Posts by HowTheBibleWasCreated

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The Emphasized Bible - Now included in WT LIbrary

by Wonderment in

the emphasized bible (rotherham) is now included in the wt library under "other bibles.".

therefore it joins kit, kjv, asv, & the bible in living english in such group.. any thoughts?.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

I think they published this version in the past. The fact that it includes the divine name as Yahweh is a plus but it still uses old language.. a minus.

I glanced through it. It is really almost the same as the bible in living English I suspect it will be on JW library app soon under translations. As for Johannes Greber sure I could see that people make a big thing out of his religious views but who cares. The WT did not produce the KJV, ASV, etc. Who cares what he believed. if the translation is within acceptable standards it's fine., Even the NWT fits nowadays in modern critical biblical study.

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Converted Greek Philosopher Explains Christianity in 125 AD

by Sea Breeze in

i ran across a pretty early treatise.

we were all taught that "real" christianity was lost to history and was only restored once russell and then rutherford restored it so that the wt could be appointed as god's "mouthpiece".

but, aristides wrote to the emperor hadrian and gave a pretty good synopsis of core christian belief in 125 ad.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Ignatius letters are late and fake.

As for the original post. The gospel I would say is the gospel of peter, thomas or marcion. The expression 'clothed himself in flesh' matches peter best

I would say however that you are right Jesus was originally thought of as divine by SOME CHRISTIANS. Others saw him as cosmic (Hebrews, Revelation) or an angel like being. (Ascension of Isaiah)

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God vs ET`s ,why is one more probable than the other ?

by smiddy3 in

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billions of people around the world beleive in a god of some sort or other who exerts some power or influence to some degree or other in lifes affairs .. i don`t think there would be anywhere near that figure that would entertain the possability of extra terrestial life elsewhere in the universe.. and i find that curious .. the ancients didn`t know that their were other humans on other continents on this planet until they ventured out and found them .. we live somewhere in the milky way galaxy with millions of suns and planets that orbit them.. our galaxy is only one of trillions if not zillions of galaxys in the known universe.. look at the diversity of life on just this one planet earth ,what possabilitys could exist elsewhere ?

on alien worastronomers can use the hubble space telescope to view galaxies near the edge of the observable universe (the region of space from which light has had a chance to reach us within the last 13.77 billion years).

by examining a very tiny portion of the sky, counting up the number of visible galaxies in the universe in that specific region, and then multiplying that number to account for all the regions of the sky, astronomers estimate the number of galaxies in the universe.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Life evolves from the bottom up not the top down. I think you can understand from that one sentence the ideas of gods and aliens are two different sides. One is probable the other is improbable.

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Governing Body; Villians or just Deluded?

by pistolpete in

are you sometimes dumbfounded at the direction the governing body takes?.

thousands of documents proving 607 bce is wrong, yet the gb sticks to the date, why?.

the generation that would not die, yet they continue by introducing an overlapping generation.. disfellowshipping at a time when everyone is leaving, not a good idea, yet they continue to disfellowship.. here is a video that addresses these questions.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbgeqhp9o9i.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

I'm not sure all are deluded. Take Anthony Morris II he has a life story in the WT were he plainly expressed hope ion the paradise earth.,... uh aren't you anointed?

Mark Sanderson held up a replica of the Isaiah Scroll when talking about the Revised New World Translation. There are three marks on the Isaiah Scrolls indicating the disunity of the book of Isaiah.

Geoffroy Jackson said he couldn't talk a to Jesus. He also said the governing body were 'trying to fulfill the role of the faithful and discreet slave' and to assume they were the only ones would be presumptuous.

Sorry these guys are all power hungry or self-deluded.

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The three wise men

by Simon in

just a thought.... looking through the greatest man book, something just occurred to me which i can't recall has ever been highlighted (but please correct me).. i always thought it a bit strange that jehovah allowed the three pagan astrologers to find jesus especially as they were obviously guided to him by satan's star (remember they were led to herod first who wanted to kill the messiah).

what purpose did it serve?.

well, a few pages earlier in tgm book, we see mary presenting a dove as a sin offering at the temple - this was the cheapest offering that was acceptable which must have meant that they were pretty poor at the time.. shortly after the three wise men visited the family had to flee to egypt when herod started to kill all the young boys in an attempt to kill jesus.. what would they need to travel and live as exiles for a couple of years?.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

I would add that Matthew might have borrowed this from Numbers 23 from Balaam's star prophecy.

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Interesting Find with Chronology

by Kelley959 in

i hope this is in the right area.

i've been studying the 2520 days/years 607/587/586 debacle.

for a while now i have felt 1914 was wrong.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

On what basis does the OP place the dead sea scrolls before164 bce? I can find none

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The Covid-19 Vaccines do NOT Alter Human Genes, despite the myths to the contrary

by Disillusioned JW in

["covid-19 vaccines can’t alter your dna, here’s why"]

can covid-19 vaccines alter my dna?

no, covid-19 vaccines do not alter your dna.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Damn I haven't changed into Wolverine yet.

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Bestseller book “Jesus Was Schizophrenic” now available in English !

by yalbmert99 in

bestseller book “jesus was schizophrenic” now available in english !

free in digital format!

paperback version available.. https://www.watchtowerlies.com/jesus_was_schizophrenic.html.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

I'd add that Philo mentioned a Jesus but it was his own imagination a heavenly Joshua (This was before Jesus ministry supposedly took place)

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Constantine

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

the fact that the majority of the world jumps when you say 'god' is traced back to one guy.

constantine, this is the one man that made christianity the official religion rome thus masking the beliefs of people until the reformation a literal hell.. oh yes mohamed knew his teaching later.. when you say 'god' as if other people are supposed to be impressed you owe that to constantine.

not a mythical figure named jesus, .

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Rivergang

You are correct. Thanks for bringing this up. We can replace every mention of Constantine with Theodosius in the OP.

I suspect with the Holy Roman empire and later the Crusades started the lockdown on other religions was much tighter.

The Dark Ages continues where I leave off my book so I have not researched these centuries. However I can see now a read of Will Durant's -Age of Faith is in order.

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Interesting Find with Chronology

by Kelley959 in

i hope this is in the right area.

i've been studying the 2520 days/years 607/587/586 debacle.

for a while now i have felt 1914 was wrong.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

schooler I refrained from this posy but it's time for me to enter are you sure yo want to hear me out. I'm a biblical minimalist. Daniel has ZERO basis in the six century bce live with it. That's\ blunt that's me