Posts by smiddy

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Headed to vegas! Anything i should do?

by _Morpheus in

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the tittle is self explanitory.... first trip to vegas, anything i should do besides gamble?.

smiddy

Las Vegas was one of the stops my wife and I did on our 50th wedding anniversary a few years back. We did the helicopter trip to the Grand Canyon which was fantastic.landing their for a light snack and fed some small squirrels ? It`s about a 2-3 hour round trip but well worth the money . Walk through many of the Casinos as they all have something to offer in the way of beauty ,art and uniqueness from each other.

The music/light show of the water fountains at the Pellagio is something to see.especially at night time .

And make sure you take in the "old "section of the vegas Casinos as well .

We stayed at Ceasers Palace and across the road on the corner is an Irish bar which I liked.

We travelled their in march and the weather was very pleasant.

Definetely take in some shows according to your budget ,surprisingly I didnt lose money on the pokies I came out about even.

One regret I have I didnt purchase a spray painting that a few young guys were doing on the strip depicting L.V. I should have purchased one for a souvenir of our stay.

And as they say whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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An apostate's Public Talk at KH (video!), harrassing JWs, ARC update, new light on footnotes and Q&A time

by darkspilver in

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it's tuesday morning 16 may 2017!.....

australia: royal commission has led to more than 100 child abuse prosecutions.

the guardian, 15 may 2017. .

smiddy

And I would suspect that it all went over the head of the "listening" congregationn and nobody present would have got what he was referring to.

It was a subtle message given to an audience who are brainwashed ,nobody would have got the message that was directed to them .Sadly

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Best Website in the world - JWORG

by TheWonderofYou in

jw believe that jworg is the best website and most translated in the world.. i heard this today in streetservice.

there was already a thread about this subject.

anybody can link it?.

smiddy

"Bible Societies" all around the world have been distributing the whole Bible or the New testament freely since (Adam was a boy) almost.And I mean"free"

The Gideon Bible Society among many others.

I dont think Jehovahs Witnesses could come anywhere near what they have distributed worldwide in the last few centuries .

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A question to ask U.K. J.W.'s

by The Searcher in

"has the moors murderer ian brady's own death absolved him of his sins?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39929538.

then tell them to explain the j.w.

smiddy

Isn`t their a broad distinction between what a sin is and what a crime is ?

The searcher ,those scriptures you quote all refer to sins committed and not crimes committed and I think their is a big difference.

Rom.6:7 "For he who has died has been acquitted from his sin"

He has been acquitted from his sin not his crime.

And I would think that applies to all serial killers and mass murderers at least.

Just saying.

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Character assassination verse the bullet?

by Chook in

would you as person in a terrorist siege denounce christianity ( even if you were not christian ) and pledge an oath to allah so save your arse from a bullet to the back of your head ?.

smiddy

What would I do in that circumstance ? I really dont know

I do remember when I was young an older person said to me.

"It`s better to be a live coward than a dead hero "

In all honesty ? I don`t know

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Quick question can a monisterial servant conduct the watchower

by poopie in

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friends

hello.

smiddy

Maybe poople has come across a few monster m/servants ?

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Evolution is a Fact #25 - Deep Time

by cofty in

in the 18th century the calculations of archbishop james ussher regarding the age of the earth were still accepted without question.

according to ussher god made the earth at 6pm on the evening of saturday 22nd october 4004 b.c.. this naive certainty was to become a victim of the scottish enlightenment and the brilliant mind of james hutton.

having qualified as a medical doctor in 1749 hutton returned to the family farm in berwickshire not far from where i am typing this now.

smiddy

cofty

I think you and many other posters confusing the 7.000 years of a creative day as was taught by Jehovahs Witnesses back when I became a witness in 1960 with the creation of the universe as being only 49,000 years And many then get the idea JW`s taught that the earth is only 6000 years old .

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Jehovahs witnesses taught that humans have only been on this earth for 6000 years since Adam and Eve were created not that the earth was created 6000 years ago .(maybe age has wearied some that they get confused with what the WT did actually teach)

What I was taught in 1960 the statement in the bible "In the beginning God created the heavens and earth"

That is the universe which includes the earth.

Gen1:1 Is just a general statement of fact (according to the Bible) Which could have taken place millions/billions of years ago . Gen1:2 then jumps to when God turns his attention to preparing the earth for human habitation.,that now has the 7000 year of one creative day .(which of course is still BS)

So Gen.1:1 could have taken place millions or even billions of years ago , the creative days of 7000 years each only applied to God Jehovah turning his attention to his purpose respecting the earth to prepare it and have it habitated with humans.

It has annoyed me no end to see this often misconception relayed here by well meaning folk but we do need to get our facts right when we challenge what JW`s have taught in the past.

By the way I love your evolution posts I have learnt so much.and am still learning.

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Australia: JW found guilty of raping and detaining succession of women

by darkspilver in

this court case has been ongoing for the last couple of months - seems like the first verdicts came out at the end of last week - with more expected shortly.the sydney morning herald, may 12 2017. man found guilty of raping and detaining succession of women .

a man accused of torturing, raping and detaining women he lived with over more than two decades has been found guilty of a raft of charges.. the 52-year-old's trial heard allegations that he physically and psychologically abused a succession of women he lived with on the nsw central coast between 1988 and 2014.. a jury found the man guilty of 10 rape charges and eight count of detaining for advantage in the nsw district court on friday afternoon.

but the jury have not yet reached a verdict on three other counts of indecent assault.. the man, who was a member of the jehovah's witness church, was accused of raping women with household objects, forcing them to eat their dinners off the floor, and hog-tying them and placing them face down in a bath filled with water.. read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/man-found-guilty-of-raping-and-detaining-succession-of-women-20170512-gw3jtm.

smiddy

Reading those accounts in the Sydney Morning Herald by this journalist Melanie Kembrey of the treatment this once Jehovahs Witness inflicted on so many women beggars belief ,it seems so unbelievable.Its hard to comprehend that such a situation could go on for such a long time with so many victims.

Was this case reported on by any other media ? Just curious.

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Leaving it all behind.

by Jazzbo in

i haven't been on an exjw site for months and months.

i frankly am way past the point where i define myself as an exjw, i am who i am and it doesn't have really anything to do with the way i was raised or spent a considerable portion of my life, i also refuse to be bound by witness requirements as to leaving, contact with witnesses, or some kind of responsibility to whack people who seem perfectly happy as witnesses over the head with 'the truth about the truth'.

i have recently run in to a few people that seems to simply obsess with their lives as witnesses and why they left and in some cases the way they were treated or mistreated, or the need to "do" something.

smiddy

Many ex JW`s over the years have stopped posting on this site obviously having moved on without seeing the need to cast aspersions on those of us for one reason or another who choose to remain and keep posting here.

Just saying.

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The new personality

by longgone in

i've been thinking about the changes we make within ourselves after leaving the wts cult.

i'm not referring to how we spend our time now that we actually have some, but who we have become, or working to be?.

the gb carries on and on about "stripping off the old personality and putting on the new one.

smiddy

Longgone/posters do you think their is a big difference /outcomes between born ins and converts ?

OK ,I think I need to set a standard here ,born ins up till the mid 20`s say

and converts who have been active for at least 20 years

Would that give us a fair equlizer ?

Maybe this could not be done here but I think it would be a good comparisonall the same.