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Bro. Daniel:
 With that said, I would need some sort of proof that the
scripture being discussed...1John 5:7 was planted by the
translators for the sake of their trinitarian belief. 

Me:
I'm not exactlly sure how to document direct quotations but
I will give it a shot.  This comes from "WORLD WIDE
publications"
"the four translation NEW TESTAMENT" and is a footnote on 1
John 5:7 for the "Beck" translation: "Our oldest
manuscripts do not have 7b-8a: "in heaven: the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.  And
there are three testifing on Earth"  Early in the 16th
century an editor translated these words from Latin
manuscripts and inserted them in his Greek New Testament. 
Erasmus took them from this Greek New Testament and
inserted them in the third edition (1522) of his Greek New
Testament. Luther used the text prepared by Erasmus.  But
even though the inserted words taught the Trinity, Luther
ruled them out and mever had them in his translation.  In
1550 Bugenhagen objected to these words "on account of the
truth."  In 1574 Feyerabend, a printer, added them to
Luther's text, and in 1596 they appeared in the Wittenburg
copies.  They were not in Tyndale's or Coverdale's bible or
in the Great Bible." 

You:
I have used this scripture in witnessing on the Oneness of
God. It is the only scripture that I know of that ever uses
the word Three in conjunction with the descriptive titles,
manifestations, or designations of the One True God. 

Me:
Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose."

I am under attack and would ask the group to pray that I
speak the word of God with boldness and to pray for those
who are my attackers, that they turn before it is too late.
 Either way let God recieve the GLORY!

Timothy Litteral
472 Grant St.
Marion Ohio 43302
brotim@gte.net
http://members.tripod.com/~trlitteral