Posts by Spike Tassel

7 v13.... broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it.. whereas narrow is the gate leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it.

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Spike Tassel

Just as they came up with names for the animals and the trees, etc.; in like manner, they came up with a name for what we are referring to as a sword.

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This Disturbs Me Most of All

by cameo-d in

no, it's not the "claw hand"!

what disturbs me most of all is the potter's shards.. any coin collector will tell you that the "imperfect" coins are the most valuable.

any art historian will tell you that the value of a painting is it's originality and uniqueness and the talent that can only come with time, suffering, and perserverence.. it is the oddities and quirks in one of a kind pieces that make them a delight and a treasure.. so why is it that this potter has no appreciation for uniqueness?

Spike Tassel

why not?

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Is God's name absent in the Christian Scriptures?

by Spike Tassel in

perhaps this article will help you know for yourself: http://www.tetragrammaton.org/godsnameabsent.htm.

Spike Tassel

Isaac, may we not debate about the Almighty in a worthless way. That, to me is the essence of taking his name in vain.

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Is God's name absent in the Christian Scriptures?

by Spike Tassel in

perhaps this article will help you know for yourself: http://www.tetragrammaton.org/godsnameabsent.htm.

Spike Tassel

PSacramento (Post 49), as I observe people pronounce words in the multitude of varieties of English, not one word is given the same pronunciation across all dialects. So, it would be very unusual if only one pronunciation is allowed by Jehovah for his own personal name. God is love, after all. And love is very understanding and patient, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness. As I review some translations (and versions therof of the Holy Scriptures) in my own English collection alone, several have "Jehovah" (including David H. Stern's Jewish New Testament), and other spellings are seen also — such as Rotherham's "YAHVAH", and the New Jerusalem Bible's "Yahweh". Even so, others attempt to translate the Divine Name instead at times, as we see with Ferrar Fenton's use of "EVER-LIVING" and James Moffatt's use of "Eternal".

This is just as I would expect from my study of languages. Munich and München both designate the same place, demonstrating a recognizable similarity based on spelling and language laws. Milles Îles and Thousand Islands also both designate the same place, only this time the meanings are the same.

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Is God's name absent in the Christian Scriptures?

by Spike Tassel in

perhaps this article will help you know for yourself: http://www.tetragrammaton.org/godsnameabsent.htm.

Spike Tassel

Isaac (post 1783), just call me Spike. Does your Bible actually have a verse in it which has the 3 words in order, i.e. "Jesus is God"? Otherwise, your resoning does not hold up, in my opinion.

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Is God's name absent in the Christian Scriptures?

by Spike Tassel in

perhaps this article will help you know for yourself: http://www.tetragrammaton.org/godsnameabsent.htm.

Spike Tassel

Isaac's Post 1779 regarding the Pharisees may or may not be true, in my honest opinion. After all, the Karaite Jews, among others continued to use the Divine Name even centuries later. I do not know yet about the Pharisees specifically, nor about the Sadducees, nor about others such as the Essenes.

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Is God's name absent in the Christian Scriptures?

by Spike Tassel in

perhaps this article will help you know for yourself: http://www.tetragrammaton.org/godsnameabsent.htm.

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Isaac's "pipi" actually is the Greek ΠΙΠΙ, which is a "spoof" of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, and not a phonetic at all. In other manuscripts, some actual rendition of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton is used, as various scans seen elsewhere attest.

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Is God's name absent in the Christian Scriptures?

by Spike Tassel in

perhaps this article will help you know for yourself: http://www.tetragrammaton.org/godsnameabsent.htm.

Spike Tassel

As Isaac points out in his Post 1775 above, "No, it is present in the name of Jesus." This is because Jesus [in Modern English] < IHCOUC [in Koiné Greek] < Yehôwshû(w)‘a [which is Strong's Hebrew transliteration at entry #3091 with the gloss Jehovah-saved].