Replacing the Tetragrammaton with something else

jgh7 · Post by **jgh7** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:56 pm

It is rather surprising to me that nearly all (if not all) of the mainstream bibles replace the tetragrammaton with another word (maybe 'Lord' in some places or 'God' in other places).

I've only briefly looked into the reasoning that the publishers give, and some of the reasons I find rather disturbing. I have read that they are afraid of losing their readers. Isn't this a motivator that is based on monetary profit?

It feels wrong to me to alter text in the bible that need not be altered. Why should the tetragrammaton be replaced with 'Lord' or 'God'? It was not originally that way, so what justification is there to do it now? If anything, it just makes it more confusing because I don't know when the original text was actually using 'Lord' and 'God' because it was originally there, vs. when the publishers used it for placeholders for the tetragrammaton.

brianbbs67 · Post by **brianbbs67** » Fri May 04, 2018 12:51 am

Saying you know His name matters. I think He knows to Whom we speak. He said ,prior, His name would be forgotten. It has been.

There is not a scripture to not use His name. There is one not to use it in vain. I don't believe we are doing this here. I believe He hears me because He answers my prayers and He knows to Whom I pray.

I agree with you , mostly. I disagree with the JW's that a 13th century Catholic monk could find the true pronunciation of God's name. That's what Jehovah is.

JehovahsWitness · Post by **JehovahsWitness** » Fri May 04, 2018 1:57 am

brianbbs67 wrote: I disagree with the JW's that a 13th century Catholic monk could find the true pronunciation of God's name.

This is misinformation:

Jehovah's Witnesses have never claimed we have "found the true pronunciation" of the Divine Name. Like the pronunciation "Jesus" we have chosen to use a commonly accepted English transliterations that is easily recognizable to English speakers.

I understand that you are just perhaps repeating what you have been told but as one of JWs I feel it my duty to correct you on this point.

JW

brianbbs67 · Post by **brianbbs67** » Fri May 04, 2018 11:41 pm

That's all fine JW. But, a simple search reveals this:

http://www.yhwh.com/jehovah.htm

And the big one

https://www.catholic.com/qa/is-gods-nam ... or-jehovah

JehovahsWitness · Post by **JehovahsWitness** » Sat May 05, 2018 6:27 am

brianbbs67 wrote: That's all fine JW. But, a simple search reveals this:

http://www.yhwh.com/jehovah.htm

And the big one

https://www.catholic.com/qa/is-gods-nam ... or-jehovah

So what are you saying, that you are not wrong or misinformed?

Say what you want to say and I shall respond to any points but as yet you have said nothing; linking to a Catholic website is not a response and I am EXTREMELY well educated as to the what Jehvah's Witnesses have published regarding the Divine name. I said...

JehovahsWitness wrote:Jehovah's Witnesses have never claimed we have "found the true pronunciation" of the Divine Name.

Again if you believe anything in the above is inaccurate, see if you can formulate some complete sentences in English to explain what is inaccurate in the above statement and I will definitiely consider responding to you.

JW

By the way if you are going to be sharing links about Jehovah's Witnesses official beliefs we have a website where you can get accurate information

https://jw.org

From the above link you can pretty much read everything the Watchtower society has published since 1950. Consulting this site would go a long way to helping you not to make inaccurate statements such as you have made in this thread.