if i remember right(unlikely, lol) it was a one-page article about the tetragrammaton which concluded by saying that even though "jehovah" was 'probably' not an accurate pronunciation, it is a widely-recognized and accepted english transliteration of the divine name.
i was thinking it was on the last page or maybe the back cover of a wt pub - maybe a watchtower.. can someone please direct me to the publication it was in?
i read it when i was still 'in' and it made me stop and think about how much emphasis the wt puts on that name, all while knowing it's not the name.
The absurdity is in the absolute insistence in using the name, despite evidence to the contrary. Its like it is their 'lucky charm'.
If the Hebrew desert God is up there, he'd undoubtedly be ignoring the nincompoops who continue to insist on calling him by the wrong name.
wtf .
the st. louis archbishop embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal testified last month that he didnt know in the 1980s whether it was illegal for priests to have sex with children, according to a court deposition released monday.
archbishop robert carlson, who was chancellor of the archdiocese of minneapolis and st. paul at the time, was deposed as part of a lawsuit against the twin cities archdiocese and the diocese of winona, minnesota.
LIAR
as the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..
That they speak for God.
Can you get any more delusional?
additionally, birthday celebrations tend to give excessive importance to an individual, no doubt one reason why early christians shunned them.
(ecclesiastes 7:1) so you will find that jehovahs witnesses do not share in birthday festivities (the parties, singing, gift giving, and so forth).
school and jehovah's witnesses p.18.
You forgot that murders always happen at birthdays.
being pushed by religion since the 17th century.
my question is why ?.
That dude Jesus bears a lot of responsibility.
Telling your peeps you are coming back within a generation and then disappearing for 2,000 years isn't cool.
i don't even know what the bloody event is called anymore.
i think it's still a district convention until it goes to two days, isn't it?
my convention program leaflet just says "convention of jehovah's witnesses", seemingly intentionally avoiding the change in wording.
Thanks.
Interesting thoughts on number 6 there, maybe a quiet way to weed out all of the apostates within? But I really have a hard time believing they actually can think a plan through like that.
the watchtower has forced a rather strange interpretation of the word "generation" in order to keep their doctrinal beliefs concerning the year 1914 consistent with the words of jesus "this generation will not pass...".
however, the watchtower's "overlapping" definition of the word generation is strange and unnatural to common use.
according to the watchtower, a grandfather, son, and grandson all living at the same time would make up a single generation.
This is what happens when you lie, and instead of admitting you lied you stack another lie on top of it.
right away.in the dec. 2013 awake p.9.there are some 750,000 j.w.
in brazil.since march 2000,local witnesses build or repaired 3,647 kingdom halls.the way i see it, that is 205 publishers per kingdom hall.i think brazil is ok for kingdom halls.. a few years ago durning a c.o.
visit he mentioned that thousands of new k.h.
There is really no way for an honest appraisal from us on the outside.
The WT offers zero transparency when it comes to their finances. They want it that way.
As long as their members follow like blind sheep, they will be able to run their moneymaking scam.
so my folks went to the meeting today and somehow i got brought up and they gave them my address so they can call on me because i'm inactive,i am upset about it because they didn't ask me first,i told my parents i wish they hadn't of done that without asking me first and my dad's response was are you not baptised?
and i said yes when i was 17 and i don't want to talk to anyone (i'm 51 now) and want to avoid any discussions that may cause me to lose my relationships with family that is still in,,so now i feel my successful fade will be jeapordized.
So ridiculous, why do people think its ok to give out their 51 year old childs' address?
Firm and a bit irritated if/when they call should send them on their way. At least you can be ready for it.
some of you might know me from this thread.
i wrote a longform article, 'in the belly of jehovah', on the jehovah's witnesses for an australian magazine, which today has been published online: .
http://theliftedbrow.com/post/88214463157/in-the-belly-of-jehovah-by-pete-nicholson.
Really good article, I enjoyed it!
