In a hospital, when a patient cannot eat through his mouth, he is fed intravenously. Now, would a person who never put blood into his mouth but who accepted blood by transfusion really be obeying the command to “keep abstaining from . . . blood”? (Acts 15:29) To use the comparison mentioned, consider a man who is told by the doctor that he mus…[Read more]

MATTHEW 16:24-25“Then Jesus said to his disciples: “If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake and continually follow me. For whoever wants to save his soul will lose it; but whoever loses his soul for my sake will find it.”I have a question for Nick and anyone else who claims to follow the Bible (Anyo…[Read more]

Quote “If a doctor told you not to DRINK alchohol for health reasons would it be ok to have alchohol given through you blood stream since you aren't technically drinking it?”The obvious answer is no and thus they think they have proved their point.If a doctor told you not to drink alcoholic beverages, would it be following his instructions if you…[Read more]

Quote But these scriptures were written by men who had good practical reasons to codify practices that eliminated blood and pork from the diet. What were those reasons stu? Please tell us.

Quote (Son of Light @ Jan. 26 2008,07:53)Quote (david @ Jan. 26 2008,07:10)Pardon me, but have either of you considered WHY blood is held of special account in the Bible–how God views blood?Why did God make these commands at all? Please consider all the scriptures that deal with blood.Do you think any of those reasons justify doing something…[Read more]

Nick, you are often wrong when discussing JW, despite constant correction. Maybe it would be better if you just stopped.Quote On what nonsense do they base those nonsense hopes, Nick?–stuAs already quoted in second post, “They regard the Bible as their only source of belief and rule of conduct”—Volume 7, pages 864-5. (Catholic encyclopdia)

Pardon me, but have either of you considered WHY blood is held of special account in the Bible–how God views blood?Why did God make these commands at all? Please consider all the scriptures that deal with blood.

For NWT John 1:1, see:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/newworldtranslation/john1files.htm

mmm. I'd say we use the Greek scriptures more like 55% of the time and the Hebrew 45%. But it's close.

On the NWT and John 1:1:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/newworldtranslation/john1files.htm

Yes I know. But again, my point was simply that saying something is true because ….Someone could just as easily say: “My king james version says “cross” so it's a cross Jesus died on.”My point was just that it is better to look to the greek behind the NWT when discussing such things on here and not simply saying that the NWT says something, so…[Read more]

Right, the NWT is one of, if not the most accurate Bible translation known to man. I'm just saying that when you say or imply on this particular site: “The NWT says it so I believe it” you should be able to back up your beliefs.Let us listen to what Jason BeDuhn has said. (He is a Greek scholar and Associate Professor of Religious Studies…[Read more]

I read the watchtower too. Here are the reasons why I believe the holy spirit is not a person or part of a trinity:IS THE HOLY SPIRIT A PERSON OF THE TRINITY, TO BE WORSHIPED AS GOD ALMIGHTY?The answer to this is unequivocally “No.” The fact that the Bible does not explicitly mention, explain or teach a trinity is in itself strong proof that the…[Read more]

Quote I Agree with David. According to the NWT Jesus was Crucified on a stake, or upright pole.No, rather, according to the words 'xylon' and 'stauros.' That is in fact, what those words mean. Tradition and popular paganism mixed with Christianity teach otherwise.

Quote THE IDENTIFICATION of Lazarus with the beloved disciple has been suggested before.24 John introduces a mysterious figure, identified as “the disciple whom Jesus loved most,” who appears at the Last Supper (John 13:23). Yes, the “DISCIPLE” whom Jesus loves was AT the last supper. Nowhere does it say he was “mysterious” or that he “appears at…[Read more]

Quote (kejonn @ Jan. 24 2008,15:15)Quote (david @ Jan. 23 2008,21:58)Quote I read earlier on another site where someone tried to make the case that Lazarus wrote the Gospel of John. The simplest reason they had was the following verses Jhn 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. Jhn 19:26 When Jesus then saw His mother,…[Read more]

THE CROSS–Symbol of Christianity?How would someone feel, if every time his birthday came around, his mother insisted on bringing out snapshots showing what he was like when he was a baby? People like to be recognized for what they are now, not just for what they were as infants.It is rather similar concerning life and death. People hope to be r…[Read more]

The Jews (who had right hearts and knew the scriptures) would “expect” him because he had arrived on time (dan 9:25,26) and in the right place.LUKE 3:15“Now as the people were in expectation and all were reasoning in their hearts about John: “May he perhaps be the Christ?””Many thought John was perhaps the Christ, because they were expecti…[Read more]

Agreed, my point was that he had no life, or so it seemed, other than this.My point was that I had to be other places and could not or did not have the time or means to even read everything he wrote.

Quote Jesus said: “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.” (John 15:18, 19; see also 1 Peter 4:3, 4.) The Bible sho…[Read more]