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  This One Is For Scholar And His Celebrated WT Scholars

  by Honesty in

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  2. bible

  i have some quotes from several respected bible linguists regarding the new world translation: .

  dr. julius mantey - "a manual grammar of the greek new testament" calls the new world translation "a shocking mistranslation".

  dr. bruce metzger, late professor of new testament at princeton university -"a frightful mistranslation", "erroneous", "pernicious", and "reprehensible".

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  Big Dog

  I had this discussion with my sister where I questioned the credentials of the folks who did the translation and she said that wasn't important and that I placed too much emphasis on secular learning. Later in the same conversation I asked her why her kids were not attending the JW school (there was one in her community at the time) and she responded, oh I'm not sending my kids there, none of the teachers have degrees. Needless to say I just sort of looked at her like this .

  Never underestimate the power of denial.
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  This One Is For Scholar And His Celebrated WT Scholars

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have some quotes from several respected bible linguists regarding the new world translation: .

  dr. julius mantey - "a manual grammar of the greek new testament" calls the new world translation "a shocking mistranslation".

  dr. bruce metzger, late professor of new testament at princeton university -"a frightful mistranslation", "erroneous", "pernicious", and "reprehensible".

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  The point Scholar I think is this, there is such a thing as technical proficiency and credentials. When you go to a physician Scholar, do you go to one that read Grey's anatomy once and a few books on medical science or do you go to one with diplomas on the wall that certify that the physician attended an accredited medical school, did his residency etc.?

  The point is the critics of the NWT have credentials that show they have been trained in ancient languages and translation, the individuals at Bethel have none.
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  Self Pity and other worthless emotions.

  by Big Dog in

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  i never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.

  a small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

  d.h. lawrence.

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  The way I look at guilt is if I have done something wrong I do my best to put it right, if I can't fix it I move on as there is nothing I can do about it and feeling guilty over it won't change a thing. I will learn from my mistake and try not to repeat it, but I won't engage in punishing myself with guilt.
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  Self Pity and other worthless emotions.

  by Big Dog in

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  i never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.

  a small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

  d.h. lawrence.

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  I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

  D.H. Lawrence

  I remember reading the above in one of my college literature classes and it really striking a chord with me about how useless and self destructive self pity is.

  Of all the things we can feel I believe that self-pity and guilt are the worst. What do you think are the most worthless emotions/feeling we can have?
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  Indoctrination 101: The Sep KM insert - From Student to Publisher

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  most of us who have/are associated with jehovah's witnesses are familiar with the indoctrination process and how it works.. well, for those of us who want to see the process from start to finish, the watchtower has very kindly included an insert in the.

  september kingdom ministry, entitled conducting progressive bible studies.. .

  my comments are in red, interesting comments are highlighted.

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  I went through the RCIA classes at the Catholic Church as I married a Catholic and wanted to know more about what she believed. I was really surprised at the difference in methods they used, but I guess that's the difference between a mainstream religion and a cult.
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  Arnolds Body Building Tips!

  by ASchwarzenegger in

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  hello all you noodle kegs,.

  this shall be my thread of revealing my secret training tips, because as i'm getting old and senile i may not recall everyting precisely.. .

  here is some tips on how to work out when your not around a gym.

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  Big Dog

  Vhat is dis about?
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  Giant galaxies in early universe

  by zagor in

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  spitzer and hubble team up to find "big baby" galaxies in the newborn universe .

  two of nasa's great observatories, the spitzer and hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to "weigh" the stars in several very distant galaxies.

  one of these galaxies, among the most distant ever seen, appears to be unusually massive and mature for its place in the young universe.

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  I am watching "Contact" as I read this, the whole scale of the thing is just beyond comprehension. I just keep thinking about that line about if we are the only life what a huge waste of space.
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  My Surgery is coming up soon........

  by whyamihere in

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  well my doctor doesn't want to wait any longer.

  on friday sept 30th i have my angiogram.

  my step mother is so wonderful.

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  Brooke, hope all goes well, I'll be thinking of you.
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  Marriage and Age

  by pratt1 in

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  would you marry someone more than 15 years older or younger than yourself?.

  it seems to be somewhat common for men to marry women significantly younger than them selves, but when a woman marries a man much younger, it seems to generate a lot of attention.. what are your thoughts?

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  FHN, I agree, its a decision each person has to make for themselves weighing the possible benefits against the possible problems. I guess I just come from the school of thought of there are enough problems that crop up in life even with the best planning that I am not going to add anything to that mix, but then when possible "true love" comes into play, that can change everything. So many unknowns when trying to make decisions in life.
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  Marriage and Age

  by pratt1 in

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  would you marry someone more than 15 years older or younger than yourself?.

  it seems to be somewhat common for men to marry women significantly younger than them selves, but when a woman marries a man much younger, it seems to generate a lot of attention.. what are your thoughts?

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  FHN, she still loves him, there is no question about that, but the realities of the situation are not pleasant either. She has become a nuresmaid to him and he despises that much more than she does. They can no longer enjoy each other as they used to or do things together like they used to, true that can happen to any couple due to an accident etc. but statistically its not as likely as old age to come into play.

  I think there is a lot to be said for growing old together rather than one after the other.