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  Which English Translations of the Bible are you Favorites, and Why?

  by Disillusioned JW in

  1. watchtower
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  which english translations of the bible are you favorites, and why?

  my favorites include the (english) revised version bible (of 1881-1885) and its apocrypha (of 1898), the american revised version bible (of 1898, it close to the american standard version), the american standard version bible (of 1901), the new american standard bible - updated edition, the new revised standard version bible with the apocrypha, the complete bible: an american translation (it includes the apocrypha), and the twentieth century new testament.

  i also use others beside those.. they are my favorites because i consider them to be highly accurate, and also they are either very literal (but not so literal as to be hard to understand) or they use functional equivalence.

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  john.prestor

  I don't read the Bible anymore. I don't even have a copy around if I wanted to.
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  Do you think there is an Omnipotent, Omniscient Being that lives forever and ever?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  notice that i left off "benevolent" .

  reason being is because i could argue that being all knowing and all powerful is not a prerequisite of being "good".

  yet i'm a firm believer that "something didn't come from nothing".

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  How did you reach that conclusion, truth_b_known?
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  Do you think there is an Omnipotent, Omniscient Being that lives forever and ever?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  notice that i left off "benevolent" .

  reason being is because i could argue that being all knowing and all powerful is not a prerequisite of being "good".

  yet i'm a firm believer that "something didn't come from nothing".

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  john.prestor

  No, there's no good evidence for such a being.
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  Does Anybody Here Pray To God?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’m just curious..

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  john.prestor

  I haven't prayed in years.
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  In History Who Is The Most Influential Person To You?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i think jesus christ was the most influential person in history.

  of course some people think he never really existed but everyone has an opinion.

  who do you think made the most influence on you?.

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  Thomas Hobbes
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  Was Your Health Affected By Covid?

  by minimus in

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  other than adding 20 lbs over the last 15 months, no known health issues during covid.

  i’ve taken 8 lbs off so far and i am within goals.

  thank goodness nothing serious here over the pandemic.

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  john.prestor

  Yeah, I put on some weight. I've lost a few pounds from getting back to the gym. Otherwise, I haven't been sick or anything.
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  Does the GB direct cult members to burn old books?

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was told but can not find anything concrete that the cult gb directs cult members to burn old cult books and literature.

  is this true.

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  john.prestor

  They don't ask them to burn books per se, but they do tell them to discard old books, as other posters have pointed out. The apparent aim is to keep Witnesses from seeing that they're being spoonfed the same bullshit that's been fed to Witnesses for decades before them.
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  The Governing Body like todays Democraps

  by mickbobcat in

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  the governing body is a lot like today's dems.

  they want to keep the rank and file in a permanent dependent state.

  keep them stupid and dependent and they can rule them forever.

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  john.prestor

  The Governing Body is much more like Trump. They're idiotic clowns who enjoy an undeserved cult of personality.
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  Converted Greek Philosopher Explains Christianity in 125 AD

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i ran across a pretty early treatise.

  we were all taught that "real" christianity was lost to history and was only restored once russell and then rutherford restored it so that the wt could be appointed as god's "mouthpiece".

  but, aristides wrote to the emperor hadrian and gave a pretty good synopsis of core christian belief in 125 ad.

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  I don't care if they're widely considered genuine, they're fake. They were supposedly written by a guy who was being taken off to be executed for being a Christian... and his captors allowed him to proselytize on the way? Somehow I doubt that. The forger is probably Polycarp himself.
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  Converted Greek Philosopher Explains Christianity in 125 AD

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i ran across a pretty early treatise.

  we were all taught that "real" christianity was lost to history and was only restored once russell and then rutherford restored it so that the wt could be appointed as god's "mouthpiece".

  but, aristides wrote to the emperor hadrian and gave a pretty good synopsis of core christian belief in 125 ad.

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  john.prestor

  I would be careful quoting the letters of Ignatius. Sorry to tell you, but they're fake.