RE: Hi, I'm Tonus
March 14, 2013 at 4:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2013 at 4:24 pm by Aractus.)
Tonus.JW's are notorious for their "culty" behaviour, and having met a few JW's, they also are taught doctrines and beliefs that are contrary to the Bible (the RCC does this too to some extent). One of their biggest crimes is in not enabling their followers to choose between all Bible translations - the NWT and the KJV both are quite flawed, the NWT for being "too literal" in many places, and for introducing JW/Watchtower specific bias in translation. A translation that is "too literal" isn't helpful for being read and studied every day - it is still a useful tool, and undoubtedly a useful translation, however you cannot derive meaning from transliterating Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek text, you can't derived meaning from a word-for-word literal reproduction into English, you have to have a compromise (change word order, etc) otherwise the text will never make the sense that it's supposed to make. Their approach is if they control the scripture then they control the religion, basically.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
