| Glossary: C | Go to Site Map |
Occasionally even He, His, and Him are capitalized in mid-sentence, as is sometimes found in the sanctimonious writings of Christendom's {religionists}. In the version 5.1 of this Glossary I reported that it is not consistently done one way or the other in the {WTB&TS} publications. However, a reader observes that the Society uses capitalization when two or more individuals are mentioned in the same sentence, and the pronoun or descriptive phrase refers to the superior person. <<Jehovah is happy, and he wants his servants to be happy.>> In this instance, there is no reason to capitalize he or him, because no other person is mentioned in the sentence. <<Jehovah is Jesus' father, and He created him.>> In this case, He must be capitalized to make the distinction between Jesus and Jehovah clear. Jehovah is the greater of the two. <<Jesus and Paul both witnessed extensively, but He is our exemplar.>> Jesus is the greater of the two individuals in the sentence. He is capitalized to make clear that Jesus, not Paul, is our exemplar. Although the previous example is made up, see Exodus 8:12 for an instance where the practice is applied in the {New World Translation}. On the other hand, we never use the {archaic} pseudo-formalisms thee, thou, thy, and thine.
The most important CD produced to date is the Watchtower Library 1995 Edition. This volume contains, on a single 5-inch disk, all the information contained on several shelves in most Witness homes, including the New World Translation Reference Bible, Insight on the Scriptures, the Index 1930-1995, every volume of The Watchtower from 1950-1995, every Awake! volume from 1970-1995, Yearbooks 1970-1996, Our Kingdom Ministry back to 1970, hard-cover books back to 1963, brochures, booklets, and tracts. Piano recordings of the songs in the Kingdom Songbook, the collection of the {Kingdom songs} sung at meetings, are now available on CDs for congregation use.
[51] Added to the child molesters and revolutionary politicos, and soon to be joined by rapists and cannibals.
[52] It was a virtual festival of dissent.
NOTE: Often outsiders assume we observe the same usage as they do. Sometimes it is convenient to just let it slide rather than to make an issue over the differences. <<``You're very active in your church's outreach program,[53] aren't you?'' ``Yes.''>> We know what they mean, so this is an accurate answer.
NOTE: The brother who gives the {public talk} is almost always asked to give the concluding prayer following the {Watchtower Study}. Although this practice seems to follow the protocol followed at assemblies, I have never seen in print that this is a requirement. If it is I would love it if someone would send me the reference. One reviewer in Europe said that this is not the practice in his country.
Word Count Meaning
---- ----- -------
hath 1,840 third person singular present tense of ``have''
saith 1,197 third person singular present tense of ``say''
thee 2,655 objective case of ``thou''
thine 818 thy, before a word beginning with a vowel
thou 3,835 the one addressed (you)
thy 3,044 possessive of thou (your)
ye 2,830 second person plural of ``you''
The Bible is no mere historical artifact. Hebrews 4:12 tells us that ``the word of God is alive and exerts power''. Thus the {New World Translation} of the Bible was translated originally into modern English. Naturally the forms shown in the table do not appear in the {publications}, prayers, meetings, or daily speech of true Christians.[56]
NOTE: Fleshly thinking sometimes prods a person to divide up the elder body mentally into what he perceives to be conservatives and liberals. Then when his heart inclines him on a path that may be contrary to wisdom, he may play one against the other in an attempt to circumvent some Bible counsel, or to justify unwise conduct. Or he may seek counsel from one whose {opinions} he anticipates will be most closely aligned with his own. Such behavior could become a catalyst for causing a division in the congregation. (Compare Rom 16:17, 18.)
NOTE: Some persons confuse counsel with council. A council is a group that acts as an advisory body. Even worse is to use the word consul, which refers to a governmental official. In modern times, a consul is one who resides in a foreign country and represents his home country's commercial interests.
NOTE: Although some misguided opposers and ex-Witnesses bent on justifying their leaving the Truth have tried to refer to the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses as a cult, it is obvious that these accusers are uninformed or prejudiced or both. There is nothing freakish about our religion or conduct. We are well-known to society as model citizens, not fanatics. We live and work among the community, maintain the highest moral and ethical standards, show love to our neighbors, and even to our enemies, are well-educated, adhere to the Bible, and claim no man or group of men as leader. (See the outstanding cover series in [w94 2/15].)
The Watchtower is published on the first and fifteenth of every month, and Awake! on the eighth and twenty-second of every month. A magazine becomes current nine days before its date of publication, and remains current until the date of publication of the next issue. Thus there is some overlap. Given a month where the previous month is a 30-day month, for instance May of 1994, the dates of currency for the month's magazines were as follows:
Magazine Begin Current End Current
-------- ------------- -----------
May 1 "Watchtower" April 22 May 14
May 8 "Awake!" April 29 May 12
May 15 "Watchtower" May 6 May 31
May 22 "Awake!" May 13 June 7
Most people are completely unaware of this schedule, possibly because it's completely bogus. But if real, its purpose is undoubtedly not to set rules about when to place what magazines, but to assist with maintaining order in the matter of publishing them. Any literature we have available may be used at any time to promote {Kingdom interests}.
The Glossary of American English Hacker
Theocratese is written and maintained by
Lynn D.
Newton
Last modified: Wed May 6 12:40:34 MST 1998
Glossary:
Go to Site Map