Isn`t it behoven to us to bring these "gems" to the appropiate authorities when we become aware of them ? And not just assume that we have everything under control.
smiddy3
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Child molesters and murderers are protected by the Governing Body....Good Job!!!!
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A challenge to believers
by Half banana innothing is ever fixed, laws change and religious myth evolves.
no doubt the habiru (hebrew) forebears of the jews when arriving in the levantine highlands cherished their stone age practices and sacred rituals.
child and human sacrifice was a grim stone age social mechanism to make for balance, loyalty and control within a tribe.there was no connection then with an almighty spirit, polytheism ruled the hebrew mentality.
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Religion is a big money making goldmine even in this 21st Century
Look at all the Tele-Avangelist`s that exist around the world.
looking at Christendom alone their are over 40,000 Christian sects alone all claiming to be the "truth"
how many millions believe in a God that is not related to Christianity ? Probably half the population .
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Idiotic Thread On A Cult Site
by FedUpJW inso as is my habit when i need a good laugh at stupid chat forum threads i popped in to the jay double u talk site and happened on this hilarious thread.
of course i have not read the whole thing, it was just too mentally painful to read those nitwits "reasoning"about "music".. why jehovah's witnesses do not use drums.... .
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Dont keep it to yourselves guys can anybody download what they are talking about ?
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If I were still of the anointed . . .
by compound complex ingreetings, earth-bound friends:.
i guess at this point in life, given what we all now know, we no longer harbor any delusions of grandeur.
my temporary insanity, which i've written about on other threads, was that assurance of being in heaven with jehovah and jesus and the other 143,999 kings and priests.
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humbled , I know I`m still trying to get my head around CoCo being one of the anointed do they allow red beards in heaven ?
"O when we believed with all our hearts... what hopes we had.."
So very true ,so many of us believed with all our hearts that this was the "TRUTH " only to find out otherwise after spending many years 5,10,20,30,40,50,years or more and then realize the fact that we have all been had big time.
I think many still in are only in their because of pride not willing to accept they have been conned/duped into believing something they no longer believe and to save face or ridicule they stay their when they should be honest with themselves and get of her.
That the JW religion is nothing more than an another American made up religion no better than the S.D.A.`s , the Mormons ., the Christadelphians ,the Christian Scientists ,A.S.G.or any other of the 40,000 christian sects of Christendom
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Did Ancient Jewish Worshipers Ever Make Changes to the "Holy' Scriptures?
by fulltimestudent inif you have the time and the means to visit israel right now, you can see something that few modern people have seen.. at the israel museum in jerusalem, a very special document will be on display.
the museum's website heading describes it as:.
genesis retold: an exceptional dead sea scroll.. .
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smiddy3
My main question would be :
If their is / was an Almighty GOD why couldn`t / wouldn` t he preserve the original texts ? After all it is supposedly his word , you would think he would want to preserve it as was accurately portrayed wouldn`t you ?
And not leave it up to imperfect humans who have their own agenda for making their own pet views known.
Ancient Jewish worshipers no doubt had their pet beliefs and being imperfect humans like the rest of us could quite easily modify /manipulate writings to suit their agenda.
Scribes were only imperfect human beings that had their own beliefs and bias `s
It`s no stretch of the imagination that they could influence what we accept today as the Word Of God
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If I were still of the anointed . . .
by compound complex ingreetings, earth-bound friends:.
i guess at this point in life, given what we all now know, we no longer harbor any delusions of grandeur.
my temporary insanity, which i've written about on other threads, was that assurance of being in heaven with jehovah and jesus and the other 143,999 kings and priests.
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smiddy3
LOL CoCo I didn`t think of you as one of the Anointed though you do have a beard and that qualifies you now as does any female anointed .
I wasn`t aware of your heart attack back then or I don`t think I was my memory is not so good now LOL
And I`m bloody sure if you were sitting at the right hand of JC we wouldn`t be getting the crap that is coming out of JW.org now.
I believe you would contribute something more poetic , artistic and up building, encouraging people more to express themselves and thrive on their individualism and creativity
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My wife and I just had a wonderful experience today.
by smiddy3 inmy wife was looking through some old diary`s that we have lying around and found a ph.# of an old friend (jw) that we knew over 15 years ago .we were always curious as to what has happened to her as she was a dear friend for many years when we were in the "truth".
so she rings the number (,do you still have the same # that you had 15 yrs ago ?
) and this friend was a bit of a "gypsy" type so she wasn`t expecting much when she rang.. to cut a long story short we all had a good conversation we had been trying to find out about her all these years with no success and she was also trying to find out about us all these years with no success ,we had moved interstate.. nothing was said about religion though i suspect she is still associated with the borg.
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smiddy3
just an update on this post.
my wife has had a couple of phone calls with our friend in question since the initial contact and she has informed her that she no longer pioneers or even attends so many meetings nowadays as she put it :
"you don`t get any encouragement their anymore "
One thing she said also that I will have to find out a bit more about as time goes on is this.
XXXX One of her sons (she has two ) hasn`t spoken to her in 10 years and i`m not sure whether he is still a JW or not ,though I think he is because the girl he married and her family are (or were ) well into it .
Remember we have been out for over 25 years
So I will tread carefully getting the info about that situation.
In our few discussions either over the phone or pc she has not tried to engage in any religious discussion and neither have we.
She just seems very happy to have made contact with us again after so many years and my wife and I feel the same way.
Will keep you posted on how things pan out.
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Favorite Quotations from Movies
by compound complex in"the way you walked was thorny, through no fault of your own, but as the rain enters the soil, the river enters the sea, so tears run to a predestined end.
now you will have peace for eternity.
" -- maleva, the wolf man.
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"Merry Christmas Mister lawrence" ( David Bowie movie )
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Charges of child Sexual Abuse Against Cardinal George Pell Dropped by the Prosecution.
by smiddy3 intoday it was announced after so many months?
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that the allegations against cardinal george pell of child sexual abuse has been dropped by the prosecution.
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smiddy3
Thanks for the clarification careful I should have paid more attention to the full article and not just relied on the type text ....my bad.
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Above the Fog, Below the Snow
by compound complex ini live in the sierra nevada foothills of california; a selling point for prospective homeowners in the slightly lower elevation is what is touted in the subject title.
well, right now we are being blasted by a storm barreling down from canada, with hazardous driving and blizzard conditions in the offing, higher up.. as to fog, this photo offers a rare display of misty conditions over our lake, that after the last major rain storm.
it reminds me of summer days of my youth on the pacific coast..
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smiddy3
It looks like a lovely place to be at, thanks for sharing