Does Jehovah?

Question

represent a form of absolute evil in mankind?

Answer 1

No.

"Jehovah" is the English translation of the personal name of Almighty God. That name appears nearly SEVEN THOUSAND TIMES in the bible, in the original Hebrew as
יהוה (typically transliterated from Hebrew as "YHWH").


The organization perhaps most closely identified with the Divine Name is the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, and they have literature published in hundreds of languages (their website alone has articles in over 300). This extensive translating work has moved Jehovah's Witnesses to detail several dozen different respectful spellings and pronunciations of the Divine Name, all of which are honestly derived into various lingual tendencies from the original Hebrew יהוה ("YHWH") and יה ("YH").
http://watchtower.org/languages.htm

Ten interesting variations of the Divine Name are shown on this webpage, in large print along the right side of the page:
http://watchtower.org/e/20040122/article_01.htm


In English, both "Yahweh" and "Jehovah" have a long tradition of representing the Divine Name ("YHWH", also known as "the Tetragrammaton"). At first glance, it might seem that Yahweh (which undeniably includes Y, H, W, and H) would more accurately pronounce the Tetragrammaton as it was pronounced by the ancient Hebrews. However, there is an enormous "but"...

Other common Hebrew names actually include the divine name WITHIN them, giving hints as to its original pronunciation. Increasingly, scholars are leaning toward a pronunciation similar to the three-syllable "Yehowah" rather than two-syllable "Yahweh". If "Yehowah" is close to the correct pronunciation, then it becomes a much more subjective answer about whether "Yehowah" is more similar to "Jehovah" or "Yahweh". Many or most English speakers are likely to embrace the pronunciation which their predecessors embraced at least four hundred years ago.

"Jehovah".

Thus, in English, the three most common Biblical names for God (in order of usage) are Jehovah, Yahweh, and Yehowah. To complete the discussion, Exodus 34:14 metaphorically says that YHWH's name is "Jealous" and Exodus 3:14 says that God's name literally means "I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE" and "I SHALL PROVE TO BE"
...(Exodus 3:13-14, NWT) Moses said to the true God: “[What if the Israelites] say to me, ‘What is his name?’ What shall I say to them?” At this God said to Moses: “I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” And he added: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘I SHALL PROVE TO BE has sent me to you.’”
...Leeser, “I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE”
...Rotherham, “I WILL BECOME WHATSOEVER I PLEASE”


And to repeat, "God", "Lord", "Creator", and similar terms are NOT personal names but impersonal titles.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/

Answer 2

There is no archaeological artifact or ancient Hebrew manuscript that says "Yahweh." That form of the divine Name is a reconstruction made by certain scholars and is no more than a guess. As such, it is not superior to "Jehovah."

Whether Hebrews pronounced their yod as a "j" is irrelevant when you are dealing with English. English Bibles customarily render the Hebrew yod as "j" in English words.

If you are speaking Hebrew, do so consistently and render all the Hebrew Bible names accordingly.

If you are speaking English, it is silly to quibble about the form "Jehovah."

But there is nothing to support "Yahweh" except conjecture. It doesn't exist in any ancient artifact or manuscript.

Jehovah is holy and supremely good. The evil in mankind comes from mankind, not from God.

Answer 3

I would wonder why You would make such a statement?
Have you had a bad everperience with a witness in particular, or the organization as a whole. may be you were once a witness? You can't judge us a whole based on and individual's actions. And although we are all on the same spiritual road we are not going in the same spiritual speed. some are focused and headed to their destination with out stopping for rest in between, some slow down, and some just joined the race.

Answer 4

Sorry, but you guys are on the wrong foot. Jehovah is not evil. He is good. 1 John 4:8 God is love.
can you guys be any more insulting to say such a thing?

i will tell you that it is Satan the Devil who is evil

Answer 5

The question is missing the facts. Jehovah is a misidentification of the hebrew word used for God.

Even assuming that evolution is 100% true, the mechanisms of creation/matter are such that they work perfectly even though we don't always want them to. Given that the originator of all this has no apologies to make to anyone. The new Testament informs us that a successful soul will be kind, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, bury the dead, take care of the sick and absolutely love one another as they love themselves. Assuming that the new Testament is a collection of the messages of one who claimed to be God, how does His message tally with being a form of absolute evil in mankind? Your logic is flawed

Answer 6

James 1:13-15 answers this question.

(13)When under trial, let no one say "I am being tried by God." For with EVIL things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.
(14) But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desires (15) Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin; in turn, sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death.

Jehovah, out of love, gave each one of us freewill.
What we do with it is up to us.

Satan represents absolute evil.
He uses whatever he can to manipulate, entice, stumble, sway, blind, etc. etc. each one of us. He knows he has a short period of time and is enraged. He knows he has no chance for everlasting life and he wants to take everyone that he can with him.

Jehovah is Love.

Answer 7

Why? The Bible describes him as righteous, not evil or wicked.

Sirimore..."Jehovah" is the ENGLISH translation of Yahweh, much like John is the English version of Juan. Besides, we don't even know if Yahweh is the correct pronunciation anyway.

Answer 8

There is no evil found in Jehovah, The Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Answer 9

Actually "Jehovah" represents a 14th century mistranslation of the tetragrammaton "JHWH". The individual tried to place vowel sounds between the letters. Modern archeology shows that the term was supposed to be pronounced as "Yahweh", probably deriving from the Mesopotamian moon God "Yah". This would also explain why the lunar calendar is used.

Answer 10

No, much differently Jehovah is God. Just by looking at the example of his son when on Earth we can see this.