Then again, I reread your post and now feel a tiny little bit of "She-nay-nay" coming on... so you'll have to forgive me but:
I thought this thread had to do with YAHWEH, the household God of Israel.
You thought in error, dear one. It "had to do with" answering some questions others had asked. Where it DOES reference the Most Holy One of Israel, that would be JAH... or Armies... or "JaHVeH". I find it interesting that someone with your... ummmmm... "credentials"... is criticizing something they obviously didn't even bother to read. Interesting, but given your penchant for doing that, not too surprising (in fact, I think I've stated that or something similar to you before)...
This is a forum open to the public.
Ummmm... YES! Which is why I posted what I wanted to post... not what YOU wanted me to post.
If you want an exclusive forum with only your pets responding, you can open and maintain your own forum.
Contrastly, if you want an exclusive forum where I don't post as I choose... and those who get it or have regard for me say so... YOU are free to do so, as well. I mean... seriously? Girl, you've been here, what... two months? Okay... six. Seriously, come on down off it.
If it weren't for rambling, it would be comical.
Well, you got me there: I do tend to go on. I can only explain... and apologize for that so many times. Here's one more: I am verbose. Sorry.
So almost anyone here can use an errant stylus of a scribe to account for alll the hell lthey endured.
Well, yeah... ESPECIALLY if they were ever a JW. How the heck do you think the WTBTS DOES it's brainwashing? You think the WT, AW, and other WTBTS publications contain TRUTH? You think the NWT is entirely ACCURATE? Seriously?? THINK, girl...
Those nasty scribes.
Okaaayyyyyy???? That's what I've been sayin' all along! I am SO glad you're getting it. What TOOK you so LONG???
I read two weeks ago that Jesus may not have been able to write himself.
May not. Speculation. BUT... I asked. Apparently, he could... and reminded me so. He used the account of when they brought a woman caught in the act of adultery before him... and when questioned about what to do about her he said nothing. BUT... he stooped down and began to WRITE in the dirt. So, you might consider writing your "source" and reminding him/her of that.
I do not know Koine Greek. It was too hard for me to master in the time alloted.
Well, you couldn't tell that by how you took exception to what I shared. I mean, if YOU don't know it... how the HECK can you take issue with what I shared??? I told you that I don't it. I also told you who I got it from. Regardless of whether you believe he could write or not, surely he KNEW it - it was one of the languages of his time. Thing IS, though... excluding the writings by Paul and Luke, most of the NT writings weren't originally written in Greek; they were written in Aramaic. So, regardless of the Greek TRANSLATIONS... HE knew what the writer meant originally. And so he would know where the Greek was "altered"... by the scribes. SEE?
If you knew Koine Greek or something about Koine Greek, you would see that all language is complex and pulling defintions out of a dictionary is insufficient.
It is and I do know that, dear one. That's why I CAN'T just pull it out of dictionary... which I openly ADMIT to you and others here. I HAVE to rely on what he tells me. SEE?
Freddie Franz could have used such knowledge.
Surely you don't think he DIDN'T. I don't know when you studied or associated with the Witnesses, but I get the impression you never read/perused the "Aid to Bible Understanding" book. You might wanna give that a gander... because you'll find that he OFTEN did... and quite erroenously so. Which is discernable even WITHOUT knowing Koine Greek (oh, and he used a LOT of information from the McClintock's & Strongs Cyclopedia, the complete set of which I have... and was often wrong there, too).
The ramblings don't hurt anyone.
Then what the...
They are disquieting.
And so that compels you to be nasty... because they cause you to feel "disquiet"? Whose fault is THAT? You're a grown woman. Why would anything anyone else say cause you to feel "disquieted" such that you believe it's okay to attack them... without really having a CLUE as to what they're even on about??
If I launched into such a critique in some places, I'd be arrested or show the door.
Sigh. Okay, here are some truths you obviously haven't grasped (and please don't take my caps for yelling - I am not but only trying to emphasize so that perhaps you can/will SEE what you obviously do not):
1. YOU didn't launch into anything. YOU wouldn't. I WOULD, though... and DID. Which was entirely my perogative.
2. I would probably experience the same thing, in some places. In fact, I was shown the door... by the WTBTS. Should I feel slighted or picked on... or rejected? Good Lord, no! I REJOICE! They showed me the door because what I showed THEM... was in the Bible. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the WT or "Reasoning" book.
3. I haven't been arrested... or shown the door... HERE. Because I haven't broken ANY rule. And since I HAVEN'T... either been shown the door OR broken any rule... YOU are entirely out of line. YOU don't get to tell me what I can, can't, should... or should not... post. No matter how "disquieting" it may make YOU feel.
You can disagree, no problem. But if you think I won't respond simply because you DO disagree... you are mistaken. Truly. My being a christian does not preclude from making a defense before ANYONE who demands of me a reason for my faith; indeed, it REQUIRES it. So, please... don't expect me to run away simply because you're feeling "disquieted". Rather, consider asking yourself WHY you felt as you did.
They strike me as no sense but then most of Christianity has little sense.
Then why did you open the thread, BOTR? What were you looking for?
I realize from other's comments that much more is going on here than just the posting.
Oh, yes, right. Now that you can't uphold your previous poor comments, obviously there's "more here than meets the eye." What I don't get is that if you harpies think I'm insane... WHY in the WORLD do you keep reading my posts/comments? What are you LOOKING for? Nothing's going to change. I am not going to one day all of a sudden "snap out of it." And if I'm posting, I've obviously not been committed or put on debilitating drugs. So what are you LOOKING for?
That is something you girls are going to have to ask yourselves: why, if I don't believe her, even like her... do I NEED to keep reading her posts?
I mean, it's not like this one was part of someone else's thread - I STARTED it. So, you obviously wanted to read/hear what I had to say. WHY?
Think, BOTR... if you possible are capable of doing so.
My peace remains.
A slave of Christ,
SA
