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anglagard

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Message 61 of 64 (493111)
01-06-2009 6:32 AM

Reply to: Message 60 by Peg
01-06-2009 6:00 AM

Peg writes:

anastasia you seem to know the trinity well

could you provide the scriptural basis for the teaching?

Especially anything that Jesus said about it seeing he would have been talking about himself, he should know it pretty well.

I don't think you will be getting a response as Anastasia is no longer active in this forum.

Back in the old days when people here used chat, she said that she had to take a vacation due to health problems.

I for one, while not necessarily agreeing with everything she had to say, found her to be very intelligent and understanding of different viewpoints.

I miss her input and miss the informal conversation that once was a part of this forum.

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Message 62 of 64 (500114)
02-23-2009 4:31 AM

Reply to: Message 3 by Phat
12-08-2006 10:48 AM

Re: David Reed is a place to start.

Phat writes:

The translation about the Word being God or the word being a god!

its in line with the text of the original greek Septuagint

'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with ton the~on,and the Word was theos'

in this verse there are two forms of the Greek noun for God (theos)

the first is preceded by ton 'the' is the definite article... the second instance has no definite article and the rule in Greek language is that if both have definite articles then they are the same, but if not, then they are two separate things being spoken of.

As an example, 1 John 1:5 "God ho the-os is light phos"
in essence its saying 'The God is light'

if light was preceeded by a definite article, it would read 'The God is The Light'

Also in John 2:24 'God is a Spirit'
1John 4:16 'God is love'

God is preceeded by a definite article, but spirit and love are not. So we can say that God has the attributes of spirit & love, but Spirit & Love are not God.

Its unfortunate that most translators have allowed their theological ideas to be the driving force in their translations rather then just relaying the word for the way it was written.

Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

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Message 63 of 64 (502589)
03-12-2009 12:55 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by Neutralmind
12-08-2006 9:14 AM

Jehovah's Witnesses Chronology

If I am not mistaken, JW's have a unique and provably incorrect chronology of the Neo Babylonian Empire. I don't have a JW bible, but if they are like other editions, they might have put some of the dates in the margin.

Creation 4140 B.C. Flood 2484 B.C
Exodus 1632 B.C. Online Chronology book: The Scroll of Biblical Chronology

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Message 64 of 64 (504504)
03-30-2009 2:36 AM

Reply to: Message 63 by Daniel4140
03-12-2009 12:55 PM

Re: Jehovah's Witnesses Chronology

Daniel4140 writes:

in what way do they have a Babylonian chronology??? In what context are you referring to?

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