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Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Deceptive Quote: Secular JW's project the false impression that ancient Babylonians would not label the Watchtower version of God as a Triad. (Father-true God, Son-a created demi-god and Holy Spirit-the force or energy of God) Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "'The Triad of the Great Gods': Many centuries before the time of Christ, there were triads, or trinities, of gods in ancient Babylonia and Assyria. The French 'Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology' notes one such triad in that Mesopotamian area: "The universe was divided into three regions each of which became the domain of a god. Anu's share was the sky. The earth was given to Enlil. Ea became the ruler of the waters. Together they constituted the triad of the Great Gods."" (Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication, p ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Larousse.htm

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Biblical Trinity is not borrowed from the pagans! ... was the Jews' and Christians' characteristic mark of distinction over against paganism, agitated the piety of ancient Christendom in the deepest way. ... This is even more complicated than the formula in S. Bar. 85:14: One law through one, one world, one end. In I Cl., 46,6, the narrower triad Is more ... Babylonians would see little difference between themselves and Jehovah's Witnesses. "He [Anu] was god in the highest sense, the supreme god. All the other deities honoured him as their 'father', that is to say, their chief." (Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, p 54-55) JW's deliberately misrepresent the fact that the Watchtower view of God is CLOSER to Babylonian polytheism than Trinitarians! Just as the lesser Babylonian gods called Anu as their "Father", so too JW's believe that Jehovah is called "Father" by Jesus. But it ... SEE: Christianity was not derived from pagan sources Supporting Texts: "The phenomenon, admitted on all hands, is this: That great portion of what is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan.htm

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Part1: Pagan Section: Trinity Watchtower BOOKLET: Should You ... ... ancient Babylonia and Assyria. The French "Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology" notes one such triad in that Mesopotamian area: "The universe was divided into three regions each of which became the domain of a god. Anu's share was the sky. The earth was given to Enlil. Ea became the ruler of the waters. Together they constituted the triad of the Great Gods." Satanic deception! The very same page that JW's use to say that the Christian Trinity was borrowed from the Babylonians also describes this triad almost exactly like JW's view Jehovah! Look what they left out! "He [Anu] was god in the highest sense, the supreme god. All the other deities honoured him as their 'father', that is to say, their chief." French "Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. Just as the lesser Babylonian gods called Anu as their "Father", so too JW's and Trinitarians, even all Christians believe that Jehovah is called "Father" by Jesus. But it gets worse for JW's! Just as the Babylonians view Anu the supreme God ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-JW-SYBTT-Watchtower-BOOKLET-Should-You-Believe-the-Trinity-EXPOSED-REFUTED-pagan-section.htm

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Trinity Attackers refuted! (Watchtower's: Should You Believe ... ... ancient Babylonia and Assyria. The French "Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology" notes one such triad in that Mesopotamian area: "The universe was divided into three regions each of which became the domain of a god. Anu's share was the sky. The earth was given to Enlil. Ea became the ruler of the waters. Together they constituted the triad of the Great Gods." Satanic deception! The very same page that JW's use to say that the Christian Trinity was borrowed from the Babylonians also describes this triad almost exactly like JW's view Jehovah! Look what they left out! "He [Anu] was god in the highest sense, the supreme god. All the other deities honoured him as their 'father', that is to say, their chief." French "Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. Just as the lesser Babylonian gods called Anu as their "Father", so too JW's and Trinitarians, even all Christians believe that Jehovah is called "Father" by Jesus. But it gets worse for JW's! Just as the Babylonians view Anu the supreme God ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-frames-start-page-SYBTT.htm

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SUMMARY: PROOF that TRINITY is NOT of PAGAN origin! ... Since then, it has become evident that they all independently record what they believed was a genuine event in ancient (to them as well as to us today) history (K. A. Kitchen, The Bible in Its World, pp. 26-32) 1st day of the week ... Incomplete research & incompetent conclusions! "The development was from an implicit trinitarianism suggested, but not defined, by the language of Scripture and the liturgy--to an explicit trinitarian theology that sees Father, Son, ... Anu's share was the sky. The earth was given to Enlil. Ea became the ruler of the waters. Together they constituted the triad of the Great Gods." Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Click to View Sumerians had at least four creator Gods as can be seen from this text: "After Anu, Enlil, Enki, and ... In this sequence, she becomes then associated with Tammuz or Dumuzi as the bringer of new life in the spring cults. Ishtar (or Ninni, or Innina) among the Babylonians was the daughter of Sin the moon-god. She usurped the position of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-not-pagan-reasons.htm

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The Decepto-Meter goes crazy when you bring it near the Watchtower ... ... Click to View Encyclopedia Americana Encyclopedia Americana Deceptive Quote Secular All the quote says is that one pagan (Plato) borrowed his trinity from another pagan! JW's project the false impression that the same source would exempt them from borrowing from Plato in other areas too! Click to View Lachatre, Maurice 1. Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel (New Universal Dictionary) 2. Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique Deceptive Quote Secular JW's project the false impression that ancient Babylonians would not label the Watchtower version of God as a Triad. (Father-true God, Son-a created demi-god and Holy Spirit-the force or energy of God) Click to View Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Satanic Quote secular Our Islamic specialist ... Gives false impression that author has no Biblical basis for believing in the divinity of Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit (Biblical trinity) Grant, Robert M. Gods and the One God False Dilemma ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-decepto-meter.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rolalyn-maqsood-petra ... ... form of religious life, one that worshipped a number of gods and goddesses representing the powers of life and nature, ... Jacob 'tricked his brother Esau out of his birthright (Gen. 25:28-34), and later tricked his blind father into giving him the ... Jacob - whose name was changed to Israel after he wrestled with the angel (Gen. 32) - and is seen from their point of view. ... This indicates the high status of women during a period and in a region where the Great Goddess was venerated (see Chapter 4). Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery One of the commodities that passed along the ancient trade route from Damascus down ... In the face of this threat the Triad worshippers of Petra actually became allies of the Judaeans for a brief time, but this ... Their lamentations also contained a warning to the triumphant Petrans, who assisted the Babylonians in the decimation of the ... Nabataean mythology The supernatural entities which affected the everyday life of every Nabataean were divided into three ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rosalyn-maqsood-petra-a-travelers-guide-1994ad.htm

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Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity ... Yet, neither Clement nor Ignatius nor any other writer of this most ancient period raises the question that would turn out to be decisive: ... The Apologists at least attempted a reply. For Justin, the Godhead was very clearly a Triad, though it was Theophilus (Ad Autol. 2.15) who ... But a Trinitarian solution was still in the future. (New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1965, Trinity, p296) Apologists The Apologists were, in a ... by the will of the Father. This view. if compared with later theology and dogma, will smack of a sub-ordination or 'minoration' of the Son of God. ... The one divine Logos-Son of the Church's teaching and the many gods of the Gnostic Plerotna had three fundamental characteristics in ... The whole point of the great illustrative image which he, like his predecessors, employed, that of a man with his intellectual and spiritual ... Boer, therefore is saying that the faith of Justin Martyr that Jesus is a "created divine being" originated with Greek mythology and not the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Sabbatatrians Refuted and Sabbath keepers Exposed: 2011 AD ... Why was Sabbath-keeping not included in a list of basic laws that God gave to Noah around the time of the Great Flood? Why did St. Paul ... Please note that you are about to read a Seventh-day Adventist's point-of-view. We object to his assertion that "the Sabbath is introduced in ... The fact that in these ancient languages the sabbath concept was equated with the need to appease the gods is a major linguistic barrier to ... Cited in From Sabbath to Saturday by John D. Keyser.) The Encyclopedia Biblica also notes that the word translated "rest" in Genesis 2:1-2, ... that he did not create.) However, since Jastrow is an expert in Ancient Hebrew linguistics, we may find ourselves having to defer to his ... Almost all scholars today agree that the primal seven-day calendar, as used among the very ancient Semites (including the Babylonians and ... Furthermore, as Sanders observes, "The Father and Jesus work on the Sabbath. A non-biblical starting point seems to lead to a non-biblical ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-lying-for-god-Kerry-Wynne.htm

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Origin of the Philistines, Sea Peoples, Pentapolis Cities, Goliath a major site on Crete, based on Minos, an ancient ruler of Crete known from Greek mythology. We do not know what the ancient inhabitants of Crete called themselves. ... Rameses III: 1184-1153 BC: The records of Rameses III document a great world uprising of the Philistines and describes them as unstoppable ... The Chronology of the Philistine Monochrome Pottery: An Outsider's View, Susan Sherratt, Ashmolean Museum, p370, 2006 AD) c. "The ... coastland of Caphtor." (Jeremiah 47:4) 7. "Mizraim became the father of Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim and Pathrusim and ... a people who dwelt in Cilicia (Asia Minor)." (Archaeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land, Caphtor) f. "In Jeremiah 47, the prophecy ... Now the heart of this god, the Lord of the Gods, was prepared and ready to ensnare them like birds.... I [Rameses III] organized my ... The later Assyrians and Babylonians (850-600 BC) would put a fishhook through the nose or lip and tie a string connecting everyone. 2. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-archeology-origin-of-the-Philistines-Pentapolis-Sea-Peoples-Crete-Rameses-III-Medinet-Habu-Mortuary-temple-reliefs-inscriptions-Thebes-1077BC.htm

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries Too many to number here. See below. Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries Click to View Since the majority of Jehovah's Witnesses are former ... These three sources quoted in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower booklet: Full Texts here: The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912 New Catholic ... "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the of the Christian religion . . . Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: 'the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God.' ... of Matt., xxviii, 20. It is manifest from the narratives of the Evangelists that Christ only made the great truth known to the Twelve step by step. ... Yet, neither Clement nor Ignatius nor any other writer of this most ancient period raises the question that would turn out to be decisive: precisely ... The Apologists at least attempted a reply. For Justin, the Godhead was very clearly a Triad, though it was Theophilus (Ad Autol. 2.15) who first ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel, Beth Alpert ... to the Hebrew Bible (Carter and Meyers, eds. 1996); The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (Meyers, ed. 1997); and Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel (Keel and Uehlinger 1998). ... Any errors are, of course, mine alone. October 2000 Tucson, Arizona INTRODUCTION The religion of ancient Israel has fascinated participants and observers ... The chronological focus of this great work was the First Temple period, although some pieces may predate the Temple's construction and others derive from ... In this view, Canaanites had been engaged in primitive and pagan rites but, by the time of the prophets, Israelite religion had evolved into a morally and ... your hands to heaven, sacrifice to the Bull, your father El; serve Baal with your sacrifice, the son of Dagan with your provisions" (Coogan 1978: 59). ... ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE RELIGIONS OF CANAAN AND ISRAEL ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE RELIGIONS OF CANAAN AND ISRAEL 30 The triad of major Canaanite goddesses, Asherah, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-archaeology-and-the-religions-of-Canaan-and-israel-beth-alpert-nakhai.htm

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Kadesh-Barnea by Henry Clay Trumbull, 1884 AD ... from farther 1 INTR OD UCTION. investigation in the fields of ancient and modern scholarship, opened more widely at every step of my progress. ... from the days of their great progenitor Abraham to the still vague and shadowy days of unfulfilled prophecy concerning their re-gathering and re-establishing. This place comes into view as a strategic stronghold in the earliest military campaign of history; at the beginning in the time of the Father of the Faithful of the yet progressing strug gle of the world-powers with the kingdom of God on earth. ... O o unknown in the history of the world. 2 The Bible story says quered Babylonia. lie found in that city the statues of the gods taken from Erech ... Babylonians and Elamites valued so highly. Doubtless many a rich caravan of Midianite merchantmen, with spicery and balm and myrrh [Gtu. KEDOR-LA ... "At the head of all stood the half Egyptian and half Semitic divinity of Set, or THE LAST CAMP WITHIN THE WALL. 4Q9 In the Egyptian mythology, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-henry-clay-trumbull-1884ad.htm

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The Edomites: From Esau to Edom to Idumea to Extinction 2006BC ... ... "These are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of the Edomites), according to their habitations in the land of their possession." ... of religious geniuses in Israel and Judah developed the idea of one great God, and that the people of the Book has maintained itself to this ... The blue words, however, summarize the essence of the BAR article. Click to View "The Edomites were living at Petra at the time Judah went ... In the face of this threat the Triad worshippers of Petra actually became allies of the Judaeans for a brief time, but this alliance was only ... At last they were seeing their revenge for their ancient grievances. The Judaeans who managed to flee from the city were hunted down and shown no mercy. Their lamentations also contained a warning to the triumphant Petrans, who assisted the Babylonians in the decimation of the city ... deliver them into the hand of Joash because they had sought the gods of Edom." (2 Chronicles 25:20) "And Amaziah, the son of Joash king ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-edomite-territory-mt-seir.htm

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Mt. Sinai located in Arabia: Galatian 4:25 ... and the Arabs who bordered the Ethiopians." 2 Chronicles 21:16 I. Find Ishmael, find Mt. Sinai: Click to View 1. Gal 4:25 says that Mt. ... Antiq. xvii, 287), and a mention of him as ruler of Damascus in AD 39 (2 Cor. 11:32), there is little about him in the ancient sources. ... These testify to the great expansion of the kingdom. The decline set in during the reign of Malichus II (AD 40-70), the first-born son of ... Oboda and the forts on the Petra-Gaza road." (The Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, Nabateans, 1986 AD) Echoing the Edomites who ... Edomites burned Solomon's temple at the hands of the Babylonians. Nebuzaradan wanted to burn the temple of Solomon and the Edomites ... he came suddenly to Ptolemais, (65) and there finding his father, together with the two legions, the fifth and tenth, which were the ... Hubal Moon god was the top Arabian god in Mecca: Historically, Hubal was the supreme pagan god of the 360 gods inside the Kabah at Mecca. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Mount-Sinai-in-Arabia-exodus-route-Nabatean-kingdom-territory-AretasIV-Arabia-Petrea-New-Testamt-Mt-Sinai-Lawz-Ishmael-Apostle-Paul-36AD-Galatians-4-25.htm

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Bible Only Revelation Commentary by Steven Rudd ... In both 587 BC and AD 70, God punished Babylonians and Romans for their participation in destroying the city. However, Titus, like ... Caesars who viewed themselves as incarnate gods! Roman emperors were historically fully deified after death and with few exceptions, they downplayed the idea while alive, fully aware they were just ordinary men. The Roman Senate did not view the Emperor any differently than the ... This is not to say that the Caesars did not welcome the delusions of his people to worship them. In an effort to find a single ancient ... Sixth, the few commentators who contain chronological information are usually wrong. The author has taken great care to correctly ... Salmon married a Canaanite in 1390 BC c. Boaz married a Moabite in 1284 BC d. Jesse (David's father) married an Ammonite e. David married Jews ... distinction between the Pauline writings and the other books of the New Testament." (New Schaff-Herzog encyclopedia, vol 10, p298, 1914 AD) d. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/revelation/

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Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity ... But around this historic figure a mass of pagan legends collected, and a great theological structure grew up [this theological structure to which ... The growth of such a story may well be understood, for tales of the births of pagan gods and heroes from the union of a deity with a maiden were common." ... "In view of these facts it seems a pity that the Virgin Birth of Jesus ... in which the god Tammuz or Adonis was worshipped, as the early Christian Father, Jerome, tells us; and its adoption as the scene of the birth of our ... The author of the Gospel of St. Luke, however, was here drawing upon Greek mythology; for the god Hermes was wrapped in swaddling clothes when he was ... The ceremony of eating an incarnate god's body and drinking his blood is, of course, of very ancient, and originally cannibalistic, inception, and there ... Now the Babylonians had a early adopted the seven-day week, and their calendars contain directions for the abstention from certain secular acts on ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Weigall.htm

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Assassination of Gedaliah July-Sept 587 BC: Bulla The Bible is the most historically accurate book of history on earth. Read the Bible daily! Encyclopedia of Bullae and Seals of Judea and Israel Bulla "belonging to ... So they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and they found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon." (Jeremiah 41:11-12) "But Ishmael ... the Nile valley to Ethiopia, but this was fortunately averted by the favor of the gods." In view of this evidence, therefore, it is hardly justifiable to deny any longer the ... Ishmael was a descendant of David and Bathsheba and part of the ancient Elishama clan of David's sons. Many others had also fled with Ishmael to Ammon to escape the Babylonians. This brought much money and skilled labour to the Ammonite kingdom. 18 years later, when the Babylonians returned home they ... Jesus is a physical descendant of Jeconiah: "And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel, and Salathiel the father of Zerubbabel," ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-jeremiah-clay-bullae-seal-inscription-property-of-belonging-to-Gedaliah-who-is-over-the-house-Lachish-2-Kings-25-22-587bc.htm

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671 BC: Victory Stele of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria ... Click to View Digging up Bible stories! The victory Stele of Esarhaddon dates to 671 BC which is contemporary with Manasseh, king of Judah (695-642 BC) Several ... Also, you will be put to shame by Egypt As you were put to shame by Assyria." (Jeremiah 2:36) 17. 612 BC: Fall of Assyria to Babylonians, and Ashdod is ... Esarhaddon found at Zingirli in Northern Syria" (The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Page 346) "Despite these defensive measures, Samʾal, like all ... After Pharaoh Taharqa died in 664 BC, Manasseh rebelled against Assyria and aligned himself with Psamtik I (Psammetichus I): 664-610 BC. All ancient stele had ... Lines 1-12: The god Ashur (Assur), father of the gods, who loves my priestly service; the god Anu, the powerful, the foremost, the one who called my name; the ... who makes my troops prosper; the god Marduk, hero of the Igigu and Anunnaku gods, the one who makes my kingship great; the goddess Istar, lady of war and battle, who goes at my side; the Sebitti, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-archeology-Victory-Stele-Esarhaddon-King-Assyria-Manasseh-Judah-Taharqa-Tirhakah-Pharaoh-Egypt-ropes-lip-ring-hook-shackled-Zinjirli-671BC.htm

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Flavius Josephus Chronology of the Destruction of Jerusalem's ... We do know that Josephus made several mistakes. Converting Josephus' dating to Julian Calendar A. Ancient Jewish, Roman Calendar month names: ... it was finally conquered by the Romans." (The Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, Masada) ii. "According to Josephus the end ... the synagogue with a jar of dead birds sacrificed to pagan gods that were placed at the synagogue entrance way. (Wars 2:284-289). e. ... commotions which preceded the war, when the people were come in great crowds to the feast of unleavened bread, on the 8th Xanthicus ... Joseph and Jesus, and of the sons of high priests three, whose father was Ishmael, who was beheaded in Cyrena, and four sons of Matthias, ... of his having foretold the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, Jer. 40:1-7; so was our Josephus set at liberty and honorably ... that he chose out six hundred select horsemen, and went to take a view of the city, to observe what strength it was of, and how courageous ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Bible-Only-Revelation-Commentary-Josephus-Chronology-Destruction-Jerusalem-First-Jewish-War-70AD.htm

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Flavius Josephus Chronology of the Destruction of Jerusalem's ... We do know that Josephus made several mistakes. 4 Converting Josephus' dating to Julian Calendar A. Ancient Jewish, Roman Calendar month ... it was finally conquered by the Romans." (The Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, Masada) ii. "According to Josephus the end ... the synagogue with a jar of dead birds sacrificed to pagan gods that were placed at the synagogue entrance way. (Wars 2:284-289). e. ... commotions which preceded the war, when the people were come in great crowds to the feast of unleavened bread, on the 8 th Xanthicus ... Joseph and Jesus, and of the sons of high priests three, whose father was Ishmael, who was beheaded in Cyrena, and four sons of Matthias, ... of his having foretold the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, Jer. 40:1-7; so was our Josephus set at liberty and honorably ... that he chose out six hundred select horsemen, and went to take a view of the city, to observe what strength it was of, and how courageous ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Bible%20Only%20Revelation%20Commentary%20Josephus-Chronology%20Destruction%20Jerusalem%20Steven%20Rudd.pdf

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495-399 BC: The Judean Elephantine Egyptian Papyrus letters to ... ... The name of the city probably reflects this trade." (The Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, Elephantine, 1990 AD) b. "therefore, behold, I am against you and against ... A collection of Aramaic documents from the reigns of Xerxes, Artaxerxes I, and Darius II (485-404 bc), found in 1904-8 on the site of an ancient Jewish military colony which ... had ruled, this (same) Tirhakah forgot the might of Ashur, Ishtar and the (other) great gods, my lords, and put his trust upon his own power. He turned against the kings (and) regents whom my own father had appointed in Egypt.3 He entered and took residence in Memphis (Me-im-pi), the ... uncertain and perhaps unlikely given the Judean Negev was under attack by the Edomites starting in 605 BC until they burned Solomon's temple with the Babylonians in 587 BC. c. ... "The reasons for this destruction are not given, and the explanation may be complex. The simple view is that the priests of the Khnum temple were outraged to see the Jews ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-archeology-Elephantine-papyrus-Egypt-Aswan-Syene-Darius-persian-Jewish-colony-temple-burned-Bagohi-Sanballat-passover-wine-fortress-Ezek29-10-495-399BC.htm

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Security of Bulla and Seals Judah Israel. Creation of ancient ... How to make secure Bible documents, seals and clay Bulla Creation of ancient legal documents and the how bullae are made to seal papyrus paper Encyclopedia of Bullae and Seals: FREE! The Exhibit: On-line Museum of Bulla and seals ... One was the official, legal "sealed deed" only opened if a dispute arose and the other was a "certified duplicate copy" any one could view in the ... In the divine world Nebo was particularly known as the scribe deity. His stylus may be illustrated among the emblems of the gods on boundary stones. ... Scribes, high priests and kings were familial and dynastic positions passed from father to son. For example, during the time of Jeremiah the Shaphan and ... Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see ... This "foresight" and "thoughtfulness" of the Assyrians, Babylonians and other ancient conquerors helped preserve the bullae that archaeologists are only ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-bulla-seals-security-creation-manufacture-of-ancient-legal-documents-sealed-papyrus-paper-rolled-folded-tied-string-knots-rosa-Terra-Rossa-clay-soil-israel-judah.htm

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Sabbathgate 1888 by Kerry Wynne ... The more incredible any available theory is, the greater demand there is for one's arguments to be strong. In view of the extreme difficulties ... The 7-day week was by no means universal in these ancient cultures. Finally, we must be willing to believe that the early church was so ... out, anonymous tips should be rejected as "unworthy of our times," and if they recanted and "worshiped our gods," they were to be freed. ... The first Jewish-Roman War (66-73), sometimes called The Great Revolt (Hebrew: המרד הגדול‎, ha-Mered Ha-Gadol), was the first of ... Which would be apt to know best?" Yes; but here is a man who claims to be a Father who was not; a man who was a fraud, an impostor, a forger. ... Please study these quotations from the Jewish Encyclopedia carefully: The Seven Laws. Laws which were supposed by the Rabbis to have been ... Do SDA's that go to prayer meeting on Wednesday evening for example are they worshiping the pagan god, Woden, chief god in Norse mythology? As ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbathgate-1888ad-Kerry-Wynne.htm

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Encyclopædia Britannica selective quoting to deceptively project a view opposite to what this excellent source is saying. Britannica is a trusted source that refutes every claim Anti-Trinitarians make to debunk trinity. No wonder the Governing Body has such a dismal reputation. Full Texts: New Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Trinity, Vol. X, p.126 ... New Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Christianity, Vol. 4, p.480 New Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Constantine the Great, Vol. 5, p.71 New Encyclopedia Britannica, ... "of one substance with the Father" (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1971, Vol. 6, p. 386) The reasons for Constantine's conversion to Christianity have been much debated. ... of God, which was the Jews' and Christians' characteristic mark of distinction over against paganism, agitated the piety of ancient Christendom in the deepest way. ... Constantine's Conversion and Genuineness of Faith It is significant, for instance, not that the pagan gods and their legends survived for a few years on Constantine's ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Britannica.htm

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Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Fails to inform the reader that the Egyptians would label JW's as trinitarians, seeing little difference with their "trinity of Osiris, Isis, and Horus, constituting a divine family of father and son." Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Click to View Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, ... and Ethics, James Hastings, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) "(b) Although the notion of a divine Triad or Trinity is characteristic of the Christian religion, it is by no means peculiar to it. ... The religious Trinity associated, if somewhat loosely, with Comte's philosophy might also be cited here: the cultus of humanity as the Great Being, of space as the Great Medium, and of the earth as the Great Fetish. (c) What ... Paul a saving experience of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the love of God, and of the communion of the Holy Ghost; and the theologians of the ancient Church sought to set forth the Christian experience in logical ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hastings.htm

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Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed ... Such pronouncements, expressed in letters to imperial officials and to Christian clergy, make untenable the view that Constantine's religious attitudes were even in these early years either veiled, confused, or compromised. Openly expressed, his attitudes show a clear commitment. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Constantine the Great, Vol. 5, p.71) It is significant, for instance, not that the pagan gods and their legends survived for a few years on Constantine's coinage but that they disappeared so quickly: the last ... Constantine, like his father, worshipped the Unconquered Sun; But there was Christian influence in his houselhold since he had a half-sister named Anastasia (anastasis = resurrection). At the crisis of his career in the war of 312 to ... The Holy Spirit is merely mentioned together with the Son and the Father, to indicate belief in the Triad of Father and Son and Holy Spirit, but He is given no further attention. All the conciliar stress was on the Son, His status, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-constantine.htm

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Nimrod and the Archaeology of the Tower of Babel by Steven Rudd ... ... V. Mount Ararat in Ancient Sumerian cuneiform inscriptions: 122 VI. Conclusion to Nimrod as Enmerkar chapter. 127 CHAPTER 14: Nimrod is not Sargon I of Akkad. 128 A. If it ain't broke, don't fix it: The consensus view that Nimrod son of Cush in 3225 BC is a perfect fit!. 128 B. Chronologically impossible for Sargon I to be Nimrod. 128 C. In Gen 10:8 Moses failed miserably in communicating that ... literature "Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta". 6. Nimrod: Founder of Babel and Uruk and the entire Assyrian nation. 7. Noah: Father of Ham, grandfather of Cush, great-grandfather of Nimrod. 8. Sargon I of Akkad: Assyrian king (2320-2265 BC) Idol gods: 1. Anu/An: Supreme god and father of all gods including Enlil, Enki and Inana. Patron god of Nippur. ... numbers 10 (Marduk), 15 (Ishtar/Inanna), 20 (Shamash/Utu), 30 (Nanna/Sin), 40 (Ea/Enki), 50 (Enlil/Ellil), and 60 (Anu/An) in the sexagesimal system of Mesopotamian mythology (see McLain 1976: 132; 1994: 29; cf. Black and Green 1992). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/nimrod/welcome.htm

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500 Flood stories prove Noah's Ark is real history: Epic of Gilgamesh ... Click to View Unearthed in Sippar, Iraq Click to View Colophonal scribal markings date the tablet to Ammi-saduqa (1647-1626 BC) Click to View "Enlil grew restless at their racket, he had to listen to their ... Was the one who carried out the decree of his father to destroy mankind with a flood. Enlil was bothered by the noise of man and couldn't sleep. 7. Ennugi: canal digging foreman 8. Geshtu-E: the low ranking ... The dichotomous nature of man was clearly understood by the ancient Babylonians and they needed some way to explain it. In making man, one of the lower gods was first cleansed with water by full immersion. This an ... Here we have the solution of creating man to lighten the load of the lower gods, actually creates a new problem that disturbs the higher gods. 4. In almost a whim, Enlil, the highest god, decides to kill all the men off so he could sleep and not be disturbed. Interesting that in the great show down between Elijah and the 850 false prophets of Baal, that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/noahs-ark-flood-creation-stories-myths-epic-of-atra-hasis-old-babylonian-akkadian-cuneiform-flood-creation-tablet-1635bc.htm

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Joshua's Altar on Mt. Ebal and the Lead Curse Tablet ... This was probably done deliberately, to bury the site. This interpretation of the site has aroused a great deal of controversy among scholars. Whereas the excavator viewed the main building as a ... reject cultic interpretation of the Mount Ebal remains and tend to view the structure as a fortified tower." (Adam Zertal, New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavation in the Holy Land, Mt. ... forgery: Recently discovered Hebrew Dead Sea Scroll (4QDeut?) at Cave 4 in Qumran supports the ancient Samaritan view that Joshua built his altar on Mt. Gerizim, not Mt. Ebal. Joshua's Altar on Mt. Gerizim? ... had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the Lord to anger. ... And you(!), Shattiwaza, your sons and grandsons by the daughter of the Great King, King of Hatti-they shall accept you(!) for kingship for eternity. Prolong the life of the throne of your father; ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-altar-of-joshua.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Isaiah 9:1-7 "A child will ... of the pagan altar in Damascus in the temple in Jerusalem and worshipped the Aramean pagan gods. 6. 732 BC: Isaiah writes Isa 9:1-7 when Hezekiah is 21 years old. ... also became coregent at age 12 because this was the beginning of manhood in ancient Israel 8. 715 BC: Ahaz died, and Hezekiah ascends the throne as sole ruler of ... is called "Messenger of the Great Council," for I will bring peace upon the rulers and health to him." (Isaiah 9:6) 2. The Great Isaiah Scroll (50 BC): "For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will be on his shoulders. He is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. ... And yet there is reason to think that Josephus did not share this lofty view of Hezekiah. One measure of the amount of interest that a given personality has for ... Hezekiah cannot fully fulfill Isa 9 because his kingdom and the David dynasty came to an end in 587 BC when Judah went into captivity at the hands of the Babylonians. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Isaiah9-6-child-king-triple-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-fulfillment-Gideon-Hezekiah-Jesus-John-baptist-Jesus.htm

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Acapella Responsive Singing, No Instruments in first century ... ... Instrumental music was one of the four main causes of the great schism: Instruments, Pope, Filioque, sprinkling for baptism. b. The Orthodox church to this day practices ... full immersion, ban all instruments and are opposed to choirs because they view the entire congregation as a choir. 6. Jewish Songbooks and song selections of first century Jews, which would also be used by Christians: a. Ancient Jewish Seven-day songbook of seven Psalms: "The singing which the Levites did ... On the third day they did sing, God stands in the congregation of God, he is a judge among the gods (Ps. 82). On the fourth day they did sing, O Lord God to whom ... in the congregational assemblies of God's people." (Mcclintock & Strong's Encyclopedia, Music, Instrumental) 8. "It was in the synagogue, however, that music ... in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;" (Ephesians 5:18-20) 6. ACAPELLA SINGING PROOF #4: "MAKING MELODY WITH YOUR HEART" (Ephesians 5:19) a. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Acapella-responsive-singing-non-instrumental-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-prototype-ancient-Synagogue-ritual-liturgy-worship.htm

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690-570 BC: Egyptian Pharaohs of Babylonian Captivity: Tirhakah ... Psamtik II (Psammetichus II) Hophra (Apries) Amasis II (Amoses) 664-610 BC 610-595 BC 595-589 BC 589-570 BC 570-526 BC Click to View Digging up Bible stories! The five Egyptian Pharaohs of the Babylonian Captivity ... Customs of the Ancient Egyptians [London: John Murray, 1878] 2:118, fig. 373), or of keeping caught fish alive by passing a cord through their gills and returning them to the water (Dalman, Arbeit und Sitte, 8:338, 360). ... forgot the might of Ashur, Ishtar and the (other) great gods, my lords, and put his trust upon his own power. He turned against the kings (and) regents whom my own father had appointed in Egypt.3 He entered and took residence in Memphis (Me-im-pi), the city which my own father had conquered and incorporated into Assyrian territory. ... Hophra may have been the crown prince like Nebuchadnezzar in 605 BC when he was recalled back to Babylon to claim the throne and becomes Pharaoh (589-570 BC) The Babylonians stop the siege of Jerusalem they redirect ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Egyptian-Pharaohs-kings-Psammetichus-I-Neco-II-Psamtik-II-Hophra-Apries-babylonian-captivity-Nebuchadnezzar-Josiah-Zedekiah-664-570BC.htm

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Zedekiah, Matteniah King of Judah 597-587 BC The Chronological ... ... was the principal of the Chaldeans, and he received the entire dominions of his father, and appointed, that when the captives came, they should be placed as colonies, ... Here we have spectacular confirmation from archeology that the Babylonian captivity was a real event. b. We can actually visit ancient Al-Yahudah today in Iraq and it ... Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Thus says the LORD, 'Just so will I destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 'This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let ... Due to the schematized nature of the drawing, regardless of whether it was a side view of the city walls or an overhead, map-type drawing, the specific identification of ... Jeremiah also prophesied everything king, priest and people knew, would be utterly destroyed by the Babylonians. 4. Josiah and Jeremiah mirror the ministry of Jesus, the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Zedekiah-Matteniah-last-king-of-judah-seal-bulla-cave-597-587bc

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Trinity proof texts: John 8:58 ... When you lift me up, then you will know that I am v28 UP where I am going, you cannot come v21 Surely He will not kill Himself v22 the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me v18 Where is Your Father? v19 Click to View Ancient and Modern Commentators that precisely express what the verse is saying: Ancient ... We worship one God, the Father and the Son, therefore, as we have explained; and our argument against the worship of other gods still continues valid. And we do not "reverence beyond measure one who has but lately appeared," as though He did not exist before; for we believe Himself ... He removes all doubt as to the essential nature of His oneness with the Father by explicitly asserting His eternity ('Before Abraham was born, I am,' Jn 8:58)..." (Warfield, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "Trinity") I am. That our Lord by this expression asserted his divinity and eternal existence, as the great I AM, appears evident from the use of the present tense, instead of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john8-58.htm

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The border Between Judah and Egypt: River of Egypt, Wadi el-Arish ... ... Egypt controlled the entire modern Sinai Peninsula: "Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. ... Previous sites had been suggested as Ai at Kh. Nysia and Et Tel. The consensus view that Et Tel was Ai of Joshua continues to prevail in spite of new excavations at Kh. ... Encyclopedia of Egyptology, p4, 2015 AD) "my majesty commands: that every officer who seizes the dues] and taketh the craft of any citizen of the army or of any person who is in the whole land, the law shall be executed against him, in that his nose shall be cut off, and he shall be sent to Tharu. (James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, 1906 AD, Vol 3 p 50-67, The Great Edict of Horemheb, 1300 BC) Against Requisitioning Boats Used for State Corvee Duty: ... High Priest of Set, ritual priest of Buto-Upet-Towe, chief of prophets of all gods, Seti, triumphant, son of the hereditary prince, governor of the (residence) city, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-southern-border-judah-territory-river-of-egypt-wadi-el-arish-tharu-rhinocolu.htm

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593 BC Nubian Expedition of Psammetichus II, Demotic papyri in ... Demotic papyri in the John Rylands library: 414 BC Papyrus IX, Column 14, line 16 - Column 16, line 1 Click to View Digging up Bible stories! Edom was founded by Esau, twin brother of Jacob (born ... ask thee to which there is not a suitable answer (?). (line 22) For thou art the prophet of Amin, and the prophets of the great gods of Kemi are they who are going to the land of Khor with Pharaoh.' ... They brought Ptahnufi son of Haruoz, and their declarations were written in the House of Judgement, (line 10) saying, This share which Ptahnufi hath taken, his father being Master in Hnes, is ... The Elephantine papyri are well preserved, written in Aramaic, and are the 5th-century b.c. literary remains of this Jewish colony of the Persian period." (Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible, p 1537, ... Hophra may have been the crown prince like Nebuchadnezzar in 605 BC when he was recalled back to Babylon to claim the throne and becomes Pharaoh (589-570 BC) The Babylonians stop the siege of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-archeology-Psammetichus-Psamtik-II-Demotic-Papyrus-IX-Expedition-Nubia-Philistia-Syria-Palestine-pilgrimage-Byblos-John-Rylands-El-Hibeh-Egypt-595-589BC.htm

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Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria 858-824 BC inscriptions Marble Tablets Alabaster Statue Bronze Gates Basalt Throne Clay Brick Detailed outline on Shalmaneser III Click to View Digging up Bible stories! "What we read in the book, we find in the ground" Detailed outline on ... VI. Idol pagan gods named in the inscriptions: We learn that the Assyrians and Babylonians had a pagan god for everything, unaware that YHWH, the God of Israel, was the "everything" God. This is a pre-echo of Paul's ... holy shrine, the great lord, his lord: (lines 1-8) Shalmaneser, strong king, governor (appointed by) the great gods." (Marble Tablets Lines 9-14) Adad, mighty, pre-eminent, lord of abundance" (Black Obelisk Lines 1-21) Enlil Enlil, father of the gods, who decrees destiny, who establishes the bounds of heaven and earth" (Kurkh Monolith, Column ... (and) mules, 35,565 oxen, 19,690 donkeys, (and) 184,755 sheep. iv 40b - Lower edge 3a) At that time the ancient wall of my city, Aššur, of New City, which had been built previously by Puzur-Aššur (III), son of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-archeology-Shalmaneser-III-Assyria-inscriptions-annals-Ahab-Jehu-Omri-Hazael-Ben-Hadad-II-858-824BC.htm

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The false doctrine of Roman Catholic apostolic succession! ... Click to View Present Day Hierarchy The New Testament plainly reveals that a great corruption from the simple form of government which God ordained would slowly develop (1 Tim. 4:1-3; 2 Tim. ... But the dogmatic truth cannot be traced back to Christ Himself by analysis of strict historical testimony." (Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. VII, p. 334). "The word (hierarchy, DJR) first occurs in ... Click to View Call None "Father" The Catholic Church has a multitude of religious titles and addresses that are given to their officials. We list some of them here from page 129 of the book, My Catholic Faith. "A ... One reason is due to the scandals which were sometimes consequent to public penance. For about a thousand years, there were modifications of the ancient usage. By the middle of the sixteenth ... "St. Gregory Nazzianzen asserts that the priest is a 'God who makes gods.' " (Ibid., p. 13). "Clement of Alexandria attributes to the priests the role of redeemers...You are visible gods in the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-apostolic-succession.htm

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False Doctrine of Modalism: As taught by the United Pentecostal ... ... Click to View Introductory overview of Modalism Modalism is an ancient heresy on the nature of God dating back to the 3rd century. Today, the United Pentecostal ... Two of the most heretical aspects of Modalism is first, that Jesus Christ had no pre-existence before his incarnation. They take the identical "logos-theology" view ... "His central proposition was to the effect that Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the same person, three names thus being attached to one and the same being. What weighed most with Sabellius was the monotheistic [oneness passages] interest." ("Sabellius," Encyclopedia Britannica, XIX, 791.) The Bible evidence is stacked AGAINST ... Who is this Son of Man?" (If Jesus was a Modalist, this would have been a great place to teach it. Notice that they equated the Son of Man as enduring forever!) One ... To interpret these two natures as "persons" creates the belief in at least two "Gods." Moreover, "persons" would imply separate intelligences in the one deity, a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism.htm

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TRINITY: Christology: Diety and Humanity of our Savour! ... Even if "great God and Savior, Christ Jesus" is rendered as the NWT: Jehovah our great God. And our saviour Jesus Christ" the balance of the verse must be applied to Jesus alone: Jesus ... Eph 5:5 kingdom of Christ and God. V. Deity of Jesus: The father and Son shared attributes: Shared Attribute Father Son GLORY Is. 42:8 (alone) Is. 48:11 Jn. 17:5 LIGHT Is. 60:20 (true ... This view was adopted by the catechetical school of Alexandrian theology. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Christianity, Vol. 4, p.480) 5. Summary Of New Testament Witness To God: ... To Him are ascribed the strictly divine functions of creation, salvation, ... makes it plain that before Christ Jesus emptied himself he was not human but divine." (Gods and the One God, Robert M. Grant, p105) 11. Speaking first of the person of Jesus Christ ... ... Its second-century traits stand out clearly, particularly its representation of the Triad by the imagery, not of three coequal persons (this was the analogy to be employed by the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-deity-of-christ.htm

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1001 BC: Papyrus Moscow 127: Wermai's Odyssey & Tragic Tale of ... ... the emancipation of the Jews who had been transported from Judea by the king's father-for when by a combination of good fortune and courage he had brought his attack ... (Religion, Wisdom and History in the Book of Esther-A New Solution to an Ancient Crux, R. Gordis Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol 100, p 378, 1981 AD) 3. "It ... children and wives and the gods of their fathers." (Herodotus, Histories 2.30.1-4) 6. "Under Psammetichus II (595-589) no change occurred in Egypt's Asiatic policy. ... Zedekiah called a conclave of west-Asiatic states in Jerusalem with a view to throwing off the Babylonian yoke-to judge from Jeremiah's symbolic behavior (Jer 27). ... b.c. literary remains of this Jewish colony of the Persian period." (Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible, p 1537, 1988 AD) III. Translation of Letter of Aristeas: "And ... because you, Philocrates, as you lose no opportunity of reminding me, have set great store upon receiving an account of the motives and object of my mission, I have ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-archeology-Zedekiah-letter-of-Aristeas-to-Philocrates-Pseudepigrapha-Psammetichus-Septuagint-LXX-Psamtik-II-Expedition-Nubia-Egypt-troops-Ezek17-15-593BC.htm

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Qubur Bani megaliths: Location of Rachel's tomb, fulfilled prophcy ... ... Chemical analysis shows it to contain emetic, purgative, and narcotic substances, which explains its widespread medicinal use in ancient times. Because the fruit ... Manasseh, saying, "You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only," (Joshua 17:17) 7. Rachel's second "son of faith" was Benjamin: a. ... It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni [the son of my sorrow]; but his father called him Benjamin [the son of the right ... 48:7) 9. Rachel was an idol worshipper and not a true worshipper of the God of Jacob. a. Rachel grew up worshipping the very "gods beyond river" that Abraham left! i. ... Because of this, early scholars tended to identify Naioth as a locality within Ramah (Driver NHT, 159). Another view is based on the alternate spelling given in the ... tribes of Israel in Assyria for disobeying Moses Law. 4. In 587 BC the Babylonians sent the nation of Judah into captivity for 70 years. 5. In 70 AD the Romans ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Rachels-tomb-burial-died-Benjamin-Ramah-Bethlehem-weeping-children-Herod-great-slaughter-Jesus-Matt2-prophecy-fulfilled-Qubur-Bani-Bni-Israel-2000BC.htm

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Rich man and Lazarus in Hades: Luke 16:19-31: Neo-Sadduceeian ... ... This we reject as being even possible! If "only a Jew" would say "Father Abraham", then obviously only a Jew would snuggle Abraham. To suggest that Jesus was teaching that the Gentiles ... Illustrations, p818) "some ... have suggested that in giving this illustration Jesus Christ drew upon the ancient rabbinical concept and Teaching regarding the underworld. ... ... Jw's realized that either way, great damage would be done to their false doctrine, so they invented this view! So the refutation of this view is to ask them the question: "Why would Jesus use pagan false doctrine in what you call a parable!" To deny Jesus ... Paul condemned using Jewish myths and fables in 1 Tim. 1:4; 4:7; 2 Tim. 4:4; Tit. 1:14; 2 Pet. 1:16! International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: The International Standard Bible ... While sheol in the Old Testament is the realm of the dead, where, as we have seen, the deceased are in an unconscious state, hades in Greek mythology is the underworld, where the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-hades-luke16.htm

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Quattuordecim (XIV): Ezra Translated the Paleo-Hebrew manuscripts ... ... For I have not desired to ask about the way of what is above, but about those things which pass over us daily: for Israel is given up to the peoples (Babylonians in 587 BC), and the people thou ... He burned the house of the Lord, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire." (2 Kings 25:8-9) d. "Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which ... We find inscriptions of Assyrian Kings where they looked to the God's to mention them by name. See translation of: Victory Stele of Esarhaddon "To Ashur, father of the gods, lover of my priesthood, Anu, mighty ... Whereupon Ezra used deceit to obtain an ancient torn Torah from a man who was one of the community of the children of Israel who were Keepers of the Truth. At that time the Jews no longer knew the ... Both of the chronicles are eclectic in nature, borrowing from earlier sources and molding them into the story and point of view that dominates each. In addition to providing insight into the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Quattuordecim-Ezra-translates-Bible-manuscripts-Paleo-Hebrew-Masoretic-Aramaic-square-corrupted-deliberate-anti-Samaritan-Mt-Gerizim-Ebal-Joshuas-Altar-458BC.htm

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Cosmic Consciousness, Richard Maurice Bucke, 1901 AD ... His evolutionary view and biologic etiology of the human mind led him to view most cases of insanity as incurable. Just as Darwin conceived his theory of biologic evolution on an incorrect ... Its life will not be in prayers, hymns nor discourses. It will not depend on special revelations, on the words of gods who came down to teach, nor on any bible or bibles. It will have no ... His father, the Reverend Horatio Walpole Bucke, was a great-grandson of Sir Robert Walpole and a grand-nephew of Horace Walpole. ... His religious beliefs were always unorthodox. He claimed that 'He never, even as a child, accepted the ... at large from the point of view of Cosmic Consciousness, and who also has referred to its facts and phenomena more plainly and fully than any other writer either ancient or modern (p. 225). ... For a careful consideration of the records that have come down to us from the early Romans, Hellenes, Hebrews, Egyptians, Assyrians and Babylonians would 111 50 Cosmic Consciousness On the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/cosmic-consciousness-richard-maurice-bucke-1901ad.htm

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The Myth Of Psychotherapy, Thomas Szasz, 1979 AD ... I consider it relevant as foreground material, a part of the ethical systems that psychotherapists and their works constitute, conceal, and convey_ Freud's great-gran... Bakan also notes that on "Freud's thirty-fifth birthday, his father gave him the Bible which he had read as a boy, inscribed in Hebrew,"2 and that when "he was in ... The same sort of antireligiosity that Freud preached was rampant in ancient Greece: its character was identified by Plato, and its Sigmund Freud: The Jewish Avenger ... The first man may be free-spoken enough about gods, sacrifices, and oaths, and perhaps, if he does not meet with his deserts, his mockery may make converts of others. ... Karl Popper offers a quite different view of that cultural scene: I believe that before the First World War Austria, and even Germany, treated the Jews quite well. ... reactions to the mythology of the Holy Communion, and his later rejection of the mythologies of psychiatry and psychoanalysis-parallels of the greatest importance. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/the-myth-of-psychotherapy-thomas-szasz-1979ad.htm

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What Early Christians believed about USING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC O. Strunk, W. W. Norton and Co.: New York, 1950, pg. 70.) CLEMENT "Leave the pipe to the shepherd, the flute to the men who are in fear of gods and intent on their idol ... Vol. 11, p. 482-484) BINGHAM "Music in churches is as ancient as the apostles, but instrumental music not so." (Joseph Bingham, Church of England, Works, vol. 3, page 137) ... but they were common to almost all cults." (Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. III, pg. 246.) CHAMBERS "The organ is said to have been first introduced into church music by Pop Vitalian in 666. In 757, a great organ was sent as a present to Pepin by the Byzantine Emperor, Constantine, and placed in the church St. ... DICKINSON "In view of the controversies over the use of instrumental music in worship, which have been so violent in the British and American Protestant churches, it is an ... When the wish is father to the thought, correct exegesis is like water on a duck's back" (J. W. McGarvey, Biblical Criticism, p. 116). MCGARVEY "We cannot, therefore, by ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-music.htm

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Prism A (Rassam) and Prism C of Ashurbanipal/Osnappar: Alliance ... Manasseh joins 22 kings in an alliance with Esarhaddon in his first campaign of Egypt in 667 BC. Click to View Digging up Bible stories! "On my 1st campaign (667 BC), ... men, And all her great men were bound with fetters." (Nahum 3:8-10) b. Ashurbanipal is called Osnappar by Ezra: i. 450 BC: "then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of ... Using dead reckoning 723/22 BC is the latest possible date for year 6 of Bocchoris." (Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, and David A. Warburton, ... things which he had seen concerning the Beloved, 16 and because of the destruction of Sammael which he had seen through the LORD, while Hezekiah his father was king. ... [whose land] he [ruled over, forgot] the might of (the god) Assur and the goddess [Istar, the great gods], my lords, [and] (ii 10') trusted in [his] o[wn] strength. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-archeology-Rassam-Prism-A-C-Ashurbanipal-King-Assyria-Manasseh-Judah-Alliance-Taharqa-Tirhakah-Necho-II-Tanutamon-Psammetichus-I-Pharaoh-Egypt-667BC.htm

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Life of Mrs. E.G. White - Her Claims Refuted, by D.M. Canright ... Defining her position, she says: "In ancient times God spoke to men by the mouth of prophets and apostles. In these days he speaks to them by the testimonies of his ... See Uriah Smith's case in the chapter dealing with his view. Over forty years ago, in my early ministry and while yet a firm believer in all the Seventh-day Adventist ... (Encyclopedia Americana, article "Southcott"). Mrs. White claimed her gift to be the "testimony of Jesus" spoken of in Rev. 12:17, while Mrs. Southcott claimed to be the "woman" spoken of in verses 1 and 2 of the same chapter. Mrs. Southcott wrote "A Book of Wonders," while Mrs. White wrote a book called "The Great ... In "Life Sketches" (p. 15) he says: "At the age of fifteen I was baptized and united with the Christian church." That is all he says about it. His father had been a ... "Had his oration been a direct attack upon their gods, and the great men of the city who where before him, he would have been in danger of meeting the fate of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-Life-of-White-her-claims-refuted-canright.htm

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