Posts by smiddy3

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What if the crucifixion never took place..

by Jayk in

i googled it and pretty much my understanding is the same as what i imagine.

no one really knows, your guess is as good as the next.

interesting thought to consider imo..

smiddy3

What if the crucifixion never took place..

Then Jesus Christ would be still roaming with us today

Why is that ? because he had no sin ? And he was perfect ?

The Bible states that the wages of sin (Adamic sin is death) therefore once you have died you are free from Adams sin

The bible identifies at least a couple of people who were resurrected therefore they were now without sin however they apparently died ,why ? as they were now sinless.? And perfect ?

Adam was perfect before he sinned ,a resurrected person who inherited Adams sin was released from that after he was resurrected ,therefore restoring his perfection ,so those humans who were resurrected should also still be alive and roaming the earth today

But we know that is not the case.

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Hell Exists

by Poppy520 in

many people of all denominations are beginning to believe that hell does not exist - but the bible supports the claim that it does.

examine this verse, one under nkjv and the other nwt:.

nkjv - matthew 25:46, "and these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.".

smiddy3

I know all the usual arguments about the YHWH/Jesus combo god being able to preserve the scriptures, but if that's the case, why didn't they preserve the original texts?

Maybe it`s simply because they never ever really existed either !

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Does the Watchtower favor interpretation over translation, especially in the case of Exodus 15:3?

by Poppy520 in

exodus 15:3, "the lord is a man of war: the lord is his name.

" kjv, esv, asv.. exodus 15:3, "jehovah is a powerful warrior.

jehovah is his name.

smiddy3

LOL nowwhat , his word the Bible clearly shows Jehovah is obsessed with Blood human or animal he`s not fussy he just doesn`t seem to get enough of it to satisfy him.

Apparently he is about to slaughter another 8 Billion + people in the near future ,is he going to spare the animals this time around ?

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Should private citizens be allowed to video record law enforcement?

by Fisherman in

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i saw an article in the news yesterday that laws are going to be passed subjecting the police to being recorded by anyone while performing their duty or enforcing the law and encourages citizens to sue if they interfere.

some law enforcement agents become angry and confiscate recording devices from people recording them while making an arrest, etc.. it does seem that the work that the police and other government agents do is public and not private or confidential so there should be nothing to hide from the cameras.

on the other hand, how can one distinguish being shot by a camera or by a weapon until one is hit?.

smiddy3

It is happening already isn`t it ? How many times in the past have Law Enforcement officers been sprung by using excessive force on a "victim" by someone who is using a mobile phone to record the incident ?

So a definite YES from me .

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Is this life all there is?

by Fisherman in

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what do you sincerely think?

do you nurture any hope?.

smiddy3

According to the Bible at least a couple of humans have been resurrected to life from death and apart from the fact that the Bible says the wages of sin is death then these resurrected ones would be deemed sinless therefore they should not have died again, however apparently they did.

In any case none of these resurrected ones ever had anything to say about their experience or non experiences while in the death state.

Here I might take exception to what Jesus said, words to the effect that when your dead is if you are asleep and know nothing , well I don`t know about Jesus when he`s asleep ,but when I`m asleep I have another life.

I dream, sometimes they are amazing and can be quite bazaar but I am alive and doing things and inter-acting with other people in my dreams { wet dreams can be most pleasant }

So to answer the OP I guess I`ll know or won`t know when I kick the bucket.

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New Article on Bloodless Medicine

by Lee Elder in

here is a good article on bloodless medicine.

i have weighed in with my thoughts, and encourage others to do the same:.

https://sciencetrends.com/rise-bloodless-medicine-treat-cannot-receive-blood-products-religious-reasons/.

smiddy3

An interesting article Lee and I agree with your observation/comment and it is my belief that the patient is under pressure to involve the liasion committee in any decision they make.

In other words they are co-erced to follow WT/JW beliefs in the matter

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2017 Service Year Report Grand Totals

by Drearyweather in

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2017 figures released to bethel families worldwide:.

peak publishers: 8,457,107. total baptized: 284,212 .

regular pioneers: 1,225,279 .

smiddy3

Correct me if I am wrong ,the majority of people on this board believe/proved JW`s organization are not honest when they quote sources for their articles in magazines or on their programs on JW.Org

In other words they are biased to only present what they believe validates their belief /agenda promoting their view omitting anything in this same quote that may give an alternative understanding of the subject.

And they justify /rationalize this as Theocratic Warfare ,withholding information from those not worthy of it as being OK.

{ The sin of Omission ?}

And only promoting beliefs /views that support their claims disregarding all other evidence to the conrtary

So why in the world should we trust what they say in regard to anything they say as regards their previous year of so called increases and achievements in their witnessing ?

Edit to add :

The fact that they mislead the R&F JW`s today as to what they believed and taught in their early history was an eye opener for me. That they could be so dishonest about their own early history was a shock to me.

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Is this life all there is?

by Fisherman in

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friends

what do you sincerely think?

do you nurture any hope?.

smiddy3

I used to be a Christian ,then I became a Jehovah`s Witness and now I am an Atheist ,I have researched religious teachings and the Bible

I rest my case.

I have no thought ,memory ,experience of life before I was born and do not expect anything more after my death.

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Life after jw

by Jrjw in

hi has anyone still kept searching for the truth after leaving wts?

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smiddy3

Jrjw ,The sad truth is their is no absolute truth in any religion,it can only be equated with wise sayings from any intelligent person who professes a certain religion who just happens to belong to a said religion.

Religion and truth are no more relevant than are Politics and Truth

None of the ancient religious writings of any of the Holy Scriptures of any faith demonstrate the GOD of such inspired writings had any knowledge of anything more than the knowledge that existed among humans of the day .

Think about that for a moment.: Nothing GOD Jehovah or any other GOD ever said or did was anything in any of the sciences in advance of what was known and accepted of the day by learned men.

To put it bluntly GOD was no more learned than the men of his day.He was far from being Almighty.

If he was in fact an almighty GOD [the ultimate chemist as the WT once said] he had more than enough chances to demonstrate that throughout the history of the Bible yet he never did so .

So on that basis I conclude Jehovah God or any other GOD was no more enlightened or intelligent than the smartest man or woman of the day.

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Charging $150 To Tell Your Stories

by Bangalore in

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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-escape-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-religion#/.

for $150: collaboration with the backer so that their story of successfully escaping an abusive belief system (300 words max) features along with others in the final pages of how to escape from jehovah's witnesses.

the text will be written by the author but will include a minimum of one quote worded by the backer.

smiddy3

I know their has been a lot of controversy about Lloyd Evans /John Cedars over the years and I have been on the fence making a judgement about him ,however I think this post by himself LE/JC has tipped the scales.