Originally posted by @jacob-verville
Yeah like I cna see going...

"... So what's the deal with the four tassels on the cloak that we wear..?"

But this is an exercise along the lines of wondering if there is a deeper significance or something, or contemplating the mystery of the order...

I never, say, accuse God of having a bad plan.

Would you agree?

Originally posted by @thinkofone
[b]Oh no we are not talking about a lifeless energy are we? We are talking about God's energy and one that he directs and uses to do his will.
So comparing it to a random bolt of lightning is not even close.

It is an energy so powerful that, by and large, Christians are no more moral than non-Christians.

Its evident that there is something really amiss with your conception of how things actually work.[/b]

For FMF: Again I just know this, and that's not just for the accuracy of the NWT but as a religion as a whole. So you ask how I know this? Right? Because by this and many other scriptures that speak of the "fruit" it would produce:
Jesus related to his apostles. He said: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator. Every branch in me not bearing fruit he takes away, and every one bearing fruit he cleans, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Remain in union with me, and I in union with you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remains in the vine, in the same way neither can you, unless you remain in union with me. I am the vine, you are the branches. . . . My Father is glorified in this, that you keep bearing much fruit and prove yourselves my disciples. Just as the Father has loved me and I have loved you, remain in my love. If you observe my commandments, you will remain in my love.”​—John 15:1-10.

So do you get the point from this scripture? This is the crux of why I know beyond a shadow of a doubt is that the JW's are inline (as well as our bible) with what Jehovah wants and what Jesus also commanded. "Bear much fruit" and to clarify "MUCH GOOD FRUIT".
Do you have any idea what this fruit is? If you ever learned this scripture and others like it, you would then understand.
Let me know what you think about this before you change the subject......

I'm still waiting for a comment on you from this. You asked me a question, I answered, now your silent on this. Am I just wasting my time on my answers to you?

Originally posted by @galveston75
For FMF: Again I just know this, and that's not just for the accuracy of the NWT but as a religion as a whole. So you ask how I know this? Right?

Originally posted by @galveston75
I'm still waiting for a comment on you from this. You asked me a question, I answered, now your silent on this. Am I just wasting my time on my answers to you?

Originally posted by @fmf
Just saying "I just know" is not an answer. You haven't answered my question. If "no one told [you] that "God thinks the NWT is the best translation of the Bible, how can you possibly know? Answer the question. "I just know" is a dodge.

Originally posted by @galveston75
It absolutely is not a dodge.

Originally posted by @fmf
Yes, it is a dodge. A textbook example of a dodge. If you cannot or will not substantiate your "No one did" and "I just know" in 'answer' to the very specific question ""Who told you that God thinks your organization's version is "the most accurate bible to date"?" then so be it.

My apologies to Cosmos for letting this thread be high jacked....

Originally posted by @galveston75

"For the law of the Spirit of life ..." (Rom. 8:2a)

"In Him was life ..." (John 1:4a)

"the last Adam [Christ] became a life giving Spirit" (1 Cor. 15:45)

Originally posted by @galveston75
#2... It absolutely is not a dodge. I've never taken for granted what I call to be the truth with this religion I'm a part of. Not by force or being tricked but by serious study and as the Bible says, "test the scriptures continually" by the Bible I trust, the NWT. I have done that all my life.
Yes no one is perfect in this religion, and they make ...[text shortened]... rst, then I believe in my hearth that this is where God's direction is focused is with the JW's.

Originally posted by @fmf
If you decide you want to give an answer about who told you that your god figure thinks the version of the Bible that your non-stock, non-profit corporation commissioned and customized with the help of non-Biblical languages scholars, then I will be here waiting, as always.

Originally posted by @galveston75
I gave it too you twice. Sorry you can't understand it or is it you can't answer mine? I think that's the issue.

Originally posted by @galveston75
I gave it too you twice. Sorry you can't understand it or is it you can't answer mine? I think that's the issue.