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I think you should call a priest and he can burn it. Then he can say a prayer over you and your house so that you do not have any demonic visits when you sleep.
Help. You feel pretty strongly about that my friend!
In case and point, yes that is all I can really find a point to keep it… Apologetic s, comparison. It’s been proven over and over, the NWT is not accurate enough to use for an actual reliable translation. Granted no translations are perfect.Help. You feel pretty strongly about that my friend!
I know it is a favorite excuse to not listen to JW’s (“They have written their own Bible!”)
And Trinitarians are often very angry to see texts like John 1:1 rendered differently to what they are used to.
The New World Translation aims for a literal rendering of the original-language. I read an excellent book on this. “Truth in translation”, I have included a write up about it below. (I have bolded some bits relevant to our discussion)
Me again. So be careful of dismissing something for the wrong reason. We both know people will go to great lengths to find fault with the JW’s. I have seen lists where people have raked through 100 years of Watchtower articles searching for inaccuracies, adjustments and updates. Then listing them to discredit what we teach today. - What is with that?
- Some linguists have examined modern Bible translations—including the NWT—for examples of inaccuracy and bias. One such scholar is Jason David BeDuhn, associate professor of religious studies at Northern Arizona University in the United States. In 2003 he published a 200-page study of nine of “the Bibles most widely in use in the English-speaking world.” His study examined several passages of Scripture that are controversial, for that is where “bias is most likely to interfere with translation.” For each passage, he compared the Greek text with the renderings of each English translation, and he looked for biased attempts to change the meaning. What is his assessment?
BeDuhn points out that the general public and many Bible scholars assume that the differences in the New World Translation (NW)are due to religious bias on the part of its translators. However, he states: “Most of the differences are due to the greater accuracy of the NW as a literal, conservative translation.” While BeDuhn disagrees with certain renderings of the New World Translation, he says that* this version “emerges as the most accurate** of the translations compared.” He calls it a “remarkably good” translation.
Dr.Benjamin Kedar, a Hebrew scholar in Israel, made a similar comment concerning the New World Translation. In 1989 he said: “This work reflects an honest endeavor to achieve an understanding of the text that is as accurate as possible. ...* I have never discovered in the New World Translation any biased intent to read something into the text that it does not contain.**”
Keep the translation and use it as a comparison in your Bible studies. If you find any differences, do some research and see what the apostles actually wrote in the original language. Don’t just assume we must have wickedly changed God’s word to back up our beliefs.
All the best in your studies.
BRING ON THE FLAME!I was thinking if I did burn it (which I kinda want to) I’ll have to upload it to youtube. I know bad of me… but might as well if I do…right?I would burn it! But I’m a pyromaniac and enjoy any excuse for flame.
I remember encountering the NWT once. I didn’t know what it was but every time I touched it my head would ACHE. It was bizarre. I spent many minutes touching and withdrawing touch (to test and see if the aching would return every time I touched - and yes without fail it would immediately ache the moment my flesh touched the bindings and the pain would recede the moment I removed my hand). HAHAHA. I’m a masochist? No, it was just kind of… strangely cool. Anyway, it was probably just a dusty room but
Oh well, the professor and scholar I mentioned disagree.
Help! That is bizarre.I would burn it! But I’m a pyromaniac and enjoy any excuse for flame.
I remember encountering the NWT once. I didn’t know what it was but every time I touched it my head would ACHE. It was bizarre. I spent many minutes touching and withdrawing touch (to test and see if the aching would return every time I touched - and yes without fail it would immediately ache the moment my flesh touched the bindings and the pain would recede the moment I removed my hand). HAHAHA. I’m a masochist? No, it was just kind of… strangely cool. Anyway, it was probably just a dusty room but
I don’t know if I’d upload it to youtube actually. It’s one thing to believe the book is not credible and to burn it for your own enjoyment. It’s another thing to record that and publish it online… because as much as we may disagree with the NWT translation offending the members of the JW church is not terribly charitable and such a video could be seen as deliberately trying to offend. Even if we do not believe in their teachings that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be respectful. Heheheh.Or perhaps my spirit recoiling in response to incorrect doctrine that could lead me astray? Or maybe my Guardian angel pushing me away? Who knows!!!
I never gave it too much thought, I just thought it was a cool phenomenon. Believe me the ones that do disagree, are few compared to the ones that would agree.Oh well, the professor and scholar I mentioned disagree.
Your choice of course.
All the best in your studies.
Gotcha, I understand. If I do… Ill let you know.
BUT you could record it and send me a copy via email.