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  Jehovah? Oh dear.

  by Giordano in

  1. watchtower
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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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  oppostate

  giordano is quite mistaken.

  Jehovah is an adequate transliteration of the divine name into English.

  Just like Elijah is correct.

  Just like Jeremiah is correct.

  Just like Joshua/Jehoshua is correct.

  Just like Judah/Jehudah is correct.

  As a matter of fact there is only one letter difference between Judah's name and the tetragram.

  YHWDH is Judah which was pronounced according to its letters like YeHooDaH, and if you take that D out, you are left with the tetragram which should be pronounced then like Ye-Hoo-aH according to its Hebrew letters..

  Write it as it would sound in Latin letters and you end up with Iehovah, since the letter I was like our English Y, and the V was like a W or OO sound.

  In English spelling this became traditionally spelled with a J like so many other Bible names.
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  Zoom zoom rules +

  by Wakanda in

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  1. and this is most important, everyone listen up: dress up like you normally would for meeting!

  -oh, gawd.. 2. if you use a zoom background, make sure it is not distracting, or something crass like prison.

  stick with something dignified and subtle.

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  oppostate

  Now the WT has acquired Zoom accounts with disaster relief funds to give out to elders for meetings. And I wonder how much this is reaching for more control of the sheeples? Since they own the accounts they have access to the video recording files and chat transcripts.

  
  
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  Politically Neutral and No Part of this World....

  by Davros in

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  2. friends

  nice to be here.

  still a pimo and struggling through my fade.

  i still have several jw friends on social media.

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  well if its an antitrump meme i will let it pass progressive nevertrumper that i am

  lol
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  Miss Piggy----Thrown Out of Zoom Meeting!

  by Atlantis in

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  miss piggy was thrown out of the zoom meeting because she was showing to much cleavage.. https://docdro.id/s9jhehton her way out she grabbed the co's briefcase and gave him the finger.https://docdro.id/szfjix4then miss piggy jumped into her hot rod and is delivering all the co's secret documents to the neighborhood.https://docdro.id/bed59f8if you are on the email list, these documents are already in your email.

  so just keep eating your buttered popcorn.2020-04-27--broadcasting meetings2020- information notice of broadcasting congregation meetings2020-notice of broadcasting2020-information on broadcasting congregation meetingspetra!.

  https://docdro.id/i8d4tli.

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  oppostate

  yes, please include me in the distribution list :)
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  Are Jehovah Witnesses still trying to bring the good news to others during the pandemic?

  by Maria Nieves in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am no longer a study.

  during the onset of the pandemic the person who used to be my bible study teacher began to reach out to me.

  initially, i just thought that she wanted to know that i was well.

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  yup my wife still meets every morning via Zoom with other pioneers and then they write letters

  what if any good that does is very doubtful

  but they gotta get their time in, soooo
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  Are All Of The Bethels Worldwide In Shutdown (Covid 19) ? Still Operating ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how about all of the printing activities including wt and awake magazines ,tracts and brochures etc.?.

  are they all still a going concern ?.

  how many people would there be on average at any one bethel home ?.

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  yeah

  kim/mikey were talking about a source saying 900 bethelites infected and 200 desd but its hard to know if theres any weight to that
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  Has Anything Positive Come Out Of This Coronavirus Isolation For You?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i guess you could make a case of more families being together although that might not be the best situation.

  less cars and pollutants mean we can breathe better.

  if you were ever uncomfortable in crowds, this could be good news.

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  yup i havent gotten the virus yet

  so theres that

  definitely a result of this coronavirus isolation i would say
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  Need help. Please and thank you.

  by lastmanstanding in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a trove of old watchtower literature.

  i know of course, and for example, to keep the three first volumes of the watchtower (bound) and a bunch of other items.

  (and i handle them delicately.).

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  During these days of precariously scarce toilet tissue, some of those Awake! bound volumes could come in very handy indeed!
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  Do You Believe Joe Biden Sexually Assaulted A Woman In The 90’s?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is an allegation floating around saying he assaulted one of his female staffers .

  most mainstream media do not report on this claim.

  they either don’t believe it or don’t want to believe it.. funny how if it were brett kavanaugh or donald trump, they would be all over it.

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  Yes, I believe her.
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  Currently Reading a very informative book! Jehovahs Witnesses And The

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  currently reading: jehovahs witnesses and the third reich by james penton.

  a wonderful book written by an ex jw, born in 1932. i find this book very informative, interesting specially coz i was not around then.its thorough, lucid factual,every detail referenced and analytical data is provided to authenticate the veracity of assertion.

  a pretty good read indeed for pimis n pimos alike!.

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  oppostate

  @znmd

  Yes, i'm acquinted with that site

  Another good one with Jim's expeeiences is Channel C2 at

  https://sites.google.com/view/channelc2-experiences/experiences/marilyn-jim-penton?