Topics Started by Daniel Michaels

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Greg Stafford releases JWD 3
by AliveinChrist in
1. watchtower
2. bible
greetings group .

i saw today that stafford is going to be releasing a third addition of his jehovahs witnesses defended publication at a pre-sale price, on his web site at http://www.elihubooks.com/ .

it will be of interest to those of us who have read his publications to see what changes will be in version 3 that were not in version 2, since the release of his three dissertations book, which was a more candid look at the history of the wt history and doctrinal changes.
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Did Christ and the Jews commonly speak Aramaic, Hebrew, or Greek?
by Daniel Michaels in
1. watchtower
2. bible
did christ and the jews commonly speak aramaic, hebrew, or greek?

greetings group

ever since the movie on the passion of christ, i have been interested in why it is that the majority of scholars have thought that aramaic was the language that jesus mostly spoke and taught in.
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Does the Watchtower Society claim to be ?divinely appointed? and inspired?
by Daniel Michaels in
1. watchtower
2. bible
3. who speaks in his name, .

4. who speaks by his authority,.

12. and who have been divinely appointed and is the organized channel of communication.
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Greg Staffords commits on the WT and idolatry
by Daniel Michaels in
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2. bible
this was posted by greg stafford on the channel c board concerning the wt religion and idolatry

posted by gregstafford on mon - feb 10 - 2:39pm: .

in the article ?god?s servant preserved,?
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Two WT views of salvation
by Daniel Michaels in
1. watchtower
2. bible
greetings group .

one interesting observation that is of note is the two different positions that the wt religion teaches on the idea .

concerning the issue the witnesses having to identify themselves as being a member of the watchtower organization for their salvation one the one hand, it is taught that were one to impute salvation toward ?an organization?
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What if the other sheep of John 10:16 are actually the Gentiles?
by Daniel Michaels in
1. watchtower
2. bible
what if the ?other sheep?

of john 10:16 actually are the gentile believers that came to christ following his resurrection?

what would this mean for the watchtower organization, since so much is riding on their interpretation of this passage?
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Romans 10:9, 13 Identifying Jesus as Jehovah?
by Daniel Michaels in
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2. bible
the use of the divine name in the nwtcgs

romans 10:9, 13

identifying jesus as jehovah
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What if the NT autographs contained the divine name?
by Daniel Michaels in
1. watchtower
2. bible
what if the argument is correct that the inspired writers of the cgs did in fact use the divine name, jehovah, in either its greek or hebrew letters, in their writings?

for that is the argument that the wt and its defenders have offered us as the reason for the addition/restoration of the name in the nwtcgs, that the inspired authors would of faithfully translated what was in the lxx or the hebrew text when they quoted from it.

even if we are to take this argument to be true, all that would do is show all the more that in fact the authors of the gsc did in fact not hesitate to identify jesus as jehovah, and even directly quoted ot passages that identify jehovah and apply that to the lord jesus.
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Is there really no Rapture?
by Daniel Michaels in
1. watchtower
2. bible
?the word ?rapture?

does not occur in the inspired scriptures.?.

this we are told by one popular watchtower publication.
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Is the 'slave' appointed before the 'erxomia' (coming) of Christ?
by Daniel Michaels in
1. watchtower
2. bible
21 his master said to him, ?well done, good and faithful slave!

3. slave appointed over many things

12-13 ?the faithful slave?