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  I love it That JW`s Worship A God Named by The Catholics ,And Follow The Bible Of the protestants .

  by smiddy3 in

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  the tetagrammaton 4 hebrew letters representing gods name in the hebrew scriptures as jhvh or more likely yhwh .. the name jehovah was unheard of before the 13th century simply because no one beforehand had added vowels to those four hebrew consonants representing gods name .. and then comes along a spanish catholic monk of the 13th century that adds vowels to those 4 hebrew consonants and he comes up with the name jehovah.. a name that the catholic church has used in and on churches since the 13th century throughout europe and elsewhere in the world.. and lo and behold the g.b.of jehovah`s witnesses in their wisdom stated in the first edition of the "aid to bible understanding" that they chose the name jehovah as the correct pronunciation of gods name because it was the most popular name in use in the world ?

  logically by christendom `s religions ,who else ?.

  then their is the bible cannon that all of the major christian religions have different books that they feel should make up the bible.. protestant religions .

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  My point johnamos is that the name/word Jehovah was not uttered by Jesus , the Apostles , or any of his disciples in the Greek Text that the Jehovah`s Witnesses based their Kingdom Interlinear Translation on the word for word Greek to English translation printed by the WTB&TS.

  Additionally the first edition of the "Aid To Bible Understanding " book published by the WTB&TS admitted that Jehovah was not the most accurate pronunciation of Gods name however that was the most popular name in use at the time. ( By Christendom of course ) Especially the Roman Catholic Church who have that name engraved on centuries old Churches around the world .

  So rather than go for the more accurate name for God in the Old Testament / Hebrew scriptures they chose the more populous name for God used by Christendom that they continually condemn as the anti-Christ .
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  Are Christians to be Witnesses of Jesus or Jehovah?

  by blondie in

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  i was doing research on another topic and this question came to mind.

  notice how the wts dances around the question below and then my comments about that and whether historically did the wts see isaiah as applying to all jws or only anointed members, spiritual israel (galatians 6:16)?.

  are christians to be witnesses of jesus or jehovah?.

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  No where in the New Testament / Christian Greek Scriptures as JW`s like to call it are the followers of Jesus christ called upon to be witnesses of Jehovah God ,nowhere not one scripture .

  However their are something like 20 or more scriptures in the Christian Greek Scriptures / NT that specifically call upon Christians to bear witness to, for or about Jesus Christ ,and not Jehovah.

  And the NWT of the Christian Greek Scriptures that they base their text on does not contain the four Hebrew letters the Tetragrammaton nor does it contain any four Greek letters representing god`s name .

  The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures revised by Westcott and Hort (1948 reprint) a literal word for word translation into English.1969 edition printed by the WTB&TS .And nowhere does the name / word Jehovah exist there.
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  Proverbs 4:18

  by Insight- in

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  i'm so curios about when jehovah's witnesses started to use/mention "proverbs 4:18" for changing their doctrines or briefs.. did they start it from early 1800's by russell ?

  or next generation of jw's --- j.f.

  rutherford?

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  That`s a good question Insight and welcome to the board .
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  18 definite ways women turn men off.

  by Wonderment in

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  2. experiences

  i picked the list below somewhere, and i would like to hear your opinions on it.

  what would you keep or change?

  18 definite ways women turn men off.

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  18 Different ways men turn women off works both ways my friend just swap the gender .

  I`m not sexest by the way I believe in equality
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  memorial-

  by zeb in

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  a criticism of the wt way is the practice of using 50 words when 10 would do.

  this is an example of an aged speaking style practised in the 1930s 1950's.

  just look at movies from that era, political speeches etc.

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  You made me laugh too blondie I got carried away
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  The brother at the door

  by days of future passed in

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  i got up late today.

  i hear the doorbell ring and i go - not really dressed for company - i stand back and see a jw man maybe 60 years old or so.

  at first i was just going to brush him off.

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  I think many of us make the same mistake over and over again . As an example : When you state a fact about where JW`s are wrong we allow ourselves to be sidetracked where the JW wants to deflect the question and go off into a different subject and we get caught up in it thinking we have to answer every question .

  No, they have to answer the question we put to them in the first place and don`t let up until you get a satisfying answer from them .

  And keep pushing this until you do get a satisfying answer with that same question.

  Don`t be sidetracked or blindsided with them trying to deflect your questions or query.
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  Observed at the Memorial

  by john.prestor in

  1. watchtower
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  so i went to the memorial the other night, there's a kingdom hall on the bus route back from a local college where i was doing some research and admiring the architecture.

  i'm in my street clothes, i look nice but i stood out like a sore thumb.

  i went in as it started and got a seat in the back.

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  They invite the public to come and when one member of the public does turn up they treat him/her like shit ?

  Way to go JW~s ,your sure to get many converts that way .
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  The Ten Commandments

  by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  who's watching?

  i probably won't watch the whole thing, but i'll tune in here and there.

  this will be my first time watching from a pimo/ttatt point of view.

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  "The Ten Commandments" was a good movie to watch given its fictional storyline.Nice entertainment.

  And I give all the Actors a "G" for their performances .
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  memorial-

  by zeb in

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  a criticism of the wt way is the practice of using 50 words when 10 would do.

  this is an example of an aged speaking style practised in the 1930s 1950's.

  just look at movies from that era, political speeches etc.

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  That`s their "15 minutes of fame" zeb where else can they have a captivated audience to speak to for 45 minutes ?
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  New Book: Pure Worship of Jehovah—Restored At Last!

  by Afterburn in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it is a new book, now available on their website in pdf, and it is basically an update to survival—into a new earth!

  (1984), the book that convinced me to get baptized at age 12.. i'm not going to review the entire book here.. because matthew 28:18-20 specifies baptizing as part of the great commission, and because hebrews 6:1-2 lists the teaching on baptisms as among the primary doctrine about the christ, i intend to focus on the portion of the new publication that deals with baptism.. in chapter 16, on pages 178 and 179, paragraph 17 states:.

  17 to survive the coming destruction, individuals need to prove their faith now.

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  smiddy3

  Welcome Afterburn I love your analysis and think its an excellent post and am glad to have you on board .

  I look forward to more of your posts here .