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Mr. Bultitude
Mr. Bultitude
1:44 AM
I'm curious about this answer on a question of mine. It's got a net of zero votes, though I personally have upvoted and accepted it. I most definitely do not buy it, but I highly doubt there's much more to the JW position than is said here. Do others of you see it the same way I do, or do you think there's probably a much better answer out there somewhere?
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A: To JWs, how is Jesus Christ "the same yesterday and today, and forever"?

Doug EbertPretty simply, actually. His pre-existence (yesterday) is explained as a special case: Unlike any other human, Jesus lived in heaven as a spirit person before he was born on earth. (John 8:23) He was God’s first creation, and he helped in the creation of all other things. He is the only one ...

 
 
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fredsbend
fredsbend
4:44 AM
Just read a pretty good blog post by Jeff Atwood about the struggle between deciding to delete content or include content.
Blog - Stack Exchange: Adventures in Delclusionism
Jeff Atwood on January 24, 2009

In Wikipedia, there are two opposing camps: the inclusionists and the deletionists. I found Nicholas Carr’s definitions to be the clearest and most succinct:

Inclusionists believe that there should be no constraints on the breadth of the encyclopedia – that Wikipedia should include any entry that any contributor wants to submit. An article on a small-town elementary school is no less worthy for inclusion than an article on Stanford University.

Deletionists believe in weeding out entries that they view as trivial or otherwise inappropriate for a serious encyclopedia. …

@Mr.Bultitude We've had trouble getting a decent JW poster in here for a long while. I haven't looked at that post yet, but I will soon. We did have one guy a few years ago, but he hasn't been around for a while. christianity.stackexchange.com/users/7536/jeremy
Mostly, unfortunately, JW's are seemingly only interested in the site if we'll tolerate them proselytizing.
 
Mr. Bultitude
Mr. Bultitude
5:09 AM
@fredsbend 70 answers, but hasn't been seen in well over a year. That makes me sad.
 
 
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fredsbend
fredsbend
6:29 AM
@Mr.Bultitude I think there is a better one, but not a much better one. I think some explanation that the JW's believe God only ever actually created one thing, Jesus, is reason enough to note that Jesus is significantly different than everything else created, which was made by Jesus, not God.
I upvoted the current answer, but it does answer the question and is sourced and clear.
 

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