New Posts For Thread: What exactly is Armageddon?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_ArmageddonWhen I first started studying with JWs during the 1974-1975 school year(during my freshman year in college), I recall that on the Monday or Tuesday night book study, they were studying out of this little green book, which was based on the book of EzeAnd from another thread:Well, whether the destruction of innocent children is a direct result of Armageddon or a result of the seven last plagues and Christ's return, I recently came across a scripture which made me wonder about some of the callous ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519900257#519900257And from another thread:Well, whether the destruction of innocent children is a direct result of Armageddon or a result of the seven last plagues and Christ's return, I recently came across a scripture which made me wonder about some of the callous aSun, 20 May 2012 19:57:11 -0500And from another thread:Well, whether the destruction of innocent children is a direct result of Armageddon or a result of the seven last plagues and Christ's return, I recently came across a scripture which made me wonder about some of the callous ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519791089#519791089And from another thread:Well, whether the destruction of innocent children is a direct result of Armageddon or a result of the seven last plagues and Christ's return, I recently came across a scripture which made me wonder about some of the callous aThu, 17 May 2012 16:07:10 -0500Name 3.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519681247#519681247Name 3.Mon, 14 May 2012 13:30:23 -0500In your dissertation above you seem to be applying a scientific factoring analogy to discredit or disprove divine prophetic events that have occurred in the past, and will occur in the future. Mankind continues to learn...sometimes coming to a concluhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519680567#519680567In your dissertation above you seem to be applying a scientific factoring analogy to discredit or disprove divine prophetic events that have occurred in the past, and will occur in the future. Mankind continues to learn...sometimes coming to a concluMon, 14 May 2012 13:11:19 -0500Sounds very loving.How can it be a metaphor pointing to 'spiritual warfare' between Christ and His followers and His adversary...Satan and his followers when verse 11 says, "I saw heaven standing open" and verse 14 says, "The armies of heaven were fohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519661281#519661281Sounds very loving.How can it be a metaphor pointing to 'spiritual warfare' between Christ and His followers and His adversary...Satan and his followers when verse 11 says, "I saw heaven standing open" and verse 14 says, "The armies of heaven were foSun, 13 May 2012 23:29:41 -0500Actually, you already posted this before.Um, wait a minute. I haven't even read 5-7 yet.Still haven't read 6-7 yet...let alone verse 9.Sorry, Discerner, but the way that you are inserting your 'Notes' before I've gotten a chance to read your previoushttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519660963#519660963Actually, you already posted this before.Um, wait a minute. I haven't even read 5-7 yet.Still haven't read 6-7 yet...let alone verse 9.Sorry, Discerner, but the way that you are inserting your 'Notes' before I've gotten a chance to read your previousSun, 13 May 2012 23:00:13 -0500In your dissertation above you seem to be applying a scientific factoring analogy to discredit or disprove divine prophetic events that have occurred in the past, and will occur in the future. Mankind continues to learn...sometimes coming to a concluhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519659191#519659191In your dissertation above you seem to be applying a scientific factoring analogy to discredit or disprove divine prophetic events that have occurred in the past, and will occur in the future. Mankind continues to learn...sometimes coming to a concluSun, 13 May 2012 20:06:40 -0500In your dissertation above you seem to be applying a scientific factoring analogy to discredit or disprove divine prophetic events that have occurred in the past, and will occur in the future. Mankind continues to learn...sometimes coming to a concluhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519658885#519658885In your dissertation above you seem to be applying a scientific factoring analogy to discredit or disprove divine prophetic events that have occurred in the past, and will occur in the future. Mankind continues to learn...sometimes coming to a concluSun, 13 May 2012 19:46:50 -0500Of course, one scripture can only trump another if the first scripture is falsifiable, a subtle but crushing contradiction that the proof-text poker players blithely ignore, but which is an endless source of amusement for the rest of us.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519657523#519657523Of course, one scripture can only trump another if the first scripture is falsifiable, a subtle but crushing contradiction that the proof-text poker players blithely ignore, but which is an endless source of amusement for the rest of us.Sun, 13 May 2012 18:34:38 -0500Since there is and never has been any such thing as a seven-headed beast in the real zoological world, then I think it's reasonable to assume that this is a product of the author's imagination, a figure of speech, a metaphor. Now the question remainshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29047699/What_exactly_is_Armageddon?post_id=519653363#519653363Since there is and never has been any such thing as a seven-headed beast in the real zoological world, then I think it's reasonable to assume that this is a product of the author's imagination, a figure of speech, a metaphor. Now the question remainsSun, 13 May 2012 16:32:02 -0500