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Just because the Jehovah's Witnesses believe in something that does not mean it's not true. They also believe in Jesus, that he was the son of God who gave his life in sacrifice for all mankind, and who was resurrected to life again by God. Do you not believe that because the Jehovah's...

Indeed. But he wasn't expressing his opinion, just facts. So let's consider the Scriptures. The Hebrew word sheol occurs 65 times in the Old Testament. It is translated in the KJV as 'hell' 31 times, 'grave' 31 times and 'pit' 3 times. The KJV was translated over 400 years ago, and the old...

Nope.

You've claimed that before, but I suspect that is not true. Just a quick count of the number of times Jesus used the words hell and heaven gives hell = 16 times, heaven = 125 times. So I remain unconvinced of your claim.

You are not providing any Bible verses to confirm your conjecture. You are assuming that everyone already has eternal life and are effectively immortal (immortal meaning that you cannot possibly die, an indestructible existence that is not dependent on food, drink or conditions of any kind)...

This is what you have said previously in this thread (indented paragraphs): Hell is ... full of people who hate God, rejected Christ and do not want to be a part of God's family, before they died. ... So, God created the place for them to go, as He can't allow them to be in Heaven with the...

I have provided lots of Bible quotes and references, so I don't understand why you have "no idea" where I get it from. It is mainly from Revelation 20. I shouldn't need to repeat it, but I don't mind doing so: (a) Satan is bound at the beginning of the 1,000 years, so that he can no longer...

So you believe that everyone is judged the moment they die rather than what the Bible says which is that everyone will be resurrected and then judged at the end of the 1,000 years of Christ's rule over mankind on the earth (Rev 20)? And don't you believe Jesus who said of Lazarus, who had been...

I think you are taking the verse out of context and coming to a wrong interpretation. It's part of a passage where God is condemning the religious leaders of Israel for not correctly teaching the people, and prophesying that he will restore the nation of Israel and judge between them, and...

What was incorrect was your idea that "the damned are only resurrected to be punished", that all non-Christians are restored to life only to then be executed. Whereas what the passage is saying is that everyone that is resurrected will live for about one thousand years (i.e. for the majority of...

God's perfect justice is (Exodus 21:23-25): 23) But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, 24) eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25) burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise. So do you really think God is stuck with eternal...

That is not correct. The passage says (Rev 20, WEB): 11) I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. 12) I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books...

The lake of fire and brimstone is symbolic (as is virtually all of the book of Revelation - "A Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to declare to His servants things which must shortly come to pass. And He signified it by sending His angel to His servant John", Rev 1:1). Brimstone...

That is a parable, and should not be taken as a literal description of hell. Jesus always spoke to the crowd in parables - "Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable" (Mat 13:34). Note in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man...

Ah, sorry. As usual I get confused by lord, Lord and LORD! When you're reading it and you know the rules, it's not too bad, but if someone is reading it or audibly quoting it (and you are unable to follow in your own Bible), then it gets quite confusing as to who it's referring to!

I've just come across this verse, which reminded me of my above comment. I think it supports what I wrote: Hebrews 3:14, "For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end".

I don't want to spoil it for you, but eSword Bible software says that Strong's Concordance for God's name says there are 6,521 occurences (although the Online Bible says there are 6,519). A search in the WEB translation finds 6,840 occurrences of Yahweh (in 5,795 verses) and 47 of Yah...

Another example of an error in the KJV translation is Philippians 2:6, which says of Jesus, "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God". However, that gives the exact opposite meaning of what the Greek manuscipts say, which is, "who, existing in the form of...

Yes, I agree, the Trinity is not supported by the Bible. However, some translations do translate Deu 6:4 slghtly differently, giving it a slightly different meaning, e.g. (International Standard Version) "Listen, Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone." The ASV has a footnote giving...

I know what you mean. When I first decided to read the Bible (KJV) from cover to cover, I got stuck at "And Jacob sod pottage" (Genesis 25:29). I didn't have a clue what that meant, and looking up the words in an English dictionary didn't help. So at that point I decided to buy a modern...