God help us if the health bill passes. What would be a good country to move to?
TweetieBird
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Pelosi Prays To Saint Joseph To Pass Health Bill!
by minimus ini just saw that on drudge report.. omg.
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More than 50 Jehovahs Witnesses arrested in Russia for taking part in a public protest
by behemot inhttp://www.asianews.it/news-en/more-than-50-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-arrested-in-russia-for-taking-part-in-a-public-protest-17853.html.
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TweetieBird
What happened to "waiting on Jehovah" to straighten things out? Where is their faith? For years JW's were under ban in many different countries and they quietly went about their preaching work without drawing attention to themselves. This is not the organization that I grew up in.
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Jehovah's "name" real or not?
by highdose inis the name jehovah as gods name without dispute?
has the wtbs ever addmitted any where that gods name is not actauly known?.
need references for a project of mine please!.
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TweetieBird
Did a search in Strong's Concordance one time and came across this little tidbit. I must say that I have had a difficult time praying to "Jehovah" since I read this. I guess that's why I don't really pray anymore, too confused.
"Some Christians, especially Jehovah's witnesses, use this name for the Heavenly Father. However, every scholar and every reference book I have ever checked on "Jehovah" (including Jehovah's witness tracts) has said that this is not the way you pronounce His name! First of all it is impossible because of the fact that the Hebrew language has no "J" sound! According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1991 under the heading "Yahweh", here is how this name came into being:
"The Masoretes, who from about the 6th to the 10th century worked to reproduce the original text of the Hebrew Bible, replaced the vowels of the name YHWH with the vowel signs of the Hebrew word Adonai or Elohim. Thus the artificial name Jehovah (YeHoWaH) came into being."
So we see here one of many confirmations that the name Jehovah is not really His name at all! But it is a artificial name that was invented by man. Does man have the right to change the name of the one who created him? I think not! But that is exactly what has happened here.
Now let's look a little more deeply into this name Jehovah. Notice that many Hebrew names contain the first part of Yahweh's name which is Yah. This is true in the name Isa-YAH (Hebrew: YeshaYAH), which means "Yah is Salvation". Also in Jeremi-Yah (Hebrew: YermeYAH), Obadiah, Zechariah, and so on. Taking this knowledge, apply this to the name Je-hovah with Jeh being the first part of His name. First of all it doesn't add up when it comes to the names of these prophets. (Isaiah's name isn't IsaJEH) Second, the Hovah part of Je-hovah means RUIN and MISCHIEF in Hebrew according to Strong's Concordance #1943:
#1943 Hovah, another form for 1942; RUIN:-MISCHIEF"
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TweetieBird
Great game.
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Called to be free
by TweetieBird ini don't know if this will come up right or not, but someone else posted this video from youtube and it is worth watching.
the video is a little over an hour long but definitely worth the time.
the comparisons to the wcog and the wts are uncanny.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmgjeragmt4.
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TweetieBird
Thanks!
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Called to be free
by TweetieBird ini don't know if this will come up right or not, but someone else posted this video from youtube and it is worth watching.
the video is a little over an hour long but definitely worth the time.
the comparisons to the wcog and the wts are uncanny.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmgjeragmt4.
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TweetieBird
I don't know if this will come up right or not, but someone else posted this video from youtube and it is worth watching. The video is a little over an hour long but definitely worth the time. The comparisons to the WCoG and the WTS are uncanny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMGJERAGMT4
I have a mac so not sure how to get the link to post correctly. Maybe someone else can help me out.
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Fascinating discussion I had with a former dub some time back on Facebook
by JimmyPage infascinating discussion i had with a former dub on facebook.
we were in the same congregation years ago.
maybe you can relate.. she wrote:.
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TweetieBird
Thank you for sharing.
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Since You're In The "World" Now What Types Of Friends Do You Have?
by minimus injehovah's witnesses are supposed to be the best friends you could ever have.
they're supposed to be genuine and loving.. not that you're out of jw friends, what's it like?.
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TweetieBird
I can count on 1 hand the number of true friends that I have right now, all 3 are ex-JW's. One I have known since birth, one I met at the KH when I was 16 and one I met a year ago who has recently left. It's very difficult to try and describe the life of a JW to an outsider so I think that is why my close friendships are with ex-JWs.
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Be Humble & still Cautious...(understand my own battles)
by Butterflyleia85 ingod still has a holy spirit among us that truely search for him!.
what we feel and what we know are different among us here.
we also have terms and labels that can slightly alter our way of thinking.
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TweetieBird
Great post! Love the scriptures. Born and raised in the religion but failed to grasp the meaning of certain scriptures. It's nice to read them with the blinders off.
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New generation definition....has the Society "jumped the shark"?
by sir82 infor those who need a refresher, here is the latest redefinition of "generation" from the 4/15/2010 wt:.
understand jesus words about this generation?.
he evidently meant that the lives of the anointed.
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TweetieBird
Maybe, but it won't matter.