Why Interpret the Bible Literally? Have you ever heard comments like these? • “Accept the story about Adam and Eve and a talking snake? You’ve got to be kidding! That’s a nice children’s tale, but no one really believes it actually happened.” • “If you think the world was created in six twenty-four-hour days, you might as […]
Why Should We Trust the Bible? When I was in graduate school, I took a course entitled “Biblical Criticism and Authenticity.” Its purpose was to examine the accuracy and reliability of the Bible. Thirty-five percent of my course grade depended on how well I wrote an apologetic brief and how well I defended it orally
How Do We Know God Exists? Only a small fraction of the world’s population question the existence of a deity. In fact, the belief in supernatural beings is a universal ingredient in all human cultures, whether they are highly technical like the United States or primitive like the Australian aborigines. For most people, the issue
Psalm 37:9, 11, 29 For evildoers themselves will be cut off, But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth.… But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth.… The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it. (nwt) Jehovah’s Witnesses commonly turn to these verses
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Leviticus 7:26–27 And you must not eat any blood in any places where you dwell, whether that of fowl or that of beast. Any soul who eats any blood, that soul must be cut off from his people. (nwt) This text is frequently quoted in support of the Watchtower Society’s ban on blood transfusions. Even
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Exodus 3:15 Then God said once more to Moses: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘Jehovah the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name to time indefinite, and this is
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Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, “I am WHO I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” (rsv) Christians universally recognize that Jesus Christ was claiming to be the Deity when he referred to himself as the I am: “The Jews then said
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Genesis 40:20–22 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants.… But he hanged the chief baker.… (kjv) The Watchtower organization has prohibited birthday celebrations among its adherents, using Genesis 40:20–22 as a key part of the “scriptural basis” for this ruling. Their
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