If it was greek text, why wasn't the divine name translated into Greek? Just further proof that it was both not translated and also avoided/treated sacred.
neat blue dog
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Newly discovered Dead Sea Scrolls with the tetragrammaton within the Greek text
by dropoffyourkeylee inbig news from israel, some previously undiscovered dead sea scrolls have been found with portions of the ot in greek.
it says the name of god is included in hebrew letters within the greek text.. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/world/middleeast/dead-sea-scrolls.html.
"the new fragments contain verses from zechariah 8:16-17, including part of the name of god written in ancient hebrew, and verses from nahum 1:5-6, both from the biblical book of the twelve minor prophets.".
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How to make memorial bread
by road to nowhere invideo in the meeting part.
i love the stereotypical jew actors, old world kitchen, yiddish accents.
reading the greatest man book instead of bible.. they did give a nod to non wheat flour but corn and rice would have been unknown at memorial no.
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neat blue dog
I'm wondering what country you're from because they were obviously South American.
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Watchtower fined in Belgium
by Vanderhoven7 injehovah's witnesses in belgium have to pay €12k fine for shunning policy.
news.
you have probably heard of the trial going on in belgium about the shunning policy of jws.
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neat blue dog
truth_b_known summed it up precisely. They did the same thing with blood transfusions. You can no longer be disfellowshipping for it, rather you're viewed as disassociating yourself. If you're 'sorry', you don't have a committee and aren't reproved, they just announce that a matter regarding you was taken care of.
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Strange midweek meeting '' initial call '' demonstration
by RULES & REGULATIONS incan it get any weirder?
here is a demonstration of a midweek meeting demonstration, showing a sister out in field service talking to a householder.
they are both wearing masks due to covid.
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neat blue dog
Okay this is very strange. Since the lockdowns started literally EVERY demonstration I've seen is about phone witnessing. How are these two women from different households even in the same room? The GB explicitly said that public preaching is discontinued until further notice and that it will outlast government restrictions. So yeah, I'm as puzzled by this as you are. -
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Actual setting of meeting demonstration this week
by neat blue dog ininvite your student to the memorial, and explain from the bible why he should not partake of the emblems.. they might as well just put up a warning: do not feed the visitors sign 🤣 meanwhile, more and more baptized jws by the thousands continue to come out of the annointed closet year by year..
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neat blue dog
It basically is, the Elders are 'encouraging' everyone to have 'emblems' to set out in front of themselves for Zoom, but not touch.
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Actual setting of meeting demonstration this week
by neat blue dog ininvite your student to the memorial, and explain from the bible why he should not partake of the emblems.. they might as well just put up a warning: do not feed the visitors sign 🤣 meanwhile, more and more baptized jws by the thousands continue to come out of the annointed closet year by year..
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neat blue dog
Invite your student to the Memorial, and explain from the Bible why he should not partake of the emblems.
They might as well just put up a Warning: Do Not Feed the Visitors sign 🤣 Meanwhile, more and more baptized JWs by the thousands continue to come out of the annointed closet year by year.
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New type of Bible study publication audio
by neat blue dog inhas anybody heard the new audio recordings for the main study book enjoy life forever?
instead of a straightforward reading, it's mixed with reenacted "quotes" delivered in a phony-natural voice from men and women, with hip music in the background.
the organization is so up to speed and innovational lol.
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neat blue dog
Has anybody heard the new audio recordings for the main study book Enjoy Life Forever? Instead of a straightforward reading, it's mixed with reenacted "quotes" delivered in a phony-natural voice from men and women, with hip music in the background. The organization is so up to speed and innovational lol
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Speedy Gonzales and Pepe The French Spunk And Others Are Offensive!
by minimus inthese cartoons have been labeled by the venerable new york times newspaper as offensive.
they offend mexicans and pepe is a womanizing french skunk too handsy enabling the “rape culture “.
this stuff is getting so ridiculous it isn’t funny.
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neat blue dog
Nobody had better cancel Speedy Gonzales again. They tried it once and it backlashed. It turned out the Mexicans like him, viewed him affectionately as a mascot. As usual, the white liberal butts in and causes trouble.
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Ban on Independent Meetings
by lssjr insource - march 2021 announcements - - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085868283920384/2021-march-147-english-german-announcements-reminders.
this is a sobering reminder of what happened some 40 years ago when raymond franz and others were literally kicked out from the jehovah's witnesses for having pre-arranged private spiritual discussions.lesson: paragraph 7 is another example of the i and t in dr. steven hassan's bite model of the 21st century cult - information and thought control at its best!!!!
"my gosh, there must be a lot of independent meetings these days.
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neat blue dog
They have the nerve to specifically forbid any meetings that open and close with prayer.
Jesus said 'wherever there are two or more gathered together, I am in their midst.'
That is so wrong!
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An exchange with a JW about the blood doctrine.
by Giles Gray ini recently had an online exchange with an active jw about the blood issue.
he originally wanted to talk about the potential dangers of transfusions but i pointed out that the risks of transfusions have nothing whatsoever to do with the reason that jws reject blood, and therefore i didn’t see any value in debating that topic.. not able to let it go, he then insisted that the blood mandate was a common theme throughout the bible, quoting acts 15:29.. it’s been a while since i looked into the subject, and i admit i’m now a little rusty when it comes to recalling where to find biblical quotes, but i remembered that there are passages in both the new and old testaments that, when read in the context of the time they were written, call into question the watchtower’s rendition of acts 15:29.. i offered to do some bible research and get back to the jw, suggesting that rather than letting our discussion become combative, we could have an informative and interesting exchange of ideas.
i reassured him that i was not looking to undermine his convictions, in fact i was more than happy to be corrected if my thinking was wrong.
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neat blue dog
Similarly under the Law Code, an Israelite could not simply bring a blood sample from his best bull/goat/sheep to the Temple for splashing on the altar. The animal had to be killed first (after the Israelite laid his hand on the animal's head in symbol of the animal representing him). Only then did the blood represent that life and had atoning value at the altar.
On the other hand, if an Israelite found an animal already dead (naturally or from a predator), eating its unbled flesh only incurred ceremonial uncleanness (as opposed to the death penalty if he himself had killed it).
With that understanding, blood transfusions or blood therapy of some sort should, theoretically, incur no blood guilt or wrath by God since no human life was taken. And thus, the blood involved did not symbolize any life. (Like a wedding ring, it only represents a particular marriage when it has been given to someone. A wedding ring in a jewelry store does not represent anyone's marriage.)This is GOLD! I'm afraid this thread will be lost in the shuffle, this is groundbreaking stuff!