This post by Witness 007 is 9 years old ,I wonder if he still thinks the same way today.?
Posts by smiddy
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343I hate the Watchtower but I really still hate the Trinity Jesus is NOT God!
by Witness 007 insome bibles use the term "worship" when refering to jesus...at times people did fall down and bow to him........this doesn't show he was god!
the greek term; proskeyneo, means to prostrate oneself, to bow down and show honour.
now, this was done for jehovah.....and his representatives....jesus israelite kings and priests....but for the honour of jehovah not as creature worship which even angels would refuse.. also i studied the non-biblical early church gospels which really does show a slow decline over 150 years, into the trinity as the watchtower claims...........although i still hate the watchtower society at least i learnt something that wasn't a lie..
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smiddy
Jehovahs witnesses are conditioned to obey the governing body even if they dont understand or even agree with the direction they are given by the G.B.
The bottom line is obey the governing Body at all costs .
If thats not extremism I dont know what is.
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If you had to choose
by dothemath inif you had to choose to belong to 1 religion, i was curious as to what any on the forum would pick.. i realize most here are likely atheist (i would have to say i'm agnostic), but if any would like to share their opinion, and maybe why?.
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smiddy
If I had to choose some/any religion on the pain of death ,I think I would choose death.
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smiddy
JW`s are just one of many banned organizations their
Nothing special to see here .
They are not unique ?
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Voting
by confused inhi guys,.
i have been told that a while ago there was a watchtower article that said that voting, (i'm in uk) is down to individual conscience.
i always thought it was a judicial matter.
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smiddy
In Australia it is compulsory for people 18 years old to register to vote.
Their are also exceptions for people who do not want to vote such as religious objections.
Many Jw`s take advantage of that ,also many JW`s go to polling booths and cast informal votes either by stuffing up the procedure making it void or by adding Jesus Christ /jehovahs kingdom on the ballot paper which I did on many occasions.
Others just wait for a please explain letter and put religious exemption as a JW which I have also done and nothing more is heard about it again
Though I have been out for over 20 years now if you voted for a political party you would be denying your neutrality and rejecting Jehovahs Kingdom of Christ Jesus that would get you DF.
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The West Australian: Jehovah Witness charged with historic child sex offences
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://thewest.com.au/news/wa/jehovah-witness-charged-with-historic-child-sex-offences-ng-b88453246z.
jehovah witness charged with historic child sex offences.
friday, 21 april 2017 3:11am.
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smiddy
The man has been charged with a string of child sex offences including indecent dealing, unlawful carnal knowledge of girls under 16 and deprivation of liberty.
The man was charged on Thursday after ongoing investigations from the Royal Commission into institutional child sex offences
Hopefully this is only one of many charges that will arise from the ARC into child sexual abuse in institutions in Australia
And as I said in the above post ,surely the Elders who know of these crimes and fail to report to the appropiate authorities such as police and child protection services ,they should face criminal prosecution also..
The Elders report it to the legal department of jehovahs Witnesses who again fail to report it to the appropiate authorities ,they should all be held responsible and charged accordingly.
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The West Australian: Jehovah Witness charged with historic child sex offences
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://thewest.com.au/news/wa/jehovah-witness-charged-with-historic-child-sex-offences-ng-b88453246z.
jehovah witness charged with historic child sex offences.
friday, 21 april 2017 3:11am.
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smiddy
Well said Finkelstein ,the elders who would have been involved in the JC and never reported it to the appropiate authorities should be jailed for obstructing justice.and being complicit in concealing a sex crime against a minor.
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exJW from Galway, Ireland
by Band Completely ini've been reading many articles on here and other forums relating to exjws for some time.
when my mother first got involved with the witnesses back in '77, my mother's mother and my father's mother, being the "good catholics that they were", gave my father "license" to do "whatever it takes" to stop her associating with these people.. due to "confirmation bias", (i.e.
"satan will do whatever he can to stop you associating with us"), this "persecution" only convinced her that the witnesses had "the truth".
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smiddy
I like that BC you have a sense of humour and we all need that.
A great first post and you have had success in helping others exit the Borg.well done
look forward to more of your posts.
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Russia forbids Jehovah's Witnesses. El País newspaper also points to complaints in Spain
by sp74bb insource: el país newspaper.
http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2017/04/21/mundo_global/1492792022_341557.html.
russia forbids jehovah's witnesses.
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smiddy
Thanks for the link sp74bb , the more exposure the witnesses are given about their cultish behaviour and the cover ups of child sexual abuse the better ,not to mention the kangaroo courts they hold in house.
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Marry Only in the Lord
by Rattigan350 inlast night at the meeting, a local needs talk preempted the regularly scheduled part.
an elder who is the most society following elder talked about loving god and then he talked about bible principles such as marry only in the lord.
he talked of deut.
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smiddy
The more cultish things they say the better I like it .
Maybe more people will wake up to it. and exit stage left.