Posts by smiddy

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The special talk is now BEFORE the Memorial

by wifibandit in

august 11, 2017 to all bodies of elders re: 2018 memorial invitations and date of special talk .

fyi:.

the 2018 memorial will be held on saturday, march 31, 2018.. the 2019 memorial will be held on friday, april 19, 2019..

smiddy

What is the hang up with the GB of JW`s about the word "special" ?

Whats so special about a talk dealing with special when their is nothing special about it ?

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The "Jesus is Michael" teaching soon to go?

by Island Man in

could the teaching that jesus is michael the archangel, be soon to be discarded?

first of all, watchtower is big on image and this is one of those teachings that paint the jw religion as being rather kooky and heretical.

secondly, this teaching is not an original watchtower teaching but one they inherited from their second adventist ancestry.

smiddy

Do the Jewhovahs Witnesses ever really change doctrine ?(I think I have just stumbled on a new term )

Dont they just let it fade into obscurity ?

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North Korea threatening to bomb Guam...

by mikeflood in

crazy kim again....could happen?

thoughts?.

smiddy

The Jehovahs Witnesses all over the world are loving this scenario .

Armageddon is just around the corner ( again) never mind that it doesnt fit their own interpretation of Bible prophecy they have been telling the world for God knows how long.Since before 1914

it`s amazing how they can conveniently forget about their step by step lead up to the Great tribulation and Armageddon by their many books and publications for past decades , when there is an international crises that has nothing to do with what they have predicted previously.

Their will be an influx of attendance at all KH`s for now and in the foreseeable future ,or until this crises subsides.

North Korea has only said they will fire missiles into the sea near Guam and not on the mainland ,just testing the USA`s response.

And that is what they have done off the sea of Japan ,only sending missiles into the waters off Japan.

Also just testing and provoking the USA.

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Hi from England

by victimofdeceit in

jw
friends

recently quit being a jw because i realised that beyond armageddon i was going to be ruled by people who cover up child abuse, not telling the congregations by their letter where the money they donated in the box is going towards paying compensation for legal battles which they caused, and also i was bullied by elders and discriminated against for being homosexual, even though i am not practicing it.

it wasn't until i threatened legal action for a breach of confidence that the elders were deleted.

so through the media and my own personal experience, i realised that they were no different to corrupt businesses in the world.

smiddy

I`m another Aussie who welcomes you victimofdeceit ,you can speak your piece here without being taken to the backroom and interrogated .LOL

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Glen Campbell

by glenster in

rip april 22, 1936 – aug.8, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rucysj4ibwi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etkzk9pxmio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxojkdqdnbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/glen_campbell.

smiddy

Just another singing legend who has passed -Vale Glen Campbell

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How appealing is this?

by Half banana in

would you join a religion which says everyone who is not a member will be killed by god?.

would you join a religion which you know that statistically if you stay in it long enough, there is a high chance that it will split your family apart?.

would you join a religion which demands that you preach to your neighbours that they are soon going to die if they don’t believe your message?.

smiddy

What organisation religious or otherwise would tell you of the negative effects of you joining, ? NONE.

The onus is on us fools who do join such organizations .

However the poor buggers who are born into such cults are the ones to be pittied because they start off life behind the "8" ball .

My hat goes off to these ones who wake up to the TTATT and leave.You didnt have a choice in the religion your parents subjected you too .

Whereas those of us who became converts should have been more discerning and questioning just exactly what we were getting ourselves into.

At least we all did get free and thats the main thing.

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New Cringe Worthy Music Video From July Broadcast

by JW_Rogue in

the song is supposedly about marveling at god's creation but instead includes over the top adoration of the elders, conventions, and family worship.

lol getting a brother who sounds like a wannabe josh groban only adds to the cheesiness.

https://youtu.be/tzxf25gvs_m.

smiddy

What is it about pious people that they always have this BLOODY SICKLY SMILE on their faces ALL THE TIME?

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Me and my schools band

by Akid48 in

so i made this to take off some of the anxiety of what i have to tell all my friends when i have to go to my band camp i have to go to.. so i play tuba in my school i love it i had made friends that are now close friends.so i am number 1 or 2 when it comes to how good we play so when placements for what band your in for next year i was put in to honors band my aunt said good job but when we went to the meeting for it she got mad saying she thinks it to much for me going into school early than i do staying at school later and some things she said was right but the thing that got her mad is that i might not be able to go to the meetings after home work etc and she went more into the jw things on school.. the thing that gets me mad is that know i have to think of a way to tell my friends that i im out of honors band because of jw reasons.. one more thing is i cant do many things i suck at sports and many more butt playing the tuba was the one thing i could say im good at than video games but it seems like at high school i might have to drop it :(.

smiddy

Your a kid .Kids are smarter than adults Especially JW adults..I`m sure you will work something out .I have faith in you

Take care and the best of luck.

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Exposing the Core Premise of JW False Teaching

by TerryWalstrom in

poison is at work in any argument with jehovah's witnesses.

this poison has little to do with the beauty of watchtower logic or the tasty morsels of jw reasoning.. the poison is odorless and tasteless and it has absorbed into their core premise: scripture interpretation directed by jehovah.. if you buy into the core premise (somebody possesses a divinely granted access to an infallible source of truth) you are already dead in the water.. that is the deal breaker.

false premises lead always to false conclusions.. stop right here.. the core misrepresentation of christianity solely rests in accepting the bible as the inerrant word of almighty god.

smiddy

An excellent post TerryWalstrom ,if God was so interested in preserving his words to mankind why did he wait some 2000 years before Moses wrote down what was supposed to have happened in the first two centuries.?

And whose word do we have for that ?

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Hey "faithful slave," when did Jesus become king?

by The Fall Guy in

w78 3/1 p. 18 par.

15 - "when was god’s son made a king-priest like melchizedek?

this was 40 days after his resurrection from the dead, [33 c.e.

smiddy

Jesus’ first action as King was to throw Satan and his demons down to the earth. Satan became furious and began causing trouble throughout the earth."
Hang on ,Satan has always had access to the earth , he tempted Adam and Eve to disobey God ,he has been influencing humans on earth right throughout the Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures.
Notably with his challeng to God with Job`s integrity.
He was also roaming around the earth in Jesus day tempting Jesus over rulership of all the Kingdoms of the earth
According to the Bible Jesus was King at his ascension into heaven about 33 CE he was reigning King and Priest from then on
Questions: for Jehovahs witnesses
1. .Was jesus King about the time of his asenscion about 33 CE.?
2.Was jesus king in the year 1914 ? as Jehvahs Witnesses state ?
3. Or is Jesus Kingship something that is to occur at a future date ?
How many interpretations of Jesus Kingship are their in the Bible ?
How many times can he be made a King ? with different outcomes ? at different times ?
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