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    Cults

    https://listverse.com/2017/04/04/10-psychological-reasons-why-people-join-cults/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8234595/#:~:text=These%20variables%20include%20(a)%20generalized,abuse%20or%20neglect%2C%20(f) " Magical Thinking helps get them there. Also, even many educated people still have a...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    I know of a group of people who visit churches, speak alone in their native language. Then someone gives an interpretation which is noway close to what they said. One time a guy gave his shopping list and got a werid interpretation. I believe all the spiritual gifts exists today. I test...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    friend, it is my guess that speak silently to God.
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    As I said, twice before, I know the language --- it is form of Cherokee.
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Those who follow the true Jesus who is God. See Bowman's outline of biblical trinity I already posted. https://www.calvarychapelboston.com/Biblical%20Basis%20Trinity%20Bowman.pdf
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Luke 12:32-38 Easy-to-Read Version Don’t Trust in Money 32 “Don’t fear, little flock. Your Father wants to share his kingdom with you. 33 Sell the things you have and give that money to those who need it. This is the only way you can keep your riches from being lost. You will be storing...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    There were 144,000. They were from every tribe of the people of Israel: Revelation 14 Easy-to-Read Version God’s People Sing a New Song 14 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, who was standing on Mount Zion.[a] There were 144,000 people with him. They all had his name and his...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Revelation 7 Easy-to-Read Version The 144,000 People of Israel 7 After this happened I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. The angels were holding the four winds of the earth. They were stopping the wind from blowing on the land or the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    CC was in a language, I know.
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Matthew 7:13-14 The Way to Heaven and the Way to Hell “You can enter true life only through the narrow gate. The gate to hell is very wide, and there is plenty of room on the road that leads there. Many people go that way. But the gate that opens the way to true life is narrow. And the road that...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    When not taken out of context he is correct.
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Proverbs 2 Easy-to-Read Version Listen to Wisdom 2 My son, pay attention to what I say. Remember my commands. 2 Listen to wisdom, and do your best to understand. 3 Ask for good judgment. Cry out for understanding. 4 Look for wisdom like silver. Search for it like hidden treasure. 5 If you do...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    https://www.forananswer.org/Top_JW/Scholars%20and%20NWT.htm#Robertson
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    2 Corinthians 4:4 Easy-to-Read Version 4 The ruler[a] of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the message about the divine greatness of Christ. Christ is the one who is exactly like God. EHV In the case of those people, the...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Articles The New World Translation and John 1:1: What the Scholars Really Said Robert Hommel Jesus as "a god" Alongside God: JWs and John 1:1 Sam Shamoun Theos is a Count Noun: Is the Word "God" or "a god" in John 1:1c Robert Hommel Qualitative Nouns: Emphasis or Sense? Robert...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Dixon's statistical methodology, unlike Colwells', was to begin with anarthrous PNs (as opposed to only examining those PNs that were definite), and determine the semantic force of each. His statistical analysis substantiates Harner's findings: "When the anarthrous predicate nominative...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Paul Dixon Dixon's study is the first of several to challenge the popular application of Colwell's rule. Dixon notes that Colwell's data begins with definite PNs and demonstrates that these usually lack the article. However, those using the rule to "prove" that THEOS in John 1:1c is definite...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Harner continues: Thus, Harner says that not only is John attributing the nature of THEOS to the LOGOS, but emphasizes that nature by placing THEOS at the head of the clause. The emphasis of THEOS would seem unaccountable if John intended an indefinite nuance, but is perfectly understandable...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    Blass, Debrunner, and Funk The Blass and Debrunner grammar, translated and revised by Robert Funk, generally endorses Colwell's study, but notes: "[Colwell] deals only with sentences in which the verb appears and only with nouns that are unambiguously definite" (BDF, p. 143). The latter point...