Posts by smiddy

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If a person is transgender and gets saved what will they go to heaven as?

by Nikorasu95 in

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i know this is a stupid question because the answer is obvious, but if a person was born a male and gets transgender surgery to turn into female will that person go to heaven as a male or female if they died saved?

i think they will go to heaven with the gender they were born with.

smiddy

Every illustration I have ever seen in WT publications of those in heaven are men with beards .

Now isnt that ironic ?

What ever happened to the females who have/ or ever had a heavenly calling ?

Especially in western lands anybody with a beard is spiritually weak not worthy of a privelidge in a KH let alone a heavenly resurrection.

In answer to your question its obvious a person who is transgender ,lesbian ,homosexual , women , or even Bi-sexual ,should they ever be admitted to heaven they would be males with a beard .

It`s evidently shown in Watchtower publications with illustrations of those in heaven always with men with beards.

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How ballroom dancing helped our exit

by Finally Left in

just wanted to say hello and thank you for all of your comments.

when i finally figured out this was not the truth it was nice to know i wasn't the only one - it was a surprise to learn how many there are.

february was my last month of service after 43 active years.

smiddy

Welcome to the board Finally left & your hubby to be free of a cult after so many years

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How Do You Get Most of Your News?

by minimus in

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i read that many people get their news from facebook.

i look online mostly at fox news and the drudge report.

very seldom do i look at cnn.😎.

smiddy

Their is not one news source I rely on .I watch and read news from a variety of different sources as I try to get a balance on things.

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Talk to my Dad about beards.

by LovingLifeNow in

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so i spoke to my elder dad the other day, and he asked if i still am sporting a beard.

i said yes, then i said, "i thought the society said its ok to have a neat trimmed beard now?

" he said "no, no, no..if you read the article , it says in countries where it is accepted" so my response was "ummm, its pretty accepted here in america"..which he says "it reflects your spirituality" "if another wittness saw you, they would know you are weak"...i was like, "ok, i don't get it, and i follow christ/god, not men..." then he said in his hall" if a brother came in with a beard , he would not have privelages" then i just gave up, and tried to change the subject..ugggggggggg if these people would just listen to themselves , they would see the sillyness of there teachings...

smiddy

Jehovahs Witnesses claim to follow the Bible except , where beards are concerned .

I knew a sister who had a beard and she wasn`t told to shave it off ?

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My last talk

by Normalfulla in

so i was recalling my last talk , it was something to do with finding jehovah's treasures or something anyhow in my prep i decided to google "real life treasure maps " and i came across the copper scroll which was found with the dead sea scrolls https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/copper_scroll and i described the real life treasure map etc and of course likened it to the bible as if it were a treasure map to life (duh) anyway afterwards an elder present at my talk said "i wouldn't believe everything u read on the internet" .

i was totally pissed off by his comments as though if it didn't come from a wt publication it can't be trusted as true , this was before i woke up but i was so incensed by his comments it messed with me that he would doubt my research and then ..... i woke up but that wasn't what did it just an.event along the way.

smiddy

Priceless

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Church of the Subgenius / jehovah1

by lancelink in

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while reading the morning news, i came upon a story about this church and the name grabbed my attention :.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/church_of_the_subgenius.

some aspects are just too close to the mark with the witnesses.

smiddy

Any religion/belief that celebrates Klaatu cant be that bad surely.

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48% Capacity at Kingdom Halls - A post on reddit

by berrygerry in

there was a letter read this week, followed by a talk about all the changes that are coming in the next couple of months regarding merging congregations in the area (va/md/dc) - the letter said that the kh's in the area are only being filled to 48% capacity.

this was music to my ears as i have noticed the decline in attendance in all the neighboring congregations.

they will sell some kingdom halls and merge some congregations.

smiddy

Wasn`t it just a few short years ago they said they would need more KH`s because of the expected increases ?

And they had a program to fullfil this need ?

On the one hand they quote the scripture that says something like ",In the last days 10 men out of all nations will take hold of the skirt of a jew and will say we will go with you people because we have heard Jehovah God is with you people".

An expected increase /influx of many people wanting to join this religion.

And then on the other hand we have ," In the last days the love of the greater number will cool off " obviously denoting a decrease in believers.

A great exodus of people leaving the religion

Which is it Watchtower ?

Remember they also said for decades that the annointed numbers would decrease as we got closer to armageddon ,then for about 35 years the number never dropped below 8000 annointed ,then lo and behold the numbers actually started to go up so that at this date they are well over 14000-15000 annointed or maybe even more.

So if their are any thinking JW`s left in the organization its no wonder the attendances are dwindling

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Asking a Jew about the Name "Jehovah"

by David_Jay in

jehovah's witnesses...that's the trademark of the religion, the use of the name "jehovah.

" if there is anything jws and non-jws can agree on is that this one thing sets them apart from everybody else.. i have only had witnesses come to my door less than five times since i left in the 1990s.

i guess they don't work the territory i live in often, or perhaps after that first time (which was still after the year 2000) they have marked the words "jew who knows a lot" or something in their notes on my address.

smiddy

Thank you David Jay ,

I appreciate the Jewish perspective coming from someone who obviously understands better than Christian scholars how the Jews view things relating especially to the Old Testament / Hebrew Scriptures.and the use of the Tetragrammaton.

I can understand but dont agree with the Christian Scholars having an agenda in playing down the Jewish view while promoting Jesus Christ in the New Testament /Christian Greek Scriptures.

They are looking after their own interests.

However

With regard to Jehovahs Witnesses using the name Jehovah in the new testament /Christian Greek Scriptures they published a word for word translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures ( The Kingdom Interlinear ) a couple of decades ago and nowhere is the tetragrammaton ,the four hebrew letters representing Gods name found their .Nor is their any Greek letters that substitute for the four hebrew letters representing Gods name found in the word for word translation.

So their is no basis for the WTB&TS to insert the name Jehovah in the Christian Greek Scriptures using their own publication. ( KI)

None of the Apostles or any of the Gospel writers or anyone else including Jesus ever uttered the name Jehovah nor did anyone utter the four hebrew letters of the tetragrammaton to infer such in the Christian Greek Scriptures.

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Serena Williams engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

by ttdtt in

wonder if tony or splaine will be invited to the wedding :).

i am sure it will be at her kingdom hall to praise her great dod jehober.. http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/entertainment/serena-williams-engaged-alexis-ohanian/index.html.

smiddy

Now that it has been confirmed Serena is pregnant and expecting a girl according to Venus ,i wonder if Serena is thanking Jehovah for her pregnancy as she used to thank him for her wins on the tennis courts.

I also wonder if the Governing Body of Jehovahs Witnesses are now appreciative of Serena Williams praising Jehovah for her wins now that she is an unwed woman and pregnant to an unbeliever ? or worldly person.?

Will they remain silent ?

OK , she may not be baptised ,but she has been outspoken about her beliefs and praising Jehovah her God on the world stage

and the JW religion have been silent about that

Will they remain silent ?

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Can we talk confidentially?

by wheelwithinwheel in

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the lot video shows what most elder’s offices are like.

actually it a pretty well-equipped one and with the video context is, without a doubt, org-approved.

but let’s face it.

smiddy

The thought that Elders dont speak confidential matters with their wives ? I almost choked in my beer.

OK ,some dont ,but I believe they are a minority.