My JW girlfriend missed the recent (July or August) DC due to illness. After she had had a visit by one of her friends who had gone to the convention I noticed a blank name tag on a table. The visitor had left it for her as, I guess, as souvenier. What struck me was that the title was "Walk with GOD" and then underneath it said DC of Jehovah's Witnesses and the lines to fill in your name. Shouldn't that name tag have said "Walk with JEHOVAH" ? Are they lightening up in some way? Is that common? I just found it a bit odd that GOD and not JEHOVAH was so prominently visible on the tag. Is somebody ashamed...? Robert
Significant or not?
by robhic 3 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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dh
right, it's easy to see that at some point they may want to 'normalise' and start using the generic 'god' instead of jehovah, or maybe they are doing it to appeal to people with doubts about the 'society', but who still have a firm belief in god, a subtle tactic aimed at keeping god fearing/loving doubters in the fold.
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Gopher
Printing "God" takes less ink than printing "Jehovah". Maybe they did it to save money?
Everyone knows "Jehovah" is the God of Jehovah's Witnesses. Right? Jesus is only "a god" -- they don't mean to walk with him.
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Mysterious
I think perhaps they want to appeal to the general public more.