Posts by smiddy3

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Animals

by unsure in

if humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?

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satan's challenge involved humans and not poor animals.. i'm looking for an honest explanation from believers.. at this point, the older i get, the less i believe in a god who is "love"..

smiddy3

the older I get, the less I believe in a God who is "love".

If you are a father or mother would you put your children through the suffering that God has subjected his children/humans through to prove a point ? to an oppose`r ? for thousands of years ?

C`mon how can God Jehovah or whatever name they call him be a God of Love.? No way.

And by the way not to subject Satan or any of his demons to anything equivalent to what humans have suffered for so long ?

Do they suffer indignities pain and early death ? like humans do ? NO ,they still exist after thousands of years . If you still believe the Bible of course.

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Animals

by unsure in

if humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?

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satan's challenge involved humans and not poor animals.. i'm looking for an honest explanation from believers.. at this point, the older i get, the less i believe in a god who is "love"..

smiddy3

Do you really think Jehovah God loves animals unsure ? Cain offers the first fruits of the land as a sacrifice to God .

Abel offers up and slaughters an animal as a sacrifice to appease God and you know which one got God`s blessing

Just do a simple cursory of the Hebrew Scriptures {Old Testament} and see just how much Jehovah God loves animals. Here is just an example

their are many more in the Bible.

What with using the flood in Noah`s day and drowning all of the land animals that existed outside the Ark ?

Apparently none of the sea creatures were ever destroyed in that action ?

What does God have against land animals that he doesn`t have against sea creatures ?

1 kings: 8 ;63-65 ,Twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep that was certainly a multitude of sacrifices wasn`t it.? A bit over the top you might think ?

And for four thousand years Jehovah God required animal sacrifices on a weekly/monthly basis .

What is it with Jehovah god that he loves so much blood of his own creation being shed by those that worship him.

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Worst Fire in California history

by 3rdgen in

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in terms of destruction.

52,000 people are evacuated.

started thurs.

smiddy3

So very sad my thoughts are with the people of California in this trying time.

We who live in Victoria Australia know all to well the destructive force and heat of a bush-fire out of control.

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How many Witnesses would drink the cool aid at a "Jonestown?"

by Witness 007 in

so my mum died from mild form of lukemia which can simply be treated with a blood transfusion each month.

to me this was a watchtower assisted suicide.

the liaison elder encouraged her to "stay strong" and said a prayer.

smiddy3

A friend of mine related an experience to me about this subject. He found out an uber JW he knows declared that if a GB member said red was blue that person would believe it.

I had heard the same such thing started at a C.A. many years ago .

And J.W.`s today are being conditioned to blindly accept and do whatever the G.B. directs them to do,whether they understand it or not ? or even think its unreasonable or even illogical ,the faithful Witness .of Jehovah will loyally OBEY the direction given him/her by the faithful & Discreet Slave.

And isn`t that the very reason why so many thousands ? have died refusing a blood transfusion since the 1940`s ?

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Why is the watchtower tight fisted

by pepperheart in

why when i can get many books and magazines sent through the post from many other cults does the watchtower make a big fuss about a little 16 page magazine.

smiddy3

Televangelists like Jimmy Swaggart or Joyce Meyer have no problem selling religious literature ,CD`s ,Bibles and Bible Aids of all sorts and still make a good profit and income .

They have no problem paying taxes on what they sell ,their still making money from it all .

The G.B.of J.W.`s will come around one day and do the same just like they did with ATM`s in K.H.`s which they at first ridiculed Christendom for doing.

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WT Child/Sexual Abuse Cases and etc

by jdash in

i had this argument with my grandmother and uncles about scandals that the jw's covered up and whatnot, and they won't budge.

i brought up the australian royal commission and of course they laughed.

they then said that the governing body has never lost a sexual abuse case but the "person" who did the crime got charged.

smiddy3

"Jehovah's Witnesses abhor child abuse and strive to protect children from such acts. Watchtower is pursuing appellate review," the Office of Public Information at the World Headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses said in a "Jehovah's Witnesses abhor child abuse and strive to protect children from such acts. Watchtower is pursuing appellate review," the Office of Public Information at the World Headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses said in a statement.

And that`s all blindsided Jehovah`s witnesses want to see ? Some have their head in the sand and others have their head up their arse ?

Their are none so blind as those who dont want to see>

And that is a truism of Jehovah`s Witnesses .

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The Biggest Issue Is Not Guns—It Is Mental Health!

by minimus in

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crazy people shoot up places and kill people.

take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!

they need professional long term help..

smiddy3

I haven`t read all of these pages yet . However ,

I have not yet once read anywhere in the world where a "Mentally Diseased Apostate" has gone out and killed anyone .

just saying

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Keeping Track Of The Brothers During The Great Tribulation

by new boy in

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i couldn’t help but watch the “bunker video “again.

i learned that once they are in the bunkers they will need to get the attendance numbers from the different groups that are in hiding during the “great tribulation.” chris and wife risked their lives going to the different groups and getting the numbers and putting them on slip of paper which he then handed to brother brown.

of course these numbers would have to be kept track of so they could make a full report back to the headquarters.

smiddy3

And when a couple of young Japanese JW sister`s get attacked with one murdered and the other hospitalized the JW Organization quicky distances themselves from them saying they are only volunteers and are in no way accountable to the Jehovah`s Witness organization .

Take notice lurkers ,you will be quickly thrown under the bus if the JW Org. thinks their may be even a hint of an insurance claim made against them

The rank and file are like fodder to them simply to be exploited .

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stake tumbling through, sign from heaven?

by waton in

wt ransom symbol spotted.

oumuamua seen in news videos.

image from google images.

smiddy3

I just glanced at the word sign in the" Bible Words Indexed" at the end of the 1984 NWT of the Bible with 20 entries half of which seem to contradict the other half.

I`m sure their are plenty more in the Bible that do the same.

On the one hand its a wicked and adulteress generation that keeps looking for a sign and on the other hand the Bible provides signs so the believers can be assured of their faith.?

As for this asteroid are you sure its not a phallic symbol ? Or even a middle upright finger ?

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Keeping Track Of The Brothers During The Great Tribulation

by new boy in

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friends

i couldn’t help but watch the “bunker video “again.

i learned that once they are in the bunkers they will need to get the attendance numbers from the different groups that are in hiding during the “great tribulation.” chris and wife risked their lives going to the different groups and getting the numbers and putting them on slip of paper which he then handed to brother brown.

of course these numbers would have to be kept track of so they could make a full report back to the headquarters.

smiddy3

You often hear about how Jehovah protects his people in the WT and at conventions and such .

But all is quite on the western front when some JW`s get murdered or even beheaded during some random violence or persecution .

So it seems like Jehovah is partial as to who he saves and who he lets get murdered

And why go hide in a Bunker ? just wait on Jehovah he will fix it in his due time .

And Jehovah protects some brother as he goes around collecting attendance figures ? Are they for real ?

Do they honestly really believe this nonsense ?