A brief(Ha Ha, no wise cracks,
continuation of my last Post),
My previous Post was directed to Judy, Kat, John from Kentucky, George, Duane; etc. Don't know how to box in quotes and put them on one Post, have tried it before and messed up.
I have a copy of Dr. Strongs Hebrew/Greek Bible Dictionary and use it from time to time, Ray occasionally uses it too. I noticed that almost in every case when He defines Words that don't have any bearing on any of His cherished Orthodox Doctrines, the definitions are quite accurate and He sticks to just defining the Word with some Bible quotations for examples. However whenever it involves a word that relates to an Orthodox Doctrine(The Trinity, Eternal Punishment, Hell, Immortality of the Soul, etc.), then He gives a interpretive implied reasoning explanation to justify this particular meaning.
FOR Duane: Interestingly, when it comes to Aionios, I discovered this inconsistency in His Bible Dictionary, read below:
Page 924, #166 Aionios, the adjective, describes duration, either undefined, but NOT ENDLESS(Caps mine for emphasis).
Then, He has other meanings like perpetual, world began, everlasting and Eternal. Now lets reason on this. How can the adjective of the Noun Aion which means "An Age" and Dr. Strong admits this, mean duration, but not endless, also mean endless in other places. The adjective of a Noun can't have a totally opposite meaning, as Ray has explained.
Also, regarding the concept about Scholars and Ministers knowing these truths, but purposely advocating Lies to mislead the people. For some information supporting this, Read the Off topic Discussion Thread from January 9, 2008 Entitled: Pagan Doctrine of the Soul By Dr. Ernest Martin. He was a friend of Ray's from the Worldwide Church of God, who also left. Anyway, this thread touches on the fact that the Religious Leaders teach one set of beliefs(falsehoods) for the masses(churchgoers) and another set of beliefs privately for themselves.
Kind Regards, Samson.