Hello, I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses

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Thank you.

Now we are on the same page.
Please allow me to translate your answer in an even better understandable english so that you may understand it yourself too:


"The versions we had until 1950 were not perfect and flawless as we needed it to be, so we had to produce a version which is even more perfect. Thus in 1950 we began to release portions of our hyper-modern-word-of-God which is of course much better than the original-word-of-God. We even translated this modern bible into 130 languages, so that the whole world may see and understand our modern western standards instead of their own outdated literal word of God"
Notice how you mix up the terms "version" and "translation". The NWT is a version of the Bible, and it is available in different translations. But no worries, I corrected it for you.

"As human kind evolves, our ethics morals and values also change over time. What was perfectly normal back then, can be perverse, obscure or obsolete now, and vice versa. We do not want to be bound to the objective morality God originally dictated in the Bible. We rather go with our own modern subjective morality which changes as we change and develop."

We all remember what happened in Nazi Germany back in WOII due to this subjective morality, don't you?
People ratted jewish neighbours or even family-members out because it was the good thing to do...it was good moral for the sake of a better germany.
You remember that right?


"The Bible versions we had until 1950 turned out to be not that perfect and flawless after all because we discovered ancient manuscripts that prove that. But now, with the NWT we finally have a Bible version which is more flawlessand more perfect than all the other versions before."

Who knows what else is out there, waiting to be discovered to improve the accuracy of the Bible in the near future. This alone proves that the Bible was not preserved perfectly because we are still discovering new manuscripts, and who knows what else we may discover in the future, right?

Thank you again for your questions

This is what we believe:

♥️ A comparison of ancient manuscripts shows that the Bible is basically unchanged despite millenniums of recopying on perishable materials!

There are thousands of copies of ancient manuscripts of the Holy Scriptures. If one copy has even the slightest difference, it can be compared with other copies to establish the truth.

A careful examination of older manuscripts confirms that what we read in the Holy Scriptures is God’s original message. We can be sure that God has diligently preserved the accuracy of his Holy Writings for us today!

♥️ Is it not reasonable that God, having inspired the Bible in the first place, would also preserve its accuracy? (Isaiah 40:8; 1 Peter 1:24, 25) After all, he intended it to benefit not only people of long ago but also us today. (1 Corinthians 10:11) In fact, “all the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction, so that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have hope.”—Romans 15:4.

♥️ The New World Translation is based on up-to-date scholarly research and the most reliable ancient manuscripts. In contrast, the King James Version of 1611 was based on manuscripts that were often less accurate and not as old as those used in producing the
New World Translation.
 
Thank you again for your opinion. Please allow me to share my point of view:

♥️ God has set death, not torment in a fiery hell, as the penalty for sin. God told the first man, Adam, that the penalty for breaking God’s law would be death. (Genesis 2:17) He said nothing about eternal torment in hell.

Later, after Adam sinned, God told him what his punishment would be: “Dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19) He would pass out of existence. If God were actually sending Adam to a fiery hell, He surely would have mentioned it.

God has not changed the punishment for defying his laws. Long after Adam sinned, God inspired a Bible writer to say: “The wages sin pays is death.” (Romans 6:23) No further penalty is justified, because “the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin.”—Romans 6:7.


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The doctrine that hell is a place of torment is not based on truth. Rather, it is a pagan belief masquerading as a divine teaching. No, God does not torture people eternally in hell.

You are wrong and a liar.

Hell is a real place.

Hell is taught immensely in the Bible. Immensely.

All humans will get resurrected.

God will punish the disbelievers with hell for their disbelief, and that is very easy for God, glory belongs to Him.

God doesn’t torture them directly Himself, He merely puts them there, hell does the rest.

God likes other things doing stuff for Him, like His honourable angels, etc.

When the dogs who call themselves disbelievers will see the hellfire, they will know that all power belongs to God and that God is severe in punishment.

God is the Most Great.
 
You are wrong and a liar.

Hell is a real place.

Hell is taught immensely in the Bible. Immensely.

All humans will get resurrected.

God will punish the disbelievers with hell for their disbelief, and that is very easy for God, glory belongs to Him.

God doesn’t torture them directly Himself, He merely puts them there, hell does the rest.

God likes other things doing stuff for Him, like His honourable angels, etc.

When the dogs who call themselves disbelievers will see the hellfire, they will know that all power belongs to God and that God is severe in punishment.

God is the Most Great.

Thank you again for your opinion. Please allow me to give my point of view:

♥️ People who die pass out of existence. (Psalm 146:4; Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10) They do not suffer in a fiery hell of torment.

♥️ God will bring billions back from death by means of a resurrection. (Acts 24:15) However, those who refuse to learn God’s ways after being raised to life will be destroyed forever with no hope of a resurrection.—Revelation 20:14, 15.
 
I'm done.
I can find literally everything you have posted on jw.org, either on the library secction or on FAQ section.
Literally exactly the same text. you didn't even take the effort to modify or personalize the text...you just copy paste watchtower approved pieces of text....nothing of your own added. Ironically, there are less differences between the text you posted as a reaction here and the text on jw.org than between de various versions of the Bible.

Here I am taking my time and effort to carefully shape my posts to you in the hope of having a genuine discussion with someone from other faith...for what? Do you even think about taking a second and think about what other people wrote? or do you just care about providing only watchtower approved pieces of text as answer?

If latter, then I can cut the middle man and go to jw.org and read everything myself. much easier and quicker.
Are you not allowed to have a thought of your own? use your logic and reason? are you that closed minded?

Thanks but no thanks, I'm out.
 
I'm done.
I can find literally everything you have posted on jw.org, either on the library secction or on FAQ section.
Literally exactly the same text. you didn't even take the effort to modify or personalize the text...you just copy paste watchtower approved pieces of text....nothing of your own added. Ironically, there are less differences between the text you posted as a reaction here and the text on jw.org than between de various versions of the Bible.

Here I am taking my time and effort to carefully shape my posts to you in the hope of having a genuine discussion with someone from other faith...for what? Do you even think about taking a second and think about what other people wrote? or do you just care about providing only watchtower approved pieces of text as answer?

If latter, then I can cut the middle man and go to jw.org and read everything myself. much easier and quicker.
Are you not allowed to have a thought of your own? use your logic and reason? are you that closed minded?

Thanks but no thanks, I'm out.

Hello, thank you for your question

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It is readable in many languages and is searchable by words, phrase , or scripture. It also contains our music and lyrics, news articles about our work, sections designed for children, adults!
 

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