do you jehovahs witnesses know that none of your so called scholars who translated your bible had no hebrew or greek training whats so ever?
they didnt even have any university training whatsoever.
only fredrick franz went to college and left after 2 years without even an undergraduate degree.
NOT TURE NOT TRUE, LALALALA................................................
WTF?!?!?!?!.....WHY would they?!?!.........................................................
But the WTBTS has proven that it tries to better itself....I promise they are better NOW.......
Oh well...they may be wrong after all...life sucks......
I realize now It is not the truth .....I'm FREE I'm Free....yippee
WOW that was a roller-coaster. Thanks for helping me realize.
as a solar-phallic symbol, i have no problems with it at all.
it symbolizes generation and regeneration... birth, life, death, rebirth... .
i have observed that many people wear crosses that have no religious identity.
Here is what I got from someone when I was a JW......
I often have a cross around my neck. Mine is a reminder of what Jesus came to do for man. I do not have one because I think that it is nice to look at, though I do not think that it is wrong. The cross is both the most beautiful and ugliest thing. So it is something to be abhorred and adorned.
If you have one just to let people know that you are religious then I have a problem with that. That smacks of the people that would pray in open so that others could observe them. They got their reward, which was no more than other people looking at them. I feel similarly about people that have a cross to show that they are religious; they have missed the point entirely.
I do not worship the cross or think that it is something special in and of itself, rather it is a reminder of Christ.
I think that the point of it being a reminder of Christ is shown in various 'styles' of crosses. For example the Celtic Catholic cross. It has never ending circles/patterns which represents the eternal nature of God. The Maltese cross that is the firefighter symbol was originally a literal shield that was used in battle. They shaped the cross to be as wide a covering as possible , so it would be a better shield. Now that cross, as a symbol for the firefighters, serves a symbolism for the protective power of Christ. Very appropriate for firefighters........
This sort of thing when on for a while, at which time I realized that prople dont really worship the cross, that it is just a reminder.
These need to be distributed more widely.
How cool would it be to have them inserted in the middle of a district convention, playing over the big screen in the stadium. Very V.
*** rbi8 matthew 16:27 ***.
27 for the son of man is destined to come in the glory of his father with his angels, and then he will recompense each one according to his behavior.. .
he just forgot to bring his angles with him & forgot to judge the nations.
I am living and breathing right now, I have evidence of that.
Umm.....no you do not have evidence.
Please PORVE that this is true.
When it has either served its purpose or adequately failed to do so.
ever notice when there's a bro in the hall who is really smart, that all the others suddenly start trying to one up him in the answers?
or when a co or do shows up, same thing?
and there's always that one brother who knows alot of stuff, but always manages to just get it wrong?
The "know it all" seems to be more accepted by JW's than society at large.
It seems to be that it provides some kind of validity to the truth to the JW. Saying that "Well, Bro. Genius accepts the truth, which proves that it must be logical because he is soooo smart". I have know of one in every hall that I have attended for any amount of time, which happens to be five.
whence the flood waters?.
skeptic (altadena, ca) - january 1, 2001. tom mciver.
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This was the first thing that I ever questioned about the WT doctrine.......AHH memories : )
How many of these have been done?
there was someones name on here that i thought was great, but cannot remember what it is.. what are some of the better screen names?.
There was someones name on here that I thought was great, but cannot remember what it is.
What are some of the better screen names?
what is the best way to have a bible study without the use of watchtower or awake magazines, just with the bible itself?
is the best way to just read a book of the bible and study that or read a chapter of a book, or word (topic).
then once you figure what you want to do, what is the best way to break it down.
Bite,
Creating an outline yourself is a great idea.
One more thing that I would like to add. Finding out about the historical purpose of the book in a few words is helpful and also fairly easy. You can find out the intended audience and the purpose of the book usually with a quick web search, often on wiki. This gives a good framework to understand the book. For example, Matthew was written in Hebrew to the Jewish people, so you would expect lots about the Mosaic Law b/c and Jewish perspective that is what they were familiar with.
Sounds like you have a concordance, which is helpful when looking up a very specific topic or a word study, but outside of that it is not that useful. I would recommend getting a bible dictionary (I like the Holman Dictionary) and a topical bible index (I like MacArthur's topical bible index) to complement your concordance.
Also, if you dont have any study bibles I would recommend getting a few; the NIV study bible, Reformation study bible, New Jerusalem study bible, MacArthur Study bible are all good. The study bibles are good for their text note, and some have mini essays in them. I think that it is good to have a wide perspective on biblical issues. In line with a study bible would be a good commentary, I have several but the Matthew Henry commentary seems to be the best to me. They wrote their commentary some time back and in several volumes, but you can get it in updated English and in one volume, mine is the one published by Zondervan.
When you are ready to get really deep look into a Systematic Theology book. They are very weighty and slow read but extremely valuable in getting really deep into specific topics, usually somewhere around 1,000-1,500 pages long. They are a slow read, takes up to a year to go though one and really understand it.
For the audio. It largely depends on what translation you want, but I happen to have one for the English Standard Version. There are problems with every translation, though the differences between translations are minor (with the exception of the NWT), but I find the ESV to be fair and readable. So, I went with The Listener's Bible narrated by Max McLean for the ESV. I think that this series comes in several different translations. It cost about 50 US dollars and came on four MP3 CDs. Max is a very good reader and I believe that he is a professional storyteller. Sometimes he is a bit high falutin in his reading which takes a bit to get used to, but most often it is warranted when he speaks like that. If I read the King James I think that I would have to go with James Early Jones reading, how cool would that be to hear him read the bible. Unfortunately he only does KJ.
All this can get really expensive, it took me a few years to build up my library and it still needs growing. Take your time and let God's word pour over you.
