Posts by smiddy3

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For Smiddy: Cool and Damp

by compound complex in

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gosh, smiddy, it's nice to have a request for poetry!.

"the black oaks" describes where i live in the california sierra foothills; we are, for the most part, above the fog and below the snow.

nevertheless, we do get both occasionally.

A sea mist rolling in giving you that eerie feeling of the moors of England or Transylvania where Frankenstein ,Dracula or the Wolfman were going to emerge from. I loved those movies when I was a kid.

Thinking back to my childhood in the 40`s and 50`s watching these B grade movies that never seem to leave you.

My wife worked at Hamilton Island for 3 months at one time and we spent a holiday their I gather you enjoyed your stay in that vicinity ?

Do or did you have family or friends their ?

That black and white photo of the "Tree" is so majestic and haunting I think it captivates a time of awe and mystery of what could or does unfold around it.

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change.org: Please sign a petition to California State Legislators - Please Introduce Draft Bill to Reform Clergy Privilege

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.change.org/p/california-state-legislators-please-introduce-draft-bill-to-reform-clergy-privilege?recruiter=855249424&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive.

hon.

california state senators and assembly members please introduce draft bill (rn 1803892) to reform california's clergy "penitent communication" privilege statutes to align with appellate court decisions by february 16, 2018.. since 2018 is an election year, this bill will help voters become more informed about politicians' positions on changing societal and institutional cultures by reforming california statutes to prevent child abuse or child sexual abuse, or civil statute of limitation reform in california in 2019.. this bill is intended to increase public safety, prevent abuse survivors from being re-traumatized in religious disciplinary meetings, prevent religious leaders from using "undue influence" to manipulate individuals and discourage reporting of abuse and neglect, and reduce court costs passing judgment on overly broad interpretations of clergy "penitential communication" privilege that attempt to shield a religion or clergy from not fulfilling their duty to report abuse and neglect in california.. thank you,.

smiddy3

I gather this only applies to those living in the USA ?

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Champion of online freedom and privacy dies

by neat blue dog in

https://www.snopes.com/2018/02/08/internet-pioneer-songwriter-john-perry-barlow-dies-70/.

i like the one quote about the internet, as it has a special meaning for jws:.

where voices long silenced can find an audience.

smiddy3

RIP John Perry Barlow ,for your contributions to the Arts .Music

I thank not God but Science and technology for bringing about the World Wide Web etc. for allowing us to seek and search out information at the touch of a keyboard.

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Your Top Ten Favourite Movies?

by LoveUniHateExams in

just thought i'd start a thread about favourite movies.

mine, in no particular order, are .... alien - a great visual film.

the chest-bursting scene is still great to watch, no matter how many times i've seen the movie.

smiddy3

Colour purple ? And it never got one Oscar ? Shame on the Academy!

It should have got twelve.

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When did JWs begin.

by Lost in the fog in

" the contestant was useless as he said the 1700s.

the correct answer the quiz master gave was the 20th century.

and then he added, "they only began in the 1930s believe it or not.

smiddy3

Welcome randy Smith and as you rightly point out .

The current Watchtower organization has nothing in common with Judge Rutherford's teachings. They certainly have nothing in common with the early bible students and brother Russell.

Charles Taze Russell was considered to be the faithful and discreet slave in his day.

The current Watchtower organization keeps revising their past history to the point where it is unrecognizable today as to what it actually was.

What should that tell us about this religion.

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The music that goes through my head when I am at the Kingdom Hall!

by UnshackleTheChains in

https://youtu.be/xvsrm80wzzk.

smiddy3

I would rather that than Kingdom Melodies

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Engaged Couples Living Together

by ILewis in

my question is this.

is it wrong for a jehovah's witness to allow an unmarried couple to live together under their roof?

same room, same bed, they are allowing full on cohabitation.

smiddy3

Is it wrong for a Jehovah's Witness to allow an unmarried couple to live together under their roof? Same room, same bed, they are allowing full on cohabitation.

The landlord is a Jehovah's Witness,

Has everybody missed the point that the landlord is a JW ?

My question is this. Is it wrong for a Jehovah's Witness to allow an unmarried couple to live together under their roof?

Yes,no question about it a disfellowshipping offence.

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$5.5 Million to be transferred to World Wide Work from Assembly Hall fund

by Sour Grapes in

a letter was read tonight in our kingdom hall that the money that the circuits in the indianapolis area had in savings to build a new assembly hall will now be transferred to the www to build kingdom halls in lands where they are needed and a new assembly hall for us will not be built.. we had a beautiful assembly hall near downtown indy that was paid for.

it was sold a couple of years ago.

we were promised a new assembly hall to be built in southern ohio near the indiana border but they can kiss that goodbye now.

smiddy3

That sounds like nothing short of criminal to me taking money under false pretenses and using it for another purpose than which it was donated for.

The R&F JW`s should talk to some lawyers if they had any sense .

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When did JWs begin.

by Lost in the fog in

" the contestant was useless as he said the 1700s.

the correct answer the quiz master gave was the 20th century.

and then he added, "they only began in the 1930s believe it or not.

smiddy3

Charles Taze Russell never identified himself as a Jehovah`s Witness and neither did any of his followers .

Incidentally the Jews of Isa. 43:10-12 and after , never identified themselves as Jehovah`s Witnesses (the word Jehovah never even existed then ) and Jesus when on earth never chastised the Jews for not taking up the name Jehovah`s witnesses ( again the name / word Jehovah never existed then )

Jesus himself never uttered the name Jehovah or any equivalent in either Greek,Hebrew or Aramaic

The earliest time the Jehovah`s Witnesses could have arisen is in the thirteenth Century when a Catholic Monk first coined the word/name Jehovah

However this never happened

Not until J.F.Rutherford took over the control of the I.B.S.A. in the 1930`s and renamed it Jehovah`s Witnesses. simply to differentiate his religion from mainstream Christendom .

And as they say the rest is history. or is it .?

JW`s like to keep revising their history over and over again.

Why are they so ashamed of their own early history ? Are they ashamed of what they were teaching in those early publications ?

Are they embarrassed by what they were teaching in those early publications .?

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When did JWs begin.

by Lost in the fog in

" the contestant was useless as he said the 1700s.

the correct answer the quiz master gave was the 20th century.

and then he added, "they only began in the 1930s believe it or not.

smiddy3

Jehovah`s Witnesses will point to Heb.12 :1 rationalizing/ justifying they are Jehovah`s Witnesses however if you look at the context of Heb.Chap.12 doesn`t it clearly state that Christians are witnesses of Jesus Christ and not Jehovah.?

The name or even word Jehovah or Tetragrammaton does not exist in the existent Christian Greek Scriptures.

Just another example of JW`s cherry picking scriptures and taking them out of context .