Posts by smiddy3

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Role Call!

by new boy in

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how many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.

smiddy3

I trust you new boy as you have been on this site for donkeys years 17 and have posted some 1424 times if I read it correctly .

However I don`t think many are going to respond to your invitation because of fear and paranoia especially the lurkers and newbies and even old timers like myself.

But I am curious ,what do you hope to achieve with this post ? Is it a test of some kind ? Do you really expect many to respond ?

Just curious ., I know they say "curiosity killed the cat" and I say live dangerously.You only live once .

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The End of World War 1 was Exactly 100 Years Ago

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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it is so amazing that the end of wwi was signed exactly 100 years ago!

and in just a few more hours, at 11:00am on 11 november 2018, paris time, the combat actually stopped!

(the war wasn´t officially over until 1919).it is such a historic moment, for the entire world, but also for jw´s, and for exjw´s.for almost the entire length of the war, the witnesses thought that the war was the prelude to armageddon.

smiddy3

Interesting post and i look forward your next post. IITTATT2

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Movies that make you cry?

by new boy in

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there have been many but i had a total melt down at the end of sophie's choice.

i hadn't cried in years before i saw that movie in in 1982. i was still very much a jw at the time.

i have no idea where the pain and sorrow came from, maybe it was the fact there are things people have gone through that we have defied all reason logic.

smiddy3

Ordinary People when "he" Conrad ? loses his best friend .

Colour Purple ,the Whoopie Goldberg scene .

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What are your favorite musical scores in film?

by LoveUniHateExams in

hi guys!.

this thread is at least partly inspired by blondie's classical music thread.. i'm not particularly a musical person but i do appreciate good scores in film.. what are your favorites?.

here's a well-known movie score i like .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdleusg9ew .

smiddy3

The music of the early "Bond" movies with Shirley Bassey

Ordinary People with M.T.Moore & D.Sutherland.

Dr.Strangelove particulary the end scene ? Hilarious .

Colour Purple

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Can you ever see a time when Govt`s of this world will attempt to abolish all religions ?

by smiddy3 in

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we are now in the 21st century of our common era with its insights into the potential of what can be achieved in the near future to benefit mankind for years to come .. the co-operation of governments around the world on so many levels has never been better than it is today and it is at least encouraging to see this .. whether it has to do with the climate , the environment ,food production ,safe water for all ,and the better health for all in the near future, and in the future space exploration.

however the problem today is still religion !

in its many extreme forms that divides us in no ways that politics divide us .. politicians learn how to compromise and work with their opponents for the greater good ,whereas religions don`t.. religions divide humans like no politicians ever did well not to the extremes religions will go anyway.. is their going to come a time in history when governments politicians say enough is enough and try attempt to abolish religion ?.

smiddy3

We are now in the 21st Century of our common era with its insights into the potential of what can be achieved in the near future to benefit mankind for years to come .

The co-operation of Governments around the world on so many levels has never been better than it is today and it is at least encouraging to see this .

Whether it has to do with the climate , the environment ,food production ,safe water for all ,and the better health for all in the near future, and in the future space exploration. etc.etc.etc,

However the problem today is still religion ! in its many extreme forms that divides us in no ways that politics divide us .

Politicians learn how to compromise and work with their opponents for the greater good ,whereas religions don`t.

Religions divide humans like no politicians ever did well not to the extremes religions will go anyway.

Is their going to come a time in history when Governments Politicians say enough is enough and try attempt to abolish religion ?

Surely sooner or later this time will come , but not in my lifetime .

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Please Listen to this Podcast

by Gizmo in

sorry if this has already been posted about, but people really need to listen to this!

and pass it on to people you know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmgew67tq1s.

smiddy3

marked for later listening. For those who don`t know Steven Unthank a guest here sued the Faithful and Discreet slave class in a court of law here in Australia a few years ago and had some success .

, and is active along with some others in getting this message across about the WT / JW religion not protecting JW children in the religion against sexual abusers among other things .

He and his co-workers are travelling around the world getting this message across to all and sundry who will listen .

Notable in that court case J.W`s Lawyers acknowledged that Steven Unthank even though he was suing the religion was not an Apostate and he got a win in having the JW`s getting a "Working With Children Check" that they had objected to getting.

Don`t be put off by the length of the video ,take the time out to listen.

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Bohemian Rhapsody

by cofty in

been to see the new film (movie) tonight.

outstanding!

brought back lots of memories.

smiddy3

RubaDub `s post is priceless

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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.