One hundred forty-four thousand sealed

[Rumpel]

It would be more accurate to ask what kind of narrow minded people actually believe this crap?

Both questions are OK.
My question was a rhethoric an ironic question.

 

[Rumpel]

nothing else to add?

One can say it again: It is sheer nonsense - to put it mildly ....
And what would you like to add?

 

[Rumpel]

why would that be?

I also wonder why.

Many scholars believe the 144,000 was filled after WWII. Everyone born since are SOL.

Why?

 

[rickc]

Not many of those republicans will make it

They sure don't follow Jesus teachings

 

[NWO_Spook]

Both questions are OK.
My question was a rhethoric an ironic question.

Of course, I understood that, however, no god had anything to do with such a belief system, only men.

 

[TypicalRussian]

I also wonder why.




Why?

who is saying only 144k get in

 

[Rumpel]

who is saying only 144k get in

Those who witness dear old JAHWE - or whatever they call him ...

 

[TypicalRussian]

Those who witness dear old JAHWE - or whatever they call him ...

yeah.

 

[it's just me]

Many scholars believe the 144,000 was filled after WWII. Everyone born since are SOL.

How many?

 

[it's just me]

"144,000" was pre education speak for "a whole lot".

Basically a gross of thousands, both of which were familiar numbers.

Or poetic speak.

 

[it's just me]

What do Jehova's Witnesses say to that?

They think they are the only ones.

 

[What if...?]

Or poetic speak.

Iirc, the number shows up elsewhere. Most folk were completely illiterate back then. But the dozen has been around a long time. A dozen dozen is easy to conceive. Much the same for "thousand". Hence a dozen dozen thousands as shorthand for "a very large number".

 

[nota bene]

Or poetic speak.

You mean like how we should forgive "seventy times seven"?

 

[it's just me]

You mean like how we should forgive "seventy times seven"?

Something like that. At 491 all bets are off.

 

[nota bene]

Something like that. At 491 all bets are off.

Ha, you mean precisely like that.

 

[it's just me]

Iirc, the number shows up elsewhere. Most folk were completely illiterate back then. But the dozen has been around a long time. A dozen dozen is easy to conceive. Much the same for "thousand". Hence a dozen dozen thousands as shorthand for "a very large number".

I bought a T-shirt for my granddaughter that says "I love you 3000". That is incomprehensible.

 

[it's just me]

Ha, you mean precisely like that.

English is not a laughing matter....

 

[nota bene]

English is not a laughing matter....

George Carlin and I would disagree. Why do we say a "near-miss" rather than a "near-hit"? Why do we drive on a parkway but park in a driveway?

 

[it's just me]

George Carlin and I would disagree. Why do we say a "near-miss" rather than a "near-hit"? Why do we drive on a parkway but park in a driveway?

"Looks like they already missed"
"Yes, but not quite"

 

[Yasureoktoo]

“Asses and elbows” is a “police call!”

It's scrubbing the floor.

 

[Rumpel]

@ sealed

Any relation to the Navy Seals?

 

[RAMOSS]

@ sealed

Any relation to the Navy Seals?

 

[zyzygy]

"scholars?"

You beat me to it. Are people who know the Harry Potter stories backwards also called scholars?

 

[zyzygy]

'Biblical scholar' is a species of oxymoron.

 

[TypicalRussian]

George Carlin and I would disagree. Why do we say a "near-miss" rather than a "near-hit"? Why do we drive on a parkway but park in a driveway?

deep.