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NASB | Revelation 22:18 ¶ I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 22:18 ¶ I testify and warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book [its predictions, consolations, and admonitions]: if anyone adds [anything] to them, God will add to him the plagues (afflictions, calamities) which are written in this book; [Deut 4:2] |
Subject: Originals? |
Bible Note: Radioman, the procedure the JW's and kindred cults use to lend a semblance of credence to many of their false and far-fetched claims, in addition to being unconvincing, is neither new nor clever. In the annals of human history and thought, it has always been possible to exhume some sort of pseudo-authoritarian "proof" to support virtually any position on any conceivable topic. It is easy enough to dig into dusty tomes of the past and come up with evidence of sorts that would overwhelmingly support a thesis that the earth is flat. The problem from a theological perspective issues from taking individual preconceptions of truth to scripture with demands that scripture itself conform to them. This practice, of course, entails the substitution of exegesis for eisegesis; or, in extreme cases such as one sees in portions of the New World Translation, a surgical treatment of scriptural text in which passages are blatantly mistranslated or excised completely from the text. While the numbers of persons who hold on to the flat-earth position have dwindled dramatically, the numbers who are deceived by the false doctrines of the cults are legion still and continue to rise. --Hank |