"In the beginning" was how the bible used to start.

by Simon 7 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Simon

  In the new "2013 New World Translation" that is now on page 43 !

  Good to know what they consider to be the most important eh ?!

  Also kind of funny are the articles at the back. They explain how the bible is super-duper accurate and has been preserved by careful copying throughout the centuries, transcribed letter by letter ... right after the bit where they explain how they re-wrote the words actually used to make the meaning 'clearer' (i.e. fit their doctrines)

  I thought the bible was inspired and was written by god. So are they saying he wasn't really up to the task of writing it and they can now phrase things better?

  Not only that but one minute they are claiming it's been perfectly preserved and the next that god's name was erased and they needed to add it back. You can't have it both ways - if something so important as god's name was apparently altered then how confident can people be of the rest of it?

  How do witnesses who claim to believe the bible and hold it above all else reconcile their treatment of the scriptures?
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  Simon

  Also, I miss the dinosaurs on the maps
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  Comatose

  Gods name being missing but he making sure it was preserved perfectly is what got me about a year ago. lol
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  Apognophos

  I'm actually glad that Genesis has been pushed into the Bible a ways. I was always irritated trying to flip to early chapters of Genesis and having the cover slow me down. It's much faster to get to now. But I agree that it's strange they put so much preamble in front of it.
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  Band on the Run

  The dinos are missing? What is this world coming to...Dino on the Flintstone reminded me of the WT Dinoasaur.

  I saw some exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in NY about myths and dinoasaurs. Most of the fossils recovered are in a certain geographic belt. People coming across dinoasaur bones would invent myths to account for the finds.

  May I ask about John 1? Does it matter at all?

  The WT is self-selecting. People who don't like authority are not going to be attracted in the first place. I see here where so many people feel they need a formal revocation of their baptismal vows to move on to a new life. Also, attending judicial counsels. I suppose we tend to leave in increments b/c it is more comfortable.
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  suavojr

  When you start asking yourself these questions is when you stop believing in fairy tales.
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  OUTLAW

  Genesis 1

  King James Version (KJV)

  1 In the beginning the WBT$ GB Rock Star Popes created the heaven and the earth.

  2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of the WBT$ GB Rock Star Popes moved upon the face of the waters.

  3 And the WBT$ GB Rock Star Popes said, Let there be light: and there was light.

  4 And the WBT$ GB Rock Star Popes saw the light, that it was good: and the WBT$ GB Rock Star Popes divided the light from the darkness.

  5 And the WBT$ GB Rock Star Popes called the light Day, and the darkness they called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

  6 And the WBT$ GB Rock Star Popes said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

  Ya..We did all that..And..

  A bunch of other Cool Shit too!!..

  

  ..............................................OUTLAW
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  jgnat

  My NIV starts with a few pages, fine print, describing its process, the texts used, and the names of the scholars on the committee.