Posts by MidwichCuckoo

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"Should the Name Jehovah Appear in the New Testament?" WT Aug 1st 2008

by slimboyfat in

has this new article in the wt been discussed here yet?

if so i missed it.

anyway here are some selected quotes with my own thoughts.. bible scholars acknowledge that god's personal name appears in the old testament, or hebrew scriptures.

MidwichCuckoo

My personal view (now) is that God's name is NOT 'Jehovah', but a name lost in ancient Hebrew. If 'Jehovah' ever appeared in the NT, then what is the Greek translation?

The JWs insist that 'Christendom' removed the name to mislead the people, yet it was a Catholic monk who 'invented' Jehovah and presumably the Catholics inserted it into the OT. If the JWs were so pedantic about getting God's name right, they would surely adopt something closer to the original pronounciation than a Catholic monk's invention.

I (now) believe that JWs break the Commandment, ''I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me..." ...because they have invented one in HIS place.

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Tossed out of the District Convention! What did I do wrong? I exist!!

by Terry in

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this is a stupid story if it is a story at all..... quentin and i decided we'd go to the district convention since it is right here in our home town.. why?.

oh, curiousity.

a desire to find my old prison buddies.

MidwichCuckoo

Right. I made my "error" by mouthing the greeting to my arch Nemesis who had freaked in response.

I don't believe that...I reckon her nose was out of joint as you'd 'got the better' of her previously. I reckon she'd have taken the same action whether or not you'd spoken to her.

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embarrassed about having been a witness?

by purplesofa in

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last weekend witnesses came to where i work....i work at a barbque restuarant (hey it's fun!

) i recognized two elders before they came in and freaked!!!!!.

the elder obnoxious was at the register and i was sure he did not recognize me.

MidwichCuckoo

embarrassed about having been a witness?

It's sort of like admitting to being gullible...the only positive thing is that I (we) are educated as to Cults/WT propoganda/brainwashing. I honestly believe there are no 'intelligent' JWs (as in those that attend actually believe - I appreciate some JW non-believers attend for 'other' reasons)

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I feel very sorry

by mouthy in

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last night i listened to the conferance call with the bowens.

i thought it was excellent .i feel they are doing a marvelous work & are to be commended .

i am very sorry i upset bob porter.

MidwichCuckoo

I mentioned the name Jehovah ....That many who leave the WT hold it in contempt. Rick & Bob felt it is Gods name ....I am sorry I dont .....I would rather use Yaweh if we use anything But I refer to God as FATHER!!!!!

Hello Grace...you have a good Christian Conscience, anyone can see that! I agree absolutely with your above statement, for as much as JWs criticise 'Christendom' and blame them for removing God's 'name' from the Scriptures, wasn't it a Catholic monk (Raymundo Martini?) who INVENTED the name 'Jehovah' (in the 13th Century?) which was then inserted in one or two places in the CATHOLIC Bible...?

Happy Belated Birthday Too!

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Stupid Knorr! Should Witnesses have Sunday school just for kids?

by Witness 007 in

imagine sitting thru the watchtower study on a sunday with your 6 year old and 9 year old kids....the topic "fornication" the discussion explains how oral sex and touching of genitals is still fornication...why do kids have to sit thru this??

or the bible reading is about lot having sex with his daughters....this type of thing is not for kids!

and why should kids be forced to sit quietly while someone drones on for 2 hours?.

MidwichCuckoo

How is talking about things of an adult, intimate and sexual nature classed as worshipping? In my opinion, Social Services should be aware of what (very young) minors are subjected to at these so-called 'family worship' meetings...it's disgusting.

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Hope it comes up

by mouthy in

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displaynode.jsp?nodeid=124378&command=displaycontent&sourcenode=231734&home=yes&more_nodeid1=124522&contentpk=20623030

MidwichCuckoo

Hang on...see if this works....nope, it didn't, so edited to post article...

12:21 - 14 May 2008

More than 200 Jehovah's Witnesses descended on Derby this morning to build a new £300,000 place of worship in just four days.

The trained volunteers travelled from as far away as Southampton to lend a hand for building the meeting hall in Leytonstone Drive, Mackworth.

A team of workers was on site from 6am, building the internal walls to the hall while another team constructed the roof.

A crane was due to arrive in the early afternoon to lift on the roof before the bricklayers build outside walls.

Members of the Mackworth and Mickleover congregation of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses have estimated that the volunteers saved them about £500,000 in building costs.

Peter Follis, secretary of the Mackworth congregation, said: "This is the third such project we have completed in the county in the past year after we built two other halls in Matlock and Ashbourne."

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Hope it comes up

by mouthy in

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displaynode.jsp?nodeid=124378&command=displaycontent&sourcenode=231734&home=yes&more_nodeid1=124522&contentpk=20623030

MidwichCuckoo

Link's not working for me Mouthy ...can you gimme a clue as to the story/content so I can find it one the site?

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Spiritual food = Dub grub....whadayathink???

by Alpaca in

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i coined this the other day on another thread and it seemed to get a laugh out of a few people.. and since were talking about it, what other great terms could we come up with in the spirit of "the borg," the filthful and disgraceful slavebugger (a fave of mine)......??

?.

MidwichCuckoo

DUB TUB - where unsuspecting minors are dunked, unwittingly forming a lifelong binding contract with the BOrg.

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Diary of a thinking to return ex-Jw

by reniaa in

i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.

i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!

she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .

MidwichCuckoo

I am interested in Jw because of the bible not the wts which is like you say just a tool.

I don't understand this, but in my opinion you ought go 'back to' the JWs - and be governed by the WT - as you cannot separate the 2. You can, however, separate the Bible, and if you REALLY want to study the Bible, then the WT/JWs is the wrong place....but JWs won't 'tickle your ears' and give you all this attention, will they?

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DO JWS BELIEVE DINOSAURS WEERE KILLED BY ASTEROID IMPACT?

by badboy in

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any ideas?

MidwichCuckoo

Evening Badboy ... you know, I haven't a clue what the current belief is. I did hear that 'dinosaur bones' were 'planted' on Earth to test Christians' Faith.

When I was a kid, I DO remember that the WT 'disproved' Carbon dating ... lots of talk about that!