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  Jehovah? Oh dear.

  by Giordano in

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  some recent new friends on this forum like friend kosonen are fixated with god's name being jehovah...unfortunately they are wrong:.

  a quick bit of history:.

  "about the 13th century the term “jehovah” appeared when christian scholars took the consonants of “yahweh” and pronounced it with the vowels of “adonai.” this resulted in the sound “yahowah,” which has a latinized spelling of “jehovah.” the first recorded use of this spelling was made by a spanish dominican monk, raymundus martini, in 1270.. interestingly, this fact is admitted in much jehovah’s witness literature, such as their aid to bible understanding (p. 885).

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  carla

  How annoyed would the gb be if people decided to pronounce their name differently?

  Example, Tightpantstony, do you think he would like that to be his 'name' on a daily basis? Yet many ex jw's use it so would it be reasonable to use it on a daily basis and when discussing with active jw's?

  They consider God their father yet call Him by His first name? sounds pretty disrespectful to me.

  I'm with Smiddy on the whole Catholic thing! Asked my jw about years ago all I got was crickets, dear in the headlights and a quick change of subject. No surprise there.
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  The Motive of the Governing Body

  by jwfacts in

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  i have been quiet of late, developing other interests, happy that there are a whole group of people producing great resources.

  however, i found some old emails from ray franz that promoted me to write an article that answers a question i regularly receive.

  it is in regards to the motive of governing body members.

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  carla

  Thank you!
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  JW Memorial Gallery

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jwdotorg released a picture gallery with dozens of images from around the world of jws celebrating ('commemorating') via zoom, organized by continent:.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/2020-memorial-commemoration-international-photo-gallery/.

  the vast majority of photos show the people's faces, but this european 'brother' is a rare exception.

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  carla

  If they drink that glass of wine later would it be considered 'taking part'? or must they throw it out and get a new glass later? or do they just not drink any wine at all on the reject Jesus day all together just to make sure?
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue Owners of FaithLeaks for Posting 74 Convention Movies

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-faithleaks-owners-over-convention-videos .

  https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/05/01/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-owners-of-faithleaks-for-posting-74-convention-movies/.

  the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, which oversees the jehovah’s witnesses, is suing the truth and transparency foundation and its founders ryan c. mcknight and ethan g. dodge alleging copyright infringement..

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  Maybe they need to bounce it out of different countries and get multiple sites up? I have no clue how to do that but I think it can be done. Wasn't that done with the old 'Quotes' site for awhile?
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  US Letter Read Sunday 4/26 at Meeting - No KH Use and No Field Service Indefinitely

  by JWTom in

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  there was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.

  however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.

  also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.

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  How Is The Governing Body Viewed Today By Jehovah’s Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  are they revered like the pope is to catholics??

  back in the 1960s , fred franz and n.h knorr were the only men that counted.

  after franz died, the governing body became more of an idolized entity.

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  carla

  I still don't get how my jw used to see televangelist and complain, laugh at them and get all hot and bothered by their mere existence and now will happily do precisely the same thing folks watching the 700 club do (or whoever is the big name in televangelism today). Only worse, he, being a true believer will hand over his head, heart and very life to this insidious cult.
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  To whom are the JWS faithfully loyal to Jehovah or the Watchtower Corporation and the men who run it ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  an poignant question which might make a few jws a bit uncomfortable.. the words of jesus said that no one knows of the time of his return not the ancient israelites or the first era christians and jesus admonished those who would set a time upon god's own sacred time.. words spoken by jesus that certain men failed to adhere to who self proclaimed preachers of the gospel.. the executive leaders of the watchtower corporation (gb) have said that they were the faith slave to jesus fulfilling his instructions to spread the word of the new system of things.

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  yet over the past 140 years the wts and the men who have been running that organization have been endeavoring false prophets, selling a tainted corrupt version of the gospel through the literature these men published.

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  eyeuse2badub has got a point! I agree.
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  Sad News Of Zing

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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  very sad news .i am zing's partner.

  first time on any kind of blog so please forgive any mistakes.

  we have lost zing to the coronavirus this saturday gone, in the early hours.

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  My deepest sympathies, wishing you peace.
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  To whom are the JWS faithfully loyal to Jehovah or the Watchtower Corporation and the men who run it ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  an poignant question which might make a few jws a bit uncomfortable.. the words of jesus said that no one knows of the time of his return not the ancient israelites or the first era christians and jesus admonished those who would set a time upon god's own sacred time.. words spoken by jesus that certain men failed to adhere to who self proclaimed preachers of the gospel.. the executive leaders of the watchtower corporation (gb) have said that they were the faith slave to jesus fulfilling his instructions to spread the word of the new system of things.

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  yet over the past 140 years the wts and the men who have been running that organization have been endeavoring false prophets, selling a tainted corrupt version of the gospel through the literature these men published.

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  Faithful to jah or the corp? wouldn't a jw be brainwashed enough to say, "by being faithful to the wt/corp/gb we are being faithful to jah"? Listening to those in authority, we must have order and leaders, blah, blah, blah......
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  My sister just sent me this text.

  by Brainfloss in

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  2. experiences

  my sister sent me this text a few minutes ago.

  what does she know about my relationship with jehovah?

  it was followed up by a bunch of links to jw org problem is dialog is not possible her side is the only one to be heard.

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  MeanMrMustard beat me to it. Send her to jw facts or find a video of ARC court case. Tell her how much you love her and want her to be informed so she can make good decisions in her spiritual life.