The whole video is good, but notice the point started at about 6:55- WTS says other translations fail as victims of traditionalism then later admits that WTS uses traditional "familiarity" in their decision to use the name "Jehovah."
Video- Jehovah's Witnesses and God's Divine Name, July 2010 Watchtower Article
by OnTheWayOut 13 Replies latest watchtower bible
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life is to short
Very well done, I love the way he reasoned.
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OnTheWayOut
Yes, simple reasoning.
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Aussie Oz
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very sound reasoning
thanks
oz
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Aussie Oz
I'd like to see more on that suggested false quote about the 2.5 million dollar investment in a translation. If it can be proved a fake or a quote of some other dodgy source that would be a fine thing...
oz
Edit... I tried to contact the below link about the above but the site would not work properly for me.
perhaps if anyone else is interested they may have a go...
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possible-san
Aussie Oz.
As they always does, there is no consistency in their (GB) logic.
In another place, they have stated like this.*** w83 3/15 p. 5 Solving the Mystery of the Missing Name ***
God’s name has been in use since the very beginning of man’s history. How can we be sure of that? Because the Bible’s historical record tells us: “Now Adam had intercourse with Eve his wife and she became pregnant. In time she gave birth to Cain and said: ‘I have produced a man with the aid of Jehovah.’” In The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament this appears as follows:
I-brought-forth and-she-said Cain ***
and-she-continued (2) Yahweh with man
Here God’s distinctive name stands out clearly as “Yahweh.”—Genesis 4:1.After all, for them, they have only said the complaint of the matter which they dislike.
Once, they use the NIV as a basis of their theory, but on another day, they deny the NIV.possible
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ambersun
Excellent video. Thanks for that.
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The_Present_Truth
Excellent video! Unfortunately I don't have a copy of The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures in my library. I love where it says the retained the name Jehovah because of people's familiarity with it since the 14 century. Really??? Familiarity? Like so familiar that they're still printing Watchtower's with covers that say "Do you know God by name?" Well, heck I thought there was this substantial "familiarity" with the name since the 14th century. More people aren't familiar with the name than are. If you're going to pick a name to brand your organization why not go for authenticity and take Yahweh? All those prayers at the meetings,assemblies,conventions, etc .... offered up to the wrong guy. It's a sham, errr I mean a shame.
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possible-san
Unfortunately I don't have a copy of The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures in my library.
I don't understand well why people who are in this forum do such a comment forever.
On my website, it is always linked to that PDF file (KIT, 1969, 1985).But, regrettably, according to the moderator (Lady Lee) of this forum, my website is SPAM. LOL
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