Posts by smiddy

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Impact of NWT

by menrov in

hi all, just recently i was thinking about the period of my study and eventual baptism as jw.

it took many years, i guess in all about 10 years.

various times i stopped the study but after a while it started again.

smiddy

In the 60`s , Australian witnesses I knew used the "American Standard Version of the Bible , simply because it used the name Jehovah in the Old Testament

Why didnt red flags go up then ? We all knew that all crackpot ideas /religions originate in the USA ?

My apologies to all the sane ex-JW`s who have left the cult who are exceptions to this rule.

edit to add : The WTB&TS printed and published a few other Bibles under license ,notably the King James Version , Byingtons Bible ,and if I`m not mistaken the American Standard Version , their may have been more .

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Big Day fast approaching Letting go

by rebelfighter in

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the big day is two days away when she will say "i do".

i knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though i did everything to train her to be very independent.

she has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.. she moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when mr. wonderful appeared in her life.

smiddy

All the best for the big day rf for you , your daughter , and her to be hubby , and I wish you all , the best for the future.

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I need to know what is truth?

by Chook in

is it a perception only.

smiddy

As george Constanzis said , if you believe it , its the truth.

As beauty is in the eye of the beholder , I believe truth is in the eye of the beholder too , .and true , it is a perception .

Truth , to many people is what they want to believe , regardless of facts that may prove or indicate otherwise.

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Serious question..Leviticus 20:15 Why slay the beast???

by James Mixon in

it's not as if the sheep was trying to seduce the shepherd, the poor creature was violated.

we have come a long way from those days, thank goodness.

so why slay the sheep or beast?????

smiddy

nelim ,

I cant speak from experience myself but wasnt their a movie ,Deliverance ,that did show an animal squealing ?

isnt that a natural thing that animals do under such circumstances ?

freddo,

True , the two witness rule is always going to be our loophole in getting out of sticky situations.that we do not want to confront.

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Biblical Scholar Claims The Story Of Jesus Christ Was A HOAX Designed To Control The People

by anointed1 in

here is something i found interesting:.

biblical scholar claims the story of jesus christ was a hoax designed to control the people.

http://simplecapacity.com/2016/10/biblical-scholar-claims-story-jesus-christ-hoax-designed-control-people/.

smiddy

I think the story of an Almighty God , Jehovah/Yahweh was a hoax designed to control the people that spawned offshoots such as Jesus ,Allah ,and whoever else since the beginning of time.

And thats just considering the Judeo / Christian / Islamic religions .

The same can be said for the multitude of non Christian Religions around the world going back to the beginning of time , that it was all a hoax designed to control the masses ,I can accept that

Thats what politics is all about isnt it ? Controlling the masses ? As is Religion ?

Religion & Politics go hand in hand ,despite what you hear about seperation of Church and State.

Religion controls people / politics controls people ,put them together and you have a strong voice in controlling a bigger slice of the pie to your advantage.

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Introduction

by robrog8999 in

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hello all.... i am new here so i figured i'd make a quick post introducing myself and giving a brief intro as to who i am and what i'm here for... as well as to hopefully meet others.. so, i made a profile and in it i gave a pretty detailed explanation as to my intent here and exactly why i decided to participate in the boards.

in case you don't read it, i'll give a brief summary.

the name is robert.

smiddy

robrog8999 ,

Then I would suggest to you ,appreciating your response , go to a pro-JW site where you can talk ,communicate with believers of this religion whether it be FB , twitter ,etc.etc, their are plenty places to go including JW.ORG. , so why are you here ? this is primarily an ex JW site.

just asking

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Who has the authority to decern what the bible really teaches?

by TTWSYF in

so i ask because of all the books, mags and testimonies that the wts promotes.

not only the wts, but many other christians attempt to speak about the bible with authority.

how do we measure who is an authority if we don't know that much?.

smiddy

If an Almighty God was really the authour of the many books of the Bible ,how is it that Moses was the first one to put anything in writing , 2000 years after the event of creation.? Maybe thats why Genesis 1 & 2 have differences about creation ,God had a seniors moment informing Moses.to its accuracy.

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Are Jehovah`s Witnesses of today, aware, or even care about their early history of the 1800`s ?

by smiddy in

in the 1960`s when i was a new convert , a 20 year old , i devoured the book "jehovahs witnesses in the divine purpose" outlining the early history of the restoration of true christianity in the world.it helped to convince me then that this was indeed the true religion......not that i remember much of the details it contained nowadays .. i understand there was a poor attempt to mimic it with the " proclaimers " book a much sanitized version of the early history of the jw religion.

what reputable organization in the world ,secular ,religious or otherwise ,doctors their own early history/ beginnings unless they have something to hide or are ashamed of.. how many jw`s today would know that they were formed as the " international bible students association" in the late 1800`s , or that their first president of that association was none other than w.h.conley ,and not c.t.russell.. does it even matter ?

does anybody really care ?.

smiddy

I think you summed it up pretty well steve2 , the new generation of JW`s have no knowledge of the Bible or Christianity of the first Century and less knowledge of their own early history , and how could they when the organization revises their own history as the years progress.

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Serious question..Leviticus 20:15 Why slay the beast???

by James Mixon in

it's not as if the sheep was trying to seduce the shepherd, the poor creature was violated.

we have come a long way from those days, thank goodness.

so why slay the sheep or beast?????

smiddy

In these scriptures of Lev. arent the beasts actually raped ?, its certainly not consensual sex ,so according to scriptures about a female being raped , the rapist has to marry the victim and never be able to divorce her .

Shouldnt the rapist of the beast have been made to co-habit with it for the rest of their life ? After all it was their choice.Wouldnt that have been consistent with scripture instead of killing the beast ?

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Introduction

by robrog8999 in

jw
friends

hello all.... i am new here so i figured i'd make a quick post introducing myself and giving a brief intro as to who i am and what i'm here for... as well as to hopefully meet others.. so, i made a profile and in it i gave a pretty detailed explanation as to my intent here and exactly why i decided to participate in the boards.

in case you don't read it, i'll give a brief summary.

the name is robert.

smiddy

Welcome robrog 8999,

You have stated that your here to :Read testimonies from members, Learn from members ,& to read advice from members.,which is fair enough.However , if you simply limit yourself to only those people , dont you run the risk of getting a totally biased view of the religion.?

Wouldnt it be wiser to also get the viewpoint of past members ? some who have been members for many ,many years ? and get their viewpoint also ?

If you were going to buy a used car from someone ,would you only trust the one who is the seller ? and not listen at all to someone else who used to own the car ?

Only that way could you make an informed rational decision as to the benefits or not of purchasing the car.

The same is true in making choices about religion,their are always two sides to consider .

I hope you make the right choice.

Take care.