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  WT admitted "Jehovah" is not God's name...

  by Watkins in

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  if i remember right(unlikely, lol) it was a one-page article about the tetragrammaton which concluded by saying that even though "jehovah" was 'probably' not an accurate pronunciation, it is a widely-recognized and accepted english transliteration of the divine name.

  i was thinking it was on the last page or maybe the back cover of a wt pub - maybe a watchtower.. can someone please direct me to the publication it was in?

  i read it when i was still 'in' and it made me stop and think about how much emphasis the wt puts on that name, all while knowing it's not the name.

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  It does not bother me that Jehovah is not the correct way to say God's name in Hebrew.

  Nobody complains about using the names Jesus, Moses, David or Abraham, for instance.

  We know the Hebrew pronunciations of these: Yehoshua (Joshua), Moshe, Daveed, Ahvrahm. But we all use the English pronounciation.

  At some point in time the Jews felt it best not to write out God's name so it would not be marred, desecrated, thrown out or erased. So it began to be written with the vowels of elohim & Adonay.

  In time the original pronounciation went into misuse, and thus was lost.
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  Who Will the Circuit Overseers "Report" to Now???

  by RubaDub in

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  i still do not understand the new structure at this point.. there has to be something between thousands of co's and the gb.

  i know there were zone overseers that the do's reported to.. i have spoken to a couple of elders i can talk to frankly and they both said they have no idea.. rub a dub.

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  Does not the CO report to the branch office?
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  New "theocratic history" book for witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  so i have heard a few of us talking about a newly released book to replace or add to the proclaimers book?.

  is that correct?.

  if so, i wonder how much they have re-written history to cover the real truths?.

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  Is the new book illustrated? Any photos of Brooklyn, Wallkill & the printing branches?
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  New "theocratic history" book for witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have heard a few of us talking about a newly released book to replace or add to the proclaimers book?.

  is that correct?.

  if so, i wonder how much they have re-written history to cover the real truths?.

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  When the new book was released did they limit how many copies you could have?
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  2014 Convention Audio available?

  by gbrn in

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  i was wondering if anyone is aware of any recordings of the convention as of yet?

  i know its relatively early, so i may just have to wait.

  just curious if anyone had a copy yet.. thanks!.

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  Marked!
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  New "theocratic history" book for witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have heard a few of us talking about a newly released book to replace or add to the proclaimers book?.

  is that correct?.

  if so, i wonder how much they have re-written history to cover the real truths?.

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  sir82-

  we know the wts will never admit to any wrongdoing or mistakes. This new gb wants to distance itself from past wt history and will continue trying to cover it over. They want to create their own version of jws and bring glory to themselves.
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  New "theocratic history" book for witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have heard a few of us talking about a newly released book to replace or add to the proclaimers book?.

  is that correct?.

  if so, i wonder how much they have re-written history to cover the real truths?.

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  But United Bible Societies is made up of 146 Bible societies COMBINED!

  The wts is a SINGLE publisher and printer. There is no other SINGLE publishing organization that produces as much literature as watchtower.

  The wts produces more books, magazines, tracts and booklets/brochures than any other religious publishing company and if you include the largest commercial printing companies the wts makes the top 5 in book production and magazine production!

  The largest commercial printing companies such as Qaudgraphics and RR Donnelley print for thousands of different publishing companies, wt only prints for itself.

  It is impressive the UBS translates the Bible into so many languages but none of their 146 societies on a singular basis does as much publishing work as the wts.

  This to me is why the wts printing operations are so impressive. It is a SINGLE publisher/printer producing such vast quantities of literature.
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  New "theocratic history" book for witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have heard a few of us talking about a newly released book to replace or add to the proclaimers book?.

  is that correct?.

  if so, i wonder how much they have re-written history to cover the real truths?.

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  steve2- it is a 240 page magazine size book titled"God's Kingdom Rules!"

  It is released during the final talk on Saturday.
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  Being a JW Used to Be Fun :-)

  by snowbird in

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  we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .

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  InquiryMan- what part of Scandinavia are you in? Norway?
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  Being a JW Used to Be Fun :-)

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .

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  Magnum,-

  thanks for your post! Things were so different back then. It truly was a different religion than it is now. I also enjoyed the deep books on prophecy and doctrine. They don't publish books like that anymore as you noted.