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  Peshitta, Aramaic New Testament

  by Connie in

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  has anyone come across this line of research on the new testament?

  i stumbled upon it today researching the divine name, and textual criticism of the nt.

  it seems that the peshitta is an aramaic translation that has been handed down through the centuries without the controversies of the greek translation.

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  Eden one- If I may, the Catholic Church does not like these Mary sightings. They deny every instance of any supernatural apparition until it gets to the point that they can no longer deny it. The Christian faith is set and has been since the apostles started the church some 2000 years ago. Fatima (in Portugal) , like Lordes (in France) had so much evidence as a real supernatural event that the Church HAD to accept it.

  Fatima in particular had over 60,000 witnesses. Not just Catholic brain washed minions, but lots of skeptics and doubters looking to discredit the children involved and the Church too. The kids involved announced that God would give proof to the crowd on Oct13th. Tens of thousands arrived...thousands to discredit, yet every single person declared the same experience. Some as far as 20 miles away. More likely something supernatural happened there than a big hoax. At least according to those 60k witnesses.

  just saying...cause I looked it up too
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  Peshitta, Aramaic New Testament

  by Connie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  has anyone come across this line of research on the new testament?

  i stumbled upon it today researching the divine name, and textual criticism of the nt.

  it seems that the peshitta is an aramaic translation that has been handed down through the centuries without the controversies of the greek translation.

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  Worth reminding people that Christianity was here for hundreds of years before the new testament was compiled. Jesus started HIS church on the apostles and THEY decided what was to be promoted and what was not.

  The last verification of the cannon of scriptures happened around 393ad. The cannon followed what the Christians already knew through the words that the apostles. The WORDS spoken is how Christianity was spread, not through the written word which came later.

  Jesus said that no one knows the name of the Father except those whom HE tells.

  just saying
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  How Cultish are the JW's?

  by xjwsrock in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first off, i certainly agree the jw's are a cult.

  but i'm sensitive to black-and-white thinking now.. so, where do they rank on the scale?

  think of a cultish religion scale from 0-10.. consider the likes of unitarian universalism vs baptist vs amish vs charles manson.. where do you think jw's fall on the scale?.

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  I would consult an expert like Steven Hassan... I have yet to do so, but that;s what I;d do to find an answer to this question

  just sayin
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  Hello from an exmormon

  by Cold-Dodger in

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  someone named john free popped in on one of my posts at exmormon[dot]com and mentioned this website.

  i have a lot of questions.

  i never knew much about about the jw church.

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  TTWSYF

  Nice posts guys. I remember reading about some exMormons who attended BYU and they were saying how they went to that prestigious university and applied the scientific method on all of their studies...except the study of their faith. No scientific method used there. I think that when you have neurological pathways that work for other intellectual queries in place, then it must be easier to apply those pathways when you move on from the cult. That may be why Mormons can move on a little easier than JWs.

  I did not apply the scientific method in my analysis....
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  A nuclear war take place and a 1/3 of the world population is wiped from the face of the earth.

  by James Mixon in

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  how many of you would return to jehovah, wt?

  better yet, how many jws would walk???.

  i do believe it will happen one day....

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  Saintbertholdt13 minutes ago

  Well the worse things get, generally the more growth the Watchtower organization experiences

  Really? Is there any growth in the WTS? Kinda thought they were stuck at around 8 million for some time now.
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  A nuclear war take place and a 1/3 of the world population is wiped from the face of the earth.

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how many of you would return to jehovah, wt?

  better yet, how many jws would walk???.

  i do believe it will happen one day....

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  A nuclear war, natural flood, magnetic poles shift, a large comet strike or a zombie apocalypse would not correct some 150 years of false prophesy, flip flops and out right lies. Lying for the truth involves a lot of fear as motivation.

  Trust in Jesus,

  just saying
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  Is Lying a Disfellowshipping offence?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  so, if lying or being deliberately misleading is a "disfellowshipping" offence, why haven't the brothers who lied to the australian royal commission been brought before a judicial committee?

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  How could lying be a DFing offense when the WTS has the 'lying for the Truth' policy? Their whole 'theocratic warfare' policy allows all JWs to lie about almost anything to protect the WTS.

  Just saying...that 'the Truth' has no truth
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  Light Getting Brighter

  by awokenjw in

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  hello, maybe someone on here can make some sense out of this:.

  one of the reasons why jws are so quick to believe any changes from the gb is that they believe the light is getting brighter.

  now there have been some teachings that to my knowledge changed at one point but then were reverted back to the original teaching.

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  The light gets brighter when they turn the light on. It is darker when the lights are off.

  Clearly, someone at the Watchtower is playing with the light switch.
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  Question Regarding Faithful & Wise Servant Being An Individual

  by lambsbottom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have a bible question.

  been reading the arguments for the "faithful & wise servant" of mt.

  25:45-51 being an individual versus a "class" or group of christians.

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  Sparrow, 'make it so' was Picard

  just saying
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  This is for all JW's out there...

  by Divergent in

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  sorry to be so blunt, but you only have yourself to blame if you realize something is wrong but allow your cognitive dissonance to kick in.

  if you are confronted with facts which are reported by reliable sources which are hard to dispute and deny, and you choose to dismiss these as "apostate lies" rather than looking at these from an objective point of view, it's your fault and you deserve the consequences of willful ignorance!.

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  Divergent-Good for you to speak your mind and defend your position. I had come to this board with similar feelings regarding these people who believe that 'lying for the TRUTH' is acceptable. I mean who could think such a thing would be alright? What I found out is that these issues are more complicated than that.

  just saying