Posts by smiddy3

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How Rutherford did a backflip (flop) off the Great Pyramid

by TerryWalstrom in

in 1924, judge rutherford published an article which referred to the great pyramid as "the scientific bible" and added that measurements on the grand gallery inside the great pyramid confirmed the dates 1874, 1914 and 1925.. 1925 was the famous blowout date for the return of "ancient worthies" about which the judge said, "i made an ass of myself.".

just four years later, rutherford did one of his famous about-face reversals.. whereas previously the watchtower had taught that the great pyramid was probably built by melchizedek, or shem;*.

rutherford now said the great pyramid was constructed "under the direction of satan the devil.

smiddy3

Simply because Jw`s re-interpret / revise their early history ,leave out the embarrassing / incriminating stuff the majority of JW`s nowadays have no Idea about the absurd teachings that were accepted as Divine truth in Russell``s and Rutherford`s days.

How many JW`s today know that the organization believed and taught in their publications that 6000 years of human history ended in the late 1800`s and that the 7th day began back then before 1914 .?

How many know about their belief in Pyramidology and their connecting it to Bible scriptures and prophecy and taught it as "Truth"

How gullible people are who believe in " past truths" .."present truths" and ..."future truths" when the nu-lite is revealed rationalising how past "truths" failed to come true or materialise .

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"The purpose of reporting field service time is for encouragement"

by HereIgo in

i was told this when i was an aspiring jw, aka unbaptized publisher.

the above explanation didn't make sense to me then and it never did make sense throughout my jw career.

over time, it appeared to me the real purpose of field service time reporting was to gauge one's spirituality and for the ceo *cough* co to make sure the elders were on top of things during his visit..

smiddy3

S3: correction, only .016 % of jws are content with the [symbolic] blood of JC, by accepting it as partakers. The vast majority reject even that symbol, the wine. hopefully one day soon, they will reject it all.

I stand corrected waton ,we can only hope.

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Next week's "Bible" Study at the K.H.

by The Fall Guy in

one or two notable points from chapter 18 of "god's kingdom rules.".

“it will never beg nor petition men for support”.

7 brother russell and his associates refused to imitate the money-raising schemes so common in the churches of christendom.

smiddy3

LOL Steph.....well said.

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RUSSIA - September 2017 - Jehovah's Witnesses appeal extremist label and Supreme Court decision

by jwleaks in

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jehovah's witnesses appeal russian decision on declaring them extremist organization.

https://jw-russia.org/news/17091115-214.html.

[40 page court argument with 166 points.].

smiddy3

I think you might have a point their jwleaks ,LOL

Nobody else seems to be interested that JW`s are appealing their ban in Russia ? to make a comment ?

I found it interesting that the poll taken most Russians support the ban.

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We don't take collections like other religions do...

by Alfred in

i think this screen shot says it all... need i say more?.

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smiddy3

Just when you think you have heard it all. The mind boggles

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So many companies with so many names....

by Tahoe in

just ~one~ company changed names 27 times??

jws have many llcs, makes my head spin.

company info.

smiddy3

??? I`m with you Tahoe ,what gives with so many changes ?

I posted a comment on the link

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Next week's "Bible" Study at the K.H.

by The Fall Guy in

one or two notable points from chapter 18 of "god's kingdom rules.".

“it will never beg nor petition men for support”.

7 brother russell and his associates refused to imitate the money-raising schemes so common in the churches of christendom.

smiddy3

“‘Zion’s Watch Tower’ has, we believe, JEHOVAH for its backer, and while this is the case it will never beg nor petitionmen for support. (oh-oh!) When He.........fails to provide necessary funds, we will understand it to be time to suspend the publication.”

So why do Jehovah`s Witnesses beg and petition for monetary support at the KH meetings ,Assembly` s and International Conventions.?

Why do they continually ask for the brothers and sisters to make up a shortfall in contributions to cover the costs of providing these venues ?

Does`nt Jehovah provide ? Isn`t Jehovah their backer ?

The org’s recent 4 page letter of solicitation “advises” [demands] that all congregations should donate every excess cent to the org)

“It Will Never Beg nor Petition Men for Support”

It`s amazing what a hundred years can do to nullify what the founder of the JW religion said, C.T.Russell would be turning over in his grave by now.

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"The purpose of reporting field service time is for encouragement"

by HereIgo in

i was told this when i was an aspiring jw, aka unbaptized publisher.

the above explanation didn't make sense to me then and it never did make sense throughout my jw career.

over time, it appeared to me the real purpose of field service time reporting was to gauge one's spirituality and for the ceo *cough* co to make sure the elders were on top of things during his visit..

smiddy3

JW`s claim their religion is based on first century Christianity .

Where in the NT do believers count their time spent in the ministry.?

Where in the Bible did Christians ever refuse a blood transfusion , oops transfusions didnt exist then.

However king Davids men ate meat that was not bled according to the law and he and his men were not held accountable ever ,why not ?

Because human life was at stake.

Yet Jehovah`s Witnesses sacrifice the life of their members Adults and Children with their no blood policy rather than save a human life.

According to the Christian Scriptures only Jesus blood was to be shed on behalf of mankind , however JW`s are not content with just Jesus shed blood they offer up man Woman and Child to shed their blood to Christ Jesus /Jehovah

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North Korea Has Gone and Done it Again

by cofty in

nk has fired another icbm over japan.. the missile flew 2,300 miles at an altitude of 480 miles.

a korean spokesman has said about japan, “the four islands of the archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of juche.

japan is no longer needed to exist near us”.

smiddy3

Surely their must be some high ranking military personal in NK that believe this guy running the country is nuts and we will have to have a coup to get rid of him ?

It happens all the time with nutters that are going to wreak havoc on the nation sooner or later ?

K.J.U is only one man ,history tells us their are others who would like to depose him ,I think they should hurry up and get their act together before it`s too late.

The whole country is a quasi-religious cult of personality much as China was under Mao Zedong.

Point taken ,but you cant tell me their arent Officials in power their that don`t believe that bullshit and if they get the opportunity they will take him out before he brings the country to ruin.

Its just a matter of how do they do it with the least casualties.

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Laziness of JW parents?

by stuckinarut2 in

it seems that many witness parents are simply taking the lazy option when it comes to raising their children.. by this i mean, they will happily outsource the education of their kids to the ready-made information on jwdotorg.. need to keep the toddler busy?

just stick him in front of a colourful caleb and sophia cartoon.

or lets play coloring-in on ready made pictures of bible characters getting killed.. need to manipulate the mind of your growing child?

smiddy3

I think you have struck gold here stuckinarut2

,because what lazy is ,is what lazy does.{ Compliments of Forrest Gump }

From what I have learned here these past 10 years on this board parents of children nowadays do not have the same in depth knowledge of the Bible or even the reasons the JW religion has for believing/accepting this or that doctrine.

Not like the old days when JW`s could hold their own with a discussion on what they believed and why they believed it.

Those days have apparently gone ,why ? because Jehovahs Witnesses Adults have become lazy and just rely on what the GB say without seeking out why the GB say this or that ,they just blindly follow on.

So no wonder the children of these parents can no longer defend what they believe with scriptures .

The whole religion has been dumbed down to:

" You want to know what Jehovah`s Witnesses believe ? here you go log on to JW.Org and all your questions will be answered"