as you know i am still in but have no strong conviction for this cult..but i still go because my wife is still asleep to the false teachings.
for a few months now...when we have family study it is stricly from the bible.
which is great, while we study we are taking the bible as it is, i think it is opening her eyes and how important jesus is.
the biblical definition of "faith"
Sure. Go to the Bible to get the Bible's definition which "proves" the Bible to be correct.
Maybe since I'm a Newy the site limits me to only 10 posts, making it VERY hard to reply, sometimes...
It's seems to me, then, that the best course of action would be to make each of your ten posts as effective as possible by offering substantial material to consider. But you don't.
this i never understood, the publications say that gods name translated from hebrew is yaweh.
why add a whole bunch of letters and vowels that change the sound of the name completely?
i've often thought surely we would gain greater respect on the ministry if we used a name that is historically and verbally accurate?.
DocHouse: "why Jehovah's witnesses? not yaweh witnesses?" Dumb question.
No, actually it's a very good question.
And I see you've offered nothing in the way of an intellectual explanation as to why it's a dumb question but simply retreated to the position of the weak by attacking the questioner instead of actually addressing the question.
DocHouse- are you a Jehovah's Witness?
as you know i am still in but have no strong conviction for this cult..but i still go because my wife is still asleep to the false teachings.
for a few months now...when we have family study it is stricly from the bible.
which is great, while we study we are taking the bible as it is, i think it is opening her eyes and how important jesus is.
DocHouse: The WTBS teaches nothing unbiblical that I know of
Really? Have you ever read anything WT has produced?
artwork from max borgovah of the meme group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jwmeme/.
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I believe they do. That's why WT's biggest dickhead is the spokesman.
this i never understood, the publications say that gods name translated from hebrew is yaweh.
why add a whole bunch of letters and vowels that change the sound of the name completely?
i've often thought surely we would gain greater respect on the ministry if we used a name that is historically and verbally accurate?.
the publications say that gods name translated from Hebrew is yaweh. So why not use that name?
Actually, WT goes further and admits that the true pronunciation of YHWH has been lost forever, but likely it could have been Yahweh (doesn't say much for god, does it? Couldn't even preserve his own name in his own book?).
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About the 13th century the term "Jehovah" appeared when Christian scholars took the consonants of "Yahweh" and pronounced it with the vowels of "Adonai." This resulted in the sound "Yahowah," which has a Latinized spelling of "Jehovah." The first recorded use of this spelling was made by a Spanish Dominican monk, Raymundus Martini, in 1270.
Interestingly, this fact is admitted in much Jehovah's Witness literature, such as their Aid to Bible Understanding (p. 885). This is surprising because Jehovah's Witnesses loathe the Catholic Church and have done everything in their power to strip their church of traces of Catholicism. Despite this, their group's very name contains a Catholic "invention," the name "Jehovah."
Jehovah's Witnesses blast orthodox Christendom for "hiding the name of God" by replacing "Jehovah" with "the Lord" whenever "Jehovah" appears in Scripture. They charge this is a Jewish "superstition" that dishonors God (which it does not). Yet their own organization has a name that was invented as a result of the same thinking that produced use of "the Lord."
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*** w50 12/1 pp. 472-473 An Open Letter to the Catholic Monsignor ***
".... We do not say that "Jehovah" is the correct pronunciation of God’s name...However, if you call it shallow scholarship for the Committee to use the word Jehovah in the New World Translation, then you will have to admit that it is due to the shallow scholarship of the Roman Catholic clergy of the thirteenth century, for in that century the word historically appears among them... the Spanish Dominican friar Raymundus Martini wrote his Pugio, about 1278, and used the name Jehovah."
So why does WT use "Jehovah" instead of the more accurate "Yahweh"? Tradition !!
Insight vol. 2 p. 5, Jehovah
"Jehovah" is the best known English pronunciation of the divine name, although "Yahweh" is favored by most Hebrew scholars
as you know i am still in but have no strong conviction for this cult..but i still go because my wife is still asleep to the false teachings.
for a few months now...when we have family study it is stricly from the bible.
which is great, while we study we are taking the bible as it is, i think it is opening her eyes and how important jesus is.
DocHouse: Jesus said to tell the VISION to no one
WTF? We can't even watch television now?
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#casenumber=85896124&casetype=serial_no&searchtype=statussearch.
even though watchtower's application has been rejected, they will be allowed to use the logo because it is for religious usage and will not be confused with commercial products.. the trademark office did note this:.
indeed, numerous other marks are registered reflecting the letters j and w:.
http://exjehovahswitnesses.com/history/listofgbmembers.htm
http://governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/2008/06/current-list-of-watchtower-society.html
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. (Incorporated 1909)
President Max H. Larson
Vice Presidents George M. Couch, Lonnie R. Schilling
Secretary/Treasurer Gerald F. Simonis
Directors Gerald D. Grizzle, David G. Sinclair, Robert M. Pevy
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Corporations of Jehovah's Witnesses
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
is a corporation used by Jehovah's Witnesses, which is responsible for administrative matters, such as real estate, especially within the United States. This corporation is typically cited as the publisher of Jehovah's Witnesses publications, though other publishers are sometimes cited. The corporation's stated purposes are: "Charitable, benevolent, scientific, historical, literary and religious purposes; the moral and mental improvement of men and women, the dissemination of Bible truths in various languages by means of the publication of tracts, pamphlets, papers and other religious documents, and for religious missionary work."[8]
Selected Personnel (as of April 1, 2012)
President: Leon Weaver Jr.
Secretary: Gerry F. Simonis
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporations_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses
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Watchtower's new attorney on the case:
Steven B. Simonis,
Steward Johnston & Reens LLC,
986 Bedford Street,Stamford, Connecticut,
United States
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Is this another case of a Watchtower heavy-hitter getting his son a university education on Watchtower's (read: the rank-and-file's) dime????
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#casenumber=85896124&casetype=serial_no&searchtype=statussearch.
even though watchtower's application has been rejected, they will be allowed to use the logo because it is for religious usage and will not be confused with commercial products.. the trademark office did note this:.
indeed, numerous other marks are registered reflecting the letters j and w:.
Plan B: change the logo to what is really desired: "GB.Org".
i'm off work today and its a monday morning.
a male and female jw just knocked on my door, i opened it, the guy just handed me their latest website promoting tract saying "hi, were just leaving these with people today", and then he made to leave.
i looked at the tract and then looked at him as he was turning to walk away and said to him "ok, thanks, but ummm you could've just left it in my letterbox.".
It's like your local Pizza place or McDonalds or KFC staff knocking on your door and hand delivering their advertising material to you
I predict WT will be using door hangers within two years. Just go door to door and hang a "JW.Org" flyer on each door. That way the service group can cover an entire territory and be at Starbucks by 10:30 am.
i hope no one here get's injured when they see this and their jaw hits the floor:.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=689701664435095&set=vb.100001858044479&type=2&theater.
SHEPHERDING THE FLOCK OF GOD BOOK, pg.127, par 6,7 Weddings.
" 6. Any decoration of the Kingdom Hall or rearrangement of the chairs must be approved. ONLY music selected from Kingdom Melodies or that is found in our songbook may be used. 7. "should reflect dignity, honor and seriousness.......It is not appropriate to tell humorous stories or read poems simply to entertain or amuse the Audience."
