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  John 1:1

  by Ding in

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  most the nwt translates john 1:1 as "... and the word was a god," not "...and the word was god.".

  the reason they give is that the word theos doesn't have the definite article in front of it in the greek.. in his 1982 book, "the jehovah's witness' new testament," greek scholar robert countess looked up all such occurrences in the nt (theos without the definite article) and checked the nwt.. he discovered that the wts only followed their stated rule 6% of the time.. 94% of the time, they translated it "god" anyway!.

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  Top 10 reasons why JWs don't have the truth - please contribute

  by oldlightnewshite in

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  i thought it would be an interesting exercise to ask everybody on here what their 'top 10 reasons why jws don't have the truth' actually were.

  maybe we can see some correlating views/patterns/ideas that may help us de-programme the newbies that come on this site.

  if eventually most people have an outstanding gripe/concern it'll help everybody understand the ex-jw mindset a little better.

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  TRINITY Challenge for JW's, Unitarians and Anyone Else

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  trinity challenge using only the new world translation of the holy scriptures -- let us debate and reason on the scriptures about whether god almighty is a trinity, or is only one person.. on another thread, bane said that we know for a fact immediately that nearly all religions other than jehovah's witnesses are false because almost all of them believe in the trinity.

  and bane claims he can "out-scripturize" anyone with the help of jehovah.

  * the son was praying to the father.

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  HELP! Information needed ASAP.

  by KW13 in

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  john 1:1.. in the nwt reference bible, is there any acknowledgement of the original translation (ie; footnote).

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  "What About John 1:1?"

  by John1one in

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  2. bible

  this item might be of interest to some, mentioned at the following website:.

  http://www.goodcompanionbooks.com.

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  Coptic John 1:1 makes it into the Watchtower.

  by slimboyfat in

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  wt november 1st has a two page article on how the early sahidic coptic version of the new testament translated god with an indefinite article in john 1:1 and argues this supports the new world translation's rendering "and the word was a god".

  online witness apologists have been using this piece of evidence in support of the nwt for a few years now.

  in particular solomon landers promoted the coptic version of john 1:1 in discussions with evangelicals and other who oppose witness theology.

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