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Is the Bible from Men, NOT God?
by the-Question in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those claiming that- how much thought or research have you done?.

objective or non-objective?.

ever read the other books claiming to be from god?
the-Question

Evidence of WHAT?
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Is the Bible from Men, NOT God?
by the-Question in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those claiming that- how much thought or research have you done?.

objective or non-objective?.

ever read the other books claiming to be from god?
the-Question

Stillin: David Jay is referring to something that is also called "confirmation bias." Personal research is good but it's almost impossible to keep one's self neutral. Denial kicks in, cognitive dissonance kicks in. And results get skewed.
Q: No. Sincerity and honesty prevent that.
Stillin: The problem is that if the Bible is from God, He didn't really give us enough for us to be able to, without controversy, conclude that it is His Perfect Word.
Q: He has, its clear you have NEVER studied its background.
Stillin: Look at all of the flip-flops that just one Bible-believing Organization has had in only a few years.
Q; Whose opinions never "flip-flop' from time to time?
Stillin: And consider how many controversial subjects are discussed between the myriad of scholars and believers. Sincere, searching believers...It's sad.
Q: What's sad is most will believe only what they WANT to believe- facts be damned....
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The Triune Polytheism; the 'Trinity'
by the-Question in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the most ridiculous of all dogmas anywhere in the universe is the very foundation of churchianity.....thus, all their other claims are just blah, blah!.

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the-Question

Jews have funny beanies, now, added candlesticks to the one used once by the Ancient Jews, when faithful, don't even believe the Exodus was real anymore, before Christ HID God's Name, and now use G-d, to 'show respect'....
Utter Hypocrisy
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The Triune Polytheism; the 'Trinity'
by the-Question in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the most ridiculous of all dogmas anywhere in the universe is the very foundation of churchianity.....thus, all their other claims are just blah, blah!.

.
the-Question
“Elohim” in Biblical Context
by Paul Sumner
The word most often used for God in the Hebrew Bible is Elohim. The word is a topic of frequent theological discussion and defining. But what is often lacking is accurate and detailed information based on the biblical contexts in which the word is found.
(A) Summary of Biblical Usage
(B) Eight Biblical Patterns
Extensive detailed information is found in the separate file: "Elohim" in Context: Part 2 (Details). Word surveys are based on: Avraham Even Shoshan, Qonqorkantzyah Hadashah (Jerusalem, 1981) and J.R. Kohlenberger and J.A. Swanson, Hebrew English Concordance to the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: 1998).
Section A — Summary of Biblical Usage
- "Elohim" is found 2602 times in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh, Old Testament). (It is not used in the Greek New Testament.)
- The word is used for: the true God, false gods, supernatural spirits (angels), and human leaders (kings, judges, the messiah).
- The "–im" ending denotes a plural masculine noun. Most of the time, however, when the noun is used for the true God it has singular masculine verbs. This is contrary to rules of Hebrew grammar.
- When used of the true God, "Elohim" denotes what is called by linguists a plural of majesty, honor, or fullness. That is, he is GOD in the fullest sense of the word. He is "GOD of gods" or literally, "ELOHIM of elohim" (Deut 10:17; Ps 136:2).
- In the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible (the Septuagint), where elohim refers to the true God, the singular theos is used.
  Genesis 1:1 Hebrew — "In the beginning, Elohim created the heavens and the earth."
  Genesis 1:1 Greek — "In the beginning, Theos made the heavens and the earth.
- The New Testament (which is in the same Koiné Greek as the Septuagint) does not have different words for or spellings of "God." That is, no singular or plural forms of theos. When the NT quotes passages from the Hebrew Bible or the Greek Septuagint that contain the word "God," it always has the singular noun.
- http://www.hebrew-streams.org/works/monotheism/context-elohim.html
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The Triune Polytheism; the 'Trinity'
by the-Question in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the most ridiculous of all dogmas anywhere in the universe is the very foundation of churchianity.....thus, all their other claims are just blah, blah!.

.
the-Question

Steel: the question is going to start a thread in 6 months stating how he has explored all the denominations of Christianity and how the wts isnt perfect but closest to the truth blah blah blah

Q: We JWs HAVE the truth- its just that a lot of GB nonsense is intermingled.
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The Triune Polytheism; the 'Trinity'
by the-Question in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the most ridiculous of all dogmas anywhere in the universe is the very foundation of churchianity.....thus, all their other claims are just blah, blah!.

.
the-Question

Londo: Trinitarian vs Arian debates have been going on for nearly 2000 years. The matter seems purely academic and at the end of the day not all that big of deal who is "right" and who is "wrong".
Q: Jesus said it means your LIFE to know- EVERLASTING Life. (John 17:3)
Londo: I am curious about what you said that the reason you lost respect for the Governing Body is because they "goofified meethings & assemblies". What do object to about their format?
Q; Turned them into WT ReadFests with videos.
Londo: Have you looked into other matters: 607, 1914, ect?
Q; Yes, valid dates, with wrong conclusions attached.
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If turned off by the GB's latest bloopers- do you still have faith in God and Christ?
by the-Question in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
some go back to churchianity!.

and that, to me, indicates they never had real faith in god- but it was in men.....
the-Question

Wedgie?
Is THAT what you call "thinking"?
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What's preventing YOU from stopping meeting attendance?
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. experiences
we all 'exit' in our own way and at our own pace but i'm curious, why carry on stuffing yourself into that stiff suit and tie or meeting dress years after you realised the truth about 'the truth'?.

they kept you a prisoner, what's stopping you from leaving now that you have the key to your own cell?.

loved ones?
the-Question

I freely admitted to the elders that I will never go to the assembly ReadFests, and that I never bought the "Faithful Slave Class" nonsense, and they simply encouraged me to think and pray about it, that they were nt the Masters of my faith!
Quite Inspiring.
They call on me whenever I have a reply at the meetings- when I go.....
Conclusion: Yes, the GB has many flwas and bloopers- but TRUTH is TRUTH- and my brotherhood (including them) are just people doing their best to live up to it.
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Is the Bible from Men, NOT God?
by the-Question in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those claiming that- how much thought or research have you done?.

objective or non-objective?.

ever read the other books claiming to be from god?
the-Question

True- but not the OPINIONS of others!
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What's preventing YOU from stopping meeting attendance?
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. experiences
we all 'exit' in our own way and at our own pace but i'm curious, why carry on stuffing yourself into that stiff suit and tie or meeting dress years after you realised the truth about 'the truth'?.

they kept you a prisoner, what's stopping you from leaving now that you have the key to your own cell?.

loved ones?
the-Question

Yep, NikL , the GB have turned meetings and assemblies into GB Readfests.
They can't deviate from their outlines- or even use different scriptures!
WT Parrots...