Posts by smiddy3

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Hey jesus! So tell us all about heaven!

by nowwhat? in

i always wondered, how come the apostles never asked jesus what heaven is like compare to earth.

and wouldn't they be bugging jesus to tell them all kind of stories of such?.

smiddy3

Heaven , where could it be ?, between the earth and space ? between the earth and the moon ? between the earth and any of the planets ? between the earth and the edge of the Solar System ?

And have now even gone beyond our Solar System and never encountered heaven.

Spacecraft have been sent to the outer reaches of the Solar System and they have not encountered Heaven , God , or any of his Angels

And for that matter they haven`t encountered a GOD or Angels either that have said to them you do not belong here.

Psalm 115 :16 As regards the heavens to Jehovah the heavens belong

But the earth he has given to the sons of men.

Their have been six earth -moon missions that have resulted in not just two men walking on the moon but a total of twelve men who have actually walked on the moon .

So where is heaven ?

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The sinking of the Laconia two part BBC series

by smiddy3 in

i have just finished watching this program and found it quite disturbing in the sense that both sides of the war effort had so little regard for human life .. it might sound strange to say that in time of warfare when civilian casualties are rife on both sides ,however i think this is an exception.. except for the courage and heroic efforts of the german commander of the u-boat who tried and helped so many people to survive.. werner hartenstein.

his name should be honored by all the nationalities he saved.. and i was appalled by the americans who bombed the submarine on the surface of the water with a red cross flag in full view with civilians on deck and lifeboats in tow with many more civilians on board.. i think this was an exceptional incident in a time of war that both sides should have given way..

smiddy3

I thought a few people at least would have made some comment on this post maybe I shouldn`t have posted it in entertainment. ?

Then again maybe nobody has ever seen this series.

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A Cult Tactic: Removing Guilt By Dehumanising Others

by pale.emperor in

in the real world, very few parents would disown their own children simply because they read a magazine that told them to do it.

very few people would forever completely ignore their own parents because an elder got up on a platform one day and announced that they no longer follow the same religion as you.. in the real world it just doesn't happen.

and yet, for 8 million jehovah's witnesses it's very a normal part of their world to treat "other people" differently than they'd treat each other.

smiddy3

Obey the Governing Body even if you think it doesn`t make sense or you don`t understand the reasoning behind their decision just be loyal to Jehovah and obey them without question.

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The "anger" of EX- Jehovah's Witnesses

by Not_Culty in

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smiddy3

I think I am way past the anger against the WTB&TS having been on this board more than 10 years now.

The reason I keep posting here is in the hope of "witnessing" to newbies ,lurkers , and others who just might not have considered what I think is an argument , thought that may not have occurred to them in debunking WT/GB theology.

When I think of myself as a JW for 33 years witnessing for the WT religion and never knowing whether anybody took any notice of me and joined or not { most likely not } I am quite happy to now give my anti-witness when I can and only hope I plant a seed of doubt in someone somewhere and I am quite happy not knowing if I did or not.

I just want people to know TTATT and if my contributions here help that in anyway I`m happy.

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Hey jesus! So tell us all about heaven!

by nowwhat? in

i always wondered, how come the apostles never asked jesus what heaven is like compare to earth.

and wouldn't they be bugging jesus to tell them all kind of stories of such?.

smiddy3

If Jesus had sayings of a life saving message why did`nt HE write them down ?

Moses was supposed to be a lesser prophet than Jesus , however Moses wrote down the first five books of the Bible , no mean feat since he lived some 2000 years after the events he was writing about.

Jesus on the other hand being the son of GOD and the future King ruling over earth for a thousand years apparently did`nt think he had anything to say that was worth writing down about for future generations .?

makes you wonder doesn`t it ?

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TV TRAILER: ‘Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: The Jehovah’s Witnesses' Two Hour Special Event - A&E

by MaybeSo in

tv trailer: ‘leah remini: scientology and the aftermath: the jehovah’s witnesses' two hour special event - a&e, 9pm et/pt, tues, nov 13, 2018. https://youtu.be/yzdege5im90.

didn't see a post about it yet.

will you be tuning in?

smiddy3

I am hoping that her show highlights the many deaths that have been caused by the JW ban on blood transfusions since the 1940`s and the many children that have been influenced ,and coerced by parents ,relatives ,Elders ,and the hospital liaison Committee to refuse a blood transfusion in the hope of pleasing God and entering into a paradise earth.

A hope that is only taught by a few Governing Body men in America and made mandatory to all of Jehovah`s Witnesses around the world with the threat of disfellowshipping and shunning if they do not comply and has no credibility by any other christian ,Jewish or Muslim religion all of which base their beliefs in part or whole on what is recognized as the Bible.

The blood ban in the Bible was a dietry law not to eat blood and nothing more.

Jehovah`s witnesses don`t even follow their own beliefs that blood should not be used for any purpose but that it should be poured out on the ground.

Yet they approve of blood fractions that is derived from donated blood from other people that is stored in a laboratory ,processed and separated into the various fractions.

And it is verboten to even donate their own blood for this purpose ,but their quite happy to use blood fractions that other people have donated .

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Who is the mediator for jehovahs witnesses?

by atomant in

lm getting conflicting advice.ls it the 144000 or jesus.l was always under the impression it was jesus.lf its the 144000 then when they pray the jw;s should be praying through the remnant not in jesus christs name but in the 144000;s name..

smiddy3

What I could never understand is why aren`t any of those anointed in any K.H. anywhere in the world given any positions of authority in their local congregations ?

If Jesus covenant applied to him and the 144000 only then why aren`t the anointed recognized at the KH.? and given the due respect they should receive ? After all they are future king and priests to rule alongside Jesus.

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1975—Were You Affected By What 1975 Was Supposed to Bring?

by minimus in

jw
friends

for years , we were told to wait until 1975!.

the end was coming and we better be ready—or else!.

were you around during this “momentous “ time??

smiddy3

And lets not forget that the J.W.`s were predicting the end in 1914 then stretched it out to 1918-19 and when the end didn`t come then many fell away from the religion ,and they excused that away as a sifting work also.

1975 was just a replay of what happened previously.

J.W.`s still didn`t learn from their past mistakes because they indicated that the big "A" would occur before the end of the 20th Century and that "Witnesses " would be enjoying paradise in the 21st Century .

Like the donkey that`s trying to reach the carrot that is dangling before him ,Jehovah`s Witnesses are striving to reach the carrots that`s dangling before them .

The carrots : The great tribulation , Armageddon , and the New World / Paradise

And like the donkey that never gets the carrot , Jehovah`s Witnesses will never get to Paradise .

We were so gullible.

How many on this board are aware that C.T.Russell stated that the 6000 years of human existence ended in the late 1880`s ?

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1975—Were You Affected By What 1975 Was Supposed to Bring?

by minimus in

jw
friends

for years , we were told to wait until 1975!.

the end was coming and we better be ready—or else!.

were you around during this “momentous “ time??

smiddy3

It was about the year 1969 with the release of the book " Life Everlasting In Freedom Of The Son Of God" { " Life Everlasting" } book that stated in that publication that 6000 years of human history would culminate in the year 1975 in October.

I was 30 years old at the time and I had reservations about it.The G.B. at the time also stated that it the big "A" might even happen sooner or a bit later , however not years later maybe only a few months later because of not knowing when Eve was created.

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Do you know MORE about the bible NOW?

by stuckinarut2 in

how many of us would confidently say that we know more about the bible now that we have ceased being jws?.

i know that i was proud to say that i was a "serious bible student" when a jw.

we boasted about how much we learned each week, and how we shared bible truths with the community.. but it's only after leaving, and really delving into a broad range of research, that i realise how little i actually knew!.

smiddy3

If I knew as much about the Bible as I do now ,from this and other sites I would never have joined the Watchtower religion of Jehovah`s witnesses when I did in 1960 and became baptized.