this is normie thoughts on the threads about the truth..... i have huge doubts about a lot of things about the org.
i have been a jw for 20 yrs and still active(family reasons).
but nobody but nobody has refuted to my mind, the fact nobody does the evangelizing work jesus did.
normie,
Just a side thought. Being Yahweh is the more proper pronunciation, why use a name for God that is less than proper?
True worshipers of God cannot let tradition lead them to call the Heavenly Father by the wrong name. The WT is steeped in it's own traditions just as the Catholic church is.
this is normie thoughts on the threads about the truth..... i have huge doubts about a lot of things about the org.
i have been a jw for 20 yrs and still active(family reasons).
but nobody but nobody has refuted to my mind, the fact nobody does the evangelizing work jesus did.
normie,
Interestingly, even (knowledgable) JWs realize that the name Jehovah is improper. The book, "Let Your Name Be Sanctified" freely admits on page 16 and 18 that Yahweh is the superior translation fo the Tetragrammaton. This book has been withdrawn as most WT publications usually are. However, in the preface of "The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures," we find on page 23 the following admission:
"While inclining to view the pronounciation 'Yahweh' as the more correct way, we have retained the form 'Jehovah' because of people's familiarity with it since the 14th century. Morever, it preserves equally with other forms, the four letters of the Tetragrammaton JHVH."
i thought many of you would enjoy this - o how i miss the good ole days of coming up with funky illustrations just to keep the faithful selling books.
how do we cling to jehovah?
thus, we don't run.
Brother Smith has already been bitten by the WT dog but does not realize it.
And yes, prayer takes a back seat to obedience to the WTBTS.
thought i would pass along this news item from the morning paper since fred was on the subject of armageddon.
feared apocalypse gone with the wind.
brooklyn -- (ap) "armageddon wasnt what it was cracked up to be," says the watchtower bible and tract society, "and, man, are we pissed.
this is sort of a take-off of the "what should the wt do" thread.. i need to get together a board of directors and elect a president and officers.
we need to figure out a doctrine, a manifesto, and a set of disciplinary rules.
we need to figure out a way to fund our new movement.
wendy,
I am not sure what position you have been assigned to for this new religion, but you should have a position that entails great WISDOM and ETIQUETTE.
and yet another reorganization and name change:.
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less religion and more jesus!
RR,
That can't be a Kingdom Hall, it has windows!
this is sort of a take-off of the "what should the wt do" thread.. i need to get together a board of directors and elect a president and officers.
we need to figure out a doctrine, a manifesto, and a set of disciplinary rules.
we need to figure out a way to fund our new movement.
As curator of the exclusive club Beth-Scam, I feel it important that we have a motto. I cannot make up my mind as to which motto to pick, so I am asking for the help of all the elite that frequent Beth-Scam. Here they are!
1.When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!
2.Life is a waste of time, time is a waste of life, so get wasted all the time and have the time of your life.
If anyone has any ideas for a motto, please submit to the writing department.
this is sort of a take-off of the "what should the wt do" thread.. i need to get together a board of directors and elect a president and officers.
we need to figure out a doctrine, a manifesto, and a set of disciplinary rules.
we need to figure out a way to fund our new movement.
Being in charge of the exclusive club, (Beth-Scam) I came to work today and am somewhat perturbed.
I would like to know what contemptable scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.-W.C.Fields
Time is never wasted when you're waisted all the time.-Catherine Zandonella (Whoever the hell that is)
I think VeniceIT has a great idea, we need a pool to stay in shape, or is that what the baptismal pool is for?
Less money spent on the wedding.
Less mess to clean up afterwards.
You will save money and time having less film to develop.
There will be more to drink for yourself and the groom.
You can belch and fart all you want because there will be few to offend.
rollercoaster, here are a few sayings to cheer your day.
To some its a six pack, to me it's a support group.
Remember "I" before "E" except in Budweiser.
Why is American beer served cold? So you can distinguish it from urine.
Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol.
I was not put in charge of the exclusive club called Beth-Scam for lack of experience.
i recently finished reading the bible unearthed: archaeology's new vision of ancient israel and the origin of its sacred texts by israel finkelstein and neil asher silberman.
here is part of a review that drew my attention to the book:.
the book reaches its conclusions from a huge array of archaeological evidence of different kinds, some quite clever, such as the analysis of camel bones; others representing new trends in field archaeology, such as settlement surveys.
Thanks Ginny,
This is interesting reading.
