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Greetings and peace to you, our dear friend Sher'f!
Thank you for sharing this, and... oh, dear. OH, DEAR. This poor woman. Sigh. In spite of her well-placed mistrust of and her much-deserved (by them) chagrin as to the WTBTS, she is in error in her belief and position. So much so, I couldn't get past the first 2-3 minutes of her video.
She starts out by taking issue with the NWT, that it is "not a Bible" because the word "Bible" isn't stamped on its cover. Rather, it states "Holy Scriptures." Actually, that is MORE accurate than the term "Holy Bible," and for at least three reasons (more, actually, but let's go with the top ones):
1. NO ONE in used to write the contents of the Bible, whether original writer or copyist, used the term "Bible." Rather, all who referred to the writings used the Hebrew term "Writings" which were translated TO the word "scriptures," the Middle English term for the Latin term "scriptura" (which means "writings") derived from the Latin term "script" (meaning "written’") from the Latin verb "scribere" ("to write").
2. Neither JaH nor Christ used the term "Bible." The terms "writings" or "scriptures" is not mentioned with reference to the Father. It is mentioned with reference to the Sony, at Matthew 26:56 and the Greek word used there is "graphē" (G1124), which means... wait for it... "writings" or "scripture." NOT, however, "Bible."
3. The term "Bible" is also a Middle English term, derived from Old French which derived from the ecclesiastical Latin term "biblia", which derived from the Greek term "(ta) biblia" (or "(the) books"), which dervied from the Greek term "biblion" (meaning "book") which was originally a diminutive of the Greek term "biblos" which meant "papyrus" or "scroll’". The word "biblos" comes from the Phoenician city of Byblos, which exported papyrus (the core pulp of which was used to create a writing medium) to the rest of the world. The word meant NOT "scriptures" OR "writings," but "book".
Middle English is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century (i.e., c. 1150 to c. 1470). It should be no surprise, then, that the KJV, commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611 by sponsorship of King James VI/I, used the term "Bible." That was the term for "scriptures" at that time. By it's use of the term "Holy 'Scriptures'" vs. "Holy 'Bible'" actually makes the NWT more accurate in its title, as it is going back, to what the writings were actually called... vs. that it is merely a "book." "Holy Scriptures (Writings)" is much more accurate that "Holy Bible (Book)."
Now, you all know me: I have NO love for the WTBTS and rarely find reason to agree with them. Besides the truth that there is NO "trinity" but only JaH and Christ, I would have to share that the titling of their Bible version is the most accurate.
HOWEVER, ALL Bible versions start out with a lie/error - NONE of them are "holy"... whether that word is following by "Bible" OR "Scriptures." ONLY the Father (who is the MOST Holy (Spirit - John 4:24) and Son (who is the HOLY (Spirit - 2 Corinthians 3:17, 18; 1 John 2:1, 2; Revelation 1:18; 2:1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 29; 3:1, 6, 7, 13, 14, 22)... and anything and anyONE they "touch"... directly or through someone to whom they've given such authority... is holy.
NO Bible is "holy," though, by very reason of what IT states at Jeremiah 8:8 and John 5:39, 40 (except, of course, IN the KJV and similar versions as such state verse 39 inaccurately).
But now, let me share a "Biblical" (please excuse the quote marks AND the pun (both fully intended) here - I couldn't help myself - LOLOL!) truth: while the current versions of the NWT are indeed hugely flawed, and so is every single Bible version out there, one NWT version is actually THE most accurate (not entirely, of course, but in comparison to all others) Bible version in publication. It is the 1984 NWT Reference Bible. With its middle column references and extensive footnotes, the 1984 NWT Reference Bible is the most accurate Bible ever published.
Which is exactly why they had to revise it (how many pages??) as well as make a VERY abridged "Study" version: it was not only more accurate than all other Bible versions out there, but its accuracy REVEALED the falsehoods and hypocrisy of the WTBTS itself!
Add to that, and VERY importantly, it is the ONLY Bible version that can be used to show current and ex JWs the truth about "The Truth®" as well as about JaH and Christ. IF one needs to use a Bible, that is; one doesn't, necessarily.
Lesson?
1. Hate blinds.
2. Blindness foments and allows safe haven for hypocrisy.
3. Hypocrisy leads to error/sin.
4. Sin... leads to death.
What does that have to do with this lady's position? JWs are not to be hated (well, understandably, one might hate those individuals who literally push others to their physical deaths t(i.e., via false medical "advice" that pushes them to withhold from/not seek needed treatment, suicide, murder, etc.) which the first do by means of their own hate borne out in their self-righteous hypocrisy, unyielding judging, and ultimate "stoning" (in the heart!) of others). ALL JWs, including the uber-hypocrites among them... are to be pitied. Because just as the Jews of the days when our dear Lord was here in the flesh, "they don't know what they do." They have absolutely NO clue as to how they are TRULY being used... by whom (Job 2:4; Luke 4:6, 7, 12; Mark 12:30, 31; John 13:34; 15:9; 1 John 3:10-12; 4:8, 11-13
)... for what ultimate purpose (Matthew 24:24).
This poor woman, in her hatred for the WTBTS, let it blind her as to her own error (in her thinking and belief of the topic of the NWT) and so she has not only hypocritically judged... but, embarrassingly revealed her own ignorance. Which is sad and to be pitied because those who do "know" (i.e., various scholars, atheists... true christians)... will be shaking their heads at her very wrong "christian" assertion here.
Much rafter-remaining-in-your-eye-ish-ness going on with her, sadly.
But thank YOU, again, dear, dear Sherf, for sharing this. Peace to you, dear Auntie and the Fam (and to you ALL, and to your dear, dear households)!
YSFS of Christ,
Shelb
P.S. Please always excuse (and absolutely let me know so I can fix!) any typos, verse errors, etc. - I type REALLY fast and absolutely hate to proofread (so I only proof so many times then I'm done), so... LOLOL! Peace to you all!
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