Posts by smiddy

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THE END is no longer...

by Martini in

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...at the tip of my tongue!.

question:.

i know we are not into end time dates anymore.however suppose you are in your.

smiddy

Maybe the two prophets are buried somewhere in the 40,000 or so Christian sects that are currently operating in the world today .

Just saying.

smiddy

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l was wondering if others get the feeling that the world we live in seems not quite right.l can not pin point anything specific but since childhood days l often get the feeling something isn;t correct.you know the feeling of deja vu.

am l the only one to feel this way?ld love to hear from others and any storys they may have.having been raised in the jdubs maybe lm just suffering mild bouts of paranoia .

smiddy

Hi , atomant,

The greatest deception is Christendom convincing people over the centuries that their is a fallen Angel called Satan , who apparently is having more success than the Almighty God.

The Jewish people were the so called chosen ones for 4000 years and never heard of a Satan as Christianity describes him .The concept was alien to them.

Of course I stand to be corrected if I am wrong here.

smiddy

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Article: "Why God Won't Go Away" (Contains an example of a JW) An excellent read!

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://committingsociology.com/2016/01/15/transcending-religious-ideas-is-easy-transcending-religious-thinking-is-hard/.

why god won’t go away.

january 15, 2016 john faithful hamer .

smiddy

Another way of putting it if I may :

Many Jehovah`s Witnesses of many years , mainly born ins , of many years , for one reason or another fall away from the religion and they stop participating in , or attending meetings anymore.

However :

They may by all accounts have left the religion physically , but not emotionally , or even Physcologicaly , nor factually , in other words they left the religion but the religion has never left them .

The reason , in part , is because they have not based their beliefs on facts , or evidence , or reason , but on emotion

These people usually have no knowledge of the Bible scriptures to back their beliefs , or even the basic knowledge of the beliefs of the faith they profess .Many of them just following on from the faith of their parents,

So when a disaster occurs somewhere in in the earth , they storm back into the religion , until it all dies down , and their gone again , till the next disaster happens , and then , their back again ,

smiddy

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Measuring my progress by past threads....

by The Rebel in

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my conclusion is, i hope this site is :-.

a) first about solving practical problems of people leaving the w.t,.

b) secondly about if god exists or not.. so what have i learnt since reading my first posts from 6 months ago?.

smiddy

Like DJS , I too , was out about 20 years before i eventually found this site.And even then I had apprehension , doubts about becoming involved in such a forum. ( Oh , the power of indoctrination )

Thankfully I did persevere , and I think I have become a much more tolerant person to people whose lifestyles are so different from mine .

I have learnt so much more about the Bible , it`s pluses and it`s negatives than I ever learned from 33 years as a JW. , and we considered ourselves as Bible students. What a Joke.

If anybody wants to get a real education about the Bible , Christian beliefs , and Christian Cults , but also a range of other topics that are discussed not always religious , this is the site for you.

You can speak your mind freely and get feedback , an interchange of ideas ,without sanctions .

smiddy

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Not One of them is missing

by pandorasbox1914 in

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here is a question, if "not one of them is missing" how does the org explain super nova's, the destruction of a star at the end of it's life cycle?

because by definition it is missing, i have never heard of any explanation from the org to explain this contradiction..

smiddy

Of course their is no mention of Asteroids , Meteors , Meteorites , Comets , Black holes , Colliding Galaxies , Etc.Etc. ,in the Bible that just might point to a more chaotic Universe than what the Bible indicates.

And we only have the tip of the iceberg so to speak about the Universe., if that.

smiddy

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Last Day of Chemo

by azor in

today is the end of my son's 3 -1/2 year treatment for leukemia.

we had a small party at the hospital with nursing staff and a few friends.

it has been a great day with the exception of getting walking pnemonia from his sister.

smiddy

azor ,

So he was only 4 or 5 when he was diagnosed with Leukemia ? That is so sad .

I`m glad he is responding to treatment and wish him all the best in the future as he Enrols in baseball and the martial arts .

Truly great news .

Tell him smiddy from Australia gives him the thumbs up and a high five from me .

Children can be , and are , an inspiration to us oldies.

smiddy

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Stupid Watchtower.

by Darkknight757 in

february 8-14 asstower is titled " a living translation of god's word.

note paragraph 4:.

“4 despite the clear evidence that the personal name of god belongs in the bible, many translations completely omit the sacred name of god.

smiddy

Up until the introduction of the individual books of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament Books) in the western world JW`s used the American standard Version of the Bible which did use the name Jehovah in the Old Testament , prior to 1960`s I think.

However other versions of the Bible including the Catholic Knox translation uses Yahweh throughout the Old Testament. , even the Catholic Douay version acknowledges Jehovah as the name for God .

The Good News Bible For Catholics acknowledges Jehovah and Yahweh as names for God .

The Uniting Church has hymns recognizing Jehovah as God .

And I am sure their are many other cases

Numerous Christian essays ,Thesis ,Concordance ,Discussions about the Judeo -Christian religion identify the name of God with Yahweh or Jehovah.Check out a local Library on Religion , you will find heaps more .

Jehovah`s Witnesses claim to be Bible Students and yet they are ignorant of these facts ? If they were Bible students they would not be ignorant of these facts ,

It is dishonest to imply Christendom hides the name of God , Its on many of their Churches even in Brisbane Australia.

The Kingdom Interlinear Of The Christian Greek Scriptures published by the WTB&TS a word for word translation , does not contain the Tetragramaton ,YHWH or JHVH for God`s name as it does in the Old Testament , in the New Testament , the Christian Greek Scriptures .

So it is dishonest to insert the name Jehovah or Yahweh in the New Testament /Christian Greek Scriptures that the NWT does.

If they lie to us about the use and name of God , what else are they lying to us about .?

smiddy

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Where are they now?

by Sabin in

geoffrey jackson.

terrence o'brien.

vincent toole.

smiddy

Don`t expect justice anytime soon .The law works at a snail`s pace , if justice is served at all .

What about the reply Jehovah`s Witness Organization gave to the ARC 70 or so recommendations they needed to conform to ?

They challenged every one of them , how is that going ?

smiddy

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Jehovah's Witnesses Training Center

by Nathan Natas in

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smiddy

That would only confuse them , which door should I knock on first ?

I also wonder how many not at homes are their, how many disinterested people are their if they want to be realistic about it .

My guess , they may find one person who gives them a hearing ear only out of politeness and then throws the mags in the dustbin when they leave without looking at them.

smiddy

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Infant baptism in the JW religion, why is it harmful to young ones

by oppostate in

baptism for young jw's is not the same as that practiced by other denominations, and it carries a lot of potential for harm.

getting baptized as a young person in association with the jw organization is harmful to young ones who as they are maturing, wish to exit from the clutches of this captive religion.. when you see young ones, such as the one in the photo below, get baptized, doesn't your heart just sink, knowing the jw religion has caught another victim in its web of deception and abuse?.

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smiddy

If that young girls parents are JW`s, they need a good kick up their backside and so does the Borg, she is far too young to make that decision and appreciate the consequences.

smiddy