New Testament

Originally posted by galveston75
Hummmm. I feel like I'm being followed again. Strange but true.

If you want to get a poster banned for joining in a discussion and/or disagreeing with the claims you make in this public forum, why not just report them to the site moderators?

Originally posted by Proper Knob
[b]And with his Holy Spirit he does direct ones to make decisions that are in the direction he is choosing for us to follow and to write down for others to read.

So God is choosing the direction for us to follow and he is passing on these thoughts, via the Holy Spirit, to others who write them down for others to read?

Is that right?[/b]

Sounds good. But what do you think of this?

Originally posted by galveston75
Sounds good. But what do you think of this?

Google juliagillardendoftheworld.

You won't have to worry about the new testament anymore.

The Australian Prime Minister has put out a video
declaring that the Mayan calendar was right.

Originally posted by johnnylongwoody
Google juliagillardendoftheworld.

You won't have to worry about the new testament anymore.

The Australian Prime Minister has put out a video
declaring that the Mayan calendar was right.

Well there ya go. She sounds pretty sure.....

Originally posted by galveston75
Well there ya go. She sounds pretty sure.....

Did you look at the video?

Originally posted by johnnylongwoody
Did you look at the video?

Yep....

Originally posted by galveston75
Sounds good. But what do you think of this?

Earlier in the thread i asked Robbie what his perception was on how the Bible was inspired. This is what he wrote -

God inspired the writers to record his thoughts.

Now you're saying that God, via the Holy Spirit, is passing on his thoughts to others who record them for others to read (i assume you're talking about JW literature here). I don't see any difference between how Rob perceives the Bible was written and how you are claiming JW literature is written?

Originally posted by galveston75
Yeah sounds fair.

so it would be fair to say only some bible translations could be described as inspired?

Originally posted by stellspalfie
so it would be fair to say only some bible translations could be described as inspired?

All Divine Revelations?

Could God’s spirit, which inspired the Holy Bible, also be responsible for other books that some consider to be holy? (2 Timothy 3:16) This question was raised by an Italian Jesuit journal (La Civiltà Cattolica), published “under the supervision of the [Vatican] Secretariat of State” and thus considered authoritative in Catholic circles.
“God, by means of the action of Holy Spirit, scattered the seed of the Word even in some holy books of a non-Jewish and non-Christian tradition,” said the Jesuit journal. For the Jesuits, “holy” books, such as the Zoroastrian Avesta or the Confucian Four Books, were written “not without some particular influence of Holy Spirit, and therefore, in some measure they contain a ‘divine revelation.’”
However, the article makes a clarification. “Not all that such holy books contain is the word of God,” it states, adding that those who wrote these books may have “suffered the influence of a polytheistic environment or the philosophical context” in which they lived and acted. According to Marco Politi, Vatican affairs correspondent for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, this stand “opens previously unthinkable possibilities in relations between the Catholic Church and the great historical religions,” returning to the spirit of various interconfessional prayer meetings like that in Assisi in 1986, vigorously promoted by John Paul II.
Jehovah is not a God of disorder and confusion. (1 Corinthians 14:33)
So we cannot rightly conclude that his holy spirit, or active force, would inspire even a portion of any books that are ((((((( not in full harmony with his Word )))))), the Bible. Rather than encouraging ecumenical approaches between different “religious traditions,” the Christian apostle Paul wrote that there is “one hope . . . , one Lord, one faith, one baptism.”—Ephesians 4:4, 5.
That “one hope” hinges upon putting faith in Jesus Christ. The Bible appropriately states: “There is no salvation in anyone else, for there is not another name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must get saved.” (Acts 4:12) No other “holy book” presents Jesus as the central figure in the outworking of God’s purposes. Only if we accept the Bible as the Word of God can it teach us about Jehovah God’s loving provision for salvation.—John 17:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:13.

This is speaking of other religious books but can also apply to other Bibles. Other Bibles do hold most of the true information one would need to learn about God but if anything in those Bible's has been altered to make a paganistic belief sound true and promoting that belief, there would of course be an issue with God and the truthfulness of that particular version.

Originally posted by galveston75
All Divine Revelations?

Could God’s spirit, which inspired the Holy Bible, also be responsible for other books that some consider to be holy? (2 Timothy 3:16) This question was raised by an Italian Jesuit journal (La Civiltà Cattolica), published “under the supervision of the [Vatican] Secretariat of State” and thus considered authoritative in Cathol ...[text shortened]... ef, there would of course be an issue with God and the truthfulness of that particular version.

would you describe the catholic translation of the bible as inspired?

Originally posted by Proper Knob
Earlier in the thread i asked Robbie what his perception was on how the Bible was inspired. This is what he wrote -

God inspired the writers to record his thoughts.

Now you're saying that God, via the Holy Spirit, is passing on his thoughts to others who record them for others to read (i assume you're talking about JW literature here ...[text shortened]... en how Rob perceives the Bible was written and how you are claiming JW literature is written?

There is a major differance. God had the Bible written exactly as he wanted it. Nothing in the original writings was incorrect, misleading or untruthful and was fully inspired by God himself. The writers were not allowed to make mistakes.
To this date there have been no more writings in any book in the world that has been directed in this way by God.
As I said before all the info we need is there until he might replace or add to that book in the future himself
And as I said, in his time, he allows us to learn more and understand more.
And as I said with any human writings now, there is always that human factor included and that is to make mistakes. That is how we learn to try our best to pay attention to the Bible and to pray to God for the wisdom to understand and not to make mistakes.

Originally posted by stellspalfie
would you describe the catholic translation of the bible as inspired?

It promotes a few false doctrines and even has deleated the name of God himself from it's pages, does it not. So you tell me?

Originally posted by galveston75
It promotes a few false doctrines and even has deleated the name of God himself from it's pages, does it not. So you tell me?

im finding it hard to understand how your system works, so i dont know. hence the questions. it sounds like you think it is not inspired, correct?

Originally posted by galveston75
There is a major differance. God had the Bible written exactly as he wanted it. Nothing in the original writings was incorrect, misleading or untruthful and was fully inspired by God himself. The writers were not allowed to make mistakes.
To this date there have been no more writings in any book in the world that has been directed in this way by God. ...[text shortened]... attention to the Bible and to pray to God for the wisdom to understand and not to make mistakes.

are there any example (so i can understand the kind of thing you are talking about) you can give where a scholar has been inspired by the bible and new information has been released to them, which they have then written down?

Originally posted by stellspalfie
im finding it hard to understand how your system works, so i dont know. hence the questions. it sounds like you think it is not inspired, correct?

Sorry. Let me come up with some other way to explain after I get the office opened up here at work.