"Bob Felts" wrote in message
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> Gary McNees wrote:
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> > False delima. God ordained that many things happen
> > via free choice.
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> Please explain how this is anything other than a self-refuting
> statement, since it appears to assert A and not A in the same sentence.

Please give a syllogistic proof that this is asserting A and not A.

Gary


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2. In translations, the important thing is consistancy. In
the NWT, most of the time the phrase here is translated "God".
EXCEPT in this verse, where it would quite inconvenient for
the JW's.

see Acts 28:6 how does the Bible on your desk render this verse?

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>So are you saying that Jesus deliberately put a vision into their
>heads. For what purpose? What do you think was the point of this
>episode? Jesus had to have been hallucinating, too, since he refers to
>the indident like he was really there.

All visions are put in the heads or in sight of those the vision was
given to.The point of "this episode"?

During Jesus' transfiguration, Moses and Elijah also appeared "with
glory." (Lu 9:30, 31; Mt 17:3; Mr 9:4) It had been foretold that God
would raise up a prophet like Moses, and that promise was fulfilled in
Christ. (De 18:15-19; Ac 3:19-23) There were many similarities between
Moses and Jesus, such as: Babes were killed at their births, though
they themselves were spared (Ex 1:20-2:10; Mt 2:7-23); they both
experienced fasts of 40 days' duration (Ex 24:18; 34:28; De 9:18, 25;
Mt 4:1, 2); both were raised up by God in the interests of true worship
and to effect deliverance (Ex 3:1-10; Ac 7:30-37; 3:19-23); they were
each privileged by God to mediate a covenant with his people (Ex
24:3-8; Heb 8:3-6; 9:15); both were used by God to magnify his name (Ex
9:13-16; Joh 12:28-30; 17:5, 6, 25, 26).

It was also foretold that God would send Elijah the prophet, among
whose works was that of turning persons of Israel to true repentance.
While Jesus was on earth, John the Baptizer did a work of that kind and
served as the Messiah's forerunner, fulfilling Malachi 4:5, 6. (Mt
11:11-15; Lu 1:11-17) But, since the transfiguration occurred after the
death of John the Baptizer, Elijah's appearance in it indicates that
a work of restoration of true worship and vindication of YHWH's name
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