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  Revelation Climax, page 52, Kindly Respond

  by compound complex in

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  dear readers of revelation,.

  i have been reminded that a simple question is more effective than an elaborate presentation.

  i have become very careful about what i say and how much i say to most people.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Glad to see CC is still around!
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  Nephilim...Only desired females

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  bible questions answered.

  who were the nephilim?.

  the bible account says that “the sons of the true god began to notice that the daughters of men were beautiful.” (genesis 6:2) those ‘sons of god’ were actually spirit creatures who rebelled against god when they “forsook their own proper dwelling place” in heaven, materialized human bodies, and “began taking as wives all whom they chose.”​—jude 6; genesis 6:2.. the hybrids born from this unnatural union were no ordinary children.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  In these parts (midwest US), there is a fringe group which claims that Indian burial mounds and other earthworks were made by 'Nephilim', by which they mean a race of giant humans 12-15 feet tall. Their beliefs don't seem to directly relate to biblical stories, but they use the word Nephilim in their videos. It's really a curious belief, in that it has no evidence to support it and is basically preposterous.
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  Who wrote the book of Hebrews?

  by Fisherman in

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  there are good reasons to belief that paul wrote hebrews.

  i am convinced he wrote it.

  is there any any convincing evidence or argument that can validate the belief?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I may have missed some discusson of this, but the OP was no doubt prompted by recent news article:

  https://nypost.com/2022/11/17/jeopardy-bible-clue-sparks-hellfire-debate-over-new-testament/

  in which the question

  "Paul’s letter to them is the New Testament epistle with the most Old Testament quotations"

  was on the game show Jeopardy. The 'correct' answer was 'Who were the Hebrews', but curiously the framers of the question were unaware of the debated authorship of Hebrews.
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  2013 New World Translation

  by Jerome56 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  on their website in the video "organizational accomplishments" watchtower devotes this segment to praising the superiority of the new world translation.

  about half way through, david splane relates the reason for a change in wording from the old 1984 nwt reference bible to the 2013 revised nwt.

  he said this was because of the recent discovery of an older manuscript that contained the greek word for overseer that was unavailable when the reference bible was being compiled.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  It is true that the English word Bishop derives from the Greek word Episkopos.
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  How About.....YOU Doing the Shunning?

  by titch in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello, folks: about a month ago, stan livedeath started a post about.

  how many of the readers here on the site have been or are now being shunned by friends/relatives?

  well, let's turn that around a little bit: how many of the readers here have purposely shunned a witness, when they encountered them?

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Avoiding an awkward situation or unpleasant person is more of a personality trait than shunning. People I extremely dislike or make me uncomfortable, JW or not, I will avoid meeting up with. I just don't need that negative energy in my life.
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  Opinions on the Divine name in the New Testament? + an interesting question

  by Blotty in

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  i am genuinely curious and mainly posting this for research purposes, i do not have enough knowledge on either of these subjects to debate them in any useful manner.. (this information is as far as i am aware and may be incorrect in places)as most know the nwt is known for placing a form of the divine name in the nt (new testament) - while i agree the evidence is significantly weak for it too appear in the nt, a few things must be considered - (from my limited research)rev references the name twice (3:12, 14:1)early copies of the lxx contain the divine name (likely the versions that the nt writers copied?

  stafford has a couple of videos on this subject)it was emphasized over and over the name [divine name, which ever form you prefer] would be "known" (other words used aswell) forever - if this is true, why then go against your own message in some cases and replace it with a surrogate?some also claim the nwt is dishonest for not translating some occurrences of "lord" as the divine name - common ones i notice are: phil 2:10-11, 1pe 3:14-15, heb 1:10yet these all use "lord" as a title not a proper noun, seems to be staunch trinitarians who make this claim most oftenscholar qualifications:why does a scholars qualification's matter?

  sounds dumb i know.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Maybe it is sarcasm
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  2013 New World Translation

  by Jerome56 in

  1. watchtower
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  on their website in the video "organizational accomplishments" watchtower devotes this segment to praising the superiority of the new world translation.

  about half way through, david splane relates the reason for a change in wording from the old 1984 nwt reference bible to the 2013 revised nwt.

  he said this was because of the recent discovery of an older manuscript that contained the greek word for overseer that was unavailable when the reference bible was being compiled.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  No, sounds like BS to me. What verse is he referring to?
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  Request----2022 Circuit Overseer Guidelines in PDF!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  2022 circuit overseer guidelines pdf.. .

  https://www.filemail.com/d/kphgslnjfxwgjxk .

  atlantis!.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Thanks Earnest!
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  Request----2022 Circuit Overseer Guidelines in PDF!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  2022 circuit overseer guidelines pdf.. .

  https://www.filemail.com/d/kphgslnjfxwgjxk .

  atlantis!.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Thanks Atlantis!

  I have been looking at this document and I am having a brainfart. What is Harbor Witnessing? p37

  
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  An interesting Observation of some Bibles

  by Blotty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  first of all, hi, i go by blotty on this website :) i am someone who has a passion for the bible and like to get a as balanced view as i can from the trinitarian and the jw (or unitarian) side - even though i come off as leaning towards one or the other at times, in my opinion they both have merits in certain cases..if this is in the wrong section i apologise - this is just something i found interesting.iv seen online a lot that say the watchtower and tract society "invented" the link between proverbs 8:22 - 30 and jesus (the word).

  yet interestingly some "mainstream" "trinitarian- aimed" translations are cross referencing the following:source:https://www.biblegateway.comprov 8:22 cr rev 3:14niv, gnt,esv, nasb, nasb1995, nasbre, cevprov 8:30 cr john 1:1,2 esv nasbprov 8:30 cr john 1:3esvnasb1995nasb(this list is by no means complete)if this is simply wisdom, why is it referenced with jesus (or the word)?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I concur with Earnest here. The Wisdom/Christ identity predates Russell and the JWs by many centuries.