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Why Do You No Longer Believe in God?

by Tenacious in

i know this question has popped up from time to time but i really would like to know how you guys, those that no longer believe, came to that conclusion?

was it the wts and all its crap?

was it something you read?

TheWonderofYou

Once I had the opinion that it would be "better decision to belief" than "not to believe".

Granted that God existed, I would benefit from all blessings
(like surviving gods jugdment at the day of Armageddon)
if not I had not suffered a loss.

I think that many are following this logic. But considering that in many religious groups the individual choice is methodically limited by institutional rules, which manipulated persons freedom and reverse it in loyalty to an organisation, resulting in irrational and harmful personal patterns of behaviour, I now think that the loss of believing in a cult is bigger than the blessings.

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In a modification of Kant I would agree to philosopher Ursula Pia Juach's (56), [University Zurich] statement in an interview published Oct.26,2015

"...We cannot prove that love exists, but we can act as if it existed.
We cannot prove that righteousness exists, but we can act as if it existed. This "as-if" is the maximum, what man can achieve. I know that outdoors govern envy and greed, but I can nevertheless act so as if humanity would be possible. That is a beautiful solution against the little desperation, that besets us sometimes".

So I cannot prove that god exits, but I could act as if.

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Kant said in "Kritik der reinen Vernunft" that an idea or an imagination cannot be proved.

Ideas (like God exists) would be misinterpreted and falsely adapted if treated like physical fact. A constitutive use of an idea is false. Ideas are only valid relatively. If you treat an idea as fact than you get into contradictions. The basis of knowledge has to be considered.

Kant wrote about matters of reason and matters of idea. In the first case
I use terms with the aim to define a subject.

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Awww....animals raising babies of another species...everlasting thread!

by rebel8 in

jw
friends

ever since i saw a video of a crow feeding and nurturing a feral kitten, i've been fascinated by stories of animals who raise babies of another type of animal.

so here begins my official repository of these stories!

feel free to add any others you know of--humans raising house pets doesn't count!.

TheWonderofYou

Thanks.

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Peshitta, Aramaic New Testament

by Connie in

has anyone come across this line of research on the new testament?

i stumbled upon it today researching the divine name, and textual criticism of the nt.

it seems that the peshitta is an aramaic translation that has been handed down through the centuries without the controversies of the greek translation.

TheWonderofYou

This article presents information and errors in the syriac-aramian language Peshitta that speak against primacy

Problems with Peshitta Primacy written Steve Caruso

http://aramaicnt.org/articles/problems-with-peshitta-primacy/

My opinion:

The translation of the YHWH(hebrew) into MarYah (syrian-aramaic) vs. kyrios (greek). Of course the syriac translation adds to Lord (Mar) the Yah (for the YHWY). The Maryah was used for God and for Jesus in some cases, what seems to give both the same honour.

But writing Maryah has nothing to do with the pronounciation of the Tetragram. The peshitta.ORG constantly use the term for Maryah=Lord Jehovah, thus pronouncing the name, what is incorrect. They use perhaps, i am not sure yet, the word Maryah as argugment that the divine name has its place int the NT 239 times.

The word MarYah instead of YHWH was a replacement for YHWH like in greek the kyrios. The Yah is also present today in Halleluja, but this doesnt mean that we knew the correct pronounciation of gods name.

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Peshitta, Aramaic New Testament

by Connie in

has anyone come across this line of research on the new testament?

i stumbled upon it today researching the divine name, and textual criticism of the nt.

it seems that the peshitta is an aramaic translation that has been handed down through the centuries without the controversies of the greek translation.

TheWonderofYou

Give me some time and I will find for you the pdf with all so called "better" understandable passages in the NT, by reading with the aramaic co called "original". I read it once.

A citation of the peshitta.ORG.
"The Peshitta Aramaic New Testament names Jesus (from the Greek “Iaysous”) as “MarYah” -“THE LORD JEHOVAH” 32 times, at least! This the Jehovah’s Witnesses & most western churches have yet to understand and accept. "

In The name of God in the new Testament the Netzari (Jews who believe in jesus show how Gods name is part of the NT as they see it.

http://aramaicnt.com/files/MarYah%20in%20Peshitta.pdf

Browse through the article

http://aramaicnt.com/articles.htm

They really belief strong in their theory that aramaic was the original NT-bible and that Jesus is the Lord Jehovah.

(Im further looking after the pdf with all NT passages better readable under the aramaic loupe, like the passage of the camel that fits in an eye of a needle, i once read it)

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Peshitta, Aramaic New Testament

by Connie in

has anyone come across this line of research on the new testament?

i stumbled upon it today researching the divine name, and textual criticism of the nt.

it seems that the peshitta is an aramaic translation that has been handed down through the centuries without the controversies of the greek translation.

TheWonderofYou

It is interesting how Gods name is writtten in the syrian-aramaic Bible "Peshitta".
There is a minority of scholars who advocate the Peshitta-orginal hypothesis of the New Testament. I am not advocate of that theory because most scholars contradict it. But the material these scholars provide are interesting to read. Although all scholars contradict this view, we should know about it. The believers in this theory are adherents of the Orthodox Netzari Judaism, who belief in Jesus call him Yeshua - the word of YHWH, here is a link to Netzari Judaism. http://www.therefinersfire.org/mj.htm

Reading the NT and checking diffcult passages with aramaic reveals intersting new insights also for you if you not belief in an aramaic primacy.

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History

George Lamsa and his followers wrote very interesting books. He died 1975.

His books http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Bible-Ancient-Translation-Peshitta/dp/0060649232

Rocco A. Errico, Andrew Gabriel Roth are aramaic "fans"

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The AENT

If you believed in the aramaic primacy this latest direct translation would be must-read.

http://www.aent.org/ = Aramaic / English Bible 5th edition translated by

http://www.aent.org/blog/ Information about What is the in the bible like

Most are familiar with Alpha and Omega in Revelation 1:8, however a literal translation is:
“I am Alap, also Taw,” says the Master YHWH, Elohim;
who is, and was, and is to come, the omnipotent.”

Sample pages
http://www.aent.org/aramaic-english-new-testament-sample-pages/

Video of the author ROTH speaking and defending his belief in Primacy of Aramaic in the New Testament

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EndY9yQCjL4

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Further Information in links http://www.peshitta.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_New_Testament

The most noteworthy advocate of the "Peshitta-original" hypothesis in the West was George Lamsa of the Aramaic Bible Center. A tiny minority of more recent scholars are backers of the Peshitta-original theory today,[4] whereas the overwhelming majority of scholars consider the Peshitta New Testament to be a translation from a Greek original. For instance the noted Assyriologist Sebastian Brock wrote:
The only complete English translation of the Peshitta is by G. Lamsa. [Hew was a historian, linguist, theologian who swear to the theory that aramaic bible was the origianl]
who was This is unfortunately not always very accurate, and his claims that the Peshitta Gospels represent the Aramaic original underlying the Greek Gospels are entirely without foundation; such views, which are not infrequently found in more popular literature, are rejected by all serious scholars.[5]

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Jehovahs Witnesses and the Name , HOW Important. ?

by smiddy in

jehovah`s witnesses place great emphasis on the importance of god`s name as jehovah .so much so that they are often accused by christendom`s religions as substituting jehovah for christ.. the old testament ( hebrew scriptures identify god as the tetragrammaton four hebrew consanants yhwh and not jhvh.

as mistakenly believed by a 13th century spanish monk .. modern scholars including the j.w.`s agree that the more accurate pronunciation of gods name would be more nearer to yahweh than the name jehovah .. so why do j.w.`s insist on the name ?

jehovah ?

TheWonderofYou

Finkelstein

"Aren't they really Christan Witnesses since they are supposedly preaching the Gospel of Christ."..

Jesus attitude would be:
"Who is not against me is for me, Even if they would cast out demons in my name, let them do their thing, do not hinder them,do not prevent them".

Are we tolerant enough to accept other christian denominations who have not the "TRUTH"? It is not easy but the only sense of christianity is love. Lets begin today and lets wait for the coming miracles

38 John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me. 40 For he who is not against us is [a]for us. 41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink[b]because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

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Jehovahs Witnesses and the Name , HOW Important. ?

by smiddy in

jehovah`s witnesses place great emphasis on the importance of god`s name as jehovah .so much so that they are often accused by christendom`s religions as substituting jehovah for christ.. the old testament ( hebrew scriptures identify god as the tetragrammaton four hebrew consanants yhwh and not jhvh.

as mistakenly believed by a 13th century spanish monk .. modern scholars including the j.w.`s agree that the more accurate pronunciation of gods name would be more nearer to yahweh than the name jehovah .. so why do j.w.`s insist on the name ?

jehovah ?

TheWonderofYou

When the Highpriest who was the only one allowed to pronounce the name in the tempel sanctum of jersualem once in a year on the day of atonement since 40 years before exil, if he was worthy and did it , then this act was understood a sign of great mercy of God towards the people, as sign of atonement and forgiveness.

So likewise the thought of the text in John could include that Jesus as highpriest overtook the function as highpriest for his people of israel to pronounce mercy like at day of atonement.

Indeed forgiveness was the main gospel of Jesus.

The "makeing known of your name" thus also means makeing known gods forgiveness and mercy.
Preaching the name thus means preaching forgivness and mercy.

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Jehovahs Witnesses and the Name , HOW Important. ?

by smiddy in

jehovah`s witnesses place great emphasis on the importance of god`s name as jehovah .so much so that they are often accused by christendom`s religions as substituting jehovah for christ.. the old testament ( hebrew scriptures identify god as the tetragrammaton four hebrew consanants yhwh and not jhvh.

as mistakenly believed by a 13th century spanish monk .. modern scholars including the j.w.`s agree that the more accurate pronunciation of gods name would be more nearer to yahweh than the name jehovah .. so why do j.w.`s insist on the name ?

jehovah ?

TheWonderofYou

That the Tetragrammaton was known by jesus and christians is clear but it was not pronounced and replaced by „Adonai“ hebrew and „kyrios“.

Look what the gospel writers did, they replace even "God" often with "heaven", "kingdom of heaven" instead of "kingdom of God".

It was a sign of respect of God not to use the title and the name, like jews do today.

That in some greek exemplars of the Olt Testament the Tetragramm was not transcribed as Kyrios does not mean that kyrios was false or that christians generally liked to pronounce the NAME .

Christian were not called „the people that pronounce the name“. That were not know as people who made blasphemy and were stoned to death in a row after pronouncing the name, ...because they did not do it.

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But what did Jesus mean in his high priestly prayer?

I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, andI in them.” John 17,26
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17&version=ESV
To make known Gods name meant simple to honour it, to put it on the first place in life. "Knowledge" has in hebrew the meaning of "loving" someone not merely lexical knowledge.
Jesus dit not need to pronounce the Tetragrammaton to make Gods name known.
The name of God was for Jews a sign of Gods presence. Jesus too was a sign of Gods presence called Immanuel [God is with us] by the church.
The revelation of the Name to Moses out of the firy thornbush was a sign of love and mercy towards Israel. "Making known Gods name" meant for Israel the beginning of a covenant of mercy.
When Jesus again "made known Gods name" to his people
- he gives a clear sign that he is willing to make a new beginning
- that it is time to repant, time for the kingdom, time for the forgiveness
- that he is here and present for gods people
- Jesus reveals the name JHWH with a new facet, that it doesnt merely mean
"Hey, I AM WHO I AM" but even more now in our time
"Hey, I AM here with you where you are, I love you",
"Hey, "I am with you in Jesus your brother who represents me in fullness"
" Hey, I am here to help you, to reconcile you, to save you, to redeem you from death"
"Hey if this one sacrifices for you his life, than he does what I would do for you, because I love you
to the utmost, when I am who I am and therefore being with you in the "

That is what the merciful revelation of "JHWH" means for Israel and Christians, the voice out of a thornbush.....
So Jesus was lately the best and perfect pronounciation of JHWH in the first century even if the correct pronounciation of the old Tetragrammaton was never again used, reminded and became forgotten. But the message of love remained.
That was a story as an example of change of notions about God.

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Jehovahs Witnesses and the Name , HOW Important. ?

by smiddy in

jehovah`s witnesses place great emphasis on the importance of god`s name as jehovah .so much so that they are often accused by christendom`s religions as substituting jehovah for christ.. the old testament ( hebrew scriptures identify god as the tetragrammaton four hebrew consanants yhwh and not jhvh.

as mistakenly believed by a 13th century spanish monk .. modern scholars including the j.w.`s agree that the more accurate pronunciation of gods name would be more nearer to yahweh than the name jehovah .. so why do j.w.`s insist on the name ?

jehovah ?

TheWonderofYou

The notion of God is a product of the culture of the people and has developed.

Each generation made a new decision about what God meant for it or the myths meant for it.

For Israel God meant something else than for Abraham, for post exil something else than pre-exil.

Many Ideas changed, e.g. already 40 years before the exil jews decided not to pronounce the NAME any longer. Already forty years before the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem an the exil the Distinguhed Name was not anly longer pronounced outside the temple.

This was the time when the honourable high priest simeon the righteous died. Since then the priests ceased to pronounce the name. From this time onward the Yhwh simply was called "the Name" or Shem ha-Meyuḥad ("the Extraordinary Name"; Sifre, Num. 143); as Shem ha-Meforash ("the Distinguished Name"; Yoma vi. 2); as Shem ben Arba' Otiyyot ("the Tetragrammaton" or "the Quadriliteral Name"; Ḳid. 71a); and as Yod He Waw He (spelling the letters of Yhwh).

The pronunciation of the written Name was used only by the priests in the Temple when blessing the people (Num. vi. 22-27); outside the Temple they used the title "Adonai" (Soṭah vii. 6; p. 38a). The high priest mentioned the Name on Yom Kippur ten times (Tosef., Yoma, ii.; 39b)

From that time the pronunciation of the Name was prohibited. "Whoever pronounces the Name forfeits his portion in the future world" (Sanh. xi. 1). Hananiah ben Ṭeradion was punished for teaching his disciples the pronunciation of the Name ('Ab. Zarah 17b).

As long as the Jewish courts exercised criminal jurisdiction, the death penalty was inflicted only upon the blasphemer who used the Ineffable Name (the Tetragrammaton)]; but the blasphemer of God's attributes was subjected to corporal punishment (Sanh. 56a).

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Jesus respected this. He and the Apostels and the first christian did not pronounce the NAME, but they replaced it by Adonai or kyrios in greek. Thus they were not known as "jehovahs witnesses" at that time but as "witnesses of jesus". Why should today we call christians "jehovash witnesses" then.? But of course the honoured the unpronounced NAME by his deeds.

Dont forget that jesus was never accused by anyone of his enemies to have pronounced the divine name instead they rather accused him to do things that only God could do (forgive sins) or that he made himself similar to god. The jewish court did not sentence Jesus to death because he pronounced the Tetraggrammaton but because he agreed to be the Son of Man sittin at the right hand of the Mighty One [Eloah]“!

Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked. “You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”
They all condemned him as worthy of death. Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2014%3A53-65

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Jehovahs Witnesses and the Name , HOW Important. ?

by smiddy in

jehovah`s witnesses place great emphasis on the importance of god`s name as jehovah .so much so that they are often accused by christendom`s religions as substituting jehovah for christ.. the old testament ( hebrew scriptures identify god as the tetragrammaton four hebrew consanants yhwh and not jhvh.

as mistakenly believed by a 13th century spanish monk .. modern scholars including the j.w.`s agree that the more accurate pronunciation of gods name would be more nearer to yahweh than the name jehovah .. so why do j.w.`s insist on the name ?

jehovah ?

TheWonderofYou

Ucantnome

Sorry i dont wanna hurt any feelings, but the plates there dont fit to this building, in my taste.