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Brown-Driver-Briggs I. בָּרָא53 verb shape, create (compare Arabic probably loan-word, form, fashion by cutting, shape out, pare a reed for writing, a stick for an arrow, but also , create; Phoenician הברא CISi. 347 incisor, a trade involving cutting; Assyrian barû, make, create, COTGloss & Hpt...

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Totality Transfer Fallacy A common word-study fallacy is to assume that the broad semantic range of a word is being used in every specific instance of that word. That is, the totality of the semantic range is illegitimately transferred. Or to put it in laymen's terms, the same writer does not...

Occasional Usefulness of Etymologies Etymologies are occasionally helpful. Sometimes the combination of two Greek words does directly relate to the current meaning. The Greek word ekballō, which is often translated as "to cast out" (for example, Matt. 9:33), is a combination of to throw and out.

Reverse Etymological Fallacy The reverse etymological fallacy occurs when the later historical usage of a word is considered primary for determining the earlier meaning of that word. Of course, this does not make sense logically, but sometimes the manner in which a pastor explains a Greek word...

Etymological Fallacy In modern linguistics, etymology is the study of the history of the word with an emphasis on its origin. This study of a word's history often looks back through multiple languages. This is contrasted with the "meaning(s)" of a word, which is based on current usage. The...

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Strange Advice The Watchtower and Awake! (previously called Golden Age and then Consolation) have contained a lot of incorrect and naive medical advice. "Vaccination never prevented anything and never will, and is the most barbarous practice... We are in the last days; and the devil is slowly...

Ironic Quote about Coercion Referring to people leaving their religion to join Jehovah's Witnesses: Regarding those disfellowshipped from Jehovah's Witnesses: Despite forcing family to shun relatives that do not agree with their beliefs, Watchtower plays victim, bemoaning that people do the...

Favourite Watchtower Quotes Watchtower has made an incredible range of audacious statements over the years. For instance, over half a century ago it assured; “If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.” Awake! 1969...

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Conclusion The Awake! 1990 May 22 p.12 article "Five Common Fallacies - Don't Be Fooled by Them!" identified: Attacking the Person Appealing to Authority Join the Crowd Either/Or Reasoning Oversimplification The Awake! 2000 June 22 p.4 article "The Manipulation of Information" carried a...

Suppressed Evidence Suppressed evidence is manifest when relevant evidence is hidden and ignored. The Watchtower argument for Jesus death on a stake instead of a cross is a prime example as it places emphasis on a small number of sources (such as inaccurate information from Vines Dictionary)...

Red Herring A red herring is the introduction of irrelevant material into a discussion to divert attention away from the points being made. A common Witness retort to a difficult question is "Where else would we go?" This is a red herring as it diverts attention from answering the issue at...

Appeal to ignorance "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." For instance, Betrand Russell's famous teapot; just because we can not prove there is not a teapot orbiting the earth does not prove there is one. Many doubting Witnesses continue going to meetings for fear that Armageddon...