Posts by Justahuman24

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Kingdom Hall shooting

by Stealth in

sad to see people so effected by this religon that they resort to violence.

i was glad to here no one was fatally ingured.

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Justahuman24

Maybe it was someone who has been screwed over by the WTS? Or maybe someone from this Forum? LOL j/k It's sad things like that happen. justahuman - but super nonetheless

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TMS 2007 Documents

by meg99 in

does anyone know of where i can get my hands on a copy of the 2007 tms documents.

looks like alot of jw's are freakin out about posting that information online this year.

not a big deal, but well you know how it goes...

Justahuman24

Thanks a lot OnTheWayOut and Zuko for the 2007 TMS English version! You guys are awesome! justahuman - but super nonetheless

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TMS 2007 Documents

by meg99 in

does anyone know of where i can get my hands on a copy of the 2007 tms documents.

looks like alot of jw's are freakin out about posting that information online this year.

not a big deal, but well you know how it goes...

Justahuman24

Thanks a lot for the TMS 2007 in Spanish, what-a-coincidence! You're awesome! justahuman - but super nonetheless

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Oops, I gave my sister a Demon (twice)

by MeneMene in

first demon - - i sent my jw sister an email with some info about wts.

i just got a package in the mail from her.

course she disagreed with all the info but said her computer crashed right after she opened that email and she doesnt know if it can be fixed.

Justahuman24

That is really funny. Not sure it's true at all. justahuman - but super nonetheless

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Watchtower Software

by TowerWatch in

someone told me that the wtbts has software for witnesses that blocks out "apostate" sites and enables them to track sites their children visit.

this somehow does not ring true to me and i have dismissed it as rumor.

i know there is software out there like that but is the watchtower publishing a version of their own and making it available to the publishers as this person said?.

Justahuman24

wow!!! The lengths cults go to just to control their followers. They're afraid they'll leave when their eyes are opened and they'll lose that follower's money! $$$

justahuman - but super nonetheless

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John 1:1 in the KIT, how blind a JW must be to actually believe the WT

by A-Team in

ok, ya know the scripture and all, but there is something that even jws can't even deny.

in john 1:1, the word god, or theos.

the lower case word of god, in the greek is qeov, the upper case word is "8eov" (my keyboard doent have that letter as you know) the word god appears twice in this verse, written the exact same way.

Justahuman24

There was already a thread about John 1:1.

I really don't think John1:1 was added later. It would've created such controversy among Christians if such thing had happened and it would've been talked about for centuries to come.

As I have mentioned in another thread, I took New Testament Greek when I was in college and we read portions of the Bible in Greek. We read John 1:1 and there was this non-denominational Christian kid who argued with me - I was a JW then - abuot John 1:1 and he decided to bring the argument to the class, maybe bcz he thought the professor would agree with him. Well, my professor who is a Buddhist and therefore I can say she's partial and non-bias when talking about John 1:1, pretty much disagreed with this kid and said that the second "theon" was to be trasnlated as a qualitative adj. and not a noun because it didn't have the definite article the first theon had. She didn't say it should be translated "a god" like the WTS translates it because the construction of the sentence would've been different but that it could be translated as "godlike", "divene", "godly" etc. thus giving Jesus divine quality NOT divinity. I really don't believe in the trinity at all. The WT may have a wrong way of explaining its monotheism but I think they're right in saying that Jesus is not the same as God.

Also, the Greek language is a hard language to translate from, as is also Latin and Heb., because based on the construction of the sentences, it is hard to accurately and fully understand the thought that it's being conveyed. Greek and Latin don't have a specific order/structure like English does. And because of that, these two languages are easily used and misused by translators of the Bible. They can use their biased thinking and translate a sentence or paragraph however they want just to suit their bias. And arguments can be made for the many different translations. So, as a whole, in order to understand the Bible, the whole Bible has to be read and what it teaches about God, Jesus, etc. to actually know what it really teaches about Jesus and God. I personally don't think it teaches the trinity at all.

Sure, some names and titles are applied to Jesus and to God but the same goes with Jesus and other humans and no one says Nebucchadnezzar is Jesus just bcz he's called "king of kings". Jesus deserves the many titles and position God has given him bcz of his role in salvation.

justahuman - but super nonetheless

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John 1:1 in the KIT, how blind a JW must be to actually believe the WT

by A-Team in

ok, ya know the scripture and all, but there is something that even jws can't even deny.

in john 1:1, the word god, or theos.

the lower case word of god, in the greek is qeov, the upper case word is "8eov" (my keyboard doent have that letter as you know) the word god appears twice in this verse, written the exact same way.

Justahuman24

There was already a thread about John 1:1.

I really don't think John1:1 was added later. It would've created such controversy among Christians if such thing had happened and it would've been talked about for centuries to come.

As I have mentioned in another thread, I took New Testament Greek when I was in college and we read portions of the Bible in Greek. We read John 1:1 and there was this non-denominational Christian kid who argued with me - I was a JW then - abuot John 1:1 and he decided to bring the argument to the class, maybe bcz he thought the professor would agree with him. Well, my professor who is a Buddhist and therefore I can say she's partial and non-bias when talking about John 1:1, pretty much disagreed with this kid and said that the second "theon" was to be trasnlated as a qualitative adj. and not a noun because it didn't have the definite article the first theon had. She didn't say it should be translated "a god" like the WTS translates it because the construction of the sentence would've been different but that it could be translated as "godlike", "divene", "godly" etc. thus giving Jesus divine quality NOT divinity. I really don't believe in the trinity at all. The WT may have a wrong way of explaining its monotheism but I think they're right in saying that Jesus is not the same as God.

Also, the Greek language is a hard language to translate from, as is also Latin and Heb., because based on the construction of the sentences, it is hard to accurately and fully understand the thought that it's being conveyed. Greek and Latin don't have a specific order/structure like English does. And because of that, these two languages are easily used and misused by translators of the Bible. They can use their biased thinking and translate a sentence or paragraph however they want just to suit their bias. And arguments can be made for the many different translations. So, as a whole, in order to understand the Bible, the whole Bible has to be read and what it teaches about God, Jesus, etc. to actually know what it really teaches about Jesus and God. I personally don't think it teaches the trinity at all.

Sure, some names and titles are applied to Jesus and to God but the same goes with Jesus and other humans and no one says Nebucchadnezzar is Jesus just bcz he's called "king of kings". Jesus deserves the many titles and position God has given him bcz of his role in salvation.

justahuman - but super nonetheless

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Watchtower Library's .pub files

by babystar_jr in

i have a question.

how do you decode .pub files in rs_data_e folder of watchtower library?.

i want to extract not only a plain text but also relations of the footnotes links.. (i am not good at english.

Justahuman24

Not sure at all how to do that. What's your native language?

Wait! Do you mean decode as in what the letters stand for e.g. Bbi8 = New World Translation?

justahuman - but super nonetheless

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Watchtower Library's .pub files

by babystar_jr in

i have a question.

how do you decode .pub files in rs_data_e folder of watchtower library?.

i want to extract not only a plain text but also relations of the footnotes links.. (i am not good at english.

Justahuman24

Not sure at all how to do that. What's your native language?

Wait! Do you mean decode as in what the letters stand for e.g. Bbi8 = New World Translation?

justahuman - but super nonetheless

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Need some WT info re: Publications

by Lady Lee in

i have been doing a lot of collecting lately i have been through reexaminer's website and collecting the pdf files that atlantis (thanks to both of you for making this available) has been posting.

plus i had quite a few books in pdf form from a while ago.. on freeminds there is a list (http://www.freeminds.org/sales/wtpubs.htm) of watchtoweer publications but it stops with the following.

1990 all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial 352 pages, revised [si] 1990 mankind's search for god 384 pages [sh] 1991 the greatest man who ever lived 452 pages.

Justahuman24

I also like collecting the WTS literature, Lady Lee. I'd like to have older publications but some of them are out of print and the ones sold on eBay are a bit expensive. Also, my mother doesn't like it because she says I'm just collecting garbage and since I'm not a JW anymore and won't read all the books, she said they'll just take up space in the basement.

But oh well. Some day I'll get more literature and have my own library lol

justahuman - but super nonetheless