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This is a long reply sorry about that but I wanted to present a lot of information as I personaly feel that this is an important topic as it has a lesson for us all, and I really think it is worth reading as it might start other threads I think you are refering to the time Jesus spoke of a...

Hi Brian I agree with your information on hades and sheol. You touched a little bit od gehenna. You made emntion that hell represented a cutting of from YHWY. I agree, but I think your use there was of Gehenna I am going to cheat here and cut and past from a JW book to save typing. START...

For those that use the Bible as the source of their belief system I would like to say that the Bible does not teach a fiery hell. When we die the Bible says we are dead, we feel nothing and know nothing. A loving God would not go against his own standards and commit people to a fiery hell...

Hello I Brian, I was hopping to start a discution on this topic, but you beat me to it with your pre prepared answer. :( . I agree with 90% of your answer on the fact that hell is not a real place of torment, but just the grave. I guess I'll have to start a new thread or wait for someone...

What is the original meaning of the english word 'Hell' as used in the King James Bible, and many others? Does the original meaning have any gearing the how we should view the word 'Hell'?

The picture below is interesting I have found articles that make the same assunption as you have just mentioned and other articles that say it is genuine. This tells me that the "learned world" do not agree on the subject. Most authorities say that the "cross" was "officially" adopted by...

Hi Mus Zibii Acutually you did not annoy me at all, I was afraid I was getting to you and that I was annoying you. Yes I found the discution a little frustarating as well, and I wished others would have made some form a comment so that I could have some idea of the effectivness or (lack of...

I do hope that i am not going to annoy Mus Zibii here but again I return to the original words used. The original Greek word stauros in its basic form means a stake. There was no woed in use at that time that meant 'cross' The cross is thought to have come about because of the corrisponding...

Hi, Because you are "getting irritated over the discution":mad: I will not post anything else unless someone else wants to ask me something.:D

Hello littlemissattitude I fully agree with you ALL bibles have some sort of theological bias in them. The hard part is finding the ones that have the least bias.

Hi, From your comments, it seems that I have not been clear in explaining my self properly. I am going to have to explain in more detail the Greek Rules of grammar and the way it is used. I am also going to have to explain why the other occurrences of the word god in John chapter one do not...

I can understand why this account sounds very "ciultic" but I think there is more to this account than peolpe think. The "christians. did not have to sell any of their possetions, it was volentary to help others that were in need. He "expired" because he he lied. It was a scheme betwee him...

I wish I had the time right now to sit down and give a JW point of view to all these posts but right now I am just going to say that the account mentioned below is not (by our understanding) refering to the "end of the world" but to the end of a "system of things" We are told in the Bible that...

The word theos is not limited to divinity as the Hebrews word for God meant "mighty one" and the Greek word is also used of men in possitions of authority, so we must get past they English idea of limmiting it to diety. The Translation "a god" is a grammatical one not a theological one. The...

This is a long reply The point has been raised about the legitimate use of the lower case ‘g’ for the word god in the second part of John 1:1. as in the JW’s NWT. Does this mean that there is more than one god or that John was a heretic if that is what is he meant? Those are good questions...

OK Thank you BTW what time zone are you in I am in South Aistralia and it is now 4:55 pm. Generally when i talk on forums I do not get instant replies. I find this fasinating. Must go Wife is calling for Dinner (yes we do have an early tea with 4 Kids)

Hi, Back again already May I ask, what you are trying to say by those 2 texts - John 1:13 and Matt. 1:23.? From Matt. I gather that you are refering to the name Emanual and its meaning. Am I correct? Are you trying to say that because Imanual means "God with us." you are implying that...

Hi Mus Zibii First I would like to say that I am glad others have been reading the posts. Please feel free to ask a question or put ypur point of view across. That is how we ALL learn by exchanging ideas. The reaction you give below is the most common reaction that people have. It is most...

Personally I disagree that the Writtings of John show Jesus to be God. If you are refering to John 1:1 that text is translated wrong in most Bibles and the context of Joh 1 supports that. Colwells rule was missused and missunderstood for many years utill the late 80s or so when scholars...

I am not trying to be difficult here. Some one wrote in this forum (I can not place the area) that JWs are not open to reason. Well I think that applies to all of us when we see things from different points of view. Like you I do not belong to a sect either. By the way if you think about it...