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James wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:33:46 +0000 (UTC), Gemini_Styles@webtv.net
> (Gemini Styles) wrote:
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> >Some scholars believe that although Jesus was/is God and man
> >simultaneously, He did not operate as God on earth. I would like to
> >know what everyone's take is regarding this matter?
>
> Hello,
>
> The Bible does not support the belief that Jesus was God. Rather the
> Bible tells us that they are two separate persons. You can see this
for
> yourself.
>
> The Bible tells us that God has always existed. Ps 90:2,
>
> "Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and
the
> world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God." (NIV)
>
> But that Jesus was created by God. Col 1:15,
>
> "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation."
> (NASB)
>
> Thus Jesus cannot be God since Jesus had a beginning.

That is a good point, however. Christ is the bodily form of God, given
authority over all of creation. He is the image of God who is
invisible.

< 15[Christ]Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of
every creature:

Colossians 2:8-10
8See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive
philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles
of this world rather than on Christ.

9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
10and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over
every power and authority.>>

Or:

< 5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God:>>

I have always found the JW view of Jesus Christ curious (like throwing
the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak), but conversely, I find
strict Trinitarians stating that Christ is "co-equal" with God not
quite right, either.

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In article <147.13.17.05.474490000@srcbs.org>, Sarah Kanary says...
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>"Gary McNees" wrote in message
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>>> >>The NWT has not been changed to fit theology.
>>> >
>>> > When I said, "changed," I meant that the corrupted
>>> > NWT changes the Greek text at will. It is really not
>>> > a "translation" but rather a mutilation.
>>>
>>> Don't take other people's word for it. Check for yourself. Have you
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