Wow….you really are blind in your hatred aren’t you? Do you know what the definition of a bigot is?
FYI….the large caps were in the scripture directly copied from the NASB online Bible. I wasn’t yelling at anyone. The Bible itself was yelling at you.
I also said that there is nothing wrong with highlighting points of scripture, but internet yelling is when you not only bolden the caps but also enlarge the print….
You should try listening for a change and then you won’t end up looking like a bigoted fanatic.
So an English translation, clearly in error, that says what you choose to believe, trumps the Greek in which it was originally written? That explains a lot about your Bible study methods….as well as the depth of your comprehension.
Any Greek scholar who is a trinitarian would balk, most likely…..but it alters nothing about why the original ”theos” without the definite article, is not “God” with a capital “G”….it is “a god”…”divine” or “godlike”.
The fact that the bulk of Christendom believes in this doctrine doesn’t make it true.
Find this three headed god in the OT and tell me what Scripture Jesus used in his ministry? What Scripture did the apostles often quote from? What was the “all Scripture is inspired of God” that they spoke about? (2 Tim 3:16-17) They were all Jews who believed the Shema….(Deut 6:4)
I think we have a pretty good grasp on who Jesus is…..and he will let us all know soon enough who got it right…..did you never wonder why “few” are going to be found on the road to life? (Matt7:13-14) The “many” are traveling down the wrong road whilst hurling abuse at those traveling in the opposite direction. (John 15:18-21) It’s nothing new.
BTW, We are Jehovah’s Witnesses…..the Watchtower is a printing company, registered with the government as a legal entity for printing and distributing large quantities of free Bible literature….in case you didn’t get that memo….?
Perhaps that’s the problem….we are not to stay “babes in Christ” but to “press on to maturity”….to study and to grow up.
If you really studied your Bible, (and it is very apparent that you don’t) you will discover a world of things that you push away because it disagrees with you own programming.
Is this the brainwashed calling others brainwashed? The heretics calling others heretics? Haven’t we seen this all before in the first century? Did it end well?
You see, from the Greek we get to understand that “theos” means….
- “a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities…..
- whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way
- God's representative or viceregent
- of magistrates and judges” (Strongs)
So your protestations are meaningless when your own approved resources tell you the opposite of what you believe….with all those meanings…..they still insist that “theos“ means the trinity. There is no trinity in the Bible…it is an invention of the Catholic church.
I can address all of them, but with someone like yourself blinded by hatred and bigotry…..what is the point?….
You do you…I’ll let Jesus do the judging, because you can’t fool him, right?