Posts by Fisherman

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Is the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY the "faithful and discreet slave" of Matt. 24:45-47?

by Roger Kirkpatrick in

thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.

Fisherman

if you don't believe in them, regardless of your faith in Christ,

That doesn’t truly represent the faith because WT publishes it can be wrong admitting human error in interpreting the Bible. It stands to reason then that wt does not teach damnation standing on belief in wt error.

Think of an approach to study the Scriptures like solving a crossword puzzle where everyone agrees to solve the puzzle together and abide by the same rules. If you don’t, you are not part of the group.

Also, if you don’t agree with the way of JW and believe in a better way, you answer to God not to JW. Pursue what ever way one likes. JW are happy with their way and approach to study and understanding the Bible and living compared to the standard Jesus gave.

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Is the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY the "faithful and discreet slave" of Matt. 24:45-47?

by Roger Kirkpatrick in

thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.

Fisherman

Wt is the sole channel used by god ", or words to that effect.

Wt includes all JW in this case not only the fds that God uses exclusively.

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Is the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY the "faithful and discreet slave" of Matt. 24:45-47?

by Roger Kirkpatrick in

thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.

Fisherman

We don’t know. That’s why the question is asked in the Bible: “Who really is..? Only one that can answer that is JC. The liked Marvin Shilmer posted that they don’t even know because for many decades gb professed that all of the anointed was fds but now it it is only the gb, the rest of the anointed never was and insnt fds. However, we @ JW believe that the gb was and is fds.

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New method to absolutely date Fall of Jerusalem.

by waton in

for what it is worth to those interested.

1914.. tel-aviv university.

"biblical military campaigns reconstructed using geomagnetic field data.

Fisherman

Then, how come you view it as interpretation?!

Because it is not a historical fact.

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New method to absolutely date Fall of Jerusalem.

by waton in

for what it is worth to those interested.

1914.. tel-aviv university.

"biblical military campaigns reconstructed using geomagnetic field data.

Fisherman

Did you read his book?

Obviously, if I can comment on it as interpretation. It has also been a subject of discussion on this Forum decades ago or less with commentary on interpretation of ancient stelles, etc. scholar and other members here posting their views on it.

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New method to absolutely date Fall of Jerusalem.

by waton in

for what it is worth to those interested.

1914.. tel-aviv university.

"biblical military campaigns reconstructed using geomagnetic field data.

Fisherman

proves his conclusions with facts

Not really. His conclusions are only that, his interpretation. Not saying it’s not valid. I also don’t reject his view out of spite. I agree with WT interpretation because it makes sense. But we just don’t know for a fact, we can only believe.

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How do Witnesses reconcile Isaiah 43:10 with John 1:1

by Vanderhoven7 in

something does not compute.

you are my witnesses,”declares jehovah, yes, my servant whom i have chosen, so that you may know and have faith in me and understand that i am the same one.before me no god was formed, and after me there has been none.

isaiah 43:10. in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god and the word was god.

Fisherman

Don’t have to be a JW to conclude when reading the Bible that Jesus is the Messiah, his birth was miraculous, he was a son of God or that Jesus and Almighty God are 2 separate entities or other JW beliefs. Neither Earnest or SBJ or TD are WT apologists because they interpret parts of the Bible in agreement with JW. Calling them apologists is ridiculing their objective view. I respect their impartial posts.

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How do Witnesses reconcile Isaiah 43:10 with John 1:1

by Vanderhoven7 in

something does not compute.

you are my witnesses,”declares jehovah, yes, my servant whom i have chosen, so that you may know and have faith in me and understand that i am the same one.before me no god was formed, and after me there has been none.

isaiah 43:10. in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god and the word was god.

Fisherman

You don’t understand the Bible language and literary device and the meaning of the term God in Bible languages. Also when you are reading an English translation of the Bible. You are reading an interpretation of the translator. Sometimes you can’t put things into exact words of another language. And you need to factor in ( don’t forget) the rest of the Bible.

John was describing the human Jesus in his prehuman form.

In the beginning the Word (JC the first born —don’t forget he had a birth in heaven) existed. And the Word was with T H E D O C T O R, and the word was a doctor. In the Greek language, nouns can be descriptive or adjectives so there is no need for an article in front of doctor. “The Word was God” misrepresents what the scripture is saying because the verse does not say that the Word was THE GOD. It only describes the Word as having a GODlike nature. But the verse is absolutely not saying the Word and THE GOD are the same entity.

That is the best I can do. Again, don’t forget to factor in the test of the Bible

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New method to absolutely date Fall of Jerusalem.

by waton in

for what it is worth to those interested.

1914.. tel-aviv university.

"biblical military campaigns reconstructed using geomagnetic field data.

Fisherman

….Even the word apPOINTED times of the nations aka Gentiles Times(as JW see it) deals with war in the heavens and end of trampling Jerusalem.. Compared to magnetic pointing.

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New method to absolutely date Fall of Jerusalem.

by waton in

for what it is worth to those interested.

1914.. tel-aviv university.

"biblical military campaigns reconstructed using geomagnetic field data.

Fisherman

good for establish in whether other military campaigns were earlier or later.

Magnetic pointing.

Funny and Ironic how the word “pointed”occurs twice in God’s Word and both refer to military campaigns against Jerusalem. Once when the king of Babylon used uncanny power and God caused it to point to Jerusalem in 607 and 2 when Jesus prophesied about a fortification of pointed stakes that the Romans would build around Jerusalem in 70. Eze 21:22, Lu 19:43