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TDITK I'm throwing eggs at this ******

I'm tellin ya, all of these guys "sources" are just each other!

LOL!

Rumors? More like Tumors, cancerous growths that can't be killed.

If the RV really does happen this way and I wake up rich tomorrow, I'll eat a big plate of dog poop. I am 100% sure however that I will not be doing that.

That's awesome! Peace be with you! I added you as a friend, you must have a lot to say about the current state of the church in Syria...

ATHIM, you sound like you might be Orthodox. Are you? I am Greek Orthodox.

Botzwana, I was finally able to get your PM. Please check yours inbox for my response, and thanks!

I enjoyed it as well. I think it is important that people question and explore further what is handed to them.... Especially when it comes to something as delicate as their beliefs. I think I've watched too many Ehrman/Souza debates! ;-) It shows that you did, but won't let me access it.

. What I was merely stating in my original post was that "Jehovah" was an amalgamation, and did not exist is ancient texts, nor in any Greek version thereafter. It is a product of 15th century mishandling when attempting to make YHWH discernable. Personally, I choose not to attempt to give him a name. "I am" works for me. I understand your point, but I think you read more into than I intended. "Jesus" makes more sense as a translation from Aramaic into Greek, as it is transliterative. Just like Ἰωάννης (Iohannes) is the Greek form of the Hebrew Yohanan. This can be John, Ivan, etc. in other languages. My point being that Jehovah as a word is not a transliterative, as it is an amalgamation, and not in line with ancient texts. Others can call him whatever they feel or believe is right and I am making no protest of their chosen names for God.

Υπάρχει μια διαφορά μεταξύ του Θεού και του Κυρίου. δεν μπορεί να θεωρηθεί το ίδιο και το όνομα του "Jehovah" δεν είναι αμοιβαία. Markinsa, see above thread.

Textual translations are one thing, however you cannot add what is not there. You asked for proof and I provided it. YHWH is not "Jehovah"

Nelg, you have to know this though. I've seen your posts on here, you seem like a pretty knowledgeable person.

Also, the New World Translation adds "Jehovah" into the New Testament 237 times, where there is absolutely no ancient manuscript evidence of any kind to support it - PERIOD. Learn Greek and Hebrew and the truth shall set you free.

The four Canaanite-Hebrew letters *Yodh, Heh, Waw, Heh* are correctly transliterated in Roman (Latin) letters as YHWH and erroneously transliterated as JHVH. The erroneous four letter Romanized (Latinized) version, JHVH was rendered as "JEHOVAH". The word "JEHOVAH" was formed by merging the three vowels (e, o, and a) of the word ELOAH, into the Romanized (Latinized) four letter version JHVH (i.e. JeHoVaH). This was an early concoction. The word "YAHWEH" was formed by merging the vowels (a, and e) of the word HASHEM into the four letter version YHWH (i.e. YaHWeH). This was a more recent invention. Biblical scholars agree with this amalgamation of the Tetragrammton.