Having asserted that Jesus is a created being, the Watchtower had to figure out how to deal with John 1:1, which plainly states, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
So they came out with their own version of the Bible (the “New World Translation”), in which they rendered that verse as follows: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god.” Continue reading
“Proof texting is the method by which a person appeals to a biblical text to prove or justify a theological position without regard for the context of the passage they are citing.” (Theopedia)
Bible hopscotching is jumping from one part of the Bible to another or one topic to another without taking time to examine anything in detail.
Here is an example of both, taken from Watchtower argumentation against the deity of Christ, which appears on page 203 of its book What Does the Bible Really Teach? Continue reading
Last week, we looked at how to respond to five of the Watchtower’s best arguments and proof texts against the deity of Christ as well as the most effective ways to respond to them.
Today, we finish this topic by looking at two more of their points. Continue reading
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