"always to the future he looks hmmm, never his mind on where he is now" fozzie bear or somebody like that.
lol, fozzie bear. we've taken a serious thread and utterly destroyed it
Posts by Cygnus
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Is God's name Jehovah, Yaweh, or simply Lord?
by pr_capone ini am sure that most of you here are familiar with psalms 83:18. .
so, whats the skinny?
what is the christian god's name?
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Cygnus
Hey Narki... well, that makes good sense to me too. Thank you. I guess it shows to go that I haven't kept up with this stuff very well as my interest has waned greatly. I should know better and keep my trap shut. Thanks again. :)
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Is God's name Jehovah, Yaweh, or simply Lord?
by pr_capone ini am sure that most of you here are familiar with psalms 83:18. .
so, whats the skinny?
what is the christian god's name?
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Cygnus
I like the theory that Judean Jews utilized a 3-syllable word for God's name, something like Yehowah. The Samaritans used a 2-syllable word, like Yahweh or Yahu. Yehowah in English is Jehovah.
Buttressing this argument is the English versions of other names that contain part of the divine name, such as Jehoaz, Jehoiakim, etc. They follow the pattern of including the vowel structure E-O-A.
It could be wrong, but it makes some sense to me.
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It's a sweep.......Next!
by Jourles inthe cards just swept the padres.
doesn't matter.
the cardinals have got the world series by the balls this year...along with anyone else who happens to get in their way.. jourles, member of the cardinal nation since '85
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I loved the Cardinals in the 80s. Tommy Herr, Terrry Pendleton, Vince Coleman, Jack Clark, and the pitcher whose name is so much fun to just say, Joaquin Andujar.
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Scholar, please don't post and run...
by in a new york bethel minute innow, could you do us all a favour and read the replies to your post in the 607 thread?
there were a lot of questions raised by your comment and i think it would be a good witness if you would at least attempt to answer them.
two very important ones are:.
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Cygnus
Jeffro, your perseverence is admirable, but if you wish to quit now, nobody would blame you.
The two of you could invent a time machine, travel back to 605 BCE, and see for yourselves what was what and it still wouldn't change scholar JW's mind.
Wow, that's a lot of champagne in the St Louis Cardinal's locker room tonight.
The whole stupid gentile times thing is debunked rather easily, regardless of dating, by Jesus' own words:
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Rbi8 Luke 21:24 ***Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations, until the appointed times of the nations are fulfilled.
Jesus is talking about future events, like this:
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Rbi8 Luke 21:20 ***Furthermore, when YOU see Jerusalem surrounded by encamped armies, then know that the desolating of her has drawn near.
Jesus didn't have any 2520 year period in mind, and neither did his audience.
I gotta admit, though, 8 years ago I would have eaten this thread up and be all over scholar JW just as you are. These days lots of other things occupy my time and interest, but carry on if you wish, man. I'm just saying, nobody would blame you if you washed your hands of the matter. :)
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Cygnus
I suggest you ask Kevin Bacon or Kiefer Sutherland.
the scriptures say " To be out of the body is to be with the Lord"
2 Corinthians 5:8 doesn't say that. I know this is what Billy Graham and Pat Robertson like to say, but that isn't what the passage says.
2 Corinthians 5:8 But we are of good courage and are well pleased rather to become absent from the body and to make our home with the Lord.
That's from the NWT. Here's what the NIV says, the one Billy and Pat love: "We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord."
Here's the King James: "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. "
Bornagains constantly misstate what that passage actually says because they think they're going to heaven when they die.
Like I said in another post, we read what we want to read, see what we want to see.
I would be more than happy to accept some proof that there is life after death, I just don't have it and haven't been shown it yet.
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Webmaster of: http://www.wimpyjesus.com/ or WT quote of playboy
by RhaGoddess indoes anyone know the webmaster of the old site http://www.wimpyjesus.com/watchtower/nice.htm ?.
i emailed with him breifly in 1999, and am currently trying to get a copy of his old website.. more specifically i swear sometime in the late 80's or possibly in the 1990's the watchtower quoted playboy magazine in an article.
i've desperately been searching for where that was, but have yet to find it with the 2004 watchtower library cd.
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I remember Goodboy. I used to email him in '98 and '99 quite a bit, because he was a big Ayn Rand fan and I was getting into her philophies. I'm sure he'd remember me. I wonder what he's up to these days. I haven't clicked on any links or read anything other than this thread yet.
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The story of my life (part 7- Bethel, the end)
by onacruse inya know, it's odd how the "big" things just sometimes seem to bounce off your forehead, rather like seeing the trees instead of the forest.
well, fwiw, that was the state of mind (if you can call it that) i was in, after less than a year at bethel.
i was reassigned to the night-shift janitorial crew.
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Cygnus
I don't think evil is to strong of word for their actions.
I'd add "wicked." Absolute wickedness. I'm never ceased to be amazed at the level of wicked behavior acted out by God's organization. JWism and its policies and practicies are in reality a small pimple on the ass of the world but to those affected it's fearsome, and to those who become educated to it, it's loathsome.
Cygnus, of the shakes head in disgust at the evils perpetuated by JWs and humans in general class
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Why naturalism is irrational
by Shining One inirrational naturalism (#201) .
by henry morris, ph.d. .
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Jihadists are carrying on what the Koran teaches.
Depends on your interpretation. I've heard devout Muslims insist the Qu'ran doesn't allow for the type of Jihad terrorism we've seen in the past 20 years or so. They insist the Qu'ran is a book of peace.
We read what we want to read, and see what we want to see. I'm learning that now more than ever, which is why I play Switzerland. Call me wishy-washy if you want. I'd rather be wishy-washy than stick my foot firmly in my mouth,
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Should I get the New Jerusalem Bible?
by inquirer ini've already got the other catholic bible new american bible.
i've always thought it was a rather good translation, but unhappy at the verse order -- in job some verses have been taken out completely and only used in the footnotes!
this has really got me down, because it's not just in job but they have taken this course in isaiah, habakkuk and many other "minor prophet" books.
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Cygnus
The NJB was my favorite for easy reading. It's one of the few I've hung on to over the years. I don't know how "accurate" a translation is, but when I'd read a tough passage in the NWT or RSV, I'd look it up in my NJB and ahhh that's what it's saying.
Buy one, you won't regret it.