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  The pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton according to Gérard Gertoux

  by Narkissos in

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  some time ago i stumbled across a book by french author gerard gertoux, about the pronunciation of the tetragrammaton.

  the book was also published in english (cf.

  the author's site at http://gertoux.online.fr/divinename/) .

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  The Greek form of the divine name, JAO, was used by Jews in and around the first century, as discussed in the book "The Earliest Non-Mystical Jewish Use of IAW";

  That Greek form of the divine name is not found in " The kingdom Interlinear Translation Of The Greek Scriptures",which presented under the Greek text revised by Westcott and Hort (1948 reprint) A literal word for word translation into English.

  Published by the WTB&TS in 1969.

  By all means correct me if I am wrong . I am going by memory alone as I do not have a copy of that book anymore.
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  Geoffrey Jackson hints at the identity of the King of the North

  by scotoma in

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  the big news at the annual corporate meeting was probably the sudden realization that gog of .

  magog was some group of nations.

  the news was given by geoffrey jackson.

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  In the book "Your Will Be Done On Earth" they pointed out that the KON was the U.S.S.R and that the KOS was the Anglo-American world power .

  And that was fullfillment of prophecy no more interpretation was needed .

  Time and unforeseen occurrences (history/world events ) make fools out of the GB of Jehovah`s Witnesses.

  Time and again
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  Library now cleared out

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  well, it looks like the axe has finally fallen on our kh library.

  during a deep clean of the local kh, a brother suddenly informed everyone 'whikst cleaning' that all the old books including bound volumes of the watchtower etc was to be chucked in the skip.. from what i heard, some were taken aback by this and quite annoyed that no announcement was made; that no one was given the choice of taking some of these books home to keep.

  i mean the entire collection of studies in the scriptures and others that go back an entire century.

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  My suggestion is to sus out 2nd hand shops , and opportunity shops as we call them in Australia ,where families of deceased persons donate their belongings and bargain hunt shoppers can pick up goods for a fraction of the price you would pay at a retail shop.

  And sometimes almost brand new .

  I managed a senior Citizens OP shop a few years ago when somebody had donated a series of WT videos from a deceased relative but when i got back from a break of a few days a co-volunteer had binned them , he didnt like JW`s.

  So that is a place where you might find some gems .
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  Library now cleared out

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  well, it looks like the axe has finally fallen on our kh library.

  during a deep clean of the local kh, a brother suddenly informed everyone 'whikst cleaning' that all the old books including bound volumes of the watchtower etc was to be chucked in the skip.. from what i heard, some were taken aback by this and quite annoyed that no announcement was made; that no one was given the choice of taking some of these books home to keep.

  i mean the entire collection of studies in the scriptures and others that go back an entire century.

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  Amelia Ashton do you also have the Awake bound volumes of that period ? 1951-1999 ?

  The Awake that speaks about Youths Who Put God First ?

  Young people who lost their lives refusing life saving blood transfusions that could have saved many if not all of them ?
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  At 1.4% growth the last 2 years, it's safe to say, jw.org and cart witnessing is an abject failure!

  by nowwhat? in

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  so much for jehovah blessing this new arrangement.

  they are barely keeping up with the birthrate!

  so basically the org spent millions of dollars on their website and broadcasting so the only growth they are still getting comes from born ins and illiterate and superstitious folks from africa.

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  newdawnfades , so in other words the numbers are fudged !

  They may travel a long distance to do this. They get to count their travelling time and get a break which they can count too.

  Without actually witnessing to anyone .

  How can anyone believe anything this religion says is true.?
  
  
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  Same Talks Again and Again

  by Akid48 in

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  hey i’m back i know it’s been a long time since i’ve posted on the form but a lot things have been happening so i haven’t had much time to post.. ive been 14 for awhile now makes me happy because i’m getting closer to being able to get a job and work my way out of this.. i have meetings on saturdays now which is horrible because i rather have it on sunday because it’s already a sad day because i got to go to school the next day.three of our public talks have had different brothers saying the same thing talking about the signs of the end days.the thing that gets me is when they always try and bank on the earthquake part i mean i’m really into science so i already knew a lot about plate tectonics sea floor spreading etc but you get taught this in school.with plates always moving divergent convergent transform etc there will be earthquakes it’s the effect of plates moving against or rubing on each or going back into the mantle(subduction zones) it happens.so when there’s a report in japan of a lot of earthquakes it must be the end times!no japan is located on four plates it’s going to experience big earthquakes.. i don’t know that just gets under my skins when they try and say it’s the end days because of the earth having natural things happen like plate tectonics is something that’s been happening recently no we might have gotten our hands on the technology to spot earthquakes recently but this has been happening for millions of years.. speaking of years i hope you all have a great 2019 and i’ll definitely post more of my thoughts this year..

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  Good to hear it .

  Take care
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  Same Talks Again and Again

  by Akid48 in

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  hey i’m back i know it’s been a long time since i’ve posted on the form but a lot things have been happening so i haven’t had much time to post.. ive been 14 for awhile now makes me happy because i’m getting closer to being able to get a job and work my way out of this.. i have meetings on saturdays now which is horrible because i rather have it on sunday because it’s already a sad day because i got to go to school the next day.three of our public talks have had different brothers saying the same thing talking about the signs of the end days.the thing that gets me is when they always try and bank on the earthquake part i mean i’m really into science so i already knew a lot about plate tectonics sea floor spreading etc but you get taught this in school.with plates always moving divergent convergent transform etc there will be earthquakes it’s the effect of plates moving against or rubing on each or going back into the mantle(subduction zones) it happens.so when there’s a report in japan of a lot of earthquakes it must be the end times!no japan is located on four plates it’s going to experience big earthquakes.. i don’t know that just gets under my skins when they try and say it’s the end days because of the earth having natural things happen like plate tectonics is something that’s been happening recently no we might have gotten our hands on the technology to spot earthquakes recently but this has been happening for millions of years.. speaking of years i hope you all have a great 2019 and i’ll definitely post more of my thoughts this year..

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  O.K. AKid48 you sure sound like a mature 14 year old and have been given sound advice and support on here and seeing you don`t have much legal status as a minor until you reach the age of 18 ? which is another 4 years away , I hope you have the patience to bide your time , not upset your mom too much or cause any rift in your relationship with your mom because of your seeing TTATT but your mom hasn`t yet.

  Maybe she will in the future maybe she wont.

  And as another poster said ,do not get baptized under any circumstances .keep deferring it

  I wish you well for the future 2019 and onward .
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  november 2018 study wt

  by days of future passed in

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  i always get curious when someone posts an article from the wt.

  so i end up going there to look around at the whole article and find other things that are curiouser and couriouser.. certainly, god’s thinking is superior to that of today’s world.

  living by his thoughts will bring us the greatest happiness and success.

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  By their fruits you will know them .
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  those bloody phones

  by zeb in

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  from the avast company.. on september 8th, residents of hamburg, germany woke up to an unusual sight.

  scores of kids were taking to the streets with signs, chanting lines such as “we are here, we are loud because you are just looking at your mobile phones.” and “play with us, not your cell phones!”.

  seven-year-old emil rustige pulled the mini-protest together to vent his frustration at his parents for spending more time on their phones than with him.

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  Cell phones ,Smart Phones ,etc Social media are producing a Nation, no a World of Narcissists .
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  "The earth abideth..." - how long?

  by Nathan Natas in

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  http://boston.com/dailynews/013/ascribe/_end_of_world_has_already_begu%3a.shtml

  end of world has already begun, university of washington scientists say in book 'the life and death of planet earth' .

  by ascribe, 1/13/2003 11:57 .

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  These bible writers are no more guided by Holy Spirit /Jehovah God / Jesus Christ / than the Governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses today are .

  So don`t waste your time debating what this scripture meant or what this Bible writer was trying to convey etc,etc,

  God whoever he is supposed to be couldn`t even preserve his own word as original texts because no such original texts exist nowadays of either the Hebrew Scriptures (OT) or the Christian Greek Scriptures (NT)

  So why believe anything at all that the Bible says because it can`t be verified by any God as being the Truth.