Jehovah Witnesses - the wrong name?

by Mr Bean 11 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Mr Bean

  Interestingly, how you would respect a witness in court room, and he will come
  the next day and... change his story because he has a 'new light' and now the poor
  accused IS guilty. But yesterday he was innocent.

  How the witness can be told what to say and what not to say by any organization?
  Which court would approve such testimony?

  How much value has such witnessing?

  And what these JW's had witnessed anyway?

  Their witness about Jesus' visiting and anointing GB in 1919 is not much worth.
  None of the judges would ever buy their story. No written documents or testimonials
  at all!

  Witnessing is very serious matter. Every witness should tell what he saw!

  What JW's saw?

  WTS drama on DA?

  That name is totally wrong.

  Ummm... more I think of it, more stupid it is. That description is evidently wrong.

  Peace....
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  LB

  So maybe we should call them Hallucination Witnesses.

  I'm one of Hallucination's Witnesses.

  
  Never Squat With Yer Spurs On
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  Mr Bean

  Yes... That's more fitting name for sure.

  :)
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  Will Power

  That is a misleading name unless you know the meaning.

  jah = god
  'hovah = mischief [according to the concordance word 1943]
  witness = a person who has seen or can give first-hand evidence of some event. [collins english dictionary]
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  Will Power

  And...
  why, if they are so against christandom would they take a name made up by a catholic monk in the 1300s?
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  Justin

  Will Power,

  The Strong's Concordance entry for "Jehovah" is 3064, and gives the meaning "(the) self-Existent or Eternal." Strong himself traces this back to the root verb "hayah" (1961), which means "to exist, i.e., be or become." So the reference you've cited, though it has three of the same vowels used in YHWH, is not etymologically related.

  Of course, the artifical pronunciation "Jehovah" is another matter.

  Justin
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  Will Power

  Justin
  But look up the root word hovah which is what is used not hayah
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  Justin

  Will Power,

  I should have said the word you are referring to - hovah - has three of the same consonants as YHWH, not vowels. I'm so used to thinking of the missing vowels in the Divine Name that I got confused.

  Anyway, Strong's is indicating that "hayah" is the root, because in tracing a Hebrew root one must disregard the vowel points and use the consonants. So, yes, there is a strong resemblance between the two words, but Strong is indicating that "hayah" is the root.

  The Hebrew language has a phenomenon called "polysemy," which means that a certain combination of letters can have several meanings. For example, "av" can mean father, master, or prince. "Barach" can mean either to bless or to curse. "Cherev" can mean both sword and drought. So a layperson cannot trace a root simply by looking for the same combinations of letters in a dictionary. We must rely on the scholars who produce these dictionaries and lexicions to trace the roots for us.

  Justin
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  Kenneson

  I much prefer being called one of Christ's witnesses. See Acts 1:8
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  LB

  I prefer being called an XJW

  
  Never Squat With Yer Spurs On