Posts by smiddy

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cleveland ohio RC notes

by nowwhat? in

peak attendance 7100. baptised 38 mixed bag of old and young.

youngest age 10. saw no brothers with beards.

better than average .50% growth.

smiddy

Maybe Cleveland Ohio is more blessed than anywhere else on earth ,werent they prophesised in the Bible according to the revelation Book ?

Just saying.

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Of all the bible characters would you like any as a friend ?

by Chook in

tax collector guy might help out..

smiddy

Methuselah , because he lived a long time and you could correct all the mistakes you made in your youth and learn from them , like I want to do now but its too late .

Thinking Willie Nelsons song :"All the Girls I`ve Loved Before" and never took advantage of .and Sinatras "regrets I`ve had a few "

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Similarities between Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses!

by inquirer in

http://www.bible.ca/jw-catholic.htm .

-- great site in general check it out!

1. centralized world-wide church government from which all official doctrine comes.

A roman Catholic Spanish Monk Justus Martinus of the 13th century first coined the name Jehovah using the 4 hebrew letters of the tetragrammaton then translated as JHVH and adding some vowels.to come up with Jehovah.

So in fact the Roman Catholic Church invented the name of God as Jehovah.and jehovahs Witnesses adopted that name instead of the more correct pronunciation of Yahweh. Hebrew never had a "J" sounding letter.

That is why some translations of the Bible use the letter y instead of j in their translations.E.G. Yosiah ,Yesus .etc.

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What do scriptural contradictions convey?

by venus in

any book that claims to be god’s word should have the minimum qualification of clarity.

if any of its verses are open to many interpretations, it cannot be god’s word.

god can easily be crystal clear as traffic police who puts traffic signals (red means stop, green means start …etc.

smiddy

What is wrong with God that he doesnt / couldnt revise his word down through the ages ?

You would think that a loving God who had genuine concern and "love for the world of mankind" would give them his latest communication to them in these "last days " before he smites them off the face of the earth

Why are we still looking at centuries old "inspired" writings that keeps getting interpreted ,re-interpreted by imperfect humans as to what God was supposed to have meant ?

What do they know ?

Why cant he speak for himself ?

Why cant he speak plain english ,hebrew,greek in todays language instead of us relying on interpreting dead languages that nobody understands today ?

And supposed bible scholars have different views anyway just to confuse matters more .

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"Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?" -- New Light Edition

by cognisonance in

after studying hubble space telescope images of the night's sky and attending classes under disguise at wor-wic community college (air travel and tuition funded by your donations no less), gerrit losch managed to secure a two-thirds majority vote among the governing body to release a second updated edition of the creator book.

this new edition replaces the "pillars of creation" (eagle nebula) cover photo with "god's birdie" (carina nebula):.

they've also had a change of heart with regards the concept of intellectual honesty and have updated the quote on page 9 that said:.

smiddy

Is that the middle finger Gods giving us ?

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Blood Transfusions/Blood Salvage

by NJ501 in

hi all,i've been doing some research on blood transfusions and fractions.

i found out a patient can donate their own blood, so it can be used for elective surgery...i was wondering if theirs really any difference between a blood transfusion of your own blood and the blood salvage procedure.

i think quite similar since its just a re-transfusion of your own blood.. what are your thoughts?

smiddy

NJ501

It was interesting to read that blood fractions are made out of whole blood.

And that whole blood is donated by the general population who JW`s condemn as being a part of Satans world including Christendom.

By the way Welcome NJ501

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What in the flying F....????

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

https://www.facebook.com/tupuebloesmipueblojehova/videos/578539175868967/?hc_ref=arrvbqq6myd5outlusr6zufmvffwsvr_duxl_fdriuhhniiuesiylhi43gybtziknxwthis video gave me cancer..

smiddy

It never ceasers to amaze me how they can condemn christendom for certain practices for many years or even decades and then inexplicably they are engaging in the very same practices they once condemned ?

ATM`s at Conventions.

Never soliciting for money ? ( Always.) At assemblys .conventions , and on JW.Org

TV/Video screens at KH`s and conventions

TV Evangelism

GB sanctioned worldly music and worldly music ,& dancing at conventions .(other wise it wouldnt take place )

and videos `s of GB members participating.

And their is probably more.

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Blood Transfusions/Blood Salvage

by NJ501 in

hi all,i've been doing some research on blood transfusions and fractions.

i found out a patient can donate their own blood, so it can be used for elective surgery...i was wondering if theirs really any difference between a blood transfusion of your own blood and the blood salvage procedure.

i think quite similar since its just a re-transfusion of your own blood.. what are your thoughts?

smiddy

I`m going back over 30 years ago when the understanding then of the scriptures relating to blood was:

"blood was to be poured out on the ground ,and not to be used for anything "

Blood and Bone Fertilizer was not even to be used by a JW on their gardens ,it was a DF offence. to continually use it.

Jehovah God has not revised the Bible these past 2000 years .

How is it ,noting that by their own admission the GB is not inspired or directed by Holy Spirit they can re-interpret scriptures to allow fractions ? of this and that ? and ban other components of blood ? as not acceptable ?

When did Jehovah intervene and tell them about fractions /components of blood and what is acceptable and what is not.?

Especially so when they admit they can make mistakes ? their not perfect ?

They are not inspired by Jehovah ,their not directed by Jehovah ,so where do they get off telling us what is acceptable to God and what is not ?

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March 22, 2017 TO ALL CONVENTION COMMITTEES Re: Discontinuation of Physical Distribution of Convention Releases

by wifibandit in

march 22, 2017 to all convention committees re: discontinuation of physical distribution of convention releases.

smiddy

Just another evidence of the decline of the JW religion. cutbacks ,cutbacks,cutbacks are the norm nowadays.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Crimes Against Fellow Jehovah's Witness Victims

by Hecce in

i ran a search and it seems that this was not posted before, there are 5 pages of criminal cases involving jws.. in the following criminal cases, the watchtower society - jehovah's witnesses religion served as the spiritual element of the perpetrator's and/or other actor's formative environment, or otherwise served as a major influencer of the perpetrator's and/or other actor's behavior.

the following cases are often tragic, and speak for themselves.. http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/familicide4.html.

smiddy

Thanks Hecce ,the jehovahs Witnesses take the moral high ground over other religions so they should be called out on it.

And I would suggest that they are on a par with society in general and if not they would score higher per capita.

Another thing is these cases only deal with crimes Jw`s commit against other JW`s and is by no means extensive , ,and it doesnt take into account crimes comitted by JW`s against non JW`s.which if taken into account would expand this number xxx fold.

Their are other sites that show crimes comitted by Jehovahs witnesses , and every crime you can think of has been comitted by a practicing JW from murder to robbery ,extortion ,fraud, and child sexual abuse to name a few.