@fmf saidOh my, you know so little on this matter. Get this. We do not care what any so called scholar thinks or says.
The fact your organization used a team of several non-specialists, non-Biblical scholars, non-Biblical linguists to arrive at the result it was commissioned to arrive at is, for all intents and purposes, a scandal. Added to that is the fact that your doctored Bible has not been adopted by literally billions of followers of Jesus. You can claim the "spirit" directed you till you are blue in the face. It's sheer subjectivity and conjecture.
Did Jehovah use men like these that you seem to admire or hold in some high position of special knowledge? No. Who did he use? Figure that out....
@galveston75 saidNope. Not a joke. Prayer is not "worship". Prayers are pleas for help or intercession [or expressions of gratitude] addressed to people whose spirits one believes are still alive in the afterlife. It cannot be described as "worship of idols" unless one is propagandizing.
What a joke......
@galveston75 saidI know. Your organization needed a customized version of the Bible on the mid-C20th, so it arranged for one to be provided to them. It didn't matter if the people delivering it were linguists, theologians or Bible scholars. I know you don't care what Bible scholars say about your version of the Bible. What you have instead, is your subjective claim that your organization's version of the Bible is "divinely inspired".
We do not care what any so called scholar thinks or says.
@galveston75 saidWho are you to say that your posting on this thread is not "directed by the spirit"?
So who are you to judge who Jehovah may use?
@galveston75 saidI know the story behind the customized ideology-driven for-JWs-only version of the Bible and the team of people who were paid by your organization to come up with it.
Oh my, you know so little on this matter.
@galveston75 saidWhy do you think you God figure would NOT use the finest minds in the field of Biblical languages to translate the Bible? I get why your organization would use non-experts and non-specidlists. I get that. But why wouldn't "Jehovah" use experts and specialists to produce the version of the Bible your organization needed [in order to differentiate itself from other Christian groups].
So who are you to judge who Jehovah may use?
@fmf saidFirst of all he doesn't have to. Remember the scriptures I've quoted many times "that wisdom with the world is foolishness with him?" Those so called wise ones are not who he deals with because of their mighty attitudes that most have. Jehovah cares nothing for that.
Why do you think you God figure would NOT use the finest minds in the field of Biblical languages to translate the Bible? I get why your organization would use non-experts and non-specidlists. I get that. But why wouldn't "Jehovah" use experts and specialists to produce the version of the Bible your organization needed [in order to differentiate itself from other Christian groups].
Why did Jesus not go to those of higher education to teach them his message? Because he knew they would not listen and in fact many of those higher educated ones were the ones behind his death.
But who did he teach and in time use them to be the cornerstones of his congregations and eventually his Kingdom? Figure it out....
@fmf saidI do claim it is......
I know. Your organization needed a customized version of the Bible on the mid-C20th, so it arranged for one to be provided to them. It didn't matter if the people delivering it were linguists, theologians or Bible scholars. I know you don't care what Bible scholars say about your version of the Bible. What you have instead, is your subjective claim that your organization's version of the Bible is "divinely inspired".
@fmf saidWhen one is praying to some worthless statue which Jehovah not only condemns it will eventually mean ones destruction because of giving reverence to a man made lifeless object and not to Jehovah. Putting ones hopes or concerns or anything of any sort into the hands of a piece of stone or wood or even gold for any reason is a slap on Jehovah's face. Plus it's extremely foolish to ask some man made piece of earth to actually help them with their life.
Nope. Not a joke. Prayer is not "worship". Prayers are pleas for help or intercession [or expressions of gratitude] addressed to people whose spirits one believes are still alive in the afterlife. It cannot be described as "worship of idols" unless one is propagandizing.
By giving some stupid man made object any kind of attention of this sort is a form of worship............