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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INHABITANTS OF A HEAVEN THAT IS ETERNALLY JOYFUL, RIGHTEOUS, AND HARMONIOUS I claim that if Heaven is a place of eternal joy and harmony then individuals who inhabit that place cannot not remain evil and oppress others, and steal and murder and lie and do evil deeds in...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Hi @Soapy 1) REGARDING CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES CONCERNING HOW WE ARE TO TREAT ONE ANOTHER Soapy said : "You are an imposter." Could be. My position is that there is no need to be mean and unkind and simply engage in ad hominem attacks on one another when discussing differences in religious...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    POST TWO OF TWO 3) THE CHALLENGE TO ANY READER ON THE FORUM TO FIND SUPPORT FOR YOUR CLAIM If you remember, I even asked readers (ANY reader on this forum) to find data to support your claim, so far, none have stepped forward with any data to support it. I asked readers : If any reader on...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    POST ONE OF TWO Hi @Dogknox20 1) Regarding the Justification for Dogknox20 posting incorrect and inauthentic text of John 1:18 as though it was authentic scripture Dogknox20 said : “I post scripture.. I have never claimed to be a scripture scholar; I rely on the experts!” (post #1495)...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Hi @Dogknox20 Dogknox20 said : "Jesus is God... Christians have ALWAYS taught "Jesus is God"! If you say "Jesus is NOT God then you are clearly not Christian!" (post #1490) dogknox20, Perhaps you missed my last post to you, it was as follows : I see you have re-engaged this thread. We...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Hi @Soapy ; Soapy replied : “ ‘I say things that I want to say regardless of what anyone else thinks about it!’. The problem that such self-centered communication causes is that the result of saying whatever one wants to say is that IF what is said originates from the emotion of anger, then the...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Hi @Soapy and other readers : 1) REGARDING THE TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL INHABIT A SOCIAL HEAVEN, IF HEAVEN IS A PLACE OF SOCIAL JOY AND HARMONY AND SOCIAL HAPPINESS AND UNITY Clear said : “1) There are no extra points awarded for uncivility in a debate I don’t think your responses to...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Hi @Soapy Clear said : “1) There are no extra points awarded for uncivility in a debate I don’t think your responses to individuals on the forum will be awarded extra points for mean-heartedness or uncivility. You could simply point out that someone is confused or did not seem to understand...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Hi @Dogknox I see you have re-engaged this thread. We still have the following issues to resolve from post #1423. 1) HOW DOES ONE JUSTIFY “LYING FOR GOD”? Dogknox20 said : “The Watch Tower ADDED the letter "A" to the verse John 1 so it will say Jesus is "A" god!” Clear responded ...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Hi @Soapy Regarding your response in post #1450 1) There are no extra points awarded for uncivility in a debate I don’t think your responses to individuals on the forum will be awarded extra points for mean-heartedness or uncivility. You could simply point out that someone is confused or...
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    John 1:1-12

    REGARDING JOHN 1:1-14 Fool said : "1. god doesn't have a beginning/end 2. the word was with god at the beginning. the word had a beginning" Clear replied : "While the word may have had a beginning or not, These verses do not tell us that the word had a beginning, merely that he was "with...
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    Why do you believe in God?

    Hi @firedragon REGARDING MY POST #88, WHY I BELIEVE IN GOD firedragon said : "Thus, you believe in God because of your personal communication with God!" No. I think that there are multiple principles which can serve as evidence that God exists, but am merely pointing out that authentic...
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    John 1:1-12

    Hi @Fool I just wanted to make a small and specific point. Fool said : "1. god doesn't have a beginning/end 2. the word was with god at the beginning. the word had a beginning" While the word may have had a beginning or not, These verses do not tell us that the word had a beginning, merely...
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    Why do you believe in God?

    REVELATION AS EVIDENCE The surest evidence of the existence of God. We’ve all observed the endless philosophical, “cosmological”; “traditional”, “logical” and “scientific” data discussed between theists and agnostics and, though they are the most popular data types to use since...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    1) HOW DOES ONE JUSTIFY “LYING FOR GOD”? Dogknox20 said : “The Watch Tower ADDED the letter "A" to the verse John 1 so it will say Jesus is "A" god!” Clear responded : “The English sentence rendered “and the Word was a God” is a grammatically correct translation of John 1:1c "και Θεος ην ο...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    1) HOW DOES ONE JUSTIFY “LYING FOR GOD”? Dogknox20 said : “The Watch Tower ADDED the letter "A" to the verse John 1 so it will say Jesus is "A" god!” Clear responded : “The English sentence rendered “and the Word was a God” is a grammatically correct translation of John 1:1c "και Θεος ην ο...
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    The legitimacy of 1 Enoch, and it’s absence from the Bible

    Hi @Xavier Graham SA I wish the western canon had kept enoch in it’s canon. I would certainly trade an exclusion of songs of Solomon for an inclusion of I Enoch. While it is true that no one can know the authorship of Enoch, this is also true of every other book in the Old and New Testament...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Hi @Dogknox20 and other readers : 1) HOW DOES ONE JUSTIFY “LYING FOR GOD”? Dogknox20 said : “The Watch Tower ADDED the letter "A" to the verse John 1 so it will say Jesus is "A" god!” The English sentence rendered “and the Word was a God” is a grammatically correct translation of John 1:1c...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    Hi @Dogknox20 and other readers : 1) BEATING A DEAD HORSE Dogknox20 said : "The Watch Tower added the letter "A" to the Gospel of John verse 1 they made the word "God" start with small case! "g" Christian Bible... 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was...
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    Watchtower: Jesus is not "a god"!

    POST TWO OF TWO 2) THE INTERESTING USE OF THE VERBS “TO SEE” AND "TO DECLARE/EXPLAIN" IN JOHN 1:18. John 1:18 in ENGLISH says that no man has ever “seen” God at any time and the ending phrase is that the only begotten God “has explained him” or “declared him”. This is an unusual...
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