The atheist argument - explanation and advice.

Anonymous said: The thought of crucifying this animal called a cat that lives in my home has crossed my mind.
What does that mean?

In regard to those instances where the JW’s use the word “Jehovah” in place of the original Greek words kurios “lord” and theos “god”, clearly these are redactions based on speculation as to the words actually used by the manuscript copyists as none of the extant manuscripts use Hebrew words.

There is evidence that Jesus’ disciples used the Tetragrammaton in their writings. In his work De viris inlustribus [Concerning Illustrious Men], chapter III, Jerome, in the fourth century, wrote the following: “Matthew, who is also Levi, and who from a publican came to be an apostle, first of all composed a Gospel of Christ in Judaea in the Hebrew language and characters for the benefit of those of the circumcision who had believed. Who translated it after that in Greek is not sufficiently ascertained. Moreover, the Hebrew itself is preserved to this day in the library at Caesarea, which the martyr Pamphilus so diligently collected. I also was allowed by the Nazarenes who use this volume in the Syrian city of Beroea to copy it.” (Translation from the Latin text edited by E. C. Richardson and published in the series “Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur,” Vol. 14, Leipzig, 1896, pp. 8, 9.)