@tornapart
Which song numbers praise F&DS? I haven't acutally read/sung any songs from the new song book.
F&DS reducing occurrences of JESUS in revised New World Translation
by wannabefree 13 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Witness My Fury
LOL @phizzy
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Wonderment
tornapart said: "I've noticed more songs in the songbook praising the FDS, GB... Jesus gets barely a look in. I can't sing them. I find it disturbing that Christ is getting increasingly left out. I much prefer the NIV bible to the NWT. At least Christ has his rightful place in it."
I find it disturbing too that Christ is getting increasingly left out in the JWs circle. It is appaling!
About the NIV and the NWT comment, I think both versions are accurate enough, but both push their theological agenda in more than a few places, as is true with most Bible versions. The NIV "evangelical" approach is evident throughout. I still like the NIV a lot, and I feel, that it is one translation that successfully conveys God's Word in a readable manner while staying close to the "original" Text. In that sense, they did an admirable job.
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tornapart
Some of the old ones are still ok but this one for instance....... no 116 The Light Gets Brighter
"Our Lord has appointed a trustworthy slave,
Through whom he gives food in due season
The light of the truth has grown brighter with time
Appealing to heart and to reason
Our path ever clearer our steps ever firm
we walk in the brightness of day...."
Needless to say, my tongue gets stuck to the roof of my mouth....