Muslims claim 50,000 errors in bible because of Jehovah's Witnesses

[Peter]

Actually the Watchtower article claims that's how many errors are in the New Testament alone.
http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-bible-50000-errors.htm

Pretty impressive claim considering there are only about 180,552 words in total, in the KJV New Testament. That would be almost an error per every 3 words!
http://amazingbibletimeline.com/bible_questions/q10_bible_facts_statistics/
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A particularly heinous claim when we consider the false New Testament the JWs are measuring it against. For openers, their bible is based on a corrupt 19th century Greek text, written by two English spiritualists named Westcott and Hort.
http://islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=81.0
Additionally...
http://islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=2550.0

Next, "The translators of The New World Translation were: Nathan Knorr, Albert Schroeder, George Gangas, Fred Franz, M. Henschel

'Fred Franz was the only one with any knowledge of the Bible languages to attempt translation of this kind. He had studied Greek for two years in the University of Cincinnati but was only self-taught in Hebrew.' ["Crisis of Conscience"; by Raymond Franz; Commentary Press, Atlanta; 1983 edition; footnote 15; page 50.]

Four out of the five men on the committee had no Hebrew or Greek training at all, and only a high school education. Franz studied Greek for two years at the University of Cincinnati, but dropped out after his sophomore year. When asked in a Scotland courtroom if he could translate Genesis 2:4 into Hebrew, Franz replied that he could not. The truth is that Franz was unable to translate Hebrew or Greek.

What we have is a very inexperienced translating committee that twisted Scripture to make it fit the Society's doctrine."
http://www.towerwatch.com/Witnesses/New_World_Translation/dan_glover.htm

The New World Translation
http://www.towerwatch.com/Witnessing/john_1_1.htm

The New World Translation
http://www.towerwatch.com/Witnesses/New_World_Translation/new_world_translation.htm

A Grossly misleading translation ( new world translation )
http://www.towerwatch.com/Witnesses/New_World_Translation/dr_mantey.htm

[David H]

Confirming this, in Hebrews 1 verse 6, it tells us that ALL the Angels WORSHIPPED Jesus and that is in their original Green NWT, but in 1984 they 'revised' it as they realised this gave support to the fact that Jesus is not just an Angel and he deserves worship...which is something the JWs do not do...worship the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

The current version carries the word Obeisance which sounds a bit different to WORSHIP, but the Greek word here and in every other place they deleted WORSHIP is Proskouneo which means WORSHIP, ADORATION, BOWING BEFORE and so on.

Blessings David

[PeteWaldo]

Confirming this, in Hebrews 1 verse 6, it tells us that ALL the Angels WORSHIPPED Jesus and that is in their original Green NWT, but in 1984 they 'revised' it as they realised this gave support to the fact that Jesus is not just an Angel and he deserves worship...which is something the JWs do not do...worship the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

The current version carries the word Obeisance which sounds a bit different to WORSHIP, but the Greek word here and in every other place they deleted WORSHIP is Proskouneo which means WORSHIP, ADORATION, BOWING BEFORE and so on.

Blessings David

They don't have it as bad as Muslims who are taught that to confess that Jesus is the Son of God, or even to pray in Jesus' name, is to commit the single most "heinous" and only unforgivable sin in Islam - "shirk". As opposed to child rape or cold-blooded mass-murder for example, which may be forgiven (and both of which, as it happens, their "messenger" was guilty of committing).
http://www.islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=3344.0

[David H]

The Watchtower Society does not recognise anything about Modern Israel and it does not even figure in any of their faulty Chronology, apart from the now discredited 2520 times of the Gentiles dating from 607 BCE to 1914 CE....that is when the first temple was supposed to have been destroyed by Babylon and the 70 years of captivity started from the year...however Ray Franz realised back in the late 70s that the WT had got it wrong becuse Nebuchadnezzar had not become King until 604.  Ray Franz was on the Governing Body then, but because he asked awkward questions they kicked him out and he became the most notorious Apostate they ever had deal with as his uncle was President of the Governing Gang back then.

I would say they are Replacement Theologists and that Israel has no baring on prophecy being fulfilled accordingto them.  However I read an amazing prophecy by Dr Gratten Guiness who lived about the same time as Russell who counted the times from 604 and came out at 1917 when General Allenby rode into Jerusalem without a fight.  I began to realise that Israel was important in Gods plan even before I exited from the JWs...