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

God cursed the Earth because of sin. We and all creation get to see a world without God's good and full stewardship.

So in the four thousand years from Adam to Jesus Christ, Jehovah God had at his command slaughtered millions of animals and birds on the Alter of Jehovah with such blood letting .

As a sacrifice to him ?

Of his own creation .?

Jehovah doesnt sound like a God who loves animals to me ?

And God cursed the whole earth because his two perfect human beings were not so perfect after all ?

Could it be that the fault lies with Jehovah God Himself ?

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The origins of personified spirits and demons

by Doug Mason in

for the jews, personified spirit beings, good and evil, along with demons, originated during the 3rd and 2nd centuries bce.. https://jwstudies.com/crucible__powers_above.pdf .

this file will be available very temporarily.. doug.

smiddy3

AA ,this sounds all too familiar with the WT excusing the two different versions of Jesus coming into Jerusalem or coming out of Jerusalem in the Gospels .

The pretext being their was an old Jerusalem and a new Jerusalem in Jesus day .

Anybody remember this ?

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Should Voters Be Made To Prove They Are Eligible To Vote?

by minimus in

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i believe that just because someone shows up at the voting booth, it doesn’t automatically qualify them to be legitimate voters.

i think it’s not unreasonable to provide proof that you are qualified..

I think its a good system in Australia where once you are of the age (18) to vote you are required to register as a voter ,failure to do so is a fine ,and when you front up at a polling booth you identify yourself and your name is then crossed off the list as presenting yourself to vote ?

I dont see the problem with honest hearted people who see their civic duty .?

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Funny ex-jw memes

by Apostate Anonymous in

backstory:.

so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.

he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.

smiddy3

These JW memes are gems ,notice that I left out the ex ? Because I believe they apply equally whether you are a current active JW an ex-JW or just a person who has had a JW knock on your door.

Just saying.

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Knorr Family

by vienne in

for a secondary project, i need basic biography of n. h. knorr's parents and brother and sister.

we have some details, which i have posted on our history blog: https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/.

if you can add to this, please do..

smiddy3

new boy was just using satire in his post I don`t think he would have thought anybody would take him seriously .

I thought his post was quite funny.

Lighten up folks

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For those who are athest, or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?

by Tameria2001 in

i'm not asking this question to cause an argument or accuse, but i am honestly just wondering?

for those of you who are now atheist or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?

i hadn't given this much thought until about a year ago.

smiddy3

I was brought up to believe the Bible was the word of God and was sent to Sunday school ( my parents weren`t religious) when I rebelled and said I wasn`t going anymore about 12 yrs of age ,I still had the though the Bible was God`s word ,Fast forward to when I`m 20 years old I was converted to JWism .

33 years later after seeing the hypocricy`s , flip flops ,and manipulation of the members by both the G.B. and Elders in Congregations I attended (admittedly some Elders were genuine people but not many) in my experience.

I was disillusioned and left.Which then led me to investigate the the Bible more and what critics had to say about it and my eyes were opened ,the rose coloured glasses and the blinkers were off an I then saw what religion in general and all religious books were inventions of humans and nothing more.

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Pure Worship restored only for English-speaking?

by AlexPancho in

gb recent presents new book "based ezekiel" - pure worship restored.this book also provide into jw-borg site and jw-lib too, but only english.as examle, spanish - it`s second largest language into us and america continents, but has no translated into it.do you have any idea why this could happen?

they hide something, or just did not have time to translate (but previously published in all major languages at the same time).

smiddy3

Maybe its simply just a matter of them running out of cash or maybe even translators are leaving in droves .?

One can only hope .

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

by minimus in

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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

Well if his parents didn`t believe in overlapping maybe he wouldn`t be here ,so he can be thankful they did.

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JW marketing image

by neat blue dog in

picture from a recent watchtower:.

what diversity.

what corporate synergy.

smiddy3

Notice theirs only 5 females and 7 males ?

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Cart Witnessing along with dramas on the big screen?

by Tahoe in

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https://youtu.be/f40ukvgjsqw.

is it the first of april already?.

smiddy3

I think if they put up on screen Steven Lett giving one of his performances that would be great ,you must admit he`s got a way of getting his message across.