God has proved his love for you

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Gods plan = mortals to live in an Eden( Paradise) knowing only good, never sick, never without. To live forever not aging like now. That is what Gods plan began, it is still his plan. He created all things with variety for us to enjoy. His word says, he knew us before our kidneys were formed, he knows the exact number of hairs on our heads. Think about that. God could easily see us as we see little ants scurrying about. The creator of all creation thinks about us individually and wants to be our friend. He sent his son to die on our behalf's. He asks us to use our free will out of love for him to listen to his advice. Which benefits us not him. He gave us his written word. Few have bothered to read it and learn about how merciful and loving he is. His son showed us that side while he was on earth. But he also stands for justice. And those who cant be bothered to learn about him and listen to him are choosing not to enter his kingdom and gain eternal life. His name is YHWH(Jehovah) the only true God.
Will you learn to be his friend?

[onewithhim]

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It has been said that we shouldn't call God by His personal name. Why not? Moses, all the prophets, and King David as well as other kings called God "Jehovah," or whatever pronunciation a group of people would refer to God (YHWH). There are 7,000 times that the name "Jehovah" appears in the Hebrew Scriptures. Many people called Him by His personal name. One place is at Psalm 83:18 where the writer uses God's name.

"That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth." (KJV) There are only 4 places in the Scriptures that the KJV printed God's personal name, even though there are 7,000 more places. But the Tetragrammaton appears in the original Hebrew scrolls, which you can see if you look at a Hebrew Bible. Another is:

"Trust ye in the LORD forever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength." (Isaiah 26:4) The prophet Isaiah wrote that and had no compunction involving using God's name. Did you know that wherever the KJV has translated "LORD" in all uppercase letters, that is where the name of God appears in the Hebrew text? You can see it as the Tetragrammaton (YHWH). Many translators opted to leave out the name of God in His own book!

Moses used God's name, if you'll look at his writings. He called Him by His personal name. He wrote at Exodus 3:15: "And God saith unto Moses, 'Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel. Jehovah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is My name--forever and this is My memorial to generation--generation." (Young's Literal Translation) That is the way it is translated by the translators for Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible. It is not a JW translation. That translation puts the name of God in all the places that it appears in the Hebrew text.

King David used God's personal name continually. At Psalm 110: 1 and 2 David wrote: "The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord [the Messiah]: 'Sit at My right hand Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies." (Young's Literal Translation) David was very close to God, and he didn't call Him "Father." It is always God's personal name. So why shouldn't we use it when speaking to Him?
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It wasn't Miss Kate I was writing to. Previously I had said it was. It was Mae von H. Sorry.

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There are plenty of problems with the NWT, but this isn't one of them.

Thank you, but I have to ask, what are the problems with the NWT?

I've mentioned a number of them in discussions here, some of which you've even been a part of. Here are links to some of those:

• The unjustifiable addition of "other" to Colossians 1:16.
• Changing the meaning of 1 Samuel 28 with scare quotes.
• The odd use of "cautious" instead of "clever," "crafty," or similar in Genesis 3:1.
• "Gives birth prematurely" vs. "miscarries" in Exodus 21:22.
• Isaac "fell in love with" Rebekah in Genesis 24:67.
• The NWT translates the same word to mean either "worship" or "obeisance" depending on who's being worshipped.

In short, despite the translators claiming that the NWT is meant to be a literal translation, they felt quite free to paraphrase when they needed to in order to support their peculiar doctrinal views.

I have compared dozens of versions and have come to the conclusion that the NWT is quite accurate.

Of course you have.

[Mae von H]

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[onewithhim]

There are plenty of problems with the NWT, but this isn't one of them.

Thank you, but I have to ask, what are the problems with the NWT?

I've mentioned a number of them in discussions here, some of which you've even been a part of. Here are links to some of those:

• The unjustifiable addition of "other" to Colossians 1:16.
• Changing the meaning of 1 Samuel 28 with scare quotes.
• The odd use of "cautious" instead of "clever," "crafty," or similar in Genesis 3:1.
• "Gives birth prematurely" vs. "miscarries" in Exodus 21:22.
• Isaac "fell in love with" Rebekah in Genesis 24:67.
• The NWT translates the same word to mean either "worship" or "obeisance" depending on who's being worshipped.

In short, despite the translators claiming that the NWT is meant to be a literal translation, they felt quite free to paraphrase when they needed to in order to support their peculiar doctrinal views.

I have compared dozens of versions and have come to the conclusion that the NWT is quite accurate.

Of course you have.

I am surprised that you found fault with those verses that you refer to in the NWT. I thought you understood the rules that allow someone to add a word to enhance the meaning of a verse. The KJV, for example, uses many other words to fill in a verse. Sometimes that is necessary.

"Which say, it is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh." (Ezekiel 11:3, KJV) The underlined words were added by the translators. There are hundreds more examples, if not thousands. Verse 5 adds "every one of":

"...I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them." (Ez.11:5b, KJV)

The KJV "paraphrased" as well, and all other versions do this. They just don't put the words in italics the way the KJV does.

Surely you can't find fault with "gives birth prematurely" compared to "miscarriages." Don't they mean exactly the same thing? And "worship" and "Obeisance"---I think that is quite accurate of the NWT to use each word according to the context. And how can "other" take away from the meaning of Colossians 1:16? I don't understand your objection to the other verses' words as well.

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