Posts by smiddy

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The true essence of the Bible—there is some problem with it?!

by venus in

in the famous aesop fable, we read about a fox who unsuccessfully tried to get some grapes, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: “i am sure they are sour.”.

someone made a second part to this story.

fox did some rehearsal in the night and came on to the scene next day, and jumped with difference and got the grapes from the vine tree, and he began to eat to his full capacity.

smiddy

venus , I know ,just hang on to all the rebuttals.that will come forth .Like you I will be interested in what they say.

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Do ,Can,Wil,the G.B. today give a timeline of events that will happen before the Great tribulation ? Armageddon ?

by smiddy in

in times past they had no problem giving such a timeline such as the green book dealing with daniels prophecy concerning the last days.

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"your will be done on earth" that is obviously thrown on the scrap heap nowadays .. any lurkers should just read it to see how uninspired the gb/wt really is ..

smiddy

In times past they had no problem giving such a timeline such as the green book dealing with Daniels prophecy concerning the last days.

"Your Will Be Done On Earth" that is obviously thrown on the scrap heap nowadays .

Any lurkers should just read it to see how uninspired the GB/WT really is .

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The true essence of the Bible—there is some problem with it?!

by venus in

in the famous aesop fable, we read about a fox who unsuccessfully tried to get some grapes, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: “i am sure they are sour.”.

someone made a second part to this story.

fox did some rehearsal in the night and came on to the scene next day, and jumped with difference and got the grapes from the vine tree, and he began to eat to his full capacity.

smiddy

Doesnt the bible state that the wages of sin is death ?

And that sin was because the first humans disobeyed God ?

So sin came into the world because the first humans disobeyed God.

And death therefore free`s humans from the sin Adam and Eve committed.The Adamic death.

So my question is why were people who were resurrected from death who had already payed the penalty of the sin of Adam by dying ,why did they ever have to die again ?

Their are a couple of accounts where people were resurrected in the Bible.

They had paid the price for sin of the Adamic death ,why did they die a second death ? and isnt that the one where there is no resurection from ?

such as lazarus ?

Did lazurus and others commit other sins that God is not telling us about that is going to result in our deaths ?

Where does that leave the rest of humanity ?

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Last Week's Watchtower had something that made people start questioning things?

by silentbuddha in

i just got a call from a friend who said that something in last weeks watchtower caused a number of people in various congregations to start questioning things, and several long time elders left.

i am totally out of the loop but i do read things here and i heard of no such thing.. something to the effect that jw's and governing boobies are not inspired or something along those lines?.

smiddy

I remember an Elder believing it was a great thing that Jehovah was going to give Job twice as many children in the resurrection .And how happy he would be.

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A retraction and apology - I posted incorrect information.

by doubtfull1799 in

it was recently brought to my attention by the person who was with me on the carts at the time, that a comment i made six months ago about the cart work on this forum was incorrect.

i apologise and in the interests of honesty and accuracy i feel it is only right to issue a public retraction.

i have quoted the post in question below as i am not sure how to correct or delete the original.

smiddy

Don`t sweat doubtfull 1799 I dont think anybody here would have given it a second thought for something so insignificant.really.

And what stuck says .I agree

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Just A Thought Regarding The Bunker Video

by pale.emperor in

as ridiculous as the bunker video was, a few things popped into my consciousness as i was riding the train today.

firstly, why did they go to all the expense and effort to not only create a bunker, but to furnish it like a living room complete with coffee table, armchair, shelves etc?

i mean, a bunker should be a bunker... boxes of tinned food, tools, medical supplies, emergency gear etc.

smiddy

Jehovahs Witnesses the majority with 6th grade mentality ,naive,gullible ,vulnerable ,and desperate people who will believe whatever the GB tells them.

Sad.

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Last Week's Watchtower had something that made people start questioning things?

by silentbuddha in

i just got a call from a friend who said that something in last weeks watchtower caused a number of people in various congregations to start questioning things, and several long time elders left.

i am totally out of the loop but i do read things here and i heard of no such thing.. something to the effect that jw's and governing boobies are not inspired or something along those lines?.

smiddy

Good points waton ,it makes you wonder where GOD is with man`s acheivements and otherwise this century such as :

Men walking on the moon on six seperate ocassions .

Building Nuclear bombs and using them on two Cities killing hundreds of thousands of humans.

Not to mention the developement of other weapons of mass destruction

Sending sattelites into deep space ,compare that to humans building the tower of Babel ?

After 100 years of JC rule at least a third if not more than 1/3rd of humans have never heard of or been wtnessed to by a JW in their lifetime.

And their is no indication they ever will be witnessed to .

And free will ? LOL

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My Book With Bible Stories - 91 stories of murder and rape to be used as bedtime stories for your little children

by Anders Andersen in

"no honey, daddy doesn't like this book.

do you have a nice book we can read?.

as far as i know my wife and i agree this book would be off-limits.

smiddy

The difference here being , one ,Disney etc, is promoted as a fairy tale a story not to be taken literal .

However the other :

My Book Of Bible Stories is portrayed as being history and actual fact that is going to befall humankind because of what has occured beforehand and will occur again as fullfilled bible prophecy

And is stated as the word of GOD ,putting the fear of God in children.

Jehovahs Witnesses used to accuse the RC Church of putting the fear of God into believers saying they will burn in hell if they didnt follow the catholic churches teachings.

Jehovahs Witnesses are no different they put the fear of God in them that they will suffer everlasting death if they dont obey the Governing Body members /the faithful and discreet slave that they claim they are,

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ANGOLA - JW Regional Convention target of attack.

by EdenOne in

according to news sources in luanda, angola (read it here, although it's in portuguese language), a regional convention of the jw's taking place this weekend at the outskirts of capital luanda was targeted yesterday, friday, by what may be described as a 'terrorist attack'.. more than 400 attendees (mostly female) passed out in rapid succession in the vicinity of a toilet at the convention place.

reportedly, toxic gas devices were planted there by 3 young members of unita, the main political party that opposed mpla, the dominant regime party in angola since its independence in 1975.

43 people were rushed to the hospital and a few remain there, under medical surveillance.

smiddy

If Jehovahs Witnesses ever thought that since Jesus Christ is ruling from the heavens since 1914, 103 years now ,they would be protected from whatever happens in this world ,they have a wake up call.

Jehovahs witnesses are no more protected than anybody else from extemist .terroist, or anybody else who wants to target you either individually or as a group.

I guess the KH`s will fill to overflowing in this region for the next few months now.

Just saying.

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Regional Assembly Violence

by Iamallcool in

during a regional assembly, there was an incident when subjects suddenly invaded the assembly venue, spraying toxic gas and even hitting some brothers!..

the police and the fire department arrived at the call and arrested some of these violent subjects.

there are no reports of any death, more if several people who were affected by the gases.. let us pray for our beloved brothers so that they can be strong and courageous and regain their joy.. we know things are progressing from bad to worse, but we are also sure that we have the lord on our side!

smiddy

Attacks of violence happen to all peoples all over the earth every day no matter what religion race colour ,,political or non political view you have or dont have .

Its the world we live in today

Why do Jehovahs witnesses think they are any different from the rest of society ?

Jehovah God is going to protect them ? Think again ,