RE: Ask one of Jehovah's Witnesses
June 6, 2015 at 5:22 pm
(This post was last modified: June 6, 2015 at 5:33 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
No...you actually don't agree to that. So no, not really all that fair. You didn't know that about JW's? No more fair than the assumptions made by our resident agnostic JW in arguing -against- the trinity in "that other thread" which, ironically...this threads turned into a retarded mirror image of. -Your- translations keep the distinctions intact (but make the same attribute and ground leveling claims) whereas -his- remove them...but retain the attribute and ground leveling claims.
Here, lets take a look at the NIV side by side with the NWT. John 1:1
NIV -In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
NWT-In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,and the Word was a god.
Bolding is mine, in case you missed the tiny, single letter alteration...which has cascading implications the further down the rabbit hole we go - and this is the reason that you two could -never- come to an agreement upon the abovementioned together without one or the other of you esposuing positions contrary to your respective traditions. This is -the- schismatic split between catholics and jw's. Both groups seem to be equally clueless in this regard. /shrugs
Here, lets take a look at the NIV side by side with the NWT. John 1:1
NIV -In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
NWT-In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,and the Word was a god.
Bolding is mine, in case you missed the tiny, single letter alteration...which has cascading implications the further down the rabbit hole we go - and this is the reason that you two could -never- come to an agreement upon the abovementioned together without one or the other of you esposuing positions contrary to your respective traditions. This is -the- schismatic split between catholics and jw's. Both groups seem to be equally clueless in this regard. /shrugs
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