Reniaa, apparently God did not see it as you do. He did not see the need to make sure the Tetragrammeton was preserved in the NT (assuming it was ever there in the first place). He did however, see fit to preserve the name if Jesus in the NT...so that even the JWs own New World Mis-Translation has the name Jesus well over 900 times in the NT, compared to 237 for Jehovah.
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Does The Name Really Matter?
by AGuest into the household of god, israel, and those who go with... may you have peace!.
as you know i have, for many years now, related to you that i hear the voice of the fine shepherd, the holy one of israel and holy spirit, jaheshua mischajah.
over such years i have received many questions and comments, and engaged in various debates regarding the validity of that name.
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Does The Name Really Matter?
by AGuest into the household of god, israel, and those who go with... may you have peace!.
as you know i have, for many years now, related to you that i hear the voice of the fine shepherd, the holy one of israel and holy spirit, jaheshua mischajah.
over such years i have received many questions and comments, and engaged in various debates regarding the validity of that name.
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isaacaustin
but yes, the Bible does show the importance of names, but not the proper noun, rather the person behind the letters.
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Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!
by sacolton in$79 million tax demand on jehovahs witnesses threatens freedom of religionstrasbourgon september 21, 2010, the european court of human rights (echr) ruled unanimously that the complaint filed by jehovahs witnesses in france is admissible regarding alleged interference with their freedom of religion.. the government of france had imposed a retroactive 60-percent tax on all religious offerings donated to association les temoins de jehovah(also referred to as the christian association of jehovahs witnesses of france) over a period of four years from 1993 to 1996. the government initially demanded a total payment of about 45 million euros.
the amount demanded is now more than 57 million euros (more than $79,000,000 usd), which far exceeds the assets of the association.the echr took note of the fact that throughout the court proceedings within france, jehovahs witnesses had consistently maintained that the contested tax was a direct attack on their religious freedom.
in fact, it had been imposed on them within the context of the france governments fight against so-called sects.
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isaacaustin
Reniaa/Debator, I saw that the org can file a complaint against France. However, isn't France's case against the org still going?
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How credible is the wt claim to be chosen by Christ in 1919.
by coffee_black ini brought this up to debator on another thread... and he/she ignored it... thought the subject deserved its own thread...for anyone who has never read the finished mystery.. .
the watchtower claims that jesus inspected the churches in 1919 and chose the watchtower to represent god on earth, based upon the spiritual food they were dispensing at that time.. .
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isaacaustin
The SDA believed 1844 to be the date of Christ's coming- a date they still hold onto today at the period of 'investigative judgment'.
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How credible is the wt claim to be chosen by Christ in 1919.
by coffee_black ini brought this up to debator on another thread... and he/she ignored it... thought the subject deserved its own thread...for anyone who has never read the finished mystery.. .
the watchtower claims that jesus inspected the churches in 1919 and chose the watchtower to represent god on earth, based upon the spiritual food they were dispensing at that time.. .
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Obviously the Adventists were also looking for Christ's imminent return- that is who Russel got much of his theology from.
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Strange statement in last week's study article
by civicsi00 inthere was a strange statement in last week's study article.
well, let's be honest: there were plenty of strange statements!
but one in particular bothered me.
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Reniaa/Debator said:
Bear in mind that Jesus was the son of Mary a human and imperfect woman and inherited no imperfection off her. So the principle is there in the Bible that if he went on to marry his children would inherit his perfection despite having an imperfect mother.
People get so focussed on heaven they forget that what we have as Humans is seen as "good". Indeed enough to tempt angels to come down to earth and take wifes, making nethilim children. As an actual flesh and blood perfect man on earth. Jesus could have asked for live as a perfect man and create his own nation of perfect human children to populate the earth. Instead he give up his chance of being on earth as a man forever. Thankfuly for us.
My reply: You weak attempts to defend JW tales spun with the goal of making the moral to the story giving up everything for the org are laughable. Reminds me of the Jeremiah book recently released where, in speaking of the false prophet Hananiah, the book says that he became vilently angry and compared this to how JWs should use discernment to those opposed to the Wt message. Hananiah did not become violently angry, he simply broke the yoke off Jeremiah's neck as a sign.
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Strange statement in last week's study article
by civicsi00 inthere was a strange statement in last week's study article.
well, let's be honest: there were plenty of strange statements!
but one in particular bothered me.
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Forehead or Hand - JWs?
by ablebodiedman in.
watch the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_gsfu6fg2u.
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isaacaustin
Livingbreeze, Yes the name of Jesus is mentioned in a JW baptism BUT the Holy Spirit is not!
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Growing-up Witness was Wonderful ...Until My Bubble Broke
by Green Jade ini was raised by a wonderful and close family.
i loved my congregation growing up.
when i would go to the meetings, i felt i could go to school the next day and deal with the pressures of that day.
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Confuzzled, what is DD and DH?
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More AGM News-- Spiritual matters continue!
by yknot ini always find it interesting how emails vary in perception.
two more 'snippets' have arrived and i am posting them for forum consumption (this is still technically 'spiritual food') and discussion.
as with the last thread, the original author and those they emailed are not responsible!
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SD-7, your analysis makes sense. If one is not coming back then the org would go hardline on necessary family business. Basically, if read between the lines, this is saying that if one is taking steps to come back parents can give a little but keepit limited and hopefully that will draw the person back.