Posts by smiddy

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Shunning: is it still practiced?
by FinchAndWeston in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
are df, da and apostates still shunned?

are each treated differently?

i heard a secondhand report that they seemed to have eased up on this practice ...
smiddy

Didn`t the J.W .lawyer , Vin Toole , when asked about shunning state words to the effect "i`ve heard of the word but I`m not sure what it means " at the ARC and he was under oath when he said that.
Vin Toole has been a J.W.for many ,many years here in Australia.,and he doesn`t know about the practice of shunning ? What a liar.
And this years District Convention has a specific part on Shunning Unrepentant Wrongdoers , in other words Jehovah`s Witnesses who don`t agree with the Governing Body
smiddy.
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Who has made an unforgivable sin against the holy spirit?
by atomant in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we all sin and some sins are worse than others but blasphemy against the holy spirit is said to be unforgivable.what is considered to be an unforgivable sin?
smiddy

I don`t think J.W`s / G.B. have ever defined what exactly is the unforgivable sin have they ?
I remember a question from readers 20+ years ago , somebody asking about that and the answer was if your asking the question and concerned about it , you obviously haven`t sinned against the Holy Spirit .
I have been out for more than twenty years so maybe things have changed. Yes ? No ?
smiddy
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Satan & Disasters
by Hadriel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
was told by someone that a receipt article eluded to the fact that satan can cause natural disasters.

i don't see how i could have missed this.

doesn't anyone remember this?
smiddy

That`s right , blame all the disasters whether they be natural ,on Satan the Devil , never mind if they be believers in Christendom , or Jehovah`s Witnesses who are affected by death , injury ,or whatever.
How come Jehovah / Jesus Christ never protects his people ? , Christians who havent been contacted yet by Jehovah`s Witnesses or Long standing faithful Jehovah`s Witnesses., all who die from these natural disasters,and not only natural disasters but accidents. Accidents that could be prevented by divine intervention.if Jesus Christ was really ruling as king as Jehovah`s representative.
Hasn`t Jesus Christ been ruling in heaven since 1914 ? What is he doing ? or more importantly , NOT doing.?
smiddy
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Coming to terms with the Watchtower experience
by Lee Elder in
1. jw
2. experiences
it is a challenge coming to terms with your experience as a jehovah's witness.

if you were born and raised as a jw, and your parents were true believers, the impact on your life is profound, lasting, and largely negative.

in some cases quite abusive emotionally, spiritually, financially, educationally and yes, even sexually.. i recently watched "trumbo", and was quite moved by dalton trumbo's speech to the screen writers guild in 1970. here is an excerpt that i think is quite relevant to this topic:.
smiddy

Lee Elder
I would agree with all your comments except for the statement that the leaders are victims also , The leaders ARE the Watchtower Society.
And they bloody well know they are not being led by GOD , Jehovah , Jesus Christ , Holy Spirit , or anybody else.
It is well past time when they should come clean and admit they are just another man made religion that started off with good intentions but lost their way, for one reason or another .
smiddy
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JW Vs. Mormon program
by pixel in
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2. beliefs
i will like people on this forum and lurkers to see the big different between jws and other religion.

following you will see the program from the upcoming distric/regional 2016 convention.

look at the topics that are going to be discussed.
smiddy

All religions are Cults , some are just more Cultish than others .
The Bible refers to Christianity , the way , as a new sect , a Cult ,Acts 24:14 .
smiddy
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Pshycos! - 2016 "Remain Loyal to Jehovah" Regional Convention Program
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
wow this is interesting!

i think how much emphasis this puts on "loyalty" shows their is an issue.

they're trying to plug the wholes as much and quickly as possible.
smiddy

Finkelstein,
Seriously that song was not for real was it ? However it did bring back memories of how bad some songs sounded in the 70`s and 80`s
How terrible for newbies to sit through that song.and many others like it.
smiddy
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Why did Jesus have to suffer?? Something I never thought about.
by ttdtt in
1. watchtower
2. bible
something dawned on me last night.

jesus was suposed to be a corresponding sacrifice for adam right?.

a perfect life for a perfect life.
smiddy

ttdtt
A good OP ,and excellent comments regarding it.
What more can I say.
smiddy
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Why did Jesus have to suffer?? Something I never thought about.
by ttdtt in
1. watchtower
2. bible
something dawned on me last night.

jesus was suposed to be a corresponding sacrifice for adam right?.

a perfect life for a perfect life.
smiddy

Welcome Malachi ,50 years in and now your out ? their must be a lot of stories there
Glad to have you here.
smiddy
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Most of us are responsible parents 363 days a year...
by The Rebel in
1. jw
2. friends
but what happened yesterday surprised me.

in the space of two hours, i had 3 groups of kids knocking on the door asking for sweets.

i assume the parents vaguely new me, but i assure you all the kids were strangers to me.
smiddy

I would hope the Adults would be in the street keeping an eye on the children as they went D2D , if that wasn`t the case then sure , it would be very irresponsible of the parents to allow this unsupervised .
smiddy
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Why all the hate...
by Dystopia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
...toward jehovah's witnesses?
smiddy

Welcome Luna , your first post was excellent ,hope to hear a lot more from you .
smiddy