5 facts JW's dont not wish you to know

Originally posted by MrGordon ↑

Originally posted by oilburner
Vowels are not used in the "written" Hebrew however they are in the spoken language but unfortunately there is no pronunciation for "J" in the spoken language of Hebrew. As to how the name of God in the Scriptures "YHWH" was spoken orally is a bit of a mystery.

However the JW's must have received some "divine revelation" of the truth somewhere along the way with the countless other false prophets and teachers that have been peddling their so called "truth".

The book of Revelation speaks about a falling away from the Truth in the latter times and so does the Lord Jesus in

Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord,did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’…
Vowels are not used in the "written" Hebrew however they are in the spoken language but unfortunately there is no pronunciation for "J" in the spoken language of Hebrew. As to how the name of God in the Scriptures "YHWH" was spoken orally is a bit of a mystery.

However the JW's must have received some "divine revelation" of the truth somewhere along the way with the countless other false prophets and teachers that have been peddling their so called "truth".
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Oilburner, don't you find it strange that the name Jesus meaning 'Jehovah is Salvation' is readily accepted by those objecting to the letter "J" being used in God's name? And then there are the words Jews, Jerusalem , Joshua ... need I go on? How were these pronounced? Should we not use them if we don't know?
(Matthew 23:24) Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel!

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(Matthew 23:24) Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel!

Good comeback, except for the Matthew bit. Not sure the Bible is your exclusive property to use as your put-down go-to guide. That's probably even blasphemous. Anyway, you do understand that no actual rendering of the YHWH is known. That kind of makes the "J" debate meaningless.

I like the name Jehovah, rolls off the tongue very nicely. Is it God's proper name, well of course not, only things that are Created have names. But if we all know what you're talking about when you use this made-up name, what harm in that? All words were made-up somewhere along the line, even God.

I guess one could argue about a lack of respect using a proper name, seeing as all names for God are really titles, honourifics, except for this one that is your trademark and identifier. Too late now to fix it.

Just a minor point, it's interesting that God's Jewish name is acceptable even when so heavily Anglicised that it's unrecognisable from its original form. What does your name become when you travel to Israel or Spain or Italy. My name stayed the same, crazy right? If God told Moses His name was Yahweh, which He didn't of course, is it okay to change it so much to suit your own pronunciation difficulties?