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  Is there a mirror site for JW.net?

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, i'm confused.

  i found the following site in a google search:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/jw.

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  Great! I like the looks of it
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  'No Announcements' - Big Mistake!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we are only a few short months into the "no more announcements - let them read the notice board" at the meetings, and now the effects of that new directive are beginning to reveal themselves: no information being given out regarding someone's loss of a relative, no information about someone who is ill or been admitted to hospital, and definitely no information about families moving out of the area and going to other congregations!!.

  however, announcements about "special" christmas day field service must be made!!.

  the import of the apostle paul's words really seem to have gone over the "decision-makers'" heads - (galatians 6:10) really, then, as long as we have time favorable for it, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those related to [us] in the faith.. coupled with the removal of the weekly group book study, the detrimental consequences of eliminating fellow-feeling and closer contact with one another can only lead to one eventuality - alienating one another!.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I thought the change was that there is no scheduled 5 minutes for 'announcements' in the service meeting. Around here they still make a number of announcements at different times, but it is not on any schedule
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  Is there a mirror site for JW.net?

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, i'm confused.

  i found the following site in a google search:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/jw.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I tried to log in to the site and it gave an error. Everything is out of date by about 3 months. It just strikes me as odd
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  Is there a mirror site for JW.net?

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, i'm confused.

  i found the following site in a google search:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/jw.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  OK, I'm confused. I found the following site in a google search:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/jw

  It appears to have a lot of the same content as jehovahs-witness.net, but not exactly. Is it a mirror site or what?
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  If JW Missionaries Were Abducted By Terrorists How Would The Watchtower Society Handle It?

  by minimus in

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  what do you think?.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Didn't something like this happen in the Philippines about 10 years ago? Maybe someone can remember the details and find an old post
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  OK, spill the beans, which one of us wrote into Biblical Archaeology Review this month about the pronunciation of YHWH?

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's the subject:.

  the "q&c" questions and comments section of the journal 'biblical archaeology review' (one of my favorite magazines), jan/feb 2013 , p. 68, someone from illinois wrote the following question:.

  quote: "we've often heard that 'jehovah' is an amalgamation of the unpronounced tetragrammaton (yhwh) and, when spoken, is pronounced "lord" (adonai).

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  For the benefit of many of the viewers of JWN who may not be aware of the issues, here are a few of my comments. I'm sure this has been discussed here before, but for a scholar to address the issue in a recent issue of the Biblical Archaeology Review it is time to bring it up again.

  The name represented by the tetragrammaton YHWH is, as JWs are fond of pointing out, found in the Old Testament (OT) over 7000 times, and the New World Translation (NWT) places the divine name, spelled 'Jehovah', in each of those 7000+ places. However in the New Testament (NT), the original language Greek contains the divine name ..... how many times? --ZERO-- that's right the name YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah has NEVER been found in any Greek NT manuscript. Yet you will find the name Jehovah in the NWT Greek Scriptures over 240 times, where the WT translator has taken it upon himself to guess where he could put it. The insertion of 'Jehovah' in the NWT Greek Scriptures is one of the most blatently dishonest things the WT has ever done.

  The WT argument has been that Jesus used the divine name in everyday speech. This is their belief, but no reputable scholar has ever supported them in this. The WT had the nerve to quote George Howard of the University of Georgia (now deceased) to support their decision, in the appendix to the study edition of the NWT. Mr Howard later went on camera and lambasted the WT for quoting him out of context. He was pissed.

  The point of the original post is that a recent scholar, Mr. Tigay, also does not support the WT view, and although he leaves it open for more discussion, he believes that the divine name was not uttered by first century Jews such as Jesus.
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  OK, spill the beans, which one of us wrote into Biblical Archaeology Review this month about the pronunciation of YHWH?

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's the subject:.

  the "q&c" questions and comments section of the journal 'biblical archaeology review' (one of my favorite magazines), jan/feb 2013 , p. 68, someone from illinois wrote the following question:.

  quote: "we've often heard that 'jehovah' is an amalgamation of the unpronounced tetragrammaton (yhwh) and, when spoken, is pronounced "lord" (adonai).

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  OK no reponses besides Satan (thanks Bro)

  Here is the last paragraph of the 4 paragraph response from the 'BAR' writer Jeffrey Tigay, Prof of Hebrew and Semitic Languages ... at Univ of Pennsylvania:

  "We can't pinpoint exactly when Adonai came to be the preferred substitute, but it is likely that Jews of the first century, including Jesus and his followers, did use this or another substitute."

  translation: Tigay is saying that Jesus did NOT say YHWH, Yahweh, or any equivalent, but used the words that were substituted, like Adonai

  Thank you , Jeff Tigay!
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  OK, spill the beans, which one of us wrote into Biblical Archaeology Review this month about the pronunciation of YHWH?

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's the subject:.

  the "q&c" questions and comments section of the journal 'biblical archaeology review' (one of my favorite magazines), jan/feb 2013 , p. 68, someone from illinois wrote the following question:.

  quote: "we've often heard that 'jehovah' is an amalgamation of the unpronounced tetragrammaton (yhwh) and, when spoken, is pronounced "lord" (adonai).

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Here's the subject:

  The "Q&C" Questions and Comments section of the journal 'Biblical Archaeology Review' (one of my favorite magazines), Jan/Feb 2013 , p. 68, someone from Illinois wrote the following question:

  Quote: "We've often heard that 'Jehovah' is an amalgamation of the unpronounced Tetragrammaton (YHWH) and, when spoken, is pronounced "Lord" (Adonai). Dd this start as a rabbinic practice? Would Jews of the first century, including Jesus and his followers, have avoided saying YHWH out loud? Can you explain this?"

  OK, fess up! Only an Ex-JW would write this using this wording! Who was it?
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  'Our Friend Sparlock' DVD is about to get the AX

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  letter was read yesterday that the 'listen, obey' dvd (featuring sparlock) will no longer be produced starting in january, 2013 (midwest us).

  the content will be available only on line at jw.org.

  future releases of video or songs in the same series will also be available only online.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Letter was read yesterday that the 'Listen, Obey' DVD (featuring Sparlock) will no longer be produced starting in January, 2013 (midwest US). The content will be available only on line at jw.org. Future releases of video or songs in the same series will also be available only online. There will be something released about every month at that source.

  This gives them the ability to edit/delete the Sparlock scenes from the online version. How much you want to bet that Sparlock gets the ax?
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  What strand of Christianity gave birth to WTBTS?

  by Band on the Run in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know about johnathan edwards and william miller being some of the forerunners of the wtbts.

  how about much earlier in time?

  was there a group during the middle ages or even earlier that preached something similar to the wt doctrine?

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  

  If you look at this sideways, it looks like a Menorah! That proves it, and there are 10 arrows, representing the 10 lost tribe of Israel! Wow the things you learn on JWD