The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-04-16, Page 29Letters to the editor
Dear Editor:
would like to com-
ment on the three
favorite verses'. of
Scripture used by
Jehovah's Witnesses in
their disputing of Christ's
deity, one weekly for next
three weeks.
John 14:28: "My father
is greater than I. Note He
does not state Jehovah is
better than I. Greater is a
term relative to position,
'better relative to nature.
By position= the Father;
is greater than the Son,
by nature they are both
ONE. My Son and I are
both separate persons,
but are both one by
nature. (I have no son,
the above is just , an
example for illustr tion).
The Presiden of the
U.S.A. could stan• up on
Washington's hill an. . y
"I AM greater than a
Express tha
open forum
Dear Editor,
Thank you for
publishing our letters in
recent weeks. There are
few newspapers today
that would permit such
an open forum on
religious matters.
We would like to make
it clear that we do not
wish to attack Jehovah's
Witnesses personally.
However, we are out to
expose false doctrine
whereverit is found,
amongst Mormans,
United Church, etc. and
to preach the Gospel of
everlasting life through
Jesus Cnrist our Lord
plus the inspired nature
of the scriptures.
Essentially, we would
.agree with Mr. Barney's
letter concerning Easter
and Lent, but why does he
major on the minors and
avoid getting involved
answering questions put
to him and another
Jehovah's Witness in this
paper' ' on more fun-
these people" but the last
to say Better (no more
human by nature and no
more an American
citizen).
Jesus Christ took seven
steps down (Philippians
2). No reputation. Form
of a ..slave. Likeness of
men. Fashion as a MAN.
Hurrible himself.
Obedient unto death.
Even the death of the
cross highly exalted him.
Name above every name
Every knee should _bow,
In Heaven. In earth.,
Under the earth. Every
tongue confess LORD.
In' Philippians 2:6-7 we
read -the terms: Form of
a servant, form of God
(both times form is same
in Greek, namely morpe.
C.S. Lewis commenting
upon. only begotten Son
(John 3:16) monogenes
"A bird builds a nest, but
ks for
s
e igion
dame al issues of the
Faith?
We would like to add
that we are converted
Jehovah's Witnesses who
left ' the organization
when we answered the
knock of Jesus Christ on
our door. Our eyes have
been opened to their
many false predictions
and prophecies of the
past and their unbiblical
teachings. We were all
later disfellowshipped
and therefore judged
wortlfy of death. For-
tunately, God is our
judge.
Dear Jehovah's Wit-
ness, our witness is out of
love as pure as, is able for
imperfect .men. For free
literature or discussion,
contact: Ron Gardiner or
Martin and Maria Foster
for: JESUS SAVES, Box
1203, Mitchell, Ontario.
NOK 1NO.
Ron Gardiner,
Martin Foster.
`False prophet'
Dear Editor:
I read with interest Mr.
Martin Foster's letter in.
reply to Mr. Barney's
where he shows how the
Jehovah's Witnesses
claim to be God's
--p3 et, 11-k--Ezeki
old, on the earth today
(April 1, Watchtower,
1972, p197-199) especially
when we consider how
Jehovah's Witnesses so-
called modern day
prophet likd Ezekiel,
Jeremiah, etc. have
predicted the end of the
world at least six times in
their history and some
100 years. They also
teach that all churches
are of the Devil, even
predicting in 1917 that all
church members would
be destroyed by the
millions in 1918. Later it
was changed to 1920 for
the end (Finished
Mystery). The latest date
was 1975. Jehovah's
Witnesses make the
cla-i-na as stated above
that they are a prophet
but at the same time they
claim not to be an in-
spired prophet (W.T.
December 15, 1973, p.
738). If this Watchtower
is a prophet, can they still
claim to be an uninspired
prophet? The following
quotes from Aid to Bible
Understanding (a
Jehovah Witness book)
help us find the answer.
On page 1347 under the,
heading of prophet we
read...True Prophets
were no ordinary an-
nouncers but were
spokesmen for God, men
of God with inspired
messages.
Under,, the heading of
prophecy, the Aid Book,
p. 1344 reads "An in-
spired message, a
revelation of divine
will...source of all true
prophecy is Jehovah God.
He transmits it by means
of his holy spirit...
The Watchtower
prophet claims to receive
its prophecies in this way
(e.g. Watchtower July 1,
d of 192.3., p.-.402) They.clai
' be guided by angels
(April' 1, ' 1972 Wat-
chtower, p.200) .
The Bible speaks of
only two kinds of
prophets, true (inspired)
prophets, . and false
(uninspired) prophets.
Since the Watchtower
Society. of Jehovah's
Witnesses claims to be a
prophet, but not an in-
spired (true prophet)
there is only one other
alternative that it is a
false uninspired prophet.
Ron Gardiner
Staffa
GUARANTEED
INVESTMENT
CERTIFICATES
5'/4
®/.r/0
BRUCE ERSKINE
86 North 524.9555
a bird begats birds, a
man builds a house but a
man begats man' - also
beaver likewise: God
creates the earth and
universes and man but
God begats God.
"If as the Son of Man,
Jesus Christ was truly
Man by nature, then as
the Son of God, he was
also truly God by nature:
As the Son of God he was
God, and truly God by
nature.
Ronald Gardiner
Letter
contains
untruth
Dear Editor,
A letter in the last issue
of the Signal -Star con-
tains the untruth: "Two
Watchtower writers are
the - -only- - advocates. el'
such a translation" (as
"the Word was a god").
In the` year 1864, and
that was 20 years before
the Watchtower Society
came into existence,
Benjamin Wilson, a
"newspaper editor,
published the Emphatic
Diaglott. The interlinear,
word-for-word tran-
slation reads: "In a
beginning' was the Word,
and the Word was with
the God, and a god was
the Word." (John 1:1)
In 1808 Archbishop
Newcome.'s translation
read: "The Word was in
the beginning, and the
Word was with God, and
the Word was a god."
(John l:1)
Wilson had this to say
in his preface: "The.,
Work is now sent•forth to
the public; to stand or fall
on its own merits. True, it
cannot boast of being the
production of a council of
learned men, as the King
James' version; but let it
be remembered that
TYNDALE alone, under
very disadvantageous
circumstances, did '.'far
more for the. English
Bible than that learned
body, for they only
followed in the wake of
his labors."
Even the ' Anglo-Saxon
translation makes a clear
distinction between the
"gode" the Word was
with and the "god" the
Word was.
Let's be honest as well
as frank in discussing
d s or
C.F. Barney
IT1,
S'
BE SEARCH
EDUCATION
& SERVICE TO
BEAT, CANCER.
IT TAKES YOU
4. PLEASE GIVE.
I CAN CANCER BE BEATEN?
YOU BET YOUR LIFE IT CAN.
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY
$17117177NCE REPAIR
J�J
Large or. small, •we'll fix
them all...
I , t.
LOW VARNA
Our repair experts will
have your appliance in tip
top shape fast. Coll us to-
day.
PECK APPLIANCES
"IN THE HEART OF
DOWNTOWN VARNA'
482-7103
Goderich & District
Big Brothers' Association
❑ I would like to volunteer to be a
BIG BROTHER
I understand that I will be contacted by m member of
the Big Brothers' staff.
❑ I am a mother of a fatherless
boy(s) and would like to know
more about BIG BROTHERS
NAME
AGE OCCUPATION
HOME
ADDRESS
PHONE (RES.)
(BUS.)
Signature
(Please send to)
BOX 382 GODERICH, ONT.
Jim Muihern
President
524-8631
Dorothy Cornish
Secretary
524-9421
AO
a
+,piw.w.Wd' C
I..
GADERIC.H SIGNAL STAR. WEI:?NESDA'( APRIL t .TIM1>!�,.PAGE 3�►
SAME AS A H'
All prices shown are cash
carry but remember, your Visa
and Master Charge cards are
as good as cash at Discount
Dave's.
THERE'S ONE AT EACH OF OUR 16 BRANCHES AND THEY'RE
FILLED WITH THE THINGS YOU NEED FOR BETTER GARDENING!
TOPSOIL MIX
Organic peat lawn
spred mix. A fast
easy way to patch
bald spots or seed
an entire yard.
20 kg. bag ...
And to encourage
thicker Lawns...
10®64
LAWN FOOD
99
For new and established lawns,- for flowers, shrubs, trees
and hedges. An all purpose fertilizer at a truly economical
price!
20 Kg.
Bag
20 Kg. Bag
"Encourages the
development of thick
green lawns,
Economically priced!
For Healthy, Weed -Free Lawns...
1044 WEED &
FEED by LIFE
20 Kg.
Bag
Feeds your lawn and controls broadleaf weeds such- as
dandelions. 20 kg..bag covers up to 400 square metres.
See Discount Dave's
For Your Shrubbery Needs ...
GOLEGREEN makes
your lawn a thick
velvety deep green.
Concentrated for
convenience and
economy.
20 kg. bag'
p
WILL BE ARRIVING IN OUR
STORES AS SOON AS
WEATHER'PERMITS.'..
Watch For Them & Save!
6 CU. FT. BAG PRICED AT -6.66 .'
Locally grown, •
container -grown
uprights and
spreaders. Ready
to plant,,
BEDDING PLANTS
-FLOWERS & -VEGETABLES_---
A GOOD SELECTION OF READY -TO -PLANT
FLOWERS & VEGETABLES WILL BE ARRIVING IN OUR
STORES AS SOON AS WEATHER PERMITS
20 Kg. Bag
LAWN
LIME
2025
AT DISCOUNT DAVE'S
STORE
WINDSOR EAST
WINDSOR WEST
MATTHEWS
HOURS
..,
MON -tHURS 8 A M In 6 P M
FRIDAY till 9 P M '
SATURDAY till 5 30 P'M
HARROW ANDKWGSVILLEAMHERSTBURG
MON -FRI 8 A M •5 :30 P M SAT TILL 4 P M.
EXETER. THEDFORD GRAND BEND WEST
LORNE. SOUTHAMPTON AND RIDGETOWN
MON •FRI 8 A M -5 30 P M SAT TILL 1' 00 P M
,
KITCHENER DAILY including SATU DAY 8 A M
till 5 30 P M OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT TILL 9 P M
KINCARDINE DAILY including SATURDAY
8 A M 5 30 P M
Delivery
And Credit
Terms
Available
At &tlra
Cost
16 Branches to Serve You:
A', i,F ct<,' Fit,i'r, 't(i
1r,
• 4' N 1,' ,
. ,r.'i'.1
I'I TFI+
Cil ';1F P11 „
PI N.
r,Auu,
KIN'. Alt: - I • 11-. '.1. 4
KIN...` F '•1'
KIS, „L •,F t1 493.7901
KITCHENER Out of lawn Call Free of Charge 1-800.265.8204
Cn'.E N ,MliNt
PIt1(,E TiyibN
sour r,ALIP'C"hi,
',IF pr owl,
t'.i `,i lc1uNF
MAT THE W'
r s HI
' Tecumseh Bypass on Hwy 2
Phone 727 6001
500 Front'pd in LaSa le on ,
Hwy 18 Phone 734.1221
Visa and
Master Charge
cards areas
good as cash a1
Discount
Dave's'
VISA
most ''
J
000 rarumaah W
1
MATTHEWS
100 Tecumseh Rd W at
tiawtokQ Phone 254 1143
vPw
GAIL MAR
❑ if
r Air,4Ay Road
KITCHENER
589 Fairway Road South near tel
Moll Phone 893 7901
a ou.
dfscoit 116.
HOME CENTRES IF
ll�lMM11!llll NMI Tel t pot
A DIVISION Of avaat, LUMBER CO LTD.
All Prices
CA
AND
CARRY
OWEN SOUND
(;err
NMn�
Spnngmount Corn.,
, On Highway 71 at Spnngmount
Corner Phone 370-3181
m
LOTS
OF FREE
PARKING
S,iuoo, Hwy 21
Inn
Nor
Hwy t!.°
KINCARDINE
Hwy 71 North opposite the Sutton
Park Inn Phone 3963401
Sprucawood
Todd
I ! t
WINDSOR a
WEST ,( g
Reeumo
0
' Tecumseh Bypass on Hwy 2
Phone 727 6001
500 Front'pd in LaSa le on ,
Hwy 18 Phone 734.1221
Visa and
Master Charge
cards areas
good as cash a1
Discount
Dave's'
VISA
most ''
J
000 rarumaah W
1
MATTHEWS
100 Tecumseh Rd W at
tiawtokQ Phone 254 1143
vPw
GAIL MAR
❑ if
r Air,4Ay Road
KITCHENER
589 Fairway Road South near tel
Moll Phone 893 7901
a ou.
dfscoit 116.
HOME CENTRES IF
ll�lMM11!llll NMI Tel t pot
A DIVISION Of avaat, LUMBER CO LTD.
All Prices
CA
AND
CARRY
OWEN SOUND
(;err
NMn�
Spnngmount Corn.,
, On Highway 71 at Spnngmount
Corner Phone 370-3181
m
LOTS
OF FREE
PARKING
S,iuoo, Hwy 21
Inn
Nor
Hwy t!.°
KINCARDINE
Hwy 71 North opposite the Sutton
Park Inn Phone 3963401