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NASB | John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6] |
Subject: If Jesus did it, way can't I? |
Bible Note: Truthfinder, indeed how grateful I am to be introduced to your methods of finding truth! They're the best thing that has come down the pike since Al Gore invented the Internet. They lead me in the paths of such amazing discoveries of truth. Using your methods that have guided you so flawlessly to conclude that Jehovah and Jesus are not the same and that the NWT is unbiased while others are, I have unearthed some amazing facts that never even existed until I started using your peerless methods. For instance, Jacob and Israel are not the same guy. Jacob was one guy and Israel was a bunch of guys. Israel was a whole nation of guys in fact. And who with all his buttons would ever believe that Saul of Tarsus and Paul the Apostle were one and the same. Saul was a mean skunk who was the boss of a goon squad that went around bushwhacking Christians. Paul was a good guy who wore a white turban and converted people and built churches and all that good stuff. Now how could these two guys be one? Tell me that. And what about that young upstart Abram who claimed he was later transformed into the great patriarch Abraham? Wasn't that something? What gall! .... And along comes this Nazarine who came from a family so poor that his mother gave birth to him in a barn and used a feeding trough for a crib. He helped his daddy do carpentry work until one day he left home and decided to take up preaching. He picked out a dozen ne'er-do-wells to form an evangelistic team and they set out on foot to preach to whoever would listen. He even had the temerity to tell the high priest of the Jews that he was the Messiah (Mark 14:62). He even told Philip (who obviously was not much good at being a truthfinder and therefore believed what Jesus said), "He who has seen Me has seen the Father." To cap it off, this lowly Nazarene made a truly astounding statement to Jehovah God. Here's this homeless preacher saying to Almighty God, "That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I in You." Boy, that sure took some nerve to say that to God, and I realize you don't believe it, but that's what Jesus said nevertheless..... And of course John didn't get it right. Even though he wrote his gospel under inspiration of God, he started the thing off with a big-time blunder when he said that the Word was God, and I know you rejoice in the fact that the all-knowing, unbiased folks who hang out at the Watchtower gave the world the only perfect translation of Scripture and in the process corrected not only John's glaring error in John 1:1 but many other errors of the Scripture writers who obviously didn't know half the time what they were talking about..... And thanks again for sharing your profound wisdom and guidance into the art and craft of truthfinding. --Hank |