smiddy

Joined

• started 536 topics
• posted 8,695 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by smiddy

• 
  10

  To all those underage and awake…

  by Londo111 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i salute you.. when i was in, i was a brainwashed idiot.

  it instilled an arrogance and made me part of a community that contributed to your suffering.. i remember when i would see a jw parent drag their teens to the meeting.

  some of these parents had converted recently, some had been some years.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  A truly great post Londo111, it`s a pity it wont get the attention it deserves .

  And I too like the idea of the t-shirt
• 
  21

  Jehovah's Witnesses Propaganda & Hypocrisy Video

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i didn't make this video it just showed up in my utube web page, god i love utube.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyv5lg1uh0o.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  Maybe in the near forseeable future we will witness the "Williams " sisters doing a video on the negatives of engaging in competitive sports ,that it is unscriptual to participate in such . Gal 5:26 , setting a poor example to the youth.

  { That is after they have made their millions of $$$$$$ }

  We never heard the society of JW`s come out against Michael Jackson`s involvement in the music industry ? as being a poor role model for the young ones in the truth and stumbling them.

  The same can be said for Prince and the music industry I never heard of him being counselled for stumbling the youth of JW`s setting a poor example.

  Here in Australia , in Victoria especially , AFL , football is big , with big money involved in the game for successful players ,and all the perks that come come with it , even after your playing career may end.

  Alec Rance a Richmond footballer , an unbaptised publisher ,made a big deal about leaving his club to concentrate on full time ministry as a practicing Jehovah`s witness , only to change his mind when a big $$$$ and contract offer was made to him to play on.{ make of that what you want }

  He did not choose Jehovah`s Interests or Kingdom interests first , he chose money and fame along with it`s perks instead , is he a good role model for the youth of JW`s , to put Kingdom interests first in their lives ?

  Is he still in good standing amongst JW`s ? of course he is , he is up their next to Jesus now especially among the youth.of the football world.of jehovah`s Witnesses.that a great many follow.
• 
  25

  Blood card

  by Inabunker in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  hi new to forum and first post!

  i have been reading posts on and off for years.

  still fighting my "doubts" and struggling internally, my family is active and the wife knows nothing of my late night website reads here.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  Inabunker. Welcome , your not alone , it was a big step for most of us when we first posted on here , and believe me you wont ever regret it.

  Their is a reference in one of the links posted here that refers to Kerry Louderbacks " The Tort of Misrepresentation on Blood Transfusions " by Jehovah`s Witnesses ( or similar heading) and shows the deceptions carried out by JW`s G.B. on the blood issue. Well worth a read.
• 
  17

  Explaining JW Beleifs To Non JW's

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my new girlfriend asked me over dinner last night what jw's believe.

  as i sat there explaining it i realized how ridiculous it sounds and was slightly embarrassed that i used to believe this crap for 31 years.. try and read this and imagine hearing it for the first time.... me: well... jw believe that god's name is jehovah and that his son is jesus christ.

  they believe that jesus died on a stake and not a cross and that in the year 1914 he personally chosen the jw's as his one true religion.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  Having an organ transplant was cannaballistic .
• 
  13

  “The Jesus-followers’ first 200 years”

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the archaeologist digs and then sifts through remnants from the past, assembling the discoveries into patterns so that stories of the past may be brought back to life.. with almost 850 direct quotations from 50 books, my study sifts remnants from the first 200 years of christianity and sorts them into patterns that may help others to assemble a vessel that can hold ideas, or to form a skeleton where muscle and flesh, heart and mind, may be applied.

  a comprehensive contents listing is provided at the rear of this study.. my study, “the jesus-followers’ first 200 years” is available at:.

  http://www.jwstudies.com/the_jesus-followers__first_200_years.pdf .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  It looks like I`m going to be busy for quite a while , thanks Doug , it looks like something I have been seeking without realizing it.
• 
  10

  Jesus (if he exists) has a heart of stone - a saga about the hurt of children in his church.

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jesus is supposed to care for little children.

  mark 10 is often quoted to illustrate his concern.. mark 10:13-16niv.

  the little children and jesus13 people were bringing little children to jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  How many children die before they reach the age of 10 years in the world today for whatever cause ,and have done so for thousands of years .

  Of course his Father , the Almighty God , had no problem executing children along with their parents on numerous occassions , did he..... Like Father like Son.
• 
  39

  Mega-Church buys JW Assembly Hall property in Indianapolis

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  and yet another sale of watchtower property.... http://www.ibj.com/articles/59973-suburban-mega-church-expanding-into-downtown-with-big-purchase.

  suburban megachurch expanding into downtown with big purchasea historic church building at the corner of 12th and delaware streets has been purchased by a large congregation expanding into the downtown area.. traders point christian church in whitestown is spending $2 million to renovate the 35,300-square-foot structure and should have it ready for worship early next year, rev.

  james stanley said.. the neoclassical, limestone building has been used as a place of worship since it was built in 1912 and had been owned by the jehovah’s witnesses since 1978.. the location at 1201 n. delaware st., across from the benjamin harrison presidential site, will be the third for traders point.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  The hypocricy of the G.B. knows no bounds. Next time you have an oppurtunity to talk with a JW , ask them the question as per OP , how they have two standards , one for the R&F and another for the G.B.

  No doubt they will deny it as apostate lies that the media publishes .

  Then bring up about the child sex scandals of the R.C.Church and they will believe everything the media says about it.
• 
  20

  In memory of a lost doctrine - the vindication of Jehovah's name

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i start this thread in response to a comment by a jw apologist called simonsays on another thread.

  he claimed to have read all three volumes of vindication by rutherford (my sympathy if true).

  he further implied that it didn't matter that old jw literature said wrong and stupid things, saying:.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  It may have been helpful to the flock when they brought out the book " Let Your Name Be Sacntified" that they had the right pronunciation of GOD`s name .

  How could you sanctify his name if you don`t really know what his name is. Or vindicate it for that matter.
• 
  16

  The glaring inequity between the 144,000 & the Great Crowd

  by deegee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a glaring inequity between the 144,000 & the great crowd (gc):.

  the gc will experience:.

  1. the great tribulation - a gruelling/horrifying time which has never occurred before.. 2. armageddon.. 3. a thousand years of “loving” molding and refinement.. 4. a second armageddon at the end of the thousand years.. the 144,000 will experience none of these things.. isn't it strange that the gc has to prove themself so much but the 144,000 don't???!!!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  nibbled

  Their are a number of scriptures that clearly show Satan and presumably the Demons as having access to both the heavens and the earth in tempting and misleading humans and the nations up until and including this century.

  Just to cite a few of many more.

  1Ch.21:1

  Job 1:6

  Zec.3:1

  Mt.12:26

  Mt.16:23

  Mr.1:13

  Lu.10:18

  Lu.22:3

  2Cor.11:14

  1Th.2:18

  That`s just a few scriptures that show quite clearly that he has had free reign over earth and heaven to actively decieve and mislead humans as he did to Eve according to the Bible

  Of course the Bible could be full of contadictions ,
• 
  37

  Second in the Medal Table - Well Done TeamGB

  by konceptual99 in

  1. social
  2. physical

  can't believe it - gb is currently second in the medal table, with more golds and silvers combined than even china.

  given the size of the nation it's an incredible achievement and we have won in some sports where other countries typically dominate.

  i can't imagine we will stay in second but i am happy to enjoy the moment.. well done to the whole of team gb!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  smiddy

  You guys can`t boast , look at Australia 23million compared to you guys , C`mon lets give credit where it`s due. LOL