Posts by smiddy3

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Anybody here like to dabble on the roulette wheel ?

by smiddy3 in

i came to the conclusion a long time ago that many jehovah`s witnesses are very superstitious in my opinion.. if after leaving the jw`s or even sometime before leaving the jw`s you may have been tempted to use the pokie`s /slots or the lotto , or even the roulette wheel at a casino .

now did you know that if you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel it adds up to 666 .?.

now i have no problem myself playing lotto ,keno ,scratchies ,etc,however ,would i ever play the roulette wheel ever again ?.

smiddy3

The thing with gambling of any sort is only to play with a set amount you can afford to lose and hopefully come out a winner .

And never try to recover your losses .

If you do have a win use it to benefit yourself in some way by getting something you need or want for you personally or your home or loved ones.

The problem with gambling is it can easily become an addiction and that is a real problem that can destroy marriages and families.

And society/Governments today are hypocritical as to their approach to this problem ,advertising is all over the media to wager in one form or another and on the other hand advertise against gambling.

Though I guess they are trying to strike a balance ,however they do benefit financially from gamblers overall.

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Thin magazine make you think, is it?

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

jw father in law in hospital, this weekend, maybe last days of his life.

with his last energy he was reading a watchtower magazine for comfort.

i could understand.

smiddy3

JW father in law in hospital, this weekend, maybe last days of his life. With his last energy he was reading a Watchtower magazine for comfort. I could understand.

I`m sorry that you are going through this Gorby obviously you still have a strong connection with your father in law and relatives .

You were their for your father in law and he got comfort from the Mags.

You did the humane thing comforting your father in law in his last days in spite of you not agreeing with his point of view.

As for the quality of the magazines Jehovah`s Witnesses printed they never came within cooee (an Australian expression ) of "The plain Truth" a high gloss magazine freely given away for free many years before the WT gave their mags away for nothing.

take care Bro.

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Anybody here like to dabble on the roulette wheel ?

by smiddy3 in

i came to the conclusion a long time ago that many jehovah`s witnesses are very superstitious in my opinion.. if after leaving the jw`s or even sometime before leaving the jw`s you may have been tempted to use the pokie`s /slots or the lotto , or even the roulette wheel at a casino .

now did you know that if you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel it adds up to 666 .?.

now i have no problem myself playing lotto ,keno ,scratchies ,etc,however ,would i ever play the roulette wheel ever again ?.

smiddy3

I came to the conclusion a long time ago that many Jehovah`s Witnesses are very superstitious in my opinion.

If after leaving the JW`s or even sometime before leaving the JW`s you may have been tempted to use the pokie`s /slots or the lotto , or even the Roulette wheel at a casino

I have known one or two or even three that have done so ,how about you.?

Now did you know that if you add up all the numbers on a Roulette Wheel it adds up to 666 .?

Now I have no problem myself playing Lotto ,Keno ,Scratchies ,etc,however ,would I ever play the Roulette Wheel ever again ?

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The map of ex Jehovah's-Witnesses and their friends

by Roxie in

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friends

i am an ex-jw and a member of this forum (not so active lately ;)).

in poland, we created a map of ex-jws (and their friends ;)) to find former friends from the organization or to contact someone living close to them.

many people found each other after many years outside of the organization thanks to this tool.

smiddy3

I have added my email to this site I hope it catches on sounds like a good idea to connect with former JW`s.

It`s also great to see visually how many people from all over the world are leaving the "Borg"-anization .

One minor problem I see is the size of the "marker" it`s too big and is hard to pinpoint an adjoining person to it ?

Just my 2 cents worth.

Otherwise a great site /idea.

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Movie-goers can be fickle (great movies that should've enjoyed huge box-office success)

by LoveUniHateExams in

just thought i'd start a thread about this topic.. john carpenter's the thing (1982) was a great film, one of his best imo.

for me, it's right up there with alien (1979) as one of the greatest sci-fi horror films ever made.

and yet one film made anything between $100 - 200 million at the box office whereas the other made only $19 million.

smiddy3

How about the original Planet Of The Apes with Chuck Heston, or Robinson Crusoe On Mars ,The Day The Earth Stood Still, with M. Rennie or Forbidden Planet Leslie Neilson ,and the Colour Purple nominated for twelve Oscars and never received one ,shame on the Academy.

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Last days as defined by the 'still current' Reasoning book

by joey jojo in

reasoning book pg.234 onwards ( from the jw org website):.

last days.

definition: the bible uses the expression “last days” to refer to the concluding time period leading up to a divinely appointed execution that marks the end of a system of things.

smiddy3

What other organization religious or secular is ashamed and hides evidence of their past history especially a religion who has produced millions of books, tracts, pamphlets,and magazines in their more than 130+ year history and now disowns / disputes /disagrees with the bulk of information that they ever published ?

How can they in all seriousness still claim to be the only "true" religion when they have trashed every "truth" they have ever published in over 130+ years of publishing their "Bible Truths" that are now cast aside .?

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Memorial Question

by charity7 in

hi guys.

my husband is a jw and i have a question because yesterday was the memorial.

i was wondering how they pick the date for the memorial because, even though religious groups are celebrating today as easter, next sunday is actually the anniversary date of the resurrection according to the jewish calendar?

smiddy3

For the sake of charity7 and other newbies ,lurkers , could you please elaborate on your statement that the Gospels differ as to what night Jesus held the last supper ?

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Remark at memorial about growing annointed numbers

by Gorbatchov in

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friends

don’t know if it was part of the script.. at the memorial the remark about growing annointed numbers including this numbers from 2015 to 2017 was made (from 13.000 to 18.000+).. reason for the growing numbers could be:.

- feeling annointed because of former believe.

- psychical reasons.

smiddy3

Maybe Gorby the growing number of partakers is because the indoctrination into the religion has become so dumb downed over the years that newer people and children growing up in the religion are less articulated about what they really believe anymore..

In other words a failure of the organization to teach newbies their core beliefs.

Also the fact that people are also getting fed up with the ever putting off the end is just around the corner mantra ,realizing they are going to die before the big A comes and want the reward when they die and not be waiting in a grave for God knows how long.

Seeing so many of their elderly faithful brothers and sisters die without gaining their reward or seeing the New System in their lifetime.

What do you think ?

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O neg universal doner

by bikerchic in

so i donate blood because i can.

i donate every 4 months when the bloodmobile comes to my place of work.

i know it helps.. what about you, do you donate blood?

smiddy3

I`m too old to donate blood so the next best thing for me was to become an Organ Donner and hopefully it will help some one.

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I got back from the memorial . . .

by neat blue dog in

it was pretty mundane for the most part, same songs, same outline.

the only new thing they added was the video at the end, where stephen lett speaks to the visitors and commends them for coming and recommends they go to jwdotorg and also start a bible study.

they also showed a bar graph with figures increasing every year for jws, memorial attendance and memorial partakers.

smiddy3

He said that since the number of partakers has been steadily rising in recent years, it is proof of God's blessing and the nearness of the end,

That is the complete opposite of what they used to state, the number of partakers dying off was proof the end was near as they got closer to the end of the last Century .