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Oluwatobi You ask a fine question because we come under hostile and virulent attacks from apostates and critics that can be rather intimidating, especially for our youth and those recently baptized who lack the knowledge to give a defence of their faith. I have served many decades in various capacities and have long engaged in apologetics or in defence of our Bible-based theology and Organization which is biblically based. I love the following things about our Organization or Church if you like such as follows: 1. We alone obey the command of our Lord and Master in Matt.28:19,20 2. We alone preach or better still proclaim the good news or Gospel. Matt.24:14 3. We alone worship Jehovah God as Sovereign 3. We adhere to the Bible as God's inspired Word 4. We alone implement and fulfil the parables described by Jesus in Matt. 24 and 25 5. We alone heed the Master's exhortation to 'Keep on the Watch' 6. We alone have a correct understanding of prophecy namely Daniel and Revelation 7. We alone are the Church described both historically and prophetically in the book of Revelation 8. We alone have constructed a scheme of Bible Chronology that proves 1914 CE as the end of the Gentile Times and the birth of God's Kingdom 9. We alone have the Elect or the Anointed in our midst 10. We alone have produced the most brilliant and outstanding translation of the Bible ever produced namely the NWT 11. We alone have a united Christian Brotherhood 12. We alone imitate the doctrines and practices of the Early Church scholar JW

As someone who has studied John 1:1 over many decades even studying Koine Greek at the University of Sydney under Dr. John A. Lee a prominent and international Greek scholar and has watched the many videos on YouTube critical of the NWT and its translation of John 1:1 that this new video is brilliant and covers all and refutes all criticism of the NWT. Well Done!!!! scholar JW emeritus

Mike047 The NWT in its various editions and formats is an excellent resource for our use in the ministry and personal study and it represents biblical scholarship at its finest enabling one to ably defend its many fine renderings of both Hebrew and Greek. What I find most fascinating is the manner in which it treats the verbs in both of these original languages as to the subject of aspect as well as to their tense. Aspect in contrast to tense is a most difficult area in the study of philology and linguistics and is not adequately treated by the majority of translations as it has only come into vogue from the pioneering work of K.L. Mc Kay from 1965 to 1994 subsequently followed by the scholarship of Stanley Porter and Buist Fanning. Thus, for the study of New Testament Greek with respect to the Greek verb it is recognized that there is tense, Aktionsart and aspect which simply refers to 'viewpoint' which can either be the action inside or outside that of the main verb. The NWT traditionally has always given a greater focus on the verb in both Hebrew and Greek. scholar JW emeritus

According to one CO it is only minutes away! scholar JW emeritus

I completed all of the Units for study and was very impressed by the layout, teaching content and professional presentation. I would like to see a more advanced program for mature bible Students so as to update our knowledge and understanding of the Bible with a more structured method which allows one to fully utilize all of our Study Tools. Further, a online Theocratic or Kingdom University would be excellent so as to allow all who desire to pursue advanced Theocratic or Bible education which would supplement our current programs of Meetings, Theocratic Schools and Conventions. scholar JW emeritus

RodLS45 Brilliant M'lud! Keep up the good work. scholar JW emeritus

I am appalled. Scholar JW

The video presentation was very moving and the talk in Russian was indeed beautiful and encouraging. The brotherhood in Russia are made of very tough stuff as the previous generation endured so much hardship in Siberia during the fifties and yet they came out strong and with their integrity preserved. May Jehovah bless them all during this time of great difficulty. scholar JW

vern Sadly, Philosophy has and continues to alienate people and has always suffered 'bad press' particularly in religious circles. I studied Philosophy in my older years and as a active Witness and found the subject fascinating, exhilarating and faith/spiritually up building. I was fascinated by the many 'proof's for God's existence and their relative histories which one could use to good effect in the field when dealing with atheists. For me Philosophy along with His written Word draws me closer to my Heavenly Father because philosophy provides the grammar in understanding God and the world and using the Bible to understand His purposes so I do not have a common, negative of this subject for after the Bible itself contains much that could be considered Philosophy in its purest sense.

Beggar for the Spirit You raise some interesting issues. Your questions are in the fields of Theology and Philosophy (Metaphysics) with the latter underpinning Theology. The Bible as God's Word even though it contains books on Philosophy known as the Wisdom genre does not deal specifically with the subject of 'Being' as a Concept. The word relates to existence so anything that exists would properly 'be' thus would be a 'being' in that formal sense so in this way we can refer to spirit beings which were created and human beings which also were created. However, it is only God that can properly described as Absolute Being so in using such terms, discrimination is essential. Philosophy also concerns itself with words, grammar and trying to explain the world or reality in meaningful language and that is why the term 'Being' is so profound perhaps the most awesome word in human language. There are many good reference works on Philosophy so time spent in pursuing this subject would be most productive. How Jehovah views the matter I cannot say for I do not the Mind of God but what I do know that the subject of 'Being' has fascinated Philosophers since the time of Parmenides but what I think is important is that we understand that words have great power and meaning no more so then this beautiful and abstract word 'Being' or 'to be'. scholar JW

The word 'Being' or 'being' are very important terms in Philosophy for it could be argued that these terms are indeed the most important of all in the vocabulary of Philosophy both Western and Eastern. The meaning of his terms relates to the property of 'existence' which therefore as the First Cause of Existence or the basis of all existence is the Creator, Jehovah God. The very meaning of His name relates to these properties such as causation and existence. For these reasons it has been the traditional that such a term or description 'being' should properly belong to the Deity- God, Jehovah God. From this perspective, should properly be described as 'human creatures which removes the aspect of Deity which alone is the property of the gods to that of the Creation being an act of the Deity - God, Jehovah God. scholar JW

May I have the link too. With thanks and best wishes scholar JW

An excellent and highly recommended book on Jehovah's Witnesses has just been published, it is expensive and its details can be found on the Amazon website. The research is titled: 'Jehovah's Witnesses- Continuity and Change" by George D. Chryssides. Chryrssides has over many years written books and articles on our faith and beliefs and is quite accurate and fair in his writings and one recent article discusses an interesting topic', Conflicting expectations? Insider and Outsider methods of studying Jehovah's Witnesses" published in the Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions, 2015. scholar JW

Brother David If this subject is so clear to you then can you explain to me why the current updated online, June 2015, Insight On The Scriptures, article 'GENERATION' in the very last paragraph does not in any sense discuss or imply any two-stage hypothesis or any notion of overlapping in the context of Jesus discussion of 'this generation' . It simply suggests quite prudently that "the word 'generation' with reference to humans whose lives would in some way be associated with the foretold events during his presence." scholar JW