Posts by smiddy

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"Privileges"

by minimus in

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within the organization, jehovah's witnesses know that they must be dutiful and set an example for "worldly ones" as well as for their own brotherhood.

if a witness fails in setting the proper example, they may lose some 'privileges"..... what privileges did you look to have and what privileges did you lose?

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smiddy

The first time I grew a beard I was told i would be setting a bad example in the congregation and that I would be viewed spiritually weak and I could not progress in the "truth"

That occured within the first 10 years of my baptism.

The second time I grew a beard was when I was a MS about another 10 years later and after a few subtle hints that I didnt take notice of I was told i would lose my "privilege`s if I didnt remove it

As I was still committed I buckled again and did rmove it still thinking they had the "truth"

In 1993 I walked away grew my beard and its been with me ever since and its going to the grave or the furnace with me.

And I can live/die with that.

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wt exposer makes jw's flip out in fs

by JunkYardDog in

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i forgot my wallet and went back home to get it.

i see 25 yr old jws working the door next to me.

i attack shaking my head at them.

sparrowdown when I was still " in" over 30 years ago now a young Elder (is that an oxy moron ?) was ranting to us in a group how he got stuck into a couple of Mormons who kept coming to his door trying to talk to him

Obviously they thought he was a good "return visit" as you said "Oh the crazy irony"

Even then I thought it a bit rich for him to complain when we did it all the time.

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Is this the JW great tribulation?

by greenhornet in

http://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-ban-court-611138.

in russia it is.

now there going to say its coming to you!

smiddy

jookbeard :,what about the cry of "Peace And security ?"

That occured donkeys years ago by the United nations no less. 1Thes.5:3 in the 1980`s

and we are still here.

And we are further away from any prophecy that the JW`s ever predicted .for either the Great Tribulation or Armageddon.

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One of the most defining thing that made me question JW church after 27 years was seeing the funeral discourse outline.

by Chook in

it gave the poor bastard who past away no respect, hardly mentioned anything about the deceased.

yet hijacked the event with cult propaganda..

smiddy

The Jw rteligion has no soul or compassion for those who have slaved away for decades for the religionn.

Funerals are an excuse for promoting the religion for any non witness in attendance with the sole intent of converting some poor sucker.

They have no feeling for anyone who has slaved for this religion for many years and then passed away, they are expendable in their eyes,

Its another box that they tick Jehovah will sort it out .not our problem .

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Elder "D": Catholics No Longer Believe in a Trinity

by Saename in

so in this topic, i mentioned i had a conversation with an elder "d." this elder said that the catholic church admitted the trinity is unscriptural.

i'm pretty sure this is not true.

the doctrine of trinity is the most fundamental belief in the catholic church.

smiddy

If the Catholics dont believe in a trinity ,then neither do the JW`s believe in a Paradise earth .!

Where is it explicitly stated in the Bible the words God is a Trinity. {catholics }

Where is it explicitly stated in the Bible the words Paradise Earth .{ Jehovahs Witnesses}

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G.O.D

by MrHappy in

by claiming themselves 'guardians of doctrine', have the governing body turned themselves into a g.o.d?.

smiddy

You might have something their MrHappy

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Is this the JW great tribulation?

by greenhornet in

http://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-ban-court-611138.

in russia it is.

now there going to say its coming to you!

smiddy

Doesnt babylon the Great false religion have to go first before the attack on JW`s ?

What about the King of the North and the king of the South to-ing and for-ing ? for world domination ?

Who is the king of the North according to the GB at this point in time ? As far as I know they havent got a clue who the King of the North is.?

Religion today is as strong as it ever was around the world and especially among Islam/Muslims that are now making inroads in more and more western countrys .

And no other religion is anywhere near going into decline such as the non Christian religions.they are all expanding.

Also JW prophecy said that the annointed would be dying off as Armageddon drew near ,what do we see ? the annointed are growing from about 8000 to more than 15000 now.?

,JW`s clutch at straws to validate what they think they believe ,cherry picking this belief or that belief wherever and whenever that suits them .It doesnt seem to matter that it doesnt fit in with what the GB has taught them in their official magazine the Watchtower.

They seem to believe what they want to believe in spite of the facts.

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Remember the wife of Lot

by stuckinarut2 in

so it seems that the 2017 convention will be showing a 3 part video series on lot's wife:.

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/videos/remember-lots-wife/.

perhaps they missed an opportunity to show the real story!:.

smiddy

I`ll have to watch these later .

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wt exposer makes jw's flip out in fs

by JunkYardDog in

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i forgot my wallet and went back home to get it.

i see 25 yr old jws working the door next to me.

i attack shaking my head at them.

smiddy

When you put something down in print it doesnt always portray how things actually went down .I give JYD an out of jail card here for that reason.

I hope he was a lot more calm and reasonable than his post might indicate.

Then again I could be wrong .

I agree with sparrowdown JW`s should expect to be challenged and hit with some hard home truths about their religion.

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Jackson's rose colored watch only cost $399, don't use it as an argument.

by Bad_Wolf in

i looked up that watch and see it for $399.

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-watch/apple-watch/rose-gold-aluminum-pink-sand-sport-band?afid=p238%7csit8pgwuv-dc_mtid_1870765e38482_pcrid_138112194227_&cid=aos-us-kwgo-pla-watch--slid--product-mq142ll/a&product=mq142ll/a&step=detailunsure if the original gold cost a lot more or not, but if told somebody that rose watch is 17,000 and they see it's $399, it'll look like an 'apostate lie'.

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smiddy

Their is no way in the world I would pay $399 for a watch and I bet the GB get their suits made by a talor and not off the rack (whereever) which are not cheap either.

And none of them have jobs ,so its the contributions that pay for their livelihoods.{ clothing ,food,accomodation ,Air travel to conventions around the world ,did I say accomodation,pinky rings , watches ,etc. and not only for them but their wives also.,think about that .}

I remember going back over 30 years ago somebody commenting on the new facilities of JW`s and how it had a grand staicase and it looked like a million dollars ,and the official respose back then was something like ,false religion spends big money on their institutions so the true God deserves the best that we provide outshining them.or words to that effect.