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  What Name Does the New Testament Emphasize - Jehovah or Jesus?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  it seems to me scripturally speaking, that jehovah's witnesses are emphasizing the wrong name.. it should be jesus, not jehovah.

  who is the way, the truth and the life?

  (john 14:6).

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  What Name Does the New Testament Emphasize - Jehovah or Jesus?

  Didn`t the " Aid " book acknowledge that the name / word Jehovah was not the correct pronunciation of God`s name but that was the most common /popular name in use .?

  I ask : In use by who? By Christendom ? Who else would be using the name of God if n the people of Christendom ?

  So why would Jehovah`s Witnesses / WTB&TS follow the traditions of Christendom and not use the more accepted pronunciation of God`s name as Yahweh ?

  Maybe they also should have been using the name Yesus instead of Jesus as their was no J sounding letter in the Hebrew language to my knowledge .

  And giving the fact that JW`s have such a disdain / hatred for Christendom why would they copy them ?
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  I never had a happy birthday this year 5/7

  by smiddy3 in

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  my wife had a hip replacement on june the 17th and while the op itself was apparently succesful ,she has had a reaction to the anesthetic ?

  and has suffered delirium and is still in hospital with no apparent improvement.. its been very distressing for me to say the least.

  sorry if i sound a bit morbid but i just had to share,.

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  Thank you all for your responses it has been much appreciated.

  titch, yes i had a hip replacement about two years ago now and i was up walking and out of hospital in 4 days .

  i thought my wife would have a similar experience. sadly not to be,

  And I feel a bit guilty about encouraging her to have the OP.

  Anna Marina , Thank you for that link it has been very helpful.

  My son and I have a meeting with the Doctor and nurses tomorrow about her prognossis and what options are available to us about her future care, apparently after about 17 years of parkinsons she is now showing signs of dementia also.

  Thank you for your concern

  smiddy
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  Throwing rice at wedding banned! J.W don't want you to have kids!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  rutherford in his last book in 1942 ironic that it was called "children" told witnesses don't have any kids!!!

  armageddon is just afew years away.

  2022 many witnesses still live by this ideal...i have no kids at 50 years old because of this idiot!.

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  Were you a born in JW W-007 ? if so that might explain it.

  I was a convert at 19 married 2 years later in 1961 to my convert GF and had 2 boys and other JW`s in my era were marrying and having kids ,so i guess it all depended on the individuals and maybe the environment we were in at the time ? or where in the world we lived .

  Regardless we all have regrets about our JW experiences.

  Take care my friend.
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  Privacy commissioner orders North Okanagan Jehovah's Witnesses to hand over private records

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in b.c.

  , canada, a victory for ex-jws.

  https://infotel.ca/newsitem/privacy-commissioner-orders-north-okanagan-jehovahs-witnesses-to-hand-over-private-records/it92596.

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  I for one will be interested to see what comes of this. Some good I hope.
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  I never had a happy birthday this year 5/7

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  my wife had a hip replacement on june the 17th and while the op itself was apparently succesful ,she has had a reaction to the anesthetic ?

  and has suffered delirium and is still in hospital with no apparent improvement.. its been very distressing for me to say the least.

  sorry if i sound a bit morbid but i just had to share,.

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  smiddy3

  My wife had a hip replacement on June the 17th and while the OP itself was apparently succesful ,she has had a reaction to the anesthetic ? and has suffered Delirium and is still in hospital with no apparent improvement.

  Its been very distressing for me to say the least. Sorry if I sound a bit morbid but I just had to share,

  Has anybody here experienced this illness before ?

  Anybody in the medical profession here ?
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  Fun Animals

  by Anna Marina in

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  2. friends

  remember the picture of the lion with the beachball... in the new system?

  well here's a real life beluga with a rugby ball.

  i think you'll all love this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq3saieg6oy.

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  The fact that the whale brought the ball back to the boat was amazing ,I wonder if it continued to do this or it was just a one off ?

  Thanks for sharing Anna M.
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  Randall Watters our old friend

  by new boy in

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  does anyone here know his where about or have any updates on him?

  he hasn't been active his face book in over a year.

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  Very sad if this turns out to be true ,he was one of the first I came across when searching for answers.
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  January 6th hearings...

  by Queequeg in

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  what's your take on the january 6th hearings?.

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  He continually blamed his predecessor for his f--- ups, and tried to take credit for the good that happened under his successor.

  Don`t all politicians do that ? It happens all of the time here in Australia when a new Govt. is elected
  
  
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  Personal Message on this forum

  by Michael76 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all,.

  is there anyone who i can send a pm to?

  i have a question that i don't want to make public because it's a bit too personal.

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  Michael176 and KIMSILVIO ,and to anyone else who is pretty new to this forum ,i would advise not to send anything personal to someone who like you is pretty new to the forum .

  I would suggest you wait to hear from someone who is a long standing member of this forum and interact with them just to be on the safe side .

  I don`t mean to demonize KIMSILVIO or mean any disrespect to him ,just that he is also new to this forum and we cant gauge either of your intentions.

  This post is just to inform all to be a bit more cautious in posting.

  On the other hand ,can I welcome both of you to this forum as it is a great site with many informative people here ,I have learnt a lot more about JW`s on here even though I was active for 32 years
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  “This generation will by no means pass away.”

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for argument sake let’s assume that this verse should apply to 1914. what are your thoughts on generation?.

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  I can relate to 3 Bible accounts that indicate a generation is Approximately 50 years in length. So if 1914 was correct the generation of 1914 would end about 1964 .

  WT / JW predictions weren`t fulfilled in that year.

  Bear with me on this,

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  . Mathew 1: 17-18

  Luke 3:23-38

  Mathew 24:1-2

  Abraham 2018 BC

  Jesus 2 AD

  = 2016 years

  Divided by 42 generations = 48 years, for 1 generation

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  . 76 generations from Adam to Jesus = 4024 years

  76 divided into 4024 = 53 years for 1 generation

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  Luke 21: 20-24

  Jesus died 33 AD prophecy fulfilled in 70 AD well within a generation of 50 years

  smiddy3