah 25:12; 29:10.

The Babylonian world power would be overthrown, and in time Babylon would become rubble.—Isaiah 13:19, 20.

PROPHECIES ABOUT THE MESSIAH AND HIS FOLLOWERS

The Messiah, or Christ, would stem from the family line of King David.—Isaiah 9:7.

The future Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.—Micah 5:2.

The Messiah would appear 483 years after “the going forth of the word to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem.” That word was given in 455 B.C.E.—Daniel 9:25.

Before his execution, the Messiah would be severely flogged.—Isaiah 50:6.

The Messiah would be executed as a despised criminal, yet he would be buried with “the rich class.”—Isaiah 53:9.

Christ’s followers would spread his message throughout Judea, Samaria, and the rest of the known world.—Acts 1:8.

Christians would be persecuted.—Mark 13:9.

Deceitful and oppressive individuals would infiltrate the Christian congregation, causing many to become apostate.—Acts 20:29, 30; 2 Peter 2:1, 2.

PROPHECIES ABOUT THE LAST DAYS

The time of the end would be marked by

Worldwide preaching of the “good news of [God’s] kingdom.”—Matthew 24:14.

Warfare, even on a global scale.—Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:4.

Food shortages.—Matthew 24:7.

Great earthquakes.—Luke 21:11.

Terrible diseases.—Luke 21:11.

Hatred and violence.—Matthew 24:10, 12.

Greedy, self-centered people and money lovers.—2 Timothy 3:1-5.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012410?q=prophecies+fulfilled&p=par
 
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Just a few that have been fulfilled...

The Bible paints an accurate picture of ancient Egypt, and how the prophecy recorded at Isaiah 19:3, 4 came true.

Archaeology has confirmed the Bible’s portrayal of the Assyrians, their kings, and Assyria’s end. Nah. 3:1, 7, 13

The prophecies involving Babylon have proved reliable. Jer. 20:4; 50:38; 51:30

The prophecy regarding Medo-Persia came true. Isa. 44:28

Daniel 7:6 and 8:5, 8 were fulfilled regarding Greece.

Daniel 7:7 was fulfilled with the emergence of Rome as a world power.

The prophecies found at Revelation 13:11 and 17:10 have been fulfilled.



https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012410?q=prophecies+fulfilled&p=par


Well, I will point out that, some of that is 'after the fact' writing. OThers are 'shoe horned into place', and others a 'vague references'. For example Daniel 7:7 is vague references, and is not about Rome what so ever.

You also have to remember that Daniel was written between 164 to 162 bce, ..
 
Morality is a human construct, like government, or money. For example, money has value because the vast majority of us agree that it has value and utility. Morality is a basic ethical code that the vast majority of us agree on. You don't have to have a supernatural entity to declare that money should have value for money to have value. Similarly, you do not have to have a supernatural entity to declare the concept of morality for there to be a concept of morality. In fact, if the only reason why one is moral is out of fear of punishment, then they really are not very moral.

Atheists have no objective moral basis for their morality. In fact, since they're rabid evolutionists and embrace the survival of the fittest, they should be carnivores of the weak.

Subjective values change over time and cultures. Some cultures love their neighbors. Others eat their neighbors. That's subjective moral relativism. There's no endearing or enduring legacy to it.
 
Just a few that have been fulfilled...

The Bible paints an accurate picture of ancient Egypt, and how the prophecy recorded at Isaiah 19:3, 4 came true.

Archaeology has confirmed the Bible’s portrayal of the Assyrians, their kings, and Assyria’s end. Nah. 3:1, 7, 13

The prophecies involving Babylon have proved reliable. Jer. 20:4; 50:38; 51:30

The prophecy regarding Medo-Persia came true. Isa. 44:28

Daniel 7:6 and 8:5, 8 were fulfilled regarding Greece.

Daniel 7:7 was fulfilled with the emergence of Rome as a world power.

The prophecies found at Revelation 13:11 and 17:10 have been fulfilled.



https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012410?q=prophecies+fulfilled&p=par

The time of the end would be marked by

Worldwide preaching of the “good news of [God’s] kingdom.”—Matthew 24:14.

Warfare, even on a global scale.—Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:4.

Food shortages.—Matthew 24:7.

Great earthquakes.—Luke 21:11.

Terrible diseases.—Luke 21:11.

Hatred and violence.—Matthew 24:10, 12.

Greedy, self-centered people and money lovers.—2 Timothy 3:1-5.


Can you get any more vague? In the days of the plague in the Middle Ages believers thought that the end had come. I predict that in the future there will be earthquakes, famine, wars, diseases.
 
Well, I will point out that, some of that is 'after the fact' writing. OThers are 'shoe horned into place', and others a 'vague references'. For example Daniel 7:7 is vague references, and is not about Rome what so ever.

You also have to remember that Daniel was written between 164 to 162 bce, ..

The writing of Daniel was completed in about 536 B.C.E., and the book covers the period from 618 to about 536 B.C.E. Dan. 8:1, 2

We have also the testimony of the Jewish historian Josephus, who states that the prophecies of Daniel were shown to Alexander the Great when he entered Jerusalem. This occurred in about 332 B.C.E., more than 150 years before the Maccabean period. Josephus says of the event: “When the book of Daniel was shown to him, in which he had declared that one of the Greeks would destroy the empire of the Persians, he believed himself to be the one indicated.” (Jewish Antiquities, XI, 337 [viii, 5]) History also recounts that Alexander bestowed great favors on the Jews, and this is believed to have been because of what Daniel said about him in prophecy.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200001118

(Daniel 7:1–12:13)

When Daniel receives his first dream vision in 553 B.C.E., he is in his 70’s. Daniel beholds four huge beasts that portray a succession of world powers from his day to ours. In a vision of a scene in heaven, he sees “someone like a son of man” given “indefinitely lasting rulership.” (Daniel 7:13, 14) Two years later, Daniel has a vision that involves Medo-Persia, Greece, and an entity that becomes “a king fierce in countenance.”—Daniel 8:23.

The year is now 539 B.C.E. Babylon has fallen, and Darius the Mede has become ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans. Daniel prays to Jehovah about the restoration of his homeland. While he is still praying, Jehovah sends the angel Gabriel to make Daniel “have insight with understanding” about the coming of the Messiah. (Daniel 9:20-25) Time moves on to 536/535 B.C.E. A remnant has returned to Jerusalem. But there is opposition to the temple-building work. This becomes a source of anxiety to Daniel. He makes it a matter of prayer, and Jehovah sends an angel of high rank to Daniel. After strengthening and encouraging Daniel, the angel relates the prophecy that outlines a struggle for supremacy between the king of the north and the king of the south. The conflict between the two kings stretches from the time when the kingdom of Alexander the Great is divided among his four generals to the time when the Great Prince, Michael, “will stand up.”—Daniel 12:1.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2007644
 
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