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  I dare you

  by John Doe in

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  to pose a question i'm unable to answer.

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  How high is high?...
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  What was the accepted translation before the NWT?

  by tenyearsafter in

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  i seem to be drawing a blank, but i can't recall what the the "accepted" translation for jw's was pre-nwt?

  if it was the kj or one of the other translations favored by christendom, how did the wts work around the translation errors "corrected" by the nwt?...john 1:1, extensive use of jehovah in nt, etc.

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  Pope...thanks for the info on the American Standard Version...didn't realize the WTS published it at one time. Though the translation used the name Jehovah supporting WTS teaching, it still would be interesting to know how the WTS handled interpretation of John 1:1, etc. using this translation.
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  What was the accepted translation before the NWT?

  by tenyearsafter in

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  i seem to be drawing a blank, but i can't recall what the the "accepted" translation for jw's was pre-nwt?

  if it was the kj or one of the other translations favored by christendom, how did the wts work around the translation errors "corrected" by the nwt?...john 1:1, extensive use of jehovah in nt, etc.

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  Pope...my memory is starting to come into focus. I do remember the Revised Standard being used when I was a small fry. I recall part of the pitch during door to door work being that we would do bible study using any translation including the Douay.

  WTW...I would think the fact that the Douay included the extra books of the apocrypha the WTS would not overly encourage its use.
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  What was the accepted translation before the NWT?

  by tenyearsafter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i seem to be drawing a blank, but i can't recall what the the "accepted" translation for jw's was pre-nwt?

  if it was the kj or one of the other translations favored by christendom, how did the wts work around the translation errors "corrected" by the nwt?...john 1:1, extensive use of jehovah in nt, etc.

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  tenyearsafter

  I seem to be drawing a blank, but I can't recall what the the "accepted" translation for JW's was pre-NWT? If it was the KJ or one of the other translations favored by Christendom, how did the WTS work around the translation errors "corrected" by the NWT?...John 1:1, extensive use of Jehovah in NT, etc.?
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  Video: "StudiousJW" comes out of the shadows, briefly

  by Quotes in

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  rather long to get through all of these, but some of you will enjoy this.. .

  studiousjw responds (parts 1 - 3).

  studiousjw responds (parts 4 - 7).

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  Very interesting Quotes...isn't it fun trying to get a straight answer to a direct question from a JW???
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  Question for our scholars...

  by tenyearsafter in

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  i was asked an interesting question by a jw relative and was not exactly sure how to answer it...thought i would throw it out to the scholars on the board:.

  what was the expectation of an afterlife for faithful ones living before jesus was sacrificed?...did they believe they would have an afterlife on earth or in heaven?.

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  Thanks Leo!...bookmarked for later reading.
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  Have any of you just handed the book COC to a jw friend or relative?

  by cawshun in

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  if so, how did it go over, good or bad?

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  tenyearsafter

  you might check Randy's site:

  http://www.freeminds.org/sales/menuframes.htm
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  ?about Memorial, Annointed and Armegeddon

  by Guest with Questions in

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  jesus said that we are to remember him (memorial) until he comes back.

  jehovah's witnesses believe that he came invisibly back in 1914. some witnesses say that he will come back again; that the memorial ceases then.

  but that's not what watchtower literature says.

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  GWQ...you are bringing up the very questions many of us had that ultimately led to our exit!
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  Question for our scholars...

  by tenyearsafter in

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  i was asked an interesting question by a jw relative and was not exactly sure how to answer it...thought i would throw it out to the scholars on the board:.

  what was the expectation of an afterlife for faithful ones living before jesus was sacrificed?...did they believe they would have an afterlife on earth or in heaven?.

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  Thanks Leo and Greendawn...the whole "soul in limbo" after death concept has always troubled me.

  The writing by Josephus is VERY interesting. It is remarkable that a first century Jew would hold a concept that so closely parallels the concepts held by many modern Christians (not to mention "pagan" societies like the Greeks and Persians).

  ChoosingLife, I would love to read the Adam and Eve books...do you have a reference to find them?

  It is interesting that what could arguably be the most important part of the Bible chronology next to the life and death of Jesus...the fall of Adam...how that component could have such minimal detail and texture. The life of Jesus is the primary theme of the NT, yet the very reason for his being on earth receives barely more than a few paragraphs in the OT.
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  Happy to finally join the family

  by JustWantTruth in

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  so wonderful to finally be able to communicate with you all.

  like lurk3r mentioned, i feel like i have known you all for so long.

  first, off i would like to say to leolaia you are my idol, and i would love to just sit with you and pick your brain about a variety of topics.

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  tenyearsafter

  Hi JWT...welcome to the board!