my jw visitor left me a copy of the 2006 print of the book "the bible: god's word or man's?
", and i intend to provide him with my analysis of it.. i notice that the book was written in 1989, and the dates of the references suggest the book has not been updated since then.
am i correct?.
In terms of Historicity, the NT is just as historicaly valid as any other historical writing that is accpeted by scholars and historians alike, perhaps even more so.
I always tell the truth, except when I don't.
The NT has very little to do with history. I am not sure of your point.
my jw visitor left me a copy of the 2006 print of the book "the bible: god's word or man's?
", and i intend to provide him with my analysis of it.. i notice that the book was written in 1989, and the dates of the references suggest the book has not been updated since then.
am i correct?.
Once the copies are made, I take back the originals and rip them up. All we have left are the copies.
Now, go through that process 20 more times with 20 different people for each copy, let them add in margin notes, correct where they think mistakes might be made and try to "interpret" what they think you might have meant each time.
Now, how many of you typically drive 5 MPH over the speed limit?" That usually gets me several manuscripts. "Yours were kept in the library of Alexandria and were burned by invading Muslims."
The library was first burned by Julius Ceasar, it was never really burned by the Muslims, that was an urban legend of the time. See how innacuracies can creep in?
Once there are 5 or 6 manuscripts remaining, I will photo copy them and give a set to each student. Their homework is to reproduce the original text and bring it to class the following week.
Now repeat 20 times with 20 different people, etc., etc....
In all the years I've taught this section, not once has anyone produced a flawless copy.
To be expected....
No two students, however, make the exact same errors. When you compare six copies, four or five will agree perfectly in a given reading. One or two will contain an error, but these are almost always different from one another.
OK, now repeat 20 times....
At the end of the exercise, every single student has been able to reproduce the original text--even though no autograph was available, and he/she only had imperfect and error-filled copies.
Wait, you just said they didn't produce a flawless original, now you are saying they are able to reproduce an orginal....did you take copies of copies into account, personal interpretation, notes, changes in language over millenia, the fact that some students DO make the same errors that get copied over and over, etc?
This, of course, is a simplified exercise in textual criticism. It aptly demonstrates the principal without the need for Greek or Hebrew scholarship.
OK, so if I were to give you an original Canterbury Tales, you could copy it, then have someone else copy that copy, so on and so on, in 100 years I would have something 99% close to the original? You couldn't even read the "english" Canterbury tales was written in....
This example IS simplified, I agree. Simple, useless and utterly wrong.
my jw visitor left me a copy of the 2006 print of the book "the bible: god's word or man's?
", and i intend to provide him with my analysis of it.. i notice that the book was written in 1989, and the dates of the references suggest the book has not been updated since then.
am i correct?.
1.You set out to disprove the Bible. If you failed to do that it doesn't mean the Bible is true. It means you failed. We don't know how competent you are at your task, do we?
Actually, we do. He thinks his photocopy exercise proves that the bible is accurate. We aptly see how incompetent he his.
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"Some brothers" have tried to put a date on it. This was unwise. They were presumptuous.
Are you saying they chose...poorly?
i've never been one to believe in " ghosts " .
i'm open to the possibility that there may exist something in the afterlife or spirit world- i just don't know what it is.
having been out of the witnesses over 6 years i had my fill of being a jehovah's witness and being told how " scared " i should be of satan or the demons.
I'm also one of those people who have nearly dead on intuition about other people's emotions and even thoughts. Most of the time, I can guess what people are thinking, if they're lying and how they feel.
How do you know that you are dead on? People often think they know what I (or others) are feeling and thinking. They are sometimes right, sometimes wrong. Sometimes they are wrong but for simplicity I just let them think they are right. I am just asking how you KNOW.
recently i have looked at youtube on interesting topics.
i wrote also to all 129 bethel-homes around the world and suggested them to search on youtube on illuminati, freemasons, 666, new world order, fema coffins, fema concentration camps, rfid chip, rockefeller, antichrist.. very interesting stuff!
i suggest you also to search on "the third temple" could soon to be built in jerusalem.
Kudos to you!
I was in a store two days ago and saw a shirt that said "Southern Girls are Just Plain Better" and I thought of you
recently i have looked at youtube on interesting topics.
i wrote also to all 129 bethel-homes around the world and suggested them to search on youtube on illuminati, freemasons, 666, new world order, fema coffins, fema concentration camps, rfid chip, rockefeller, antichrist.. very interesting stuff!
i suggest you also to search on "the third temple" could soon to be built in jerusalem.
Let the reader use discernment and do the math!
I did. The witer of revelation was either insane of high as a kite. He also wrote about Babylon the Great, the great harlot, beasts with 10 heads, etc.
i remember a sister that put a tissue over her head as a headcovering....
That's an awesome idea...good enough to be called to heavento sit at the right hand of god, but not good enough to not submit to dunked 8 year old boy.
Behold the power of the magical penis!
recently i have looked at youtube on interesting topics.
i wrote also to all 129 bethel-homes around the world and suggested them to search on youtube on illuminati, freemasons, 666, new world order, fema coffins, fema concentration camps, rfid chip, rockefeller, antichrist.. very interesting stuff!
i suggest you also to search on "the third temple" could soon to be built in jerusalem.
The Creator's words to His human creatures which can be found in the Bible.
How does that tell us it will be 3 and 1/2 years? A time, times and half a time? I am just curious how people get these dates that never seem to happen or how people can get such wildly different results.
recently i have looked at youtube on interesting topics.
i wrote also to all 129 bethel-homes around the world and suggested them to search on youtube on illuminati, freemasons, 666, new world order, fema coffins, fema concentration camps, rfid chip, rockefeller, antichrist.. very interesting stuff!
i suggest you also to search on "the third temple" could soon to be built in jerusalem.
It's coming, and if the Message is correct - and I believe it is - it will last for 3 and 1/2 years.
What exactly is it? What message?
