Posts by NCC-1701

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WHO IS FROM EDMONTON ALBERTA CANADA

by Demokan in

just want to know.

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Best I can do is say I was born in Ponoka

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Disneyland's: The Haunted Mansion. Is it for True Christians or is it full of Demonzzss and JW's should stay away?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9k4wjvmhi.

bro "elder" took his family to disneyland.

the first day, he did not want them to go on this "demonic" ride.

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What's really demonic about Disneyland is the price of drinks and pickles. I can resist the drinks, but the Dill Pickles are too awesome.

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Going to Kingdom Hall for first time

by InChristAlone in

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since my family is out of town, and i am alone this weekend, i have decided to attend this once to see these things for myself.

have no fear, i have absolutely no interest in joining.

my goal is simply to better understand how to reach those who are on the inside, and i feel i could better do that by observing it.

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I would be interested in hearing of your experience afterward.

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Going to Vancouver soon, What places should I visit?

by Quarterback in

i always wanted to visit the west part of this great continent.

if you are familiar with this city, what part should i avoid, and waht are good places to eat and visit?.

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Another note for Quarterback.

I should have given you more clarification. The Sea to Sky Highway is the road to Whistler. The rapid transit I mentioned is called the Sky Train.

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Going to Vancouver soon, What places should I visit?

by Quarterback in

i always wanted to visit the west part of this great continent.

if you are familiar with this city, what part should i avoid, and waht are good places to eat and visit?.

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Quarterback wrote;

NCC, is that Sky highway some type of transit system?

No it's not. It's a much improved road that was upgraded for the Olympics we had a few years ago.

Other sites to see.

The Capilano Suspension Bridge and sky walk (they built little suspension bridges between trees that you can walk along. A little pricy, though)

Granville Island - Market and shops

English Bay has a beach and is a good spot to relax.

Lois is right, there are some really great restaurants downtown. If you're not staying in the downtown area, there is some rapid transit that will take you there.

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Going to Vancouver soon, What places should I visit?

by Quarterback in

i always wanted to visit the west part of this great continent.

if you are familiar with this city, what part should i avoid, and waht are good places to eat and visit?.

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Hike up Grouse Mountain

Walk along the sea wall at Stanley Park

There's a new "Soaring ovenr California" type attraction at Canada Place called something like"Flying over Canada"

Hang out at Jericho Beach

It's about a 2 hour drive to Whistler up the scenic Sea to Sky highway

Rent bicycles and pedal the sea wall around False Creek

Hope you have a wonderful and safe time here.

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Looking for feedback on this approach

by NCC-1701 in

here's something i've brought up into conversation with a couple of witnessess and i was curious about what other thought.. let's say a witness goes into a coffee shop and sits between an athiest and a christian.. the witness starts a conversation with the athiest about the bible.

the athiest poses the question about the reliability of the bible.

the witness explains that the bible is completely trustworthy because of it's historical accuracy, meticulous transmission, etc.. the athiest says that's interesting and thanks him for the information.. the witness then turns to the christian and begins the same conversation he had with the athiest.

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Leaving quietly wrote

"I thought there was documented evidence of at least 134 changes made by the Sopherim."

I have read about that in the NWT reference bible and have looked at some other references about it. It's been a while so I should look into it again.

In my scenario, I probably should have said there's no documented trail of changes in the New Testament.

Thanks.

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Looking for feedback on this approach

by NCC-1701 in

here's something i've brought up into conversation with a couple of witnessess and i was curious about what other thought.. let's say a witness goes into a coffee shop and sits between an athiest and a christian.. the witness starts a conversation with the athiest about the bible.

the athiest poses the question about the reliability of the bible.

the witness explains that the bible is completely trustworthy because of it's historical accuracy, meticulous transmission, etc.. the athiest says that's interesting and thanks him for the information.. the witness then turns to the christian and begins the same conversation he had with the athiest.

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Here's something I've brought up into conversation with a couple of Witnessess and I was curious about what other thought.

Let's say a Witness goes into a coffee shop and sits between an Athiest and a Christian.

The Witness starts a conversation with the athiest about the Bible. The athiest poses the question about the reliability of the Bible. The Witness explains that the Bible is completely trustworthy because of it's historical accuracy, meticulous transmission, etc.

The athiest says that's interesting and thanks him for the information.

The Witness then turns to the Christian and begins the same conversation he had with the athiest. The Christian explains that he shares his view of the accuracy and reliability of the Bible. Later, the Witness shares a scripture from the New Testament that has the name Jehovah in it. The Christian says that's an interesting translation and that none of the existing Greek manuscripts that we have today contain the Divine Name. The Christian then asks the Witness why the Name should be translated from the Greek Kurious. The Witness then says that he believes that the Name was written in the original Christian Greek Scriptures but that copyists, over a period of a couple of hundred years, replaced the Name with Kurious. He believes this was an attempt by the churches to hide the Divine Name. The Christian then asks if he knows of any documented evidence to support this supposed change in the manuscirpts. The Witness says (and I have heard it from one) that currently there is no documented evidence, but we are confident that some time in the future, it will be found.

Meanwhile, the athiest, who has been listening in on the converstation, says to the Witness, "Hold on, didn't you just tell me that the Bible is completely accurate and reliable. How then can you now say that changes have been made and still maintain that the Bible we have today is accurate?"

The Christian then asks, "If something as important as God's name has been removed from original the Greek scriptures and you don't have a trail of evidence to that effect, then what else may have been changed in the Bible that you don't know about? Is it then possible that all the written accounts of the resurrection of Jesus have been altered?"

It seems to me that the Witnesses want it both ways. I don't know how you argue for absolute trustworthiness of the Bible while at the same time holding that it has been altered. When I used this with a Witness, he at least a little bit, conceded that I had a point.

I was wondering if any one else had tried this and if it had any validity.

Thanks. You've been a "great crowd"

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Truth in Translation and Phillip Harner's JBL article

by NCC-1701 in

if this topic has appeared in the forum before, please accept my apologies.. just wanted to share what i wrote about jason beduhn's handling of phillip harner's article in the journal of biblical literature (1973) in the book, "truth in translation" for those who may have their own copy of it.. it's a bit lenghthy, but i wanted to record as much of harner's thoughts as possible to understand his position.

i hope it is helpful to someone.. .

a friend recently offered his copy of jason david beduhn's "truth in translation" for me to read.

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Leolaia - You're way ahead of me. Thank you for the additional information.

Bobcat - I hope you found it helpful.

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Truth in Translation and Phillip Harner's JBL article

by NCC-1701 in

if this topic has appeared in the forum before, please accept my apologies.. just wanted to share what i wrote about jason beduhn's handling of phillip harner's article in the journal of biblical literature (1973) in the book, "truth in translation" for those who may have their own copy of it.. it's a bit lenghthy, but i wanted to record as much of harner's thoughts as possible to understand his position.

i hope it is helpful to someone.. .

a friend recently offered his copy of jason david beduhn's "truth in translation" for me to read.

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Hey again Hortensia.

Thanks for the note.