Posts by smiddy

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Does God communicate with humans today?

by deegee in

there seems to be confusion within christianity regarding whether or not god communicates with humans today and if he does, how does he do it?.

- does god still insert thoughts into people's minds today or is that something which he only did in the past?.

- some maintain that god is no longer giving persons dreams/visions or speaking directly to them or sending angels to speak with them today but he will nevertheless insert thoughts into their minds to guide them.

smiddy

If God was going to talk to anyone , wouldnt it be more sensible for him to talk directly to the leaders/heads of all the nations and telling them straight out whats going to happen to them and their people if they dont toe the line .? and educate their people to worship him ?

Why beat around the bush and talk to a couple of Christians who nobody takes any notice of anyway, because their is so many conflicting versions of the so called truth.

God should look at the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still " original version ,he might then have some success.

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Buddha Beats YHWH/JESUS in the missionary field

by fulltimestudent in

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who needs real people (who don't actually do much except move their trolleys around) and their trolley carts, anymore.. the buddhists engage with the robot age.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7dnf1c1sj0.

smiddy

Buddhism has one ? Robot to spread the word ?

Jehovah`s Witnesses have 8 million Robots spreading a confusion of words of what they now believe ,or did believe yesterday ,and will believe tomorrow , maybe.

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The most sick statement put in JW print

by Chook in

wt 1973 p568.

"did you know, for example, that mothers and fathers that stroke the genitals of their fretful babies to keep them quiet are unwittingly encouraging them to become maturbators later on?".

what sick fu... writing this article thought the the average person did this to keep kids quiet..

smiddy

I dont believe it , show me the article in question in print.

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Midweek meeting video

by aboveusonlysky in

did anybody see the service meeting video this week?.

australian sister was sexually abused as a child and thought of ending her life at 14 years old, sometime later jw's call on her father who accepts a study and eventually the whole family becomes witnesses, life gets much better as the sister immerses herself in pioneering etc, she still has some dark days but prayer along with going for walks and swimming has helped her cope with bad memories of child abuse, the new system (just around the corner) will completely fix everything......... i'm dumbfounded, the hypocrisy has literally rendered me speechless......comments anybody?.

smiddy

Can anybody download that video here ? Their is no way I would go to JW.ORG to view it

Only then could I make a comment on it.

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What do you think would have happened to you if...

by LevelThePlayingField in

you found out about ttatt way back in the 70's or maybe the 80's (basically before the internet) and you thought that you were all alone in this knowledge?

what do you think would have happened to you?

no jehovahs-witness.com, no john cedars, no arc, no jwfacts.com and no crisis of conscience to fall back on.

smiddy

I`m obviously a slow learner and was gullible.I converted in 1960 by a co-worker ,read all I could of WT literature including some old books "Jehovah" ",Vindication" and "Harp of God" and even read "30 Years a Watchtower Slave" and Marley Coles book that was supposed to be by an outsider.

I convinced my then GF to join me ,we were baptised and married in a KH within 14 months and we were held up as an example at the CA where we were baptised a couple of months before our wedding.

However I had nobody else to sound off about what I was reading and bought the line , the truth is progressive , the light is getting brighter as the day goes on.

Had the internet been around back then and would it have made a difference to me ?

I`m pretty damn sure it would have , simply because you can talk to others about your doubts ,you can hear other peoples response to your questions ,things that have always been discouraged by the WT.

However it took us 33 years before we left the religion.in1993.

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How successful are others at getting ex-dubs together?

by dubstepped in

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for my first shunniversary i reached out to the local ex-dubs that i know.

i invited 11 total to join me in a little get together at a local restaurant, then back to my house to hang out.

one friend asked if he could invite others, and i encouraged him, and all, to do so.

smiddy

The JW religion brought many people together who would not ordinarily associate together , coming from all walks of life , socio-economic differences etc.that promoted socialising at the KH ,and at conventions and assemblys.

Not to mention some weirdos who were attracted to the religion

Some congregations I was in took the sociaising further where we got together for other activities.

Maybe people are apprehensive / wary about meeting up with "strangers " again and feel they may be getting involved again in something their not comfortable with.

Years ago I was in contact with a poster on this board who lives in the same state and we talked about meeting up for coffey,but it never eventuated .

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Iconic 9/11 photo taken by bethelite

by pbrow in

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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-shot-iconic-9-11-photo-doomed-fire-truck-article-1.2786008.

l118 crossing brooklyn bridge.

mid-article says he was a volly at jdub "book-making factory" .

smiddy

Does anybody know whether aaron is stil a JW ? He would have acheived a bit of celebrity status with that photo shot , that ended up being shown all around the world.

I just wonder if his interest in photography would have taken on a new impetus with that photo and if it changed his life .

If your out their Aaron please let us know.

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"AMICUS CURIAE", the USA Supreme Court and the WTBS Inc.

by MacHislopp in

swaggart ministries v. cal.

amicus curiae ".

amicus curiae '

smiddy

I think this is worth re-visiting for , those who have recently found this site .from a few years back.

Apparently when it suits them they can get into bed with Christendom /Babylon The Great .

The principle / major enemy of Gods Kingdom .

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So my husband got a letter

by Lost his mind in

so, he received a letter that i am wondering if it is one of those open letters that are out there to denote time given.

it starts out with the name of the person sending it, then goes into the spiel...do you know our god's name?

when i was shown what it is, i kind of got upset.

smiddy

And the fact that the name Jehovah should not be used in the Christian Greek Scriptures is demonstrated by the WTB&TS themselves.

The kingdom Interlinear of The Christian Greek Scriptures a word for word translation of the Greek by the Watchtower clearly shows the Tetragrammaton YHWH /JHVH is not their.

It`s an addition they have made to the Bible inserting Jehovah.

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After 52 years a Watchtower slave 9/11 gave me the push I needed to get out.

by new boy in

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i turned in my letter of disassociation on september 18, 2001 but it was 9/11 that showed me what the witnesses really feel about human lives and the future wished for.. i was in limbo after my wife of 27 years left me on july 30, 2001. she knew i wasn't buying the jw program anymore.

she told me she come back to me when "i got my head straighten out about god and the church".. so for 40 days i was in limbo.

i stopped going to meetings.

smiddy

It was about 11pm when the phone rang,my son asked are you wathimg TV ? No I said .

Turn it on ,I asked what channel ,he replied any channel just turn your TV on.

I just sat their for the next couple of hours in disbelief .

I had left the Borg in 1992 and wasnt concerned about the big A or TGT ,

I find it hard to comprehend that I believed this JW crap nowadays .