What do JWs think of this?

Part of a document I'm preparing to submit to a JW. If anyone is interested, I'd like to get the JW stance on these, whether from believing or non-believing JWs (not sure what the latter really means). The more the merrier. Thanks.

Which of the following statements are true? Please answer true, false, or don’t know.

· Every edition of the NWT bible ever printed is identical, word for word, letter for letter.

· The NWT bible is absolutely 100% accurate in the historic events and artefacts (buildings, rivers etc.) it describes. If it seems to contain errors or contradictions, that is just because the reader is misunderstanding.

· Some, possibly very few, details of the NWT bible aren’t 100% accurate but that is due to small errors in copying and language translation over the years since the original manuscripts.

· The bible isn’t intended to be a detailed analysis of history, but its overall message is generally true and it is meant to be taken as a guide to living and an instruction from God.

· The bible was originally written (pen to paper, chisel to stone or whatever) by men, all of which were directly inspired by God.

· The bible was originally written (pen to paper, chisel to stone or whatever) by men, only some of which were directly inspired by God.

· God’s inspiration took the form of which of the following?

o Direct dictation of words

o Influencing people’s lives in such a way that they wrote the correct words

o Commanding people to write what they saw

o Revealing truth directly to people’s minds

o Some of the first four statements (please specify which)

o All of the first four statements

· Every human, chimp, lion, mouse, kangaroo, ferret and goat alive today has a direct ancestor on Noah’s ark.

· Every insect alive today has a direct ancestor on Noah’s ark.

· Every plant life alive today has a direct ancestor on Noah’s ark.

· Every bird alive today has a direct ancestor on Noah’s ark.

· Freshwater fish, which cannot live in saltwater, did not survive the flood.

· Freshwater fish did not exist before the flood.

· Freshwater fish are the descendents of saltwater fish that adapted to freshwater after the flood.

· Dinosaurs went extinct before the great flood.

· Dinosaurs were wiped out by the flood.

· Dinosaurs were on Noah’s ark.

· Before ‘the fall’ there was no death whatsoever.

· Before ‘the fall’ there was no death except for some ‘lower’ life forms, perhaps including bacteria.

· Before ‘the fall’ shellfish didn’t die.

What do JWs think of this?

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