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LordReed:


Huh? Where did I say that?

You wrote this:

Jesus is either a legendised individual or legendised composite of several individuals

Unless my understanding of "legendised" is faulty

MaxInDHouse:
According to Jesus himself the father is GREATER THAN him. John 14:28

Father > Jesus ~ Jesus himself

Father = Jesus ~ Religionists

According to the same Jesus He and the Father are one, and once you see Him you've seen the Father, and they are both inside each other!

Also, what do you call someone who can raise Himself from dead if not God. "Destroy this temple and I will raise it in 3 days!"

MaxInDHouse:


Jesus said:

The father is GREATER THAN him! John 14:28

So if your religion is twisting any verse in God's word what Jesus himself said about GREATER THAN and EQUAL TO!

I already told you, greater than in approximately the same sense the peak of Mount Everest is higher than a lower peak - but they are both Mount Everest!

LordReed:


Some of them probably came from ancient writings that were already familiar literature in those days. They get absorbed into the culture and take on the likeness of the culture.

I doubt that everything written to have been said by Jesus was actually said by him because some of it could not have been known by the authors.

The bolded, I thought you just said Jesus didn't exist

MaxInDHouse:


Well this is contrary to what Jesus taught and what his disciples believe.

Regarding Psalms 110:1

Peter (a born again Christian in the first century) said:

For David did not ascend to the heavens, but he himself says, ‘Jehovah said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.”’ Act 2:34-35

Jehovah (YWWH) spoke to Jesus not Jesus speaking to Jesus or Jehovah speaking to Jehovah.

In the first century Jesus said:

I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me. John 5:30

Jesus' disciples said:

The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a stake. Act 5:30

Paul told the Jews:

During his life on earth, Christ offered up supplications and also petitions, with strong outcries and tears, to the One who was able to save him out of death, and he was favorably heard for his godly fear. Hebrews 5:7

So both Jesus and his disciples told us that he (Jesus) is God's Son not God! John 3:16; Matthew 16:13-16

Thanks!

But the same Jesus said that the God He was praying to was inside Him, and that once you see Him you've seen that God!

MaxInDHouse:


You didn't answer the question.

How many lords do you know in the Bible?

Or better still tell me which among these two is YHWH:
‬
The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” Psalms 110:1 NIV

The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Psalms 110:1 KJV

Please which between the two is YHWH?

The answer:
it is BEYOND your compression! You are INCAPABLE of grasping the structure of the spirit world!! It is like telling someone in a two-dimensional world that if you keep going in a straight line on a sphere you'd come back to where you started. He'd keep insisting they're two different points and there is no way you can convince him they are the same point!

So on what basis do you believe other aspects of the Spirit world??
You believe God can simultaneously listen to millions of prayers. You believe God and Jesus can simultaneously dwell INSIDE lots of people. You believed Jesus when He said He and the Father are one, and that once you see Him you've seen the Father. The only thing you can't believe is that God (the Son) can sit beside God (the Father)! Wow!

Jashub:
It is just one God bros.

Just think of it like water in the form of steam, ice and regular liquid : just because the state of changes doesn't mean it is not water . Same applies here with Jesus, His Father and the Holy Spirit: three persons but one God

He won't understand that this is a very rough approximation - that there is actually no human analogy that can describe God. Just as we use "He" for God when in reality "He" does not at all apply to God

MaxInDHouse:


You didn't answer the question.

How many lords do you know in the Bible?

Or better still tell me which among these two is YHWH:
‬
The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” Psalms 110:1 NIV

The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Psalms 110:1 KJV

Please which between the two is YHWH?

The answer:
it is BEYOND your compression! You are INCAPABLE of grasping the structure of the spirit world!! It is like telling someone in a two-dimensional world that if you keep going in a straight line on a sphere you'd come back to where you started. He'd keep insisting they're two different points and there is no way you can convince him they are the same point!

So on what basis do you believe other aspects of the Spirit world??
You believe God can simultaneously listen to millions of prayers. You believe God and Jesus can simultaneously dwell INSIDE lots of people. You believed Jesus when He said He and the Father are one, and that once you see Him you've seen the Father. The only thing you can't believe is that God (the Son) can sit beside God (the Father)! Wow!

delkuf:
maxi you and twisting the biblical na 5 and 6.
The Bible said no one has seen God at any time but the only begotten son but you twisted it and said the only begotten god.
What do you want gain with this twisting and false doctrine.

He belongs to a cult where the fear of disfellowship is the begining of wisdom. He is INCAPABLE of deviating from JW governing body line

LordReed:


Jesus is either a legendised individual or legendised composite of several individuals from the 1st century CE during the Roman occupation of the Levant. That period had a bunch of apocalyptic preachers who could have been the basis for the Jesus of the Bible.

So where did all those profound words in the Bible come?

AngelahFlo:

Noted Sir
Will always try and rephrase my contents just like I did with my latest post on "Origins"

It's no big deal of course. I mean, so what, It's not as if you're writing exam or getting paid or anything. You're quite prolific, which is good. I'll enjoy reading all your threads whenever I can, even the old ones, though maybe not always comment. Keep it up

The story jumped from Igboanugo to Okonkwo. Confused journalism.
RIP

Good write-up, but...
Every situation is different. Every couple is different. What works in one instance may not work in another. What works with a person today may not work with same person tomorrow.
Life is NOT formulaic!

AngelahFlo:

It's Grace Sir.
When it's your tIme to be noticed; you get noticed.

Well-said. Really happy for ya.
Per the below, next time just put "copied" at the bottom. You probably didn't know that's how it's done here on NL

thatigboman:
he or she did. There's a guy that gives awards to different classes of students on Facebook and Instagram. That's where the Op copied it from. That's plagiarism and it's too much here on nairaland. I have called out Seun on some occasions to do something about it, but looks like nothing is being done.

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3. Eat-Stop-Eat

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4. Alternate-Day Fasting

In this method, you alternate between days of normal eating and fasting or consuming very few calories (around 500). This approach can lead to significant weight loss but may be difficult to maintain over time.

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16/8 Method Example

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Conclusion

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AngelahFlo:
Nlfpmod
Please move to front page.

Congrats. Your first FP and you get 2 at once after years on NL.
I'm honestly very surprised this one made FP o. This type of topic usually get no comment talkless of FP😆

AngelahFlo:

Thank you for your guidance. Yeah I writ well cos I read a lot. I'm always reading something or listening to someone who reads and does some research. On the " OP" word. I never really knew what it meant. I actually thought it meant "Operator" i.e referring to someone who operates the post. Thanks again for the knowledge. I'm gonna see how I can move this to front page and if I still can't make front page. I'll just keep posting good and engaging content.

You quite welcome.
@bolded, that's the spirit - just keep posting good and engaging content as you've been doing. If nothing else you'd have it to get back to anytime you wish. Anyway, it's not as if they're paying you any money for anything!😆

AngelahFlo:
Nlfp mod
Please move to front page.

It is one word: Nlfpmod NOT Nlfp mod

MaxInDHouse:

See the highlighted.
Guy this is not politics where lying makes you special among your type o!
Go and educate yourself!

MaxInDHouse:
Instead of learning from childhood with JWs he chose to start deceiving himself out of arrogance.

God can pray to himself!

(The difference between you and me is that I am interested in the truth, while you're only interested in robotically propagating JW viewpoint).

See, you have no answer, and as the saying goes:
"If you have no argument insult the other guy!".
You have no argument because I am RIGHT and you are WRONG! Three reasons:

1) If mere humans can pray to higher aspects of themselves, complex unknowable God can also definitely pray to higher aspects of Himself!

2) You believe God can simultaneously listen to millions of prayers. You believe God and Jesus can simultaneously dwell INSIDE lots of people. You believed Jesus when He said He and the Father are one, and once you see Him you've seen the Father. The only thing you can't believe is that God (the Son) can pray to God (the Father)! Wow!

3) You don't know what you're talking about. You are incapable of understanding how things are structured in the spiritual world. So you're in absolutely in no position to be saying what God can or cannot do!

(BTW, "not thinking" is believing JW when they tell you Jesus is Moses and Jesus is Angel Michael and you actually believe them, despite everything you've read!)

MaxInDHouse:


GOD means SUPREME BEING so it's illogical saying the one who is SUPREME pray (solicit) to anyone for help!

Aahh, but you don't know the full nature of God, you're actually incapable of grasping the full nature of God. How do you know He can't pray to Himself - even some mere humans pray to their "higher self" (which is still themselves)

Tohsynetita1:
so, no punishment whatsoever?

Check my post again. Here's the complete post:
Nothing. But if he ever gets money...
What kind of life do you have subconsciously wishing you never have money so the govt won't take it

Tohsynetita1:

What if he doesn’t have money to return , what will government do?

Nothing. But if he ever gets money...
What kind of life do you have subconsciously wishing you never have money so the govt won't take it

bestower:
The country where law works...Here in Nigeria,the man will be walking freely.

More than that, he'd be the President of Nigeria or the Chairman of APC

MaxInDHouse:


Do you know the meaning of prayer?

Do you know the meaning of God?

MaxInDHouse:

How do you know God doesn't pray?
Asking questions like this is how original thinking starts, not by mindlessly writing verse numbers or robotically following JW governing board.
Once you ask the question, you then realize you don't really know and that you really don't understand much.
True wisdom starts with these quotes below

AngelahFlo:

Yeah it does really. It kinda spill over into how we learn new information as we grow older. For me I'm more of a read and write learner type but because of my temperament could easily adjust and adapt to any learning style available. For student Types. I was the lone wolf. Preferring to be alone and just observe.That in itself was due to an inferiority complex which I had to deal with. Took me years to peel off that layer. Still waiting for people to come up and share.
By the way I'm making this post Front page worthy.it should be seen and read by more OPs

Lol, OP means Original Poster. You are the OP in this case. OP is the person who posted the original post being discussed. You're a very good writer so I'm surprised you don't know that.

The vast majority of threads don't make front page, and many, many don't get any comments at all. Example, see the topic we're discussing right now in Religion section, it is twenty something pages without front page.
Anyway, you write very well. Keep up the good work

MaxInDHouse:

MaxInDHouse:

Training the mind to THINK!

Exactly. Not memorize numbers then run to elder or governing board when it comes time to think!

Maximus692:

NO!
Jesus always meditate on God's word all his life {Psalms 1:1-3} unlike Pharisees (your type) who meditates on politics as your most active section here that's what makes him wiser. Psalms 119:99

Instead of dropping all these numbers (John 32:2'5), why not (Amos 26:11-14) follow the advice (Proverbs 42:34-37) in your quote below (Jude 3:7-9)

Maximus692:

So Pharisees knows better than Jesus shey?

Jesus is God. Pharisees were men