Posts by smiddy

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RIP Leonard Cohen the World is a little more Grey

by Slidin Fast in

he was a unique voice, i loved him.

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maybe leonard bowed out because donald got in.

smiddy

The only song I can recall is Hallejuah , offhand., that was one of his most popular songs I believe.

R.I.P. Leonard Cohen

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Is this another Trump backflip?

by fulltimestudent in

jw
friends

we've seen one backflip.

crooked hillary became a hard-working woman who deserves the nations praise (in his victory speech);.

now according to a uk newspaper:.

smiddy

Will the real Donald Trump stand up ? When do you think that will happen ? or is that on the never never plan.

Donald trump is not a politician as he admits , however he has obviously been a very successful business man.

Can he marry the two ? in the next 4 years ?

Time will tell I guess.

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Post election Cry Ins at Cornell University

by Sanchy in

cry-ins held for those at cornell u distressed by trump's election victory.

coloring books and puppies used to aid in the healing process.

i guess it's better than riot'errr i mean protesting: link

These university students and others need to grow up and face the facts of life,not everything in life is going to go your way ,other people have viewpoints different from yours and their views may outweigh your point of view.

Thats life , accept it , and live with it.....crying about it is so childish. ...grow up.

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The Academy of Ideas - "Brainwashing"

by schnell in

https://youtu.be/8ish2un-b-s. the academy of ideas has got to be one of my favorite youtube channels, and due to his subject matter, he doesn't get a whole lot of views.

but do give his playlists a watch.

above, his video on brainwashing is clearly relevant to this forum about jehovah's witnesses.

smiddy

I remember a CO , commenting on criticism that JW`s were brainwashed ,stating that coming out of Satans world our brains needed washing.

marked to watch the videos later.

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JWs Excited Trump Won

by LaurenM in

i am incredibly disturbed.

many of the jws i'm still friends with on facebook are incredibly excited that trump won the american presidential race, posting, "yay!

i'm so happy!

smiddy

To add to Tenacious comment ," every negative major world event will lead to the GT and the big A"

I would add ,I presume he was referring to political upheavils ,however it also includes natural disasters also.

Political decisions made by Goverments that affect religious institutions , like the ARC , etc. , charitable religious organisations that claim non profit status ,that dont fall within that catergory , like the WT organization .

Lets face it the WTB&TS get the bulk of their money from real estate deals , more recently in New York ,but also worldwide with sales of branch officers , bethel homes , and Kingdom Halls ,reaping in millions of dollars .

from all over the world , and more importantly a this profit going to Watchtower headquarters in America.

Can you honestly imagine Jesus Christ engaging in such ventures ?

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How to route out an apostate... according too this site.

by Thisismein1972 in

https://jwadvisor.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/leakinginfo.html.

jehovah's witness advisor.

leakinginfo: what can be done to find out who is leaking documents?.

smiddy

Why dont they just wait on Jehovah to sort out the leaks.? He will fix it in his own due time.

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This week's bs, bible study help

by Normalfulla in

hi all , because i'm useless and can't be bothered studying, i need some rebuttals for the excuses given in this week's bs , (i love how the acronym matches its origin) my uber dub father pleaded with me to study this week's book study as it addresses my issues with them being directed by holy spirit etc and how jah reveals things progressively , problem is i know there's a great argument to put fwd with proper preparation but i'm onto my 2nd drink of the evening and can't be assed , please unload some smoking guns i can take with me tomorrow .

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chur.

smiddy

Welcome Nf ,elsewhere on this board is revealed how they admit in a latest WT ? that they are niether inspired nor infallible ,they make mistakes , so why would anybody in their right mind obey them at all let alone with a life and death matter.

good luck with convincing your dad.

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Fossilized foot prints, how do they explain it away?

by Crazyguy in

so there have been many sets of fossilized human footprints found in africa, italy, europe, britain and new mexico.

these foot prints are thought to be anywhere from 20,000 to 2 million years old.

so what do christians and jws do to try to explain these away.

smiddy

What I remember about the WT interpretation of Genisis and Creation is this.: ( 1960`s onward )

Gen.1:1 "In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth" That statement stands alone , it could have happened millions of years ago .

Verse 2 onwards is confined to the preperation of the earth for humans to live on.

The 7000 years as a timespan for a creative day came about of their Bible chronology that humans since Adam have been on earth for 6000 years ending in 1975 ( previously they thought 6000 years ended in the late 1800`s )

Gods rest at the end of the 6th day ,and Jesus Christ 1000 year rule would have been appropiate to begin around 1975 , culminating in a 7000 year creative day.

P.S. Fossilised dinosaur bones have , and are , still being discovered in Queensland Australia to this day along with fossilised footprints , it is a vast project in motion....AAoD , Australian Age of Dinosaurs.

Jehovahs Witnesses are well known for having their head in the sand , as well as having their head stuck up their ( well you know where ) I was one of them .

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the privilege of associating with fellow Christians in worship is not open to everyone?

by NikL in

was going through the book that is currently being studied at midweek meetings.. paragraph 18 of chapter 11 reads.... a second area of moral refinement involves themeasures taken to keep the congregation clean.

sad-ly, not all who accept jehovah’s standards of conductand dedicate themselves to god loyally stick withtheir decision.

some eventually have a change ofheart and willfully rebel against those standards.what is to be done about such ones?

smiddy

"Guards would protect the Temple , evidently to prevent those who were uncircumcised in heart from entering"

"Evidently"

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I want to be a JW but they seem to hate me? Help!

by Alostpuppydog in

just going to give a little background about myself and then bring anyone who is reading this up to speed with where i am today:.

growing up in a family that was not aware of jehovah's witnesses at all, as none of my family members have had a run-in with them other than my parents, my entire life has been a mess ever since we met them.

the witnesses first came to my door when i was 12 and my dad started bringing me to meetings and we even lived with a witness family for a month when we were both homeless due to my parent's divorce.

smiddy

Welcome ALPD ,the first thing to do to get your mental health in check , while its not the whole answer, is to get as far away from the JW/WT religion as fast as you can

Seek professional help , as blondie says " seek out non-profit and support groups that deal with your challenges as you will not find it with the WTS and its members"

I wish you well whatever you decide.