I'm not an ex-minister.
And I'm not saying you aren't a Christian, I'm saying that the reason why Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Christians say that is because the JW church rejects the Nicene Creed, which is an early statement of faith of the early Christians and represents the consensus beliefs at the time. What I'm pointing out to you is that the for the JW church to be right it means that there were no known Christians with the "correct belief" about the deity of Jesus in the early 4th century.
Daniel did not foretell anything. From the DSS it is evident that the book has to be older than the 2nd century BC. It was, however, one of the last books of the OT to be written and we know this because most of it was written in Aramaic and not Hebrew. There are 66 books in the Old Testament, and the other 65 are all written in Hebrew. There is not a scrap of physical evidence that there ever was a first temple; and if there was then it would have been found. This fact alone convinces critical scholars that Daniel was written after the supposed destruction of the "first temple".
And I'm not saying you aren't a Christian, I'm saying that the reason why Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Christians say that is because the JW church rejects the Nicene Creed, which is an early statement of faith of the early Christians and represents the consensus beliefs at the time. What I'm pointing out to you is that the for the JW church to be right it means that there were no known Christians with the "correct belief" about the deity of Jesus in the early 4th century.
Daniel did not foretell anything. From the DSS it is evident that the book has to be older than the 2nd century BC. It was, however, one of the last books of the OT to be written and we know this because most of it was written in Aramaic and not Hebrew. There are 66 books in the Old Testament, and the other 65 are all written in Hebrew. There is not a scrap of physical evidence that there ever was a first temple; and if there was then it would have been found. This fact alone convinces critical scholars that Daniel was written after the supposed destruction of the "first temple".
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
