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by booby in
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i've used the search feature to no avail.

someone says they hate mine..
booby

hey! wasn't that you?
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Who really is Michael the Archangel?
by theMadJW in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.themadjws.com/whoismichael.htm.

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let me know what you think- for i will be adding to the info!.
booby

hey mad - If Jesus is "a god" can he be also an angel? You said I criticize but I thought I was just commenting. Anyway I realize I might be off base here. I am assuming that you are pro jw. sorry if I am wrong on that but if not I was using their article to show how complex this can all get.
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Who really is Michael the Archangel?
by theMadJW in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.themadjws.com/whoismichael.htm.

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let me know what you think- for i will be adding to the info!.
booby

See the problem mad? in using this source to support their "a god" notion they also show how that same source says he is a divine being. I don't think they subscribe to that notion do they?
***w094/1p.19IsJesusGod?***
Identityof"theWord"?
Many Greek scholars and Bible translators acknowledge that John 1:1 highlights, not the identity, but a quality of "the Word." Says Bible translator William Barclay: "Because [the apostle John] has no definite article in front of theos it becomes a description . . . John is not here identifying the Word with God. To put it very simply, he does not say that Jesus was God." Scholar Jason David BeDuhn likewise says: "In Greek, if you leave off the article from theos in a sentence like the one in John 1:1c, then your readers will assume you mean 'a god.' . . . Its absence makes theos quite different than the definite hotheos, as different as 'a god' is from 'God' in English." BeDuhn adds: "In John 1:1, the Word is not the one-and-only God, but is a god, or divine being." Or to put it in the words of Joseph Henry Thayer, a scholar who worked on the AmericanStandardVersion: "The Logos [or, Word] was divine, not the divine Being himself."
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Exercising some doubt, or suspending belief, can be a real protection
by booby in
1. jw
2. friends
of course, not all doubt is bad.

at times, you need to suspend acceptance of something till you are sure of the facts.

religious exhortations to the effect that you should just believe and should doubt nothing are dangerous and deceptive.
booby

Ain't they just somethin with their spirit directed writin skills.
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Who really is Michael the Archangel?
by theMadJW in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.themadjws.com/whoismichael.htm.

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let me know what you think- for i will be adding to the info!.
booby

hey mad, do you believe this qoute? "In John 1:1, the Word is not the one-and-only God, but is a god, or divine being."
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Who really is Michael the Archangel?
by theMadJW in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.themadjws.com/whoismichael.htm.

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let me know what you think- for i will be adding to the info!.
booby

hey Mad, do you think Jesus is divine?
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Watchtower making CDs of each Magazine Issue? What's with This?
by Room 215 in
1. jw
2. experiences
wifey comes home with cds of watchtower and cd issues; what, don't they expect jws to read hard copy anymore?.
booby

Yup! Stay off the cell phone so that you can become engrossed in listening to a deep tower article.
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Who really is Michael the Archangel?
by theMadJW in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.themadjws.com/whoismichael.htm.

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let me know what you think- for i will be adding to the info!.
booby

themadjw = do you think that Jesus is divine?
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Who really is Michael the Archangel?
by theMadJW in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.themadjws.com/whoismichael.htm.

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let me know what you think- for i will be adding to the info!.
booby

so john 1:1 is wrong?
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Who really is Michael the Archangel?
by theMadJW in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.themadjws.com/whoismichael.htm.

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let me know what you think- for i will be adding to the info!.
booby

So theMadJW Just a thought here. Jdubs agree with (John1:1)AccordingtoJohn1 In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. 2 This one was in [the] beginning with God. 3 All things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.. . .
So was he a god or an angel.