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The NWT isn't bad. I didn't like it many years ago because people kept telling me not to read it. I wondered what they were so afraid of. After studying the Bible for many years since then, I realized that the campaign to keep people from taking an honest look at the JWs was just propaganda...

Well, the same can be said of any group/publisher who interprets/translates the Bible to fit their sincere beliefs about what it's saying. May I have an example of the abuse you're referring to please.

Well, the same could be said of anyone. Christianity is so divided on perspective that one person's heretic is another person's saint across the board.

As a body the JWs are more along the lines of being on the right track than the Catholics or Protestants. Someone wouldn't be wrong for joining the JWs, but as going as far as to say they are the definitive spokespeople for God, I don't know, but then again that would be a better question to ask...

God sometimes leave people when they have sin. Not saying Jesus was a sinner, but the sins of the world were applied to Jesus. Isaiah53 6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

The character of God is He loves all people, but hates the sin. That's the simplest way to put I think. God has a high standard for what is righteous and He won't compromise on it. He is triggered easily by sin and what is genuinely evil. He may react angrily or He might do something. It...

He would have had a lot to sincerely repent for, but was it possible? Yes of course. Is it also possible a bad apple will always be a bad apple? Yes that's also possible.

Paul said this curious statement, "Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin."

The only thing about the conscience is that while it seems more or less standardized across the board for people, it can vary from person to person, be changed, or be taken advantage of by manipulators. It would seem that even those who were already in the faith can be drawn away or mislead and...

I am a sola scriptura kind of Christian so I just go with what the Bible says about it being a bit of both. Judgement is based on works as the Bible says and as I quoted it here. From my perspective, we have already moved past that since I already proved such. Are you saying you're in...

Correct, it's a bit of both, but the example you provided would be a thought experiment, not the reality for most living people. The reality is we do have a will in our hearts and minds, for now, and the Bible is quite clear we need to do something with our mind and body. On the other hand...

It's a bit of both. Works of the heart, mind, hands, and feet. Matthew 25:31-46 is about the coming works-based judgement day that all will attend in order to be divided into two primary groups; sheep or goats. The sheep receive eternal life, the goats are destroyed. Those who do the will of...

I guess it's a bit of both. Think about the Good Samaritan. Isn't it one thing to wish someone the best, but then do nothing for them when it counts?

This question is simple and I am interested in what people have to say, but first let me just define sin based on how John put it. 1 John 3 4Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness. So sin is basically a transgression of a law. There are numerous...

There is still a wall that everyone needs to get past after all the creeds, verses, and commentary are said and done. Each one will be judged according to their works. On a works-based judgement eternal life is either given or not. Romans 2 6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” 7To...

It seems to be a matter of people trying to make God bow down to their credal idols.

I can understand your feelings on the matter since the mainstream doctrine of hell requires a stark contrast to the God of love and salvation the Bible says He is. The matter is that hell isn't a place of eternal conscious torment where those with the most seemingly small of unforgiven...

Thanks and I have to say the topic you've brought up is excellent because it's not only something thought provoking, but it's something many people feel passionately about, including myself. So I actually read a lot of different Bibles just because it's so easy to do that online and most...

Yes it matters. For starters, some Bibles are translated with bias and agenda. There are sponsors who hire translators to make a Bible a certain way. There are some 100+ Bible translations and versions in English. There are also different base manuscripts from which the various Bibles are made...

Yes and it's important to note that it wasn't only a human body that died or else any body would do. For it is not the physical body itself that sin originates, but from the heart, from thew soul itself. Jesus never sinned even in his sou so that is what was sacrificed, not just a body. When...