Search results

  • Welcome to Christian Forums, a Christian Forum that recognizes that all Christians are a work in progress.

    You will need to register to be able to join in fellowship with Christians all over the world.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

  1. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    clearly you did not read the links and posts by me about Christians in our denominations being tortured, killed and impressioned for long periods of time, some until the end of their lives.
  2. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    The earth is made up of dirt, ground and water. weeds grow many places as proof. Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
  3. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    My agendia is truth and the watchtower does not have it. The NWT is a perversion only for the purpose of supporting watchtower's false doctrines. So, why does the watchtower's NWT agree with that "translation" by a spiritualist?
  4. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/were-the-early-christians-really-persecuted/
  5. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    https://christiancourier.com/articles/lessons-from-the-catacombs-of-rome Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church: A Study of a Conflict from the Maccabees to Donatus W. H. C. Frend, William Frend
  6. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    Pliny the Younger was governor of Pontus/Bithynia from 111-113 AD. We have a whole set of exchanges of his letters with the emperor Trajan on a variety of administrative political matters. These two letters are the most famous, in which P. encounters Christianity for the first time. Pliny...
  7. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/january/christian-persecution-2021-countries-open-doors-watch-list.html https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/persecution-in-early-church-gallery https://www.jesuswalk.com/christian-symbols/early-christian-symbols.htm
  8. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    Nothing like the perscution complex because they are not being physicaly tortured or killed. Acts 8:1-3 Easy-to-Read Version 8 Saul agreed that the killing of Stephen was a good thing. Some godly men buried Stephen and cried loudly for him. Trouble for the Believers On that day the Jews began...
  9. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    What would one expect from the blind leading the blind? It is for anyone coming here who is questioning what they taught them. :cool:
  10. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    Read to here with brief comments.
  11. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    Genesis 3:17-18 Easy-to-Read Version 17 Then God said to the man, “I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces. 18 The...
  12. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    So they searched for camaraderie in their unique teaching of a greater and lesser God in Jn.1:1. F. W. Franz found a translation that agrees with his, THE NEW TESTAMENT by Johannes Greber. (SEE MAKE SURE OF ALL THINGS p. 4891965 revision) In the Watchtower's assessment the similar wording made...
  13. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    (Q): Insofar as translation of the Bible itself is undertaken, are you responsible for that? (A): I have been authorized to examine a translation and determine its accuracy and recommend its acceptance in the form in which it is submitted. Later, Franz was asked about his own involvement in the...
  14. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    The men that comprised the Translation Committee were not even Greek scholars qualified to translate the Bible. These men were: N.H. Knorr, F. W. Franz the 4th President, A.D. Schroeder, G.D. Gangas and M. Henschel (write to Personal Freedom Outreach, P.O. Box 26062, St. Louis, Missouri 63136...
  15. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    And the Word was God or "a God" (kai theos en ho logos). In an attempt to get more information on the New World Translation of the Watchtower Society, many have written the headquarters in Brooklyn, asking them for the names of their scholars, in order to verify these men’s credentials in...
  16. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    (Douglas Walsh v. The Right Honorable James Latham Clyde, M.P., P.C., etc., Scotland, 1954, (1958 ed.).p.88.) The following is from the trial transcript: - (Q): Insofar as translation of the Bible itself is undertaken, are you responsible for that? (A): I have been authorized to examine a...
  17. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    Dr. Bruce M. Metzger, professor of New Testament at Princeton University, calls the NWT "a frightful mistranslation," "Erroneous" and "pernicious" "reprehensible" "If the Jehovah's Witnesses take this translation seriously, they are polytheists." (Professor of New Testament Language and...
  18. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    In the chart, below, we will examine how some scholars have been used in defense of the NWT and whether they actually support the Watchtower translation as claimed. It is not my intent to be exhaustive; however I've tried to cover the scholars most often cited; I think you'll find that any...
  19. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    Words gain definition by how they are used in context. Also, I know whom your translators were and they are not Greek Scholars. The one who claimed to know Greek, Hebrew, etc., was not able to read a simple Hebrew verse that I learned before Temple School started for me...
  20. T

    The answer of hell and its origins

    Matthew 24:38 Easy-to-Read Version 38 In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving their children to be married right up to the day Noah entered the boat.