Posts by smiddy

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Was Jesus really a Jehovah`s Witness ? He never identified himself as such , in word or deed.

by smiddy in

also he never chastised the jews for not identifying themselves as jehovah`s witnesses following isaiah`s statement at ch.43 :10-12 , so many years before hand.. and he had ample opportunity to do so on numerous occasions .. jesus himself never used the divine name /jehovah or any other equivalent , in any of his sayings attributed to him by his contemporaries .. sure he acknowledged god as his father and that he did his fathers will , but he never acknowledged him by a personal name such as jehovah or anything like it.. and lets not forget acts 11:26 it was first in antioch that followers of jesus by divine providence were to be called christians , not jehovah`s witnesses,.

smiddy.

smiddy

Also he never chastised the Jews for not identifying themselves as Jehovah`s Witnesses following Isaiah`s statement at ch.43 :10-12 , so many years before hand.

And he had ample opportunity to do so on numerous occasions .

Jesus himself never used the divine name /Jehovah or any other equivalent , in any of his sayings attributed to him by his contemporaries .

Sure he acknowledged GOD as his father and that he did his fathers will , but he never acknowledged him by a personal name such as Jehovah or anything like it.

And lets not forget Acts 11:26 it was first in Antioch that followers of Jesus by Divine Providence were to be called Christians , not Jehovah`s Witnesses,

smiddy

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Alan Young Nov.19, 1919 – May 19, 2016

by glenster in

alan had a long pleasant life, a batch of kids, and worked long into his life.

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-0521-alan-young-20160520-snap-story.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bcxgim5ws8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mister_ed http://web.archive.org/web/20050203185303/http://www.mister-ed.tv/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/alan_young

smiddy

Well that brings back memories , Mr. Ed was a favourite in our household., so many years ago.

Wholesome family entertainment when your children were young.

I didn`t realize how much he contributed to his profession as an actor.

RIP Alan young.

smiddy

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Convention coming to a city near YOU...

by Sugar Shane in

...and it's our duty to warn non-jws, or half awake jws about these events, as they start appearing in newspapers throughout the us, and abroad.

it almost comes out as a promotional ad for the jw convention.

the 'current events' editing staff of this paper likely has no idea what their promoting.

smiddy

Emily Thornton has not answered my e-mail , nor has she acknowledged receipt of it , of course she could be a JW herself or have family members she does not want to upset .

Looking at the responses to her article in the paper , I guess she has got the message..

smiddy

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Beyond

by Coded Logic in

any star trek fans out there?

what'd you think of the new trailer?.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvq3y8bhz2s.

smiddy

I`m looking forward to it , and any other quality sci-Fi movies or TV shows that come my way .

smiddy

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Jokes for MARY

by rebel8 in

jw
friends

*disclaimer: these are just jokes!

mary is having a really crappy time playing the cards life has dealt her right now and that is no joke.

but since we know how fond she is of jokes, maybe we can cheer her up.*.

smiddy

An Italian guy could not decide which girl he should marry out of two he had his eye on , Maria or Sophia

His friend suggested he go to church and pray for guidance.

Not being an overly religious man of any one persuasion he thought he would cover his bases by going to three .

First he went to the Baptists , he prayed looked up to heaven ....nothing

Then he went to the Church of England , he prayed looked up to heaven ....nothing

Next he went to the Catholic Church , he prayed looked up to heaven , and lo and behold ....their it was on the rafters ...Ave Maria.

smiddy

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A violation of the separation of Church and State?

by Londo111 in

so i went to dmv this morning.... can someone explain how this does not violate the separation of church and state?.

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smiddy

If you went inside the building and made a formal complaint about it , you might see some action., if no one complains nothing gets done.

smiddy

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Galatians 5:26 was used in and before the 1960`s to not be involved in competitive sports for yourself or for your children

by smiddy in

myself and my peers in the jw organization in the 1960`s discouraged our children from entering into competitive sports because of the jw policy , regarding that scripture .. has their been a radical change since then ?

a re-interpretation of that scripture ?.

why i ask this question is : here in victoria australia where afl football ( aussie rules ) is often regarded as a religion , especially to the state, victoria , we have, according to the media , a devout jehovah`s witness playing professional afl football at a competitive level.. and at their latest win , the team , including alec rance a jw of the richmond club was enthusiastically singing the club victory song along with his teammates on their win .. are their other examples of this in other parts of the world or is this an australian hiccup.. smiddy.

smiddy

Alec Rance is an unbaptized publisher and he is 26 years old , eh?

So he can`t be an Elder or MS and is not a suitable marriage mate for a JW sister .

Oops , he is already married

J-Witness rules aren`t made for everyone it seems.

smiddy

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let it be resolved: The remnant can not be the generation of Mat. 24.

by prologos in

debating challenge: since the wt doctrine of the anointed generation must conform to bible teachings, and math 24 stipulates that the "generation " outlives "all these things" , and the anointed do not, how could they possibly be the generation, overlapping or not?

smiddy

Lieu ,

And that`s why their are more than 40,000 Christian sects , all claiming to be the" Truth"

smiddy

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God's Word and Modern Man

by TheLiberator in

i have drawn the conclusion that when god speaks, he is using the language and the concepts of the time.

he is not revealing a new scientific understanding when he speaks.

that would be distracting from the point being made.

smiddy

My view of humanity for what it`s worth . Since time began.

I will leave you to fill in the percentages.

Many humans are illiterate ,

Superstitious ,

Easily lead

Gullible

Want somebody else to get them out of their predicament they have brought upon themselves.

Dont take responsibility for their own actions.

Cant , or wont , make a decision for themselves

Trusts or relies on someone else to do their thinking for them , and make decisions for them that they are reluctant to make for themselves.

And to live their lives based on how they perceive others think they should live.

And are quite happy to let others direct how they should live., which in their mind absolves them of any responsibility for any consequences .

And I would suggest a great many religious people fall into one or more of those slots .

smiddy

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JWs in denial, so sad

by Simon in

i had a couple of jw sisters call at my door today.. they started with the bizarre "can we read you a scripture" and read about "death being no more" and asked what i thought of that.. i said it sounded like a mix of disney and dumb.. they then launched into how god was going to put an end to death and wasn't that wonderful?.

i said it would have been more wonderful if he'd not created death in the first place.. they thought man created death by disobeying so i questioned why god couldn't have just forgiven them.

apparently "because he loves us" is supposed to be a satisfactory answer to why he kills us.. i asked how loving it was to kill hundreds of thousands of children in tsunami's, disease and so on.. at this point, they gave up on the 'god is love' and switched to the bible being true no matter what because it was an old book and moses had written the first chapter (says the book).. when i suggested it really wasn't that old and that most of the bible myths were copies of older stories from before it was written they questioned if i studied the bible and theology.. then i told them i was brought up as a jw so knew it was all crap.. now it was game on, they immediately switched to play defence questioning why i'd left (and i think they'd already taken a step back away from "the evil" obviously emanating from me).. not much time to say much before they cut and run so i told them i'd left because i found out it was all based on lies and that the watchtower was corrupt and covered up things like child abuse.. oh no, you're thinking of the catholics one of them said (some disdain in how she said "catholics" as though "we're so much better than them").. "well, i challenge you to do a search for the australian royal commission and you'll see the testimony the watchtower leaders gave and the damning evidence that they covered up abuse and reported none of it to the police.".

smiddy

Maybe we should find out the address of JW`s in our area and do a house call on them when they don`t expect it and give them an anti-witness and see how they feel about being "witnessed to " at an inconvenient time .

back to topic , How in the world can any Jehovah`s Witness ignore Jackson a G.B. member and Elders , pathetically not defending the" Good News" before a governmental inquiry in the video streaming of the Australian Royal Commission held in Australia.?

Can anybody really be that stupid that they dismiss such evidence ? facts ? And if so they need to be confronted with their insanity .

smiddy