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    Arauna reacted to TrueTomHarley in Not sure if anyone saw this before concerning the Rephaim   
    I am so sorry. Somehow my remarks did not translate. ‘Your remarks prove otherwise’ means that you are being modest, and that you obviously are intelligent.
    The big dumb animals ramming each other with horns—does not include you. You are the refreshing contrast here. 
    But now Dimitar is acting up in ways totally incomprehensible to me. Maybe I am not paying adequate attention here. But then, it’s not a particularly easy task.
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    Arauna reacted to Pudgy in Revelation 12 : 6. 1260 days. Revelation 12 : 14. a time and times and half a time. 3½ times = 3½ years, of 360 days Prophetic calender   
    The two or more times you were previously exiled from the Archive here was not because you told the truth, as you assert, but because you were a liar and slanderer on those occasions as well.
    You seem to be intelligent enough to deflect and weasel, but otherwise a compulsive liar with delusions of grandeur that requires you to call others “fools”, and “stupid”, as well as make up lies about them. 
    That makes you both sad, and dangerous.
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    Arauna reacted to TrueTomHarley in Not sure if anyone saw this before concerning the Rephaim   
    The only thing I know for sure on this topic is that when I relied on A.I. to transcribe a Bible talk, it rendered ‘Nephilim’ as ‘Netflix.’
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    Arauna reacted to Pudgy in Revelation 12 : 6. 1260 days. Revelation 12 : 14. a time and times and half a time. 3½ times = 3½ years, of 360 days Prophetic calender   
    Obtuse is in the eye of the beholder.
    I proved, from your own posts, that you told   4 lies about me, and one possible lie about State law concerning me.
    PROVING someone is a liar and a slanderer is hardly obtuse.….. reminds me of the story about Adolph Hitler, who in his Berlin Bunker knew the Allied Armies had penetrated Berlin from the East and the West, and just before he committed suicide,  turned to an Aide, and said “You know, those Allies just cannot take a joke ….”
     
    You get banned over and over because you are a compulsive liar and slanderer.
    It’s not obtuse at all.
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    Arauna got a reaction from Space Merchant in Not sure if anyone saw this before concerning the Rephaim   
    At this time Jehovah directly intervenes in some affairs.  The world was already very wicked at this time.  
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    Arauna got a reaction from Space Merchant in Not sure if anyone saw this before concerning the Rephaim   
    Just for your information: the Rephaim and the Philistines are related.
    REPHAIM (Rephʹa·im). A tall people or tribe. There is uncertainty as to the meaning and origin of the name. Likely, they were called Rephaim because of being descendants of a man named Raphah. At 2 Samuel 21:16 ha·Ra·phahʹ (literally, the Raphah) seems to employ the father’s name to stand for the entire giant race.
    2 sameul 5:18 :   Then the Phi·lisʹtines came in and spread out in the Valley* of Rephʹa·im.
    1 chron 20:6
    6  War broke out yet again at Gath,k where there was a man of extraordinary size,l with 6 fingers on each hand and 6 toes on each foot, 24 in all; and he too was a descendant of the Rephʹa·im.m  8:  These were descendants of the Rephʹa·imp in Gath,q and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
    As you can see there was some family genetic defect because some had 6 fingers and 6 toes.
     
    The Anakim were also related to the Rephaim.  Read under anakim: " A race of people of extraordinary size who inhabited the mountainous regions of Canaan as well as some coastal areas, particularly in the S thereof. At one time three prominent men of the Anakim, that is, Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, resided at Hebron. (Nu 13:22) It was here that the 12 Hebrew spies first saw the Anakim, and 10 of the spies subsequently gave a frightening report of the experience, alleging that these men were descendants of the pre-Flood Nephilim and that, by comparison with them, the Hebrews were like “grasshoppers.” (Nu 13:28-33; De 1:28) Their great stature caused them to be used as a standard of comparison in describing even the giantlike men of the Emim and the Rephaim. Their strength apparently produced the proverbial saying: “Who can make a firm stand before the sons of Anak?”—De 2:10, 11,
    In Joshua’s rapid sweep through Canaan, he gained victories over the Anakim in the mountainous regions, destroying their cities, but others remained in the Philistine cities of Gaza, Ashdod, and Gath. Whether the Anakim were related to the Philistines, as some suggest, or were only associated with them is not stated in the record. (Jos 11:21, 22) Later, Caleb requested the city of Hebron (Kiriath-arba) and its territory, as promised him by God. (Jos 14:12-15; Nu 14:24) It appears that the Anakim had reestablished themselves in this area, perhaps while Joshua and his army were continuing their conquest in the northern parts of Canaan, and hence Caleb was now obliged to reconquer the territory.—Jg 1:10, 20.
      There is a lot of speculation on internet that the Anakim and Rephaim are the offspring of Nephilim and they survived after the flood.   Hybrid races cannot breed.  So when Jehovah exterminated the Nephilim with the flood, they were not ever found again.  
    Intermarriage of very tall people can produce moretaller people and so we see that these tribes were well known for their size.   (Large dogs and small dogs come from the same original dogs which came off the ark of Noah.)
    Those angels who had children and came to earth were put in Tartarus after the flood and could not materialize again.  
    There is a lot of mis-information about the wicked angels going around which almost gives credence to the story that Nephilim survived the flood. Of course they all use the Book of Enoch - which is a second century book written 2000 years after the flood.  Enoch was a seventh generation grandson after Adam and Adam was still alive when Enoch was born.
    Enoch was a faithful man (approx 5th century after Adam) and would not have written a false history down.  Enoch was “transferred so as not to see death,” which may mean that God put him in a prophetic trance and then terminated Enoch’s life because he had many enemies.  He was a prophet of righteousness like Noah.
    Some Jewish zealot in the 2nd century decided to write this book and today it is used to spawn a lot of false teachings. The Hebrew scriptures were put together by Ezra in 5th century BCE.  So the hebrew scriptures were already completed by the time a "person who called himself Enoch" decided to add some inaccurate stories to the bible.  While there was a lot of Jewish oral tradition, it is doubtful that this written book was saved by Noah and survived the flood on the ark.
    The best preserved book of the book of Enoch is the Ethiopian one and those from Qumram in Aramaic.  So it seems to have been some sects which used these books. 
    The indications that this book is not inspired is its references to Enoch visiting the heavens a few times
    I quickly looked up its contents:  a list of the main subjects:
    Content:
    1–5. Parable of Enoch on the Future Lot of the Wicked and the Righteous. 6-11. The Fall of the Angels: the Demoralization of Mankind: the Intercession of the Angels on behalf of Mankind. The Dooms pronounced by God on the Angels of the Messianic Kingdom. 12–16. Dream-Vision of Enoch: his Intercession for Azazel and the fallen angels: and his Announcement of their first and final Doom. 17–36. Enoch's Journeys through the Earth and Sheol: Enoch also traveled through a portal shaped as a triangle to heaven[citation needed].   17–19. The First Journey. 20. Names and Functions of the Seven Archangels. 21. Preliminary and final Place of Punishment of the fallen Angels (stars). 22. Sheol or the Underworld. 23. The fire that deals with the Luminaries of Heaven. 24–25. The Seven Mountains in the North-West and the Tree of Life. 26. Jerusalem and the Mountains, Ravines, and Streams. 27. The Purpose of the Accursed Valley. 28–33. Further Journey to the East. 34–35. Enoch's Journey to the North. 36. The Journey to the South. These few subjects should give you a good indication while some even prove (by means of this book) that the demons are aliens visiting us.
     
    I have seen so much of this on the internet that I avoid it. 
     
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Revelation 12 : 6. 1260 days. Revelation 12 : 14. a time and times and half a time. 3½ times = 3½ years, of 360 days Prophetic calender   
    You make statement coming from no-where.  I research things which are worth-while.  You know, mice do not play with the bullies.  They play once or twice with them but if they lose every time they lose interest. (this is a true experiment).
    Humans can learn a lesson from this.  Unpleasantness makes people avoid people - especially if they are always looking for a fight and accuse you of wanting a fight.
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from ComfortMyPeople in How much are Watchtower Lawyers paid?   
    As a singer, I wrote several songs in  my salad days.  I also sang other peoples songs.  I had one song in particular that would become a best seller.  I only sang it for friends because I respected the original composers time and effort. I is theft to take another's intellectual property - period.  It is worse when they take that property to degrade you and mock you.  So I think it is not ok to do this - it is theft of the ugliest order.
    This is why people are speaking out against the New world order hacking our brains with the technology they already have available ..... WEF see us as hackable animals.  This is where the world is going in future.  Would you like anyone to hack your brains, your health, your songs, your DNA, your videos to damage you? 
    This is not just a moral question with moral repercussions - it is also a legal one.  Has permission been given to use/ or hack it?
    With technology today they can take your picture and make a deep fake video which speaks like you, looks like you, walks like you - such as they have done with several celebrities.  Would you like it if someone used your intellectual property to make a deep fake video of you participating in pornography or an illegal act against the government?  Or to parody you in a untruthful way - picture you as a transgender?  
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from Pudgy in How much are Watchtower Lawyers paid?   
    As a singer, I wrote several songs in  my salad days.  I also sang other peoples songs.  I had one song in particular that would become a best seller.  I only sang it for friends because I respected the original composers time and effort. I is theft to take another's intellectual property - period.  It is worse when they take that property to degrade you and mock you.  So I think it is not ok to do this - it is theft of the ugliest order.
    This is why people are speaking out against the New world order hacking our brains with the technology they already have available ..... WEF see us as hackable animals.  This is where the world is going in future.  Would you like anyone to hack your brains, your health, your songs, your DNA, your videos to damage you? 
    This is not just a moral question with moral repercussions - it is also a legal one.  Has permission been given to use/ or hack it?
    With technology today they can take your picture and make a deep fake video which speaks like you, looks like you, walks like you - such as they have done with several celebrities.  Would you like it if someone used your intellectual property to make a deep fake video of you participating in pornography or an illegal act against the government?  Or to parody you in a untruthful way - picture you as a transgender?  
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from JW Insider in Revelation 12 : 6. 1260 days. Revelation 12 : 14. a time and times and half a time. 3½ times = 3½ years, of 360 days Prophetic calender   
    The Babylonian calendar was the same as the Jewish calendar.  Their pagan festivals of course fell on other days. 
    Many of the post-flood nations followed the moon calendar because it was the "planting calendar" for agriculture.  Every few years a short thirteenth month was added.
    From the Insight book I found this: " Julian and Gregorian Calendars. In the year 46 B.C.E., Julius Caesar issued a decree changing the Roman calendar from a lunar to a solar year. This Julian calendar, based on the calculations of the Greek astronomer Sosigenes, had 12 months of arbitrary length and a regular year of 365 days beginning on January 1. It also brought in the use of leap years by the addition of an extra day every four years, to compensate for the extra fraction of a day in the length of the tropical year, which has a little less than 365 1⁄4 days."
    " In 1582 C.E., Pope Gregory XIII introduced a slight revision of the Julian calendar, whereby the leap years every four years were retained but with the exception that only those century years with a number divisible by 400 were to be counted as leap years. By papal bull in 1582, ten days were to be omitted in that year, so that the day after October 4 became October 15. The Gregorian calendar is now in general use in most parts of the world. It is the basis for the historical dates used throughout this publication."
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Revelation 12 : 6. 1260 days. Revelation 12 : 14. a time and times and half a time. 3½ times = 3½ years, of 360 days Prophetic calender   
    The Babylonian calendar was the same as the Jewish calendar.  Their pagan festivals of course fell on other days. 
    Many of the post-flood nations followed the moon calendar because it was the "planting calendar" for agriculture.  Every few years a short thirteenth month was added.
    From the Insight book I found this: " Julian and Gregorian Calendars. In the year 46 B.C.E., Julius Caesar issued a decree changing the Roman calendar from a lunar to a solar year. This Julian calendar, based on the calculations of the Greek astronomer Sosigenes, had 12 months of arbitrary length and a regular year of 365 days beginning on January 1. It also brought in the use of leap years by the addition of an extra day every four years, to compensate for the extra fraction of a day in the length of the tropical year, which has a little less than 365 1⁄4 days."
    " In 1582 C.E., Pope Gregory XIII introduced a slight revision of the Julian calendar, whereby the leap years every four years were retained but with the exception that only those century years with a number divisible by 400 were to be counted as leap years. By papal bull in 1582, ten days were to be omitted in that year, so that the day after October 4 became October 15. The Gregorian calendar is now in general use in most parts of the world. It is the basis for the historical dates used throughout this publication."
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Revelation 12 : 6. 1260 days. Revelation 12 : 14. a time and times and half a time. 3½ times = 3½ years, of 360 days Prophetic calender   
    Yes - the Jewish calendar was based on the moons.  The beginning of the month was the new moon - so they  (people who worked the land) would know where they are in the stream of time - to plant and also attend festivals.  If I remember correctly they inserted a partial month every few years so everything would line up.  
     
    The sun calendar  is 365 days.  I am not sure but the Egyptians used sun calendar as did the Romans.  I am answering from memory as I have to go,,, Let someone else expand on this. 
    JWs always use the biblical year which is 360 days. All our prophecies are worked out with this number of days.
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    Arauna reacted to Space Merchant in Get your money back.   
    Christians should be giving out of free will, what they can give or whatever promise they made themselves to give. The Tithe is not something required for Christians to do, but in churches of the mainstream, this is a practice, not only 10% in money given, but in some situations, 10% in other things too. This is why some in even the educational spectrum sees this as a money making type of thing and utilize it in the churches themselves. 
    Reasons why I take issue with Prosperity Preachers of the New Theology.
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    But you see it was not about experience - it is about obedience.  Satan had eons of experience and turned against god.  The issue is not experience.  One can have little experience - but if you trust God - you have more experience than any other creature!
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    Adam was perfect - meaning he was perfect to the extent that he could have passed the test.   Jesus was a mere man ( like Adam) and passed the test.  Jehovah had enough trust in him to make the right choice. 
    After we have passed the test as perfect people we will have proven that we want to remain faithful to jehvoah and can be locked into a relationship with him by eating the tree of life. 
    It was a very simple test that Adam failed to fulfill.  Soon we will face much harder tests as imperfect individuals but jehovah will support those who want to and choose to stay faithful.  We will not be tested beyond what we can bear.
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    This means he had not eaten from it before - and Jehovah now took his opportunity away to eat it. 
    After the thousand years the bible indicates that those who pass the final test as perfect people (like Adam and Eve ) will get to eat the tree of life.  What is so hard to understand that.  Unless you read fallacies on other religious websites. I notice you quoted a Muslim website.
    Since I know this religions well and its absolute inconsistencies I think you should stay away from those!
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    That is not what I said..... so twisting someones words makes you worthy of ..... 
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    I do not agree with this statement.  from the insight: The expression “tree of life” is used with regard to true wisdom, the fruitage of the righteous, the realization of a thing desired, and calmness of the tongue; it is also associated with the crown of life. (Pr 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Re 2:7, 10)
    They were put outside the garden because they had eaten from the tree Jehovah said they may not eat. There is no way he would guarantee their everlasting life if they had not passed the test. The tree of life did not have inherent life-giving properties in its fruit - BUT it represented gods guarantee of everlasting life to those he would allow to eat of its fruit  Gen 2:9; 3:22
    Your speculations are not correct my dear
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    I agree with all you said.... except this last sentence.... It seems you have put yourself as a judge... be careful.... we are not here to judge others.  We cannot say someone did something deliberately unless we can prove it is premeditated..... and even them ----- people think about bad things before they do them without realizing they are really bad. 
    David premeditated the murder ....... and yet jehovah frogave him... so be careful how you judge!
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    With that assumption you will get a lot of likes from only the apostates.  I do not agree with everything but I am not apostate.  You twist words to get the likes from the opposers.
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    Arauna got a reaction from Thinking in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    You apply motive to them of being deliberate.   (Have you ever run a world-wide brotherhood? ....and managed to keep them united and in peace? - NO).  You expect them to be perfect. They can make mistakes just like David and Moses did.  Moses spoke to Jehovah face to face and disrespected him,
    The spiritual temple in which Jesus is the high priest - he went into the presence of God (if you read Hebrews) to bring his sacrifice to be accepted in the Most high (the presence of Jehovah) of the spiritual temple.  
    The under-priests have the Holy - wherein the lamp stand gives them light, the show bread of food they consume to help them stay faithful and offer up prayers on the golden incense table. 
    So they ARE fed by Jehovah.  The spiritual food does not make them perfect but the ransom allows them to have a  righteous standing before Jehovah (despite their mistakes and weaknesses. ) 
    The bible says if you despise these "little ones"  ... well you should know what it says!
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from Thinking in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    With that assumption you will get a lot of likes from only the apostates.  I do not agree with everything but I am not apostate.  You twist words to get the likes from the opposers.
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    We all sin - some sin to the extent where it is human error and others to the extent where they become apostates.  Some do not agree and some become direct opposers.  Some criticize and others appoint themselves as self-righteous judges...... and what does the bible show when you judge?   You have put yourself in the place of GOD!
    Read what James has to say about this.  
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    Arauna got a reaction from Dmitar in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    Adam and Eve knew what was right and wrong BEFORE they ate of the tree of good and bad
    Unfortunately many JWs are not aware of this - not taught well.  We have free choice as a gift from jehovah..... We can can choose to do so many things as long as it remains within the "right and wrong" boundaries of Jehovah..... that is: in every situation one has choice to do the morally correct action in line with your conscience, holy spirit and the principles of from jehovah. Adam and eve had the inclination to do what is right..... until they seared their conscience
    How do we know Adam and eve understood right from wrong? Morality?  Jesus was a perfect human on earth. He was surrounded by thieves, revilers, prostitutes and even satan who tempted him...... but he was not tempted to do  wrong but in each situation CHOSE to do the right action. He never seared his conscience, did not speak from his own origin and did not violate the law - not because he was programmed to do what is right but because he exercised FREE WILL and CHOICE. Could he have sinned? Yes..... but he exercised his choices in the most difficult of situations - setting a wonderful example for us.
    So what does it mean that "adam became like us " knowing good and bad........ it means that they have made themselves like God to choose their own morality - they rejected the good and bad limits jehovah had set on them. From this point forward mankind was doomed because they would now rule themselves and create religions and philosophies to manage societies. All would fail to bring true peace, security and happiness. 
    Soon the outcome of Adam's wilful choice of independence will reach the final conclusion:  We have freedom in everything but jehovah created us to be part of him.... to do this we must remain within the moral boundaries he set for us, stay close to Him in his love and remain Holy. But we will do this by free will because we realize that to choose to be separate from him will distort us.  We are free and yet bound to Him  in a loving way. 
    Jehovah is not a dictator. He wants us to realize that we should choose by free will to willingly choose his moral values because it is the only beneficial thing for mankind. Only if all people willingly show self-sacrificing love like Jesus can we bring happiness and harmony to earth. Self-sacrifice means that we will not use our free will to be selfish, choose out own way or ne hurtful to others in any way.... 
     
     
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    Arauna got a reaction from Thinking in Adam and Eve, what they didn't know...   
    I agree with all you said.... except this last sentence.... It seems you have put yourself as a judge... be careful.... we are not here to judge others.  We cannot say someone did something deliberately unless we can prove it is premeditated..... and even them ----- people think about bad things before they do them without realizing they are really bad. 
    David premeditated the murder ....... and yet jehovah frogave him... so be careful how you judge!
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