Posts by smiddy

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Observations From an Ex-Elder Part 3 - Searching for the Lost Sheep

by doubtfull1799 in

"what man among you with 100 sheep, on losing one of them, will not leave the 99 behind in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?

" - luke 15:4. disclaimer: by posting the following observations i am not complaining.

i am happy to be left alone.

smiddy

My wife and I left just over20 years ago and nobobody after 33 years as a slave of the WT bothered to even try to re-ignite" the first love for the "truth"" we once had and we were considered to be in the inner circle of the congregation.All we did was fade away .

It was only about 5 years ago that I sent in myDA letter to the KH after many years here.

They are all talk and no action everybody leaves it up to somebody else and nothing ever gets done when it comes to sheperding,looking after the lost /strayed sheep.

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Interpret John 1:1 by John 1:1.

by towerwatchman in

interpret john 1:1 by john 1:1. .

the greek language has the definite article which has approximately thirty variations, is translated into english as “the”, and points to an identifiable personality, someone we have prior knowledge of.

but the greek language has no indefinite article corresponding to the english “a”, or “an”.

smiddy

If after 2000 years christians are still debating what John 1:1 means about God, jesus , their relationship etc,etc,

And we still havent heard anything from God

It doesnt inspire confidence that their is a God.does it ?

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here's a great jw brain stumper about noah

by nowwhat? in

so noah was a preacher of righteousness.

than how did he warn other pockets of civilizations that were hundreds or thousands of miles away?

and if they were destroyed anyway i thought jehovah only acts after he gives clear warning.. and if there were no other civilzations why the need to destroy the entire earth of every living creature?

smiddy

You have a point or two their waton,what can i say .?

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ARC - Case Study 54 - All Exhibits have been released

by jwleaks in

all exhibits for case study 54, jehovah's witnesses and watchtower, have been released by the arc.. http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

exhibit list.

joint statement of o'brien and spinks.

smiddy

Correct me if I am wrong but the WTB&TS do not have one comprehensive document covering the allegations and response to child sexual abuse from the organisation that Elders and the rank and file have access to when they feel the need to review it ?

As was painfully brought out by the Jehovahs witnesses their was this "letter" this "memo" this "WT article" etc,etc,all coverering different time frames over many years , who could wade through all that confusing publications.? let alone a R&F member ?

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here's a great jw brain stumper about noah

by nowwhat? in

so noah was a preacher of righteousness.

than how did he warn other pockets of civilizations that were hundreds or thousands of miles away?

and if they were destroyed anyway i thought jehovah only acts after he gives clear warning.. and if there were no other civilzations why the need to destroy the entire earth of every living creature?

smiddy

If the whole earth was under water covering the tallest mountains then it must have contained salt water covering the earth.

Water is very heavy and it must have penetrated the weakest parts of the earths surface..

Once the waters subsided we are left with salty seas ,freshwater lakes and streams,and underground streams of fresh water .

The Oceans are salt water , the rivers and streams and lakes are mostly freshwater .

The majority of life in the oceans would not survive in freshwater

By the same token the majority of life in freshwater lakes ,rivers and streams would not survive in salt water.

So if a Noachian flood did actually occur how would life have continued to exist in the oceans (salt) and the rivers ,lakes ,streams.(salt free) ?

Or am I missing something here.

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The Governing Body wishes you...

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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friends

happy ash wednesday!.

smiddy

Those pics put a smile on my face .

However one pic was missing , an LGBTI pic.

Can you accomodate ? or was that depicted by the Carnaval ,if so then how about a cult religion OH sorry they have already done that..

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Part of Growing Up - Saying Goodbye to Invisible Friends?

by doubtfull1799 in

i don’t remember having any invisible friends when i was a really little boy, i don’t know if such a thing actually exists, i’ve only ever seen it in movies?

of course it might have looked to others like i was talking to someone on occasions, but i’m sure it would have just been me talking to myself.

the thing is though, i got introduced to an invisible friend in my pre-teens, and i kept the relationship going well into adulthood.

smiddy

I cant speak for young people ,I didnt become a JW and begin praying to God until I was 19 .

I was a JW for 33 years many of which I served as a MS

Prayer was always a one way street , nobody was more devoted to the truth than I was as an active JW .

I believed it hook line and sinker ,to the point I am now ashamed to admit I would have let my children die for the blood doctrine .

And i still have difficulties coming to terms with that now .

Millions of Christians pray to GOD whether its Jehovah or Jesus and to my knoweldge no GOD has ever answered anyone personally these past 2000 years ,

And I think that would also apply also to non Christian religions and their Gods no God has ever spoken back to them.

Isnt that proof enough that you have been speaking to an invisible friend ?

An invisible friend that doesnt bother to communicate back to you ?

An invisible friend that doesnt exist ? only in your imagination ?

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A major misadventure!

by Bungi Bill in

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hi, everyone.. i haven't posted here much in quite a while, but having just been laid low by injury, i'll likely be a frequent visitor for some time to come!.

two weeks ago, i was involved in a workplace accident that left me with my lower l.h.

leg fractured in three places (the tibia and fibular both broken clean through, plus another crack in the "neck" of the fibular for good measure!

smiddy

Bloody hell BB that sounds terrible what you went through .Your not a young guy anymore so take it easy and hopefully everything will work out alright in time.

take care

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God’s name (Jehovah) is so ambiguous to the extent of even supporting The Theory of Evolution!

by venus in

we have been taught that the name jehovah means “he causes to become.” it is interpreted that he causes himself to become whatever needed to accomplish his will—as happened in the case israelites to whom he “caused himself to become” a savior leading them from slavery in egypt.. but there is a problem with this definition.

nobody would use the phrase “cause to become” with regard to himself.

one may say: “i helped him,” (but he won’t say: “i caused myself to become a helper to him.”) “causing myself to become a helper to another person” obviously implies helping nature comes with effort as though it is not in my nature.

smiddy

Maybe its because their was not only one GOD who should take precedence over any other GOD,?

Gen : 3 22a "And JHVH/YHVH God went on to say "Here the man has become like one of us in knowing good and bad " in saying" like one of us" denotes he had peers , Gods equal to himself .

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Child preachers -netflix

by smiddy in

not sure if this has been covered before ,has anybody seen it ?

surely it would come under child abuse wouldnt it ?.

exploitation of minors for profit using religion as an excuse ?

smiddy

Not sure if this has been covered before ,has anybody seen it ? Surely it would come under child abuse wouldnt it ?

Exploitation of minors for profit using religion as an excuse ? rationale ? Using children to appeal for money /donations ?

The program features Pentecostals to some extent and other religions I believe,

Children of a very, very young age preaching from a pulpit and its lapped up by the adults ? in the congregation.

Children so young they would have no idea what they are talking about., goaded on by their parents ,relatives and gaurdians.

And a very young child asking for donations for the LORDS work. (I wonder where that came from )

So while we rail against the wrongs of the WTB&TS their are appalling child abuse issues in other religious institutions

that societys , especially in the Western democratic nations need to address.

Just saying.