Posts by smiddy3

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Did you actually read the bible end to end?

by Ultimate Axiom in

in my ten years as a witness i never read the whole bible end to end, what with four magazines a month, the book study, meetings and talk preparations, there just wasn’t the time.

i knew all the important references to ‘prove’ the various jw doctrines, and the cherry picked chapters that help foster the idea that it’s a good book, but that’s not reading it.

well after nearly forty years out, i decided i would do it.

smiddy3

I might ask ,which Bible are you referring too ? In Christendoms religions their are different numbers of Books that are considered to be part of the Bible

Just as an example : 2 Bible Accounts of Noah

The book of Enoch .

The book of Jubilees

The Testament of Noah

The book of Jasher

Compare the following :

The roman Catholic Church

The Protestant Churches

The Greek orthodox Church

The Russian Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Churches

Just to name a few that have different numbers of Books in their Bible from other Churches .

And their are heaps of other Books of Scripture that men, not any God, that decided not to include them in the finished product .

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Accept flip flop beliefs....Jehovah is the one who is driving the Celestial chariot

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower bible and tract society uses its governing body to force jehovah's witnesses to accept their flip-flop beliefs and doctrines.

their history of conflicting false teachings and practices have left members in confusion.. in this video, david splane blames jehovah god for all the changing doctrines.

"jehovah is driving the chariot.".

smiddy3

I do not believe any of the GB believe it anymore ,maybe one time in the early days ? but certainly not now.....Why?

They know they are false religious prophets ( profits they have)

The fact that they keep re-writing and changing facts about their early history.{ No organization does that unless they have things to hide } In fact I think you would be hard pressed to find any other organization that would stoop to that low level ,except maybe organized crime syndicates .

Their "New Light" is always a cover up of failed prophecy`s ,expectations ,evidently`s ,and whatever to cover their arse.

They are manipulative in their language and deliberately lie justifying it with there "Theocratic Warfare " strategy.

Not to mention the control over every aspect of a JW`s life ,including the type of clothes they wear when & where, what they do in the privacy of their bedrooms for married couples ,what entertainment they watch and even the music they listen too.

As well as dictating how many hours they should getting in the witnessing work and how many meetings they should be attending every week .

And also trying to control what is left of a JW`s critical thinking ability .

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Who else had to sit though last weeks WT study, 6th Jan 2019 - "Buy Truth and Never Sell It"

by skin in

that title, “buy truth and never sell it”.

is that not our goal has jw’s, to try to sell the truth to those who have the right heart condition to accept it?.

para 9: “when the fishermen peter and andrew were invited by jesus to become “fishers of men,” they “abandoned their nets.” (matt.

smiddy3

nowwhat?

Good point , on the one hand JW reject Dec.25th as a made up date of Jesus Christ birth accepted by Christendom ,

And not accepted by true Christians { Jehovah`s Witnesses }

On the other hand .

The name of God =Jehovah a made up name by none other than a Catholic Spanish Monk of the 13th Century accepted by Christendom and also accepted by "True Christians" - Jehovah`s Witnesses" despite the fact that the JW`s /G.B. acknowledge that is not the correct pronunciation of the Divine name ,but one that is commonly used in Christendom. " Aid to Bible Understanding " first edition.

Is it not obvious that double standards apply here and one that involves the Divine name that Jehovah`s Witnesses claim to uphold so dearly ? as THE NAME OF GOD ?

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Neighbor teens selling drugs

by Bad_Wolf in

not too long ago had a lady and her two teen sons move nearby.

she had mentioned awhile back how they came from a rough ghetto neighborhood.

this lady is always screaming and fighting with her sons, so loud, homes away hear it.

smiddy3

This could be a tricky one .

If you do decide to "rat" them out and they discover it was you who did so ,are you prepared to take the consequences ?

You can never be absolutely sure they wouldn`t surmise or guess you were involved .

On the other hand who want`s druggies / dealers to be living next door to them with the problems that may bring.?

Maybe involving a willing third party from out of town do an anonymous tip to law enforcement being careful not to divulge anything to tie you or them to the tip off.

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Good Business Ethics

by bola in

jw
friends

happy new year to everyone in this forum.. i need advice on business ethics like writing a curriculum vitae, being present for an interview, providing services like and answering customers needs.

thanks.

i am just 22 years and i need advice..

smiddy3

Best of luck bola ,with all of the suggestions given here you should do well in getting any job you apply for.

One tip from personal experience : If you have a chosen profession you wish to pursue don`t give up if at first you don`t succeed in getting it.

I had opportunity over a few years to apply for a job I wanted no less than 4 times with the same company before I finally got the job.

They regarded me as an Aussie battler who persisted to get the job he wanted .

I ended up working for them for 28 years and retired with a nice payout.

Good luck to you .

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Crisis of Conscience is being delivered to my door today. I can't wait

by Fognomore in

since i have no one else to talk to about what i am going through, i just thought i would let this group know that i have .

crisis of conscience coming to my front door today.

i already know what i will say if my wife says something.

smiddy3

I read C.O.C. while I was still a JW and it didn`t wake me up ,I just thought maybe R.F. was a disgruntled relative of Fred Franz and maybe a little bit jealous he wasn`t given the same recognition .

After leaving I read Don Cameron`s "Captive Of A Concept" which I highly value in exposing the JW religion for the fraud that it is.

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Demon Posessed Rock Bands I couldn’t listen to

by hoser in

jw
friends

kiss.

steve miller band (abracadabra).

eagles.

smiddy3

I banned my sons "KISS" records

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The stuff JWs get right

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

since today there is a post about jws and science i thought it right to throw them a bone and see if they have anything right:.

1. round earth (lol).

2. old universe (13.7 billion years).

smiddy3

As I understood it in the 1960`s they said that the universe could be millions of years old as was stated in Gen.1:1.

And the following verses only apply to God turning his attention to preparing the Earth for humans to inhabit.

Their is a difference.

Of course that still means that humans have only existed on Earth about 6000 years by their chronology,do they still teach one creative day is 7000 years long ? From "Paradise Lost To Paradise Regained" ?

Or is that just one more of their teachings that they choose to ignore nowadays.

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Warning: autistic screeching ahead ...

by LoveUniHateExams in

a regular guy went into a vape store in georgia recently, to buy his wife some liquid for her e-cigarettes.

his big mistake was to wear a trump t-shirt.

the shop assistant went completely mental because of the t-shirt.. the customer remained calm throughout and eventually got the product he wanted (i think).. but what a scene!

smiddy3

I wonder if that guy still has a job ? I don`t think he had good PR with his customers or that he had good people skills. ?

Maybe he needs a little bit more training .

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Who else had to sit though last weeks WT study, 6th Jan 2019 - "Buy Truth and Never Sell It"

by skin in

that title, “buy truth and never sell it”.

is that not our goal has jw’s, to try to sell the truth to those who have the right heart condition to accept it?.

para 9: “when the fishermen peter and andrew were invited by jesus to become “fishers of men,” they “abandoned their nets.” (matt.

smiddy3

Jehovah`s Witnesses have knowingly and willingly promoted a false name of GOD ,namely JEHOVAH that they know was invented by a Spanish Catholic Monk in the 13th Century.

Especially so since they adopted the name Jehovah`s Witnesses in the 1930`s.and given prominence to that name contrary to the Christian Greek Scriptures ,the New Testament which clearly states that Christians are to be witnesses of Jesus ,NOT Jehovah .

According to their first edition "Aid" book because it was the most common name used in Christendom .