Posts by smiddy

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US Republican congressman, others injured by shooter in Washington DC

by sir82 in

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tragic occurrence:.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/steve-scalise-shot-in-virginia-aide-also-hit/ar-bbcfakv?li=bbnb7kz.

i saw another report indicating that the gunman may have targetting gop members.

smiddy

So smiddy.... lets say you had your way and somehow every firearm disappeared from the world tomorrow. Would murder stop? Do you think violent crime would really be reduced significantly? Was the world a more peaceful place before guns were invented?

No of course not ,but does everybody having a gun stop the scenario you have provided above ? no of course not.

Fix the issues that plagues our inner cities, and gun control becomes unnecessary.

Agreed ,do that and you can get rid of everybody needing to carry a gun and some nutter goes off half cocked and kills innocent people.

No brainer

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Why would Watchtower fight Stratton Ohio

by John Davis in

why would watchtower sue stratton ohio, and then laud it over and over in their books?

the town doesn't even have 300 people, why would they pick on such a small town.

they are promoting it so much at this week's meeting.

smiddy

Welcome John Davis , glad to have you on board.

The Court notes that the Witnesses explained that they “derive their authority to preach from Scripture.”

Arent JW`s also under the authority from scripture to be in subjection to the Superior Authorities and to go against such authority is to go against the arrangement of God jehovah ? Rom chap.13

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US Republican congressman, others injured by shooter in Washington DC

by sir82 in

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tragic occurrence:.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/steve-scalise-shot-in-virginia-aide-also-hit/ar-bbcfakv?li=bbnb7kz.

i saw another report indicating that the gunman may have targetting gop members.

smiddy

Imagine if all of the western world adapted the same principle of the USA `s wording of the 2nd amendment that every citizen has the right to carry firearms.(and apparently use them as they saw fit)

Imagine the carnage in Australia ,Europe ,britain and anywhere else on the globe if this were the case.

The USA is living in a time warp of the "Old West" that they are reluctant to shake off .

It`s about time they came into the 21st Century and discarded these outdated ideas and joined the modern era.and discarded this long past use by date amendment.

Its a stain on the American Flag (a bloodstain)

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Armenia’s Jehovah’s Witnesses: ‘enemies of the state’

by AndersonsInfo in

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tp://oc-media.org/armenias-jehovahs-witnesses-enemies-of-the-state/.

http://oc-media.org/armenias-jehovahs-witnesses-enemies-of-the-state/.

armenia’s jehovah’s witnesses: ‘enemies of the state’.

smiddy

The four posters above say it all ,what more can be said.

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JW Cart encounter

by Listener in

i've seen very few carts in western australia.

the only one i have seen is near the front entrance of the perth royal hospital and on the several occasions that i have seen it, they are there all day, at least during the week.

i've stopped and had long conversations twice now and both times when i have approached them they've told me to take whatever publications interest me and then we've started talking.this last visit i brought up the royal commission.

smiddy

An interesting encounter Listener ,i`m on the other side of the continent in East gippsland and I havent come across a JW cart here at all .

It seemed obvious to me that neither of them had actually seen the videos of the ARC but only relating what they had heard 2nd or 3rd hand.

The JW was quick to tell me how the Commission praised them for being so organized. In fact they were the most organized of all organizations because they had copious notes prepared and lists of details.

How he could make this statement boggles the mind.

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“Tree of good and bad” means what?

by venus in

if “tree of good and bad” were literal, it would mean adam and eve would know what is “good and bad” only after eating of that tree.

however, even before eating of it, they would think “it is good for us to eat of this tree” which means they are already endowed knowledge of “good and bad.” that means “tree of good and bad” is symbolic of something.. since religious organizations interpret this differently, each reader has to adopt his own conclusion.

for me it looks like this: one thinks of good and bad in relation to himself—if something is beneficial for him he would say it is good for him, and bad for him if it is not beneficial.

smiddy

Maybe Satan is not an evil Angel but the evil that resides in God.Remember God said "here the man has become like one of us knowing good and bad"

If I understand things correctly Satan as a fallen angel is a christian concept and one not accepted by the Jews .

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Will Charles Taze Russell be Resurrected With a Beard?

by Cold Steel in

the scriptures say all will be resurrected, some to eternal life, others to judgment.

so i wondered what's going to happen to those who wore beards during mortality?

picture if charles taze russell was resurrected and came face to face with joseph rutherford, second president of twt (the whole tamale) and the instigator of the beardless policy.

smiddy

Not only have all the male annointed brothers but also all the female annionted sisters that are depicted in illustrations in the Watchtower publications ,they are all depicted in heaven as having beards , male and female.

Can anybody show me a WT article with an illustration of the annointed in heaven where a woman is depicted without a beard .?

A JW apologist might suggest that their is no gender among Angels or the annointed who go to heaven .

Well if that is the case why do the Jehovahs Witnesses in their illustrations always portray them as men with beards ?

And no women to be seen.?

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Have You Ever Found Yourself Really Not Liking Someone Here?

by minimus in

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i've been on this board for years.

99% of the posters here i do not personally know.

a few, maybe not so much...lol..... do posters here get you upset to the point that you really don't like them?

smiddy

I cant say I have ever not liked anybody here ,how can you dislike someone you have never met ?

You may not agree with what someone says maybe over and over but does that mean you dont like the person or just what he/she posts ? on a given subject.?

EG. I made a post about cold steel and his/her pushing their views on Mormonism with what I percieved rightly or wrongly as trying to convert some people, and as I saw it again rightly or wrongly over a long period of time

I dont dislike cold steel i dont know him/her ,its quite possible their are some points CS may make and I could possibly agree 100% with him/her.

We are human we have different views we should be big enough,mature enough to accept that without dividing ourselves into this faction or that faction.

Just my 2 cents worth.

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If King of North/South was true, would it be about Islam?

by Bad_Wolf in

reading it in daniel 11, especially towards the end, 11:40-45, if king of the north would be christianity/usa/jews(if they do control usa), and king of the south, islam.

in those end the king of the south is mainly an irritant.

not much power, and the king of the north has big armies and power, so overtakes the middle east.

smiddy

Well Fink,given Daniels prophecy is about the time of the end we can project it to this 21st century.

You know WT lingo ,type and anti-type ,now does that make much more sense ?

Bad_Wolf and waton ,you guys get my vote to be on the list to be the next in line to be GB members if not then at least to be on the writing department.

They need people like you with vision ,I`m sorry Holy spirit

Between the two of you a new Daniel book of new light should be forthcoming soon we all look forward to it .

It cant be any worse or off the mark than any previous books on prophecy that the WTB&TS have previously published these past 130 years . Go for it .

{ Disclaimer :no offence to Finkelstein,waton,or Bad_Wolf with this post ,my apologies.}

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Why hasn't the WT spoken out as loudly about Islam as it has catholics?

by Bad_Wolf in

muslims are now outnumbering catholics.

could the gb be all talk, and afraid if they spoke out against them, the last words they would hear at one of their talks would be "aloha snackbar!"?

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smiddy

Good question Bad_Wolf

,The WT/GB identified the Roman catholic church / the Pope as the Anti-christ setting themselves up in opposition to Jesus christ as the vicar of Christ on earth.

How about Islam claiming Mohammed is a greater prophet than Jesus Christ ? And arent they the Muslims the fastest growing religion in the world today ?

And by all accounts they are making greater inroads into western society /Christendom with migration and refugee /asylum placements in an unprecedented scale as never before.

And as pointed out by waton "Babylon The Great" did not fall in 1918 , but is alive and thriving in 2017

Another failed prophecy uttered by the WT/GB/JW religion.

How many failed prophecys does that make now ,I`ve lost count.