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John 20:31 - John sums up his Gospel
The conclusion of John was not the blockbuster news that Jesus was God. It wasn't that Jesus was equal to God in any sense. In spite of mistranslations and misinterpretations of many Bible translators, John...
"CHRISTMAS TREES - Many countries claim the distinction of having launched the custom of erecting Christmas trees, but it may have begun independently in several parts of Europe. Ceremonial worship of trees in ancient pagan rites almost certainly led to the decoration of trees at the time of the...
CHRISTMAS
"DECEMBER 25 - Neither scripture nor secular history records the date of Jesus' birth; even the season of the year is not stipulated.[4] Some evidence points to spring, but it is not conclusive. The only thing reasonably certain about the coming of the Christ Child is that his birth...
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Quotation marks re not found in any early NT manuscripts before 1600 A.D. They are put into translation wherever the translator wants them.
The use of "Alpha and Omega" at Rev. 1:11 is spurious.
Excerpt from my study...
Is. 9:6 may be honestly translated in several ways.
The Leeser Bible also translates it:
“Wonderful, counsellor of the mighty God, of the everlasting Father, the prince of peace”
Also, An American Translation (by trinitarians Smith and Goodspeed) says:
"Wonderful counselor is God almighty...
You are doing well, my friend. As for me, see how actual debate is treated here: Did you know Jesus is considered as a different god according to scripture? Start with #25.
Your words above. If you honestly believe them, when are you going to follow through with a few instances of "claims without any proper support"? Just a few will do.
SZ wrote: "I did scan it. It looked rather pathetic. Claims without any proper support."
So please give me a few "claims without any proper support" in my study. - John 1:1c Primer - For Grammatical Rules That Supposedly "Prove" the Trinity.
Here's my original study of John 1:1c -...
I am the sole author of that study and took many years of accumulating the sources of the respected trinitarian scholars I cited therein. Obviously you have not even scanned it! It's no wonder you can't critique it!
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Is there anyone here who can...
Still evading the study itself. This has been the subject for discussion from the beginning.
Do I really have to show you how to analyze a study? I even gave you a tiny bit of the beginning of it (post#19), but you will not reply.
You could admit that what is written in post #19 is...
"The tu quoque fallacy
Rather than coming up with a valid counterargument, those using the tu quoque fallacy invalidate their opponent's criticisms by addressing them with another criticism. With this kind of argument, you find a way to attack your opponent instead of coming up with a logical...
Your use of the tq fallacy was obviously answering my posting the link to my study "Primer for the study of John1:1c" with absolutely no comments on the contents of that study (as explained in #18).
Your follow-up after I even posted the beginning of that study (#19), was the above (#23). How...
Why not start at the beginning:
John 1:1 Primer
For Grammatical Rules "Proving" the Trinity
John 1:1c - English translation: "The Word was God [or 'a god']."
- NT Greek: θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος
---------------"god was the word."
The NT Greek word for "God" and "god" is theos (θεὸς). In the writings...
After receiving a link to one of my personal studies of John's understanding of John 1:1c containing many steps which could be examined and discussed honestly, S.Z. wrote:
S.Z.: "That looks like a Jehovah's Witness source. Not exactly reliable. You should try to see what actual biblical...
I am a JW, but as noted at the beginning of most of my studies, this is not taken from JW sources, but is written from mostly all sources by trinitarian scholars (cited) or my own careful study of trinitarian sources (NT Greek Grammars, NT Greek Interlinears, Concordances, etc.). Even a minimal...