Is it evidence for or against religions if they came from America?
For instance Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses. Are there more? Scientology. Any more?
I would argue it is evidence against the religion because America has quite literally nothing the to do with the Bible. What other evidence flows from a religion coming from America?
How many religions came from America?
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How many religions came from America?
Post #1Proverbs 18:17 The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
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Re: How many religions came from America?
Post #321oldbadger wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:08 amYou have no ideas about the people who I listen to.
No, God never did inspire revelation, nor this junk about harlots, the Syrian city nor anything else.
This spin, together with many other church constructs of those times is nothing at all to do with anything that Jesus stood for or spoke about.
G-John turned the enemies of Jesus from the Temple Priesthood in to 'The Jews', an outrageous lie...if wickedness exists in the bible, then there is a great chunk of it, right there.
And Paul hasd no interest in anything that Jesus said or did, apart from the last meal and hours.
Who is listening to the wrong men?
Paul did all that Jesus taught. Peter would have told him otherwise but he didnt because Paul did all Jesus said. Paul had to correct Peter 1 time.
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Post #322I don't believe that Jesus taught or directed or adbised anything to Paul.
Paul didn't need a word from Jesus to help in his directions to churches, save the last meal and hours.
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Post #323The holy spirit guided Paul. Gods will was accomplished.
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Post #324Clearly not.
2000 years of trouble, strife, starvation, war, enmity........... and then about a century ago you think his true word was discovered.
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Post #326So what you are telling me is that you don't just believe that the Genesis accounts are true, but that you know they are true.
OK.
So how long have you been a JW? Did you grow up in a JW family, or did you meet with the JWs during your life? What did you believe in before? Do you attend JW congregation?
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Re: How many religions came from America?
Post #327oldbadger wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 12:47 amSo what you are telling me is that you don't just believe that the Genesis accounts are true, but that you know they are true.
OK.
So how long have you been a JW? Did you grow up in a JW family, or did you meet with the JWs during your life? What did you believe in before? Do you attend JW congregation?
I started studying in 1961. Yes i attend.
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Re: How many religions came from America?
Post #328American Unitarian Association, 1825
Unitarian Universalism, 1961 (consolidation of the Universalist Church and the AUA)
Latter Day Saint movement/Mormonism, 1830
New Thought Movement, 1830s-onward
Divine Science, 1888
Unity Church, 1889
Science of Mind, 1927
Adventist/Millerites, 1840s
Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1863
Spiritualism, 1840s
Christadelphians 1848
Jehovah's Witnesses, 1870 (1931)
Old Order Mennonites, c.1872
The Theosophical Society (Eastern Theosophy), 1875
Ethical Culture, 1877 onward
Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science), 1879
Indian Shaker Church, 1881
Black Hebrew Israelites, 1886
Ghost Dance, 1889
Native American Church, 1890s
Polish National Catholic Church, 1897
The Rosicrucian Fellowship (Esoteric Christianity, Western Theosophy, Western mystery tradition), 1909 (1313)
Moorish Science Temple of America, 1913
Reconstructionist Judaism, 1920s
Jewish Renewal, 1960s
Nation of Islam, founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace Fard Muhammad in July 1930
Spiritual Christian (Dukh-i-zhizniki), 1928
Huna (New Age),1936
Scientology, 1954
Peoples Temple, 1955
Branch Davidians, 1955
Universal Life Church, 1959
Discordianism, 1963
Reformed Druids of North America, 1963
Moorish Orthodox Church of America, 1964
Eckankar, 1965
Church of Satan (LaVeyan Satanism), 1966
Universal Eclectic Wicca, 1969
Georgian Wicca, 1970
Church of the SubGenius, 1970s
Dianic Wicca, 1970s
Kemetism, 1970s
Heaven's Gate, 1970s
The Creativity Movement, 1973
Jews for Jesus, 1973
Ausar Auset Society, 1973
Kemetic Orthodoxy, 1988
Endeavor Academy (Course in Miracles), 1992
Dudeism, 1998
21st century
Jediism, 2001
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, 2005
The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, either 2009 or 2010
Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption, 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_r ... ted_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia
Unitarian Universalism, 1961 (consolidation of the Universalist Church and the AUA)
Latter Day Saint movement/Mormonism, 1830
New Thought Movement, 1830s-onward
Divine Science, 1888
Unity Church, 1889
Science of Mind, 1927
Adventist/Millerites, 1840s
Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1863
Spiritualism, 1840s
Christadelphians 1848
Jehovah's Witnesses, 1870 (1931)
Old Order Mennonites, c.1872
The Theosophical Society (Eastern Theosophy), 1875
Ethical Culture, 1877 onward
Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science), 1879
Indian Shaker Church, 1881
Black Hebrew Israelites, 1886
Ghost Dance, 1889
Native American Church, 1890s
Polish National Catholic Church, 1897
The Rosicrucian Fellowship (Esoteric Christianity, Western Theosophy, Western mystery tradition), 1909 (1313)
Moorish Science Temple of America, 1913
Reconstructionist Judaism, 1920s
Jewish Renewal, 1960s
Nation of Islam, founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace Fard Muhammad in July 1930
Spiritual Christian (Dukh-i-zhizniki), 1928
Huna (New Age),1936
Scientology, 1954
Peoples Temple, 1955
Branch Davidians, 1955
Universal Life Church, 1959
Discordianism, 1963
Reformed Druids of North America, 1963
Moorish Orthodox Church of America, 1964
Eckankar, 1965
Church of Satan (LaVeyan Satanism), 1966
Universal Eclectic Wicca, 1969
Georgian Wicca, 1970
Church of the SubGenius, 1970s
Dianic Wicca, 1970s
Kemetism, 1970s
Heaven's Gate, 1970s
The Creativity Movement, 1973
Jews for Jesus, 1973
Ausar Auset Society, 1973
Kemetic Orthodoxy, 1988
Endeavor Academy (Course in Miracles), 1992
Dudeism, 1998
21st century
Jediism, 2001
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, 2005
The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, either 2009 or 2010
Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption, 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_r ... ted_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia