while growing up as a jw this was a question i often wondered about: did jesus ever call his heavenly father by the name jehovah?
and if he did, why wasn't it recorded.. i know there's plenty of references such as john 17:6, 26 where it says "i have made your name manifest to the men ...".
however is there anywhere in the bible where jesus used the actual word jehovah?.
While growing up as a JW this was a question I often wondered about: Did Jesus ever call his heavenly father by the name Jehovah? And if he did, why wasn't it recorded.
I know there's plenty of references such as John 17:6, 26 where it says "I have made your name manifest to the men ...". However is there anywhere in the bible where Jesus used the actual word Jehovah?
i loved reading the yearbook each year as soon as it came out....lots of encouraging experiences and they were all true of course, like this one from africa..... yearbook 1967 p.105 "a large crowd was following a man who had a talking serpent {like the muppets}...the serpent gave greetings and spoke in foreign tongues {college educated maybe}....a brother passing by went into the house, as soon as he did the serpent stopped talking.
the man cried out "a magican has entered the room.
" the brother asked the man "is that a serpent or a demon that has spoken to you?...not one serpent has ever spoken except the one in the garden of eden"...seeing that the serpent remained silent the man left the house....he was anxious later to get some literature....".
So I'll call the JWs next time I have a talking snake in the house ... or I'll grab the shovel?
i ask purely out of curiosity not to provoke imply or incite anything.
but when you consider how the pope has to ride around in a bullet proof golf cart lol and considering how many maby thousands of people (apostates) theyve pissed off over the years it takes some pretty big ga-hoe-nads to do this purposefully with no security if you really didnt believe some god was protecting you.
and ive seen gb walk around aimlously around bethel henchel swingel schroder without a care in the world?
The GB don't enjoy any special protection from God anymore than an ordinary JW would.
The most logical answer is that Jehovah's Witnesses are very insignificant, and as such, nobody cares to assassinate or harm them. The same could be said for leaders of other smallish, cult like religions.
i ask purely out of curiosity not to provoke imply or incite anything.
but when you consider how the pope has to ride around in a bullet proof golf cart lol and considering how many maby thousands of people (apostates) theyve pissed off over the years it takes some pretty big ga-hoe-nads to do this purposefully with no security if you really didnt believe some god was protecting you.
and ive seen gb walk around aimlously around bethel henchel swingel schroder without a care in the world?
Well according to them they were protected from visting the twin towers on 9/11.
wow!!.
last night i go to the grocery store and see this guy, always been a nice guy, always says "hello, how have you been, we mised you at the hall" crap.
and i say "never been better, nice to see you" you know the ususal pleasantries.... not last night.. we go into the store almost simultaneously (from different directions) and as soon as he sees me he dashes towards the shopping carts.
Yep. I've never been baptized, and I've been shunned too.
here is a list of the current governing body members:.
gerrit losch: born 1942, appointed july 1, 1994 .
guy h. pierce: born 1935, appointed oct. 1, 1999 .
I can't beleive so many put their all their hopes and trust in these men.
i've uploaded a new blog article that addresses the latest dvd release at the current district convention, namely "become jehovah's friend!
" - the tale of young caleb and his brush with divine wrath over a plastic toy wizard.
a link to the article, which includes the youtube samples of the production, is below:.
No doubt some JW will offer this DVD to my wife for my kids to watch (probably counting it as 1 hour FS).
It's amazing what five seconds in a microwave does to a DVD. Ooops! what's that DVD doing in there.
at 18 after the quick build at our hall i gave up on a career {except window/toilet cleaning} and became a rabid pioneer/servant who, get this...made a plastic sleeve necklace so i could put my blood card in it!!!
i had one in my wallet and one hanging on my neck.. can anyone beat that?
fast forward to 2001 when fractions became a "conscience matter..." i remember shaking my head during that watchtower study...i destroyed my blood cards and asked my doctor to put me down as "no religion.
How about this:
Being coached to give your science teacher the blue "Evolution" book. The elder who told me it would be a "good witness", hadn't grown up as a JW, yet somehow he "knew" what it was like???
Sitting down during the national anthem, infront of 1000 peers at school.
Having a crush on a girl at school, then being forced to witness at her door, hoping she wasn't home. Then her best friend answered the door (felt like dying). Next day at school, she came up to me in front of everybody and said in a loud voice "Don't ever come to my place again selling religion".
Getting beaten up at school because other boys seen you in FS.
my anionted mum always said she's "willing to die for the truth like the brothers in the concentration camps".....how many witnesses would do this, like the "heavens gate" suicide group or the tokyo cult that tried to start armagedon with subway gas attacks or even the 9/11 terrorists?.
the brothers in the camps in world war 2 were told by rutherford this is armagedon.
so they thought a quick death and then "poof"...i'm in paradise.. .
Most of them would.
coz it teaches that life exists on other planets.
grease.
think it was banned in a watchtower.
The banned list I saw had an official Watctower letterhead. If I remember correctly it was from the Australian branch.
