I sincerely believe the Bible is an instrument that you can play any tune on to suit your own particular beliefs.
I know this is not original but it is a tune I subscribe to .
smiddy3
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Prayerfully Considering or Seeing What Sticks
by scotoma intony says the magical words “prayerfully considering”.
presumably, this has been done many times even when they have gotten things wrong.
have a urim and thummim method of knowing the correct interpretations?
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The King of the North has now entered into the 'land of decoration' (the Spiritual Estate of Jehovah's People) - Annual Meeting
by Listener inthe final part of the october, 2018 annual meeting has now been released of jw org tv.the following includes a transcript of mark sanderson's speech for those that don't want to listen to the broadcast.. we have long held that the land of decoration is the "spiritual estate of jehovah's people"... now brothers what can we say about all these events that have taken place (referring to recent events in russia) in such a short period of time?
well, truly, if you're a student of the history of god's organization, you can say these events are unprecedented in our history.
we've never seen a country or a territory with 175,000 witnesses of jehovah go under ban.
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Pay attention, the annual meeting is not yet over. By the end of this meeting you will have the answer to that important question.
And the answer is ????
And did they give an answer ? or did they leave that up to the brothers and sisters to draw their own conclusions whereby the GB can say at a future date the bros and sisters went ahead of Jah`s celestial chariot .
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Just peeking in for a bit...
by Jidders ini rather apprehensively would like to say hello.. i've been raised somewhat in the truth,one of my parents is rather rather strong in the beliefs but could honestly be considered pomi with how active they are and their side of the family comes from a line of witnesses, the other parent was but faded a long time ago.
as such i was taught quite a bit of jw teachings between family and off and on again bible studies.
recently i had a serious emotional break down over a few months after said pomi parent had advised me that they would not attend my wedding should that day come (i also had recieved a text from my bible teacher i hadnt heard from in a year or two giving a scripture) and it sorta all sank on me that my activity over the last few years was not really jw material.
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smiddy3
Welcome kevinbothma I look forward to hearing more of your story / experiences .
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The Young & not so young taking drugs @ Music Festivals in OZ.
by smiddy3 inmusic festivals are supposed to be entertaining events for young and old alike ,so why is it that so many youths and one`s in their twenty`s & thirty`s are being treated for drug overdoses at these venues ?.
their is so much information about the dangers of using drugs at these events or anywhere else ,why do they do it ?.
they put their own life at risk and traumatize those that try to treat them ?.
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Music festivals are supposed to be entertaining events for young and old alike ,so why is it that so many youths and one`s in their twenty`s & thirty`s are being treated for drug overdoses at these venues ?
Their is so much information about the dangers of using drugs at these events or anywhere else ,why do they do it ?
They put their own life at risk and traumatize those that try to treat them ?
Not to mention the pain and suffering of those they leave behind .
This has been news in OZ this Australia day long weekend , and I know this is a worldwide problem .
I know their is no answer ,its an individuals responsibility to manage their own life but its so sad it still happens.
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So I read the the gog of magog chapters from the new restore true worship book...
by nowwhat? inand what a heaping nonsensical freddie franz like bunch of crap.
as i told my pimi brother.
it's all based on assumptions and assertions that the ezekiel gog of magog account has a 2nd fulfillment in our day.
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smiddy3
Jehovah`s Witnesses /International Bible students Association have been around since the late 1880`s ,their hey day was from around the 1950`s to the 1990`s since then it has been all down hill with all of their selling off properties ,KH`s , Branch Offices ,reduced printing of all sorts of literature ,shelving off old time Bethelites into neighbouring congregations for them to look after , amalgamations of congregations ,continually beg for money/donations ,etc,etc.
This is not a sign of an organization religious or otherwise that is going places ,progressing and expanding ? Its a sure sign that this organization is in deep shit and is heading for rock bottom losing contributing $$$ members everyday and they are downsizing trying to stop the flow from getting any worse .
However its out of their control you can only pull the wool over someones eyes for so long ,eventually people remove that wool and see things for what they really are for the first time .
And then they take action to free themselves from bondage .
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Something more than physical life.
by Charles Gillette inmost every night, where i work i transport dead persons to the morgue.
others i work with have told me that around 3:00am they hear voices in the morgue.. i asked them have they experienced something more than physical life?
just the voices inside the cold morgue.
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When I was a teenager and not then a JW my peers had told me about tying a piece of cotton on a gold ring and holding it steadily suspended over a photo of someone who has died and it would start to rotate in a circle or swing like a pendulum.
I cant remember which.
If you do the same thing with a gold ring tied with a piece of cotton suspended over the photo of a living person it will act opposite to what it does with a dead person either swing like a pendulum or rotate in a circle .
I did it once and it was true .
I have never tried it again
Just saying.
Believe it or not .
I don`t really care.
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Just peeking in for a bit...
by Jidders ini rather apprehensively would like to say hello.. i've been raised somewhat in the truth,one of my parents is rather rather strong in the beliefs but could honestly be considered pomi with how active they are and their side of the family comes from a line of witnesses, the other parent was but faded a long time ago.
as such i was taught quite a bit of jw teachings between family and off and on again bible studies.
recently i had a serious emotional break down over a few months after said pomi parent had advised me that they would not attend my wedding should that day come (i also had recieved a text from my bible teacher i hadnt heard from in a year or two giving a scripture) and it sorta all sank on me that my activity over the last few years was not really jw material.
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smiddy3
Welcome jidders glad to have you on board .You can speak your mind and ask any question you like and you wont be judged or ostracized in any way.
I second AudeSapere`s advice .
And I would suggest you think about this simple fact .
If the IBSA/JW`s as they are now called was approved by Jesus/Jehovah in 1919 as the F&DS class because of what they were teaching then ,
Jesus/jehovah would be rejecting them today simply because they have abandoned most of those teachings that were taught then .
Even with the year 1914 , what they taught and preached then is not what they teach about 1914 now .
They are forever re-writing their own history to cover over their errors/false hoods about what is going to happen according to what the WatchTower and other publications they have produced says.
Take care .
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smiddy3
Maybe something like cofty said if a gun was pointed at my head otherwise just shoot me.
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smiddy3
Happy Australia day to all my fellow Aussies ,crack a VB,.Fosters,XXXX,,Swan Lager ,Tooheys,Darwin Stubbie ,NT bitter ,or even a Cascade and put some Lamb cutlets on the barbie with a Vegemite sandwich to go with it .
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smiddy3
Do you believe?
Not in the God of the Bible ,or any other god of any other religious texts. He / She is an invention of humans.
Every living thing on this planet lives off the life of another living thing ,devouring, eating ,consuming it.
It`s a violent world in the animal kingdom , and the human environment .
Christians talk about "God is Love" have they really read the Hebrew Scriptures ?
By the way welcome to this site rolliepollie ,glad to have you on board.
take care
I`m the first to admit we know bugger all about the Universe now compared to what we could know in years to come , however a GOD of any sort ,I firmly believe is not going to manifest him or her self.
God supposedly communicated with Adam
God supposedly communicated with his Prophets
Where is he today ?, as the psalmist said is he on the privy ? He can`t come to us right now ?