""If a translator's proficiency were being examined in a court of law as to whether they had truthfully testified under oath they were versed in a given language, your damned right they would translate—to the best of their ability—any sample of the language in question put before them.""
Reread it. He wasn't being asked to translate something FROM Hebrew but to translate English to Hebrew. That is why I said what I did. Try it sometime.
""dIDN'T HE SAY`i CAN'T TRANSLATE THAT' "" Not according to the website quoted. This was taken straight from that website
Q. You, yourself, read and speak Hebrew, do you?
"A. I do not speak Hebrew.
"Q. You do not?
"A. No.
"Q. Can you, yourself, translate that into Hebrew?
"A. Which?
"Q. That fourth verse of the Second Chapter of Genesis?
"A. You mean here?
"Q. Yes?
"A. No. I won't attempt to do that."
DIdn't say he COULDN'T, but would not attempt it.
Just because one knows another language does not make it easy to translate ENGLISH to the other language. Try it some time !!
watchtower racket in armenia?
a1plus, armenia - 33 minutes ago .
... according to amaryan, the number jehovah witnesses doubled in armenia.
And all I can say is,
"Garbage!!!!"
""Freddie wasn't quite the scolar he claimed to be.""
Why ? Because he wouldn't do what most other translators would REFUSE to do as well ?
brainwash spares cult reject jail
melbourne herald sun, australia - 8 minutes ago .
a jehovah's witness stole more than $50,000 from banks after being thrown out of the sect for getting pregnant out of wedlock, a court heard yesterday.
""A JEHOVAH'S Witness stole more than $50,000 from banks after being thrown out of the sect for getting pregnant out of wedlock,...""
Sorry but why is she still labeled a JW after being disfellowshipped ? Mr Hazzard, why don't you recognize that basic fact ? This story occurred AFTER she was disfellowshipped, hence she is not one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Thrown out for getting pregnant ? That's not the reason is it ? Most likely she was disfellowshipped for unrepentant wrongdoing.
This reporter needs to take a MORE objective look at her writing.
Out of curiosity, what was Susan Smith's religion when she DROWNED her children in a lake ?
first and foremost let me describe my situation.
i am a senior in high school.
i've had a very rough past and alot of people have wronged me in many ways.
""Just recently, i've found that this girl I like is a Jehovah's Witness, and she told me that she would only date within her faith. I really want to date her. This made me consider finding religion. I know that becoming a Witness for this reason is completly wrong and would probably be a bad idea.""
If that is your only reason then reconsider it. It is not a good idea for you OR her.
[the watchtower pr people are asleep at the switch allowing this to get on the news without their crafted embellishments].
a ramp could expand world.
cincinnati enquirer, oh - 7 minutes ago (see danny is ever vigilent).
Religous organizations are EXEMPT from the Americans with Disabilities Act. It would appear that such is so to keep Church and State separate. So no you can not sue your church under A.D.A.
i just returned home from the kingdom hall.
i am an elder.. after the meeting all the elders were called to the back room.
i thought this was an impromptu elders' meeting.
So the other elders' children are grown up ? It would seem as if they have forgotten how their children behaved when they were that age. It's something they all do, we have three of our own. they are all older now, youngest is 14.
We had some interesting times with them,middle one simply refused to be affected by a good swat on the behind, even when it was called for !
Never was an elder but I think these ones have to think back to their own kids behavior at that age.
in our local sunday paper, there's a regular feature on how married couples met.
i've been touched by some of the stories.
i'm curious as to how you met your spouse.
Through a friend who was chasing her sister. I was 16, she was 14 at the time. It was at a circuit assembly in a small high school in central Pa. I can still remeber the AWFUL white "Go-Go" boots that she was wearing. (YUCK)
A few weeks later my buddy,old pal invites me to go along with him to a local amusement park completely unaware that these two girls were going to be there. I found her to be a little pushy for me upon getting on the roller coaster she took my arm and put it around her shoulder.
For some reason though we didn't stay together at that time and I sort of lost touch with her until I went to a going away party for someone heading off to Bethel about three years later. Her family was there including her now married sister.
The rest is history, married in 1977 and still together.
i just returned home from the kingdom hall.
i am an elder.. after the meeting all the elders were called to the back room.
i thought this was an impromptu elders' meeting.
""Most witless kids only sit still because of the constant physical abuse they receive in the back room.""
Not true at least not in my personal experience. There is no need for such action, young children do not learn anything by such action.
And PLEASE "constant physical abuse". Get real !
