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   >Friend james, a few questions if you please, a short even single word   
   >answer is requested for each, a "I don't know" is fine; the answer will be   
   >provided.  Not to worry, if you go wobbling all over the place into   
   >irrelevant responses, we will bring you back to the core questions:   
   >   
      
   He wobbled about and was unable to answer or attempted to answer another   
   question.  Let's help him out and get him off the hook of reality:   
      
   >1. How many were on the committee who did the "translation"?   
   There was a group of 5, all known by name.   
   >   
   >2. Did it have any trained scholars of biblical languages?   
      
   No, one had some ancient greek from some 500 years BC, a different form of   
   greek, a greek biblical scholar would have years of formal education he   
   lacked.   
      
   He claimed knowledge of hebrew.  In a trial under oath he could not   
   translate a simple hebrew sentence.  In effect, no one qualified nor   
   experienced in biblical translation was in the group.   
   >   
   >3. Of the NT sources listed, how many render John 1:1 as did the   
   >"translation"?   
      
   Friend james listed some  5 possible examples.  Only one had "Word was a   
   god; a very obscure translation no one uses."   
      
   More telling, none he mentioned is in the list below, the questioned   
   asked of him.   
      
   In short, he did some hand waving and foot stomping with the lists of   
   sources which do not support the nwt.  He tried to impress by an irrelevant   
   long list.   
      
   >>NT   
   >>   
   >>Armenian Version   
   >>Coptic Versions   
   >>Syriac Versions-Curetonian, Philoxenian, Harclean,   
   >>Palestinian, Sinaitic, Peshitta   
   >>Old Latin   
   >>Latin Vulgate   
   >>Sixtine and Clementine Revised Latin Texts   
   >>Greek Cursive MSS.   
   >>Erasmus Text   
   >>Stephanus Text   
   >>Textus Receptus   
   >>Griesbach Greek Text   
   >>Emphatic Diaglott   
   >>Papyri-(e.g., Chester Beatty P45, P46, P47; Bodmer P66, P74,P75)   
   >>Early Greek Uncial MSS.-Vatican 1209 (B), Sinaitic (H>),   
   >>Alexandrine (A), Ephraemi Syri rescriptus (C), Bezae (D)   
   >>Westcott and Hort Greek Text   
   >>Bover Greek Text   
   >>Merk Greek Text   
   >>Nestle-Aland Greek Text   
   >>United Bible Societies Greek Text   
      
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