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NeonMadman
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I'm tired of the org misquoting scholars to support there heretical NWT
by yogosans14 inday after day jws are constantly fighting with me over the internet that the nwt is the most accurate translation and then they prove it by quoting scholars from the watchtower magazines.
they tell me i'm biased and there rendering of john 1:1 as "a god" is approved by scholars but i have researched there so called "supporters" and i have found they have tooken what they said out of context to twist the scriptures to there liking.. .
dr. julius r. mantey (who is even recognized by the watchtower as a greek scholar since they quote his book on page 1158 of their kingdom interlinear translation): calls the watchtower translation of john 1:1 "a grossly misleading translation.
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NeonMadman
According to Walter Martin, Mantey carried the KIT with him as he traveled. This brings up a question. Why would a scholar of his caliber bother to take the WT KIT with him if it was so badly translated? Me thinks, he found a lot of good in it which he did not want to admit publicly. If that wasn't the case, and his motive was to criticise it at every oportunity he got, it would show that Mantey was emotionally obsessed in proving the WT wrong, which would indicate he wasn't much different from WT and Evangelical fanatics.
I can think of a couple of reasons why Mantey might have done that (if, indeed, he did - I'd be interested in seeing the quotation from Dr. Martin).
First, it may have been something about which he was confronted frequently, therefore felt he should have the book with him in case it came up.
Second (and more likely, imho), the KIT contained a perfectly good reproduction of the Westcott and Hort critical text of the NT. The Watchtower had nothing to do with producing that Greek text; they simply lifted it in toto as the "original Greek" in the KIT. If I recall correctly, the KIT sold for $2.00 when it was first issued - probably a whole lot cheaper (and hence more replaceable, if something happened to it while traveling) than other critical text editions available at the time. The only part of the KIT that was actually the work of the WTS was the NWT rendering in the margins. The interlinear English renderings were probably simply taken from various lexicons. So the KIT could have just been an inexpensive means of carrying the W&H Greek text while traveling.
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TMS schedule for 2015?
by PlatinumFix injust a question - has anyone seen the tms schedule for 2015 yet?.
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NeonMadman
It always used to come in the October Kingdom Ministry, back in the day. But it isn't in the one that's online at jw.org.
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Rowan and Martin Laugh-in prophecy comes true but ---- WT?
by LogCon inin 1969 rowan and martins laugh-in prophecied the fall of the berlin wall in 1989.. 20 years later in 1989, november, the berlin wall started to come down.. weird?.
rowan and martin get it right but the wt consistently wrong?
go to 4:14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompr9dalspg.
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NeonMadman
Awesome chick from The Avengers = Diana Rigg.
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New method of appointing Regular Pioneers!
by stuckinarut2 ina new arrangement for appointing regular pioneers has been announced.. in the past, a person would have to fill in a form from the society, this would have to be approved by the local elders, then this would be sent to the branch for final approval and appointment.. now it is just the local elders that approve it.
it doesn't need the branch approval any more.. they are selling it as a way to "speed up the process in order to be more effective in the ministry during these urgent times blah blah".
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NeonMadman
Watch for MS and elder appointments to be made by the acting CO's. That was another CYA move by the GB when they began using local elders as CO's.
No need to watch; it's already here. It was announced in a BOE letter back in April, and as of Sept 1, MS and elders are now appointed directly by the CO.
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A rose by any other name..............
by sparrowdown ini'm curious, why and how did you choose your username?.
does it hold any special significance for you, is there a share-able back story?.
for me sparrowdown is a playful reference to matt 10:29 and the title of the movie black hawk down.. matt 10:29 was my go-to scrip to "prove" that god cares about us as individuals.
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NeonMadman
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
Where the neon madmen climb
They all fall there so perfectly
It all seems so well timed
An’ here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again -Bob Dylan -
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pioneer book
by itisme indoes anyone have the pioneer book?
the new one: fully accomplish your ministry.
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NeonMadman
Shouldn't be too long before a pdf of it turns up somewhere on the internet.
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My Husband Confesses His Sole Regret for My Exit....
by humbled in( important note: my husband hated that i became a jw.
hated everything about it.).
he is the one who every morning makes our coffee in his beat-up metal perculator.
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NeonMadman
It would be interesting to do a study as to the protective effectiveness of the new 16-page magazines for use as trivets vs. the old 32-pagers.
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Added to a fb group w/o permission
by ruderedhead ini don't know if anyone here can assist me, i hope so.
it's not an earth shattering problem compared to many on here, but i am bugged by it!.
i have been added 2x to a christian fb group w/o being asked by the same gentleman.
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NeonMadman
Generally, when I've been added unwillingly to FB groups, there is a "Leave Group" icon somewhere in the header. If you click it, you will also usually get an option to prevent anyone from re-adding you.
It sounds to me as if you are experiencing some sort of glitch in FB's software, so I'm with Simon here; request help from the experts.
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Come on! Tell it like it is. People are LYING when they tell you, "I've read the Bible."
by Terry ingo ahead.
tell me.. "i've read the bible cover to cover.
i don't believe you.. it is damned near impossible!.
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NeonMadman
I read the Bible all the way through, every year. I have several editions of the One Year Bible and I rotate them, occasionally using other translations with the reading list (this year I'm reading the Holman Christian Standard Bible - in past years I have read the NIV, New Living Translation and ESV, sometimes in canonical order throughout the year, sometimes in chronological order). I keep the Bible I'm reading in the bathroom, and the first time I go in there for the day, I read that day's portion. I also keep other books in there for subsequent visits during the day. The system works like a charm, and I've been doing this for at least 10 years now, so that means I've read through the entire Bible at least 10 times.
Edited to add: However, I have NOT read all the way through the NWT.