Posts by smiddy3

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Casting Out DEMONS

by Cold Steel in

if someone believes they're being plagued with demons or they have problems with hauntings, things moving by themselves or hearing voices or footsteps, who they gonna call?

i know they take demons very seriously, so who in the congregation do they go to when they need to bring out the big guns?

do they try to handle it themselves or is this a job for the elders?

During the 70`s and 80`s the congregations I was in their were a number of cases where supposed demon action affected some members of the congregation and the Elders were involved in counselling and advising the members how to be free of it.

Often times it was suggested they get rid of something that was purchased through garage sales or anything that had to do with eastern culture .Other times it had to do with "suspect" music, the word going around then was backward masking, playing records in reverse had demonic sayings on them . Another time trying to burn records that could not be consumed by fire . .One bro,was into books on Egyptology and he was experiencing demon attacks,so he got rid of his books on advisement.

We had the smurf story doing the rounds as well as an Elder relating an experience of a brother who tried to get rid of an object by throwing it out of his house only to have it rebound back inside.

A sister also complained to the elders she was being sexually abused by the demons ,I dont know the outcome of that one.

Their was one Elder who was quite adept at applying scriptures but was a bit obsessed with anything demonic.

I was with him in FS one day when we called on a Pastor of a church and he tore ribbons off of him with his use of the Bible .He could debate the bible with the best of them.

However I kid you not he seriously thought "Skippy The bush Kangaroo" had to be demon possessed to do what he did. (An Australian kids TV show)

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Adam and the Dinosaurs

by The Real Edward Gentry in

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friends

here is a fascinating subject.

according to the bible , one of adam's first assignments was to name all the animals including the sea creatures and dinosaurs of course.

we don't know how long this took but, as all witnesses know, the time period is crucial in working out the timing of armageddon).

smiddy3

For Adam to have accomplished all of this in 900 years he must have worked his ass off.

And Jehovah had to be a slave task master.

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Was It Really Mental Illness or Was It The Demons?

by minimus in

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we supposedly had more than a few “demonized” people in our congregation.

they would hear voices or feel internal punishment within their souls.

the answer was always—-these people were affected by the demons and they needed counseling!.

smiddy3

So in reality then the bible accounts of demon possession are not demon possession at all but are in fact a case of mental illness experienced by the individual in question.

That makes a lot more sense to me than Demon possession .

Their were a couple of "sisters" in my congregation`s ( x2 ) who swore they were being raped by the demons and went to the Elders about it.

I have no knowledge of the outcome of such investigations by the JC committee.

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Im new to the site. 28 years old, over 10 in exile. This is my story

by Jayk in

it's bitter sweet to find a site like this..i was born in the truth.

when i was 16 i given the option to stop going.

father and mothers family are both witnesses.

smiddy3

Welcome Jayk from down under no not NZ , Aussie land .

Use the search option at the top right hand corner to find out anything you want .Its priceless .

Take care buddy.

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Naked Jehovah's Witnesses (bizarre story)

by wannaexit in

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this is the most weird story.

if you read half way down you will see the protagonists are jdubs.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-family-kidnapping-naked-nisku-1.4398942.

smiddy3

Maybe they were just overjoyed with with Holy Spirit or failing that with some Alcoholic Spirits.

My experience tells me that Alcoholic Spirits work far better than Holy Spirit does.

At least AS gets results,maybe not always what you want LOL

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Is All The Bad Publicity About The Watchtower Pedophile Lawsuits Causing Contributions To Nose Dive Worldwide?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i think with all the child molestation lawsuits the watchtower corporation is and has been hit with is the main reason for all the prime property sell off recently.

the silent lambs protest back in 2001, and the dateline prime time expose probably was the death knell for the watchtower's hey day in brooklyn.. their membership is drying up, young people are leaving in droves, the situation is no doubt far worse than the annually published yearbook figures show and so they ceased it's publication permanently.

and those left remaining are experiencing a huge grab of money from their congregations accounts and now are required to make pledges about how much they can contribute which i think is a last ditch effort by the governing body to squeeze more money out of the rank and file watchtower indoctrinated drones.. i think all this is happening because even those still loyally attending are hearing reports of these tremendous pay out that the watchtower is making to the victims of their self serving policies that put young ones at great risks so that even the rank and file don't want to contribute to pay court costs and so are withholding giving contributions to a very great extent.

smiddy3

I think this may be true with the younger generation 30-40 years old or younger, who have access to the internet on a daily basis and are more tech. savvy.

And not so much with the older generation 50-60 year olds and above ,who are not likely to use the WWW so much and are indoctrinated to believe the GB as Gods spokesperson on the earth.

Typical of many older gen of JW`s is the attitude of the Elder at the ARC when asked if he had been keeping up with what was going on at the ARC said words to the effect he doesn`t watch the news and no he didn`t know anything about what had already transpired during the commissions proceedings.

Justice McClellan`s look of disbelief was classic.

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"Slaving For Jehovah Is Great, Because Your Life Won't Go Wrong." Sigh...

by Sorry in

granted, i'm a pimo status, so i normally just play on my cell phone and ignore everything during meetings and assemblies.

but at the assembly this past weekend, my ears were pricked for two experiences of two sisters dedicating themselves to pioneering.

this was probably because i was extremely freaked out by both of them.

smiddy3

So if they are total slaves, who is paying for their rent and food? Not "The Master

Satan`s system of things of course ,the Govt.who provides them "welfare"/ unemployment benefits , the dole or whatever is applicable wherever you live

Hypocrites they are ,condemn this system of things but bludge off of it all the time..

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no pictures of Kingdom Hall remodels???

by Lynnie in

i'm following an old friend on instagram who's an uber elder and he does lots of work on kh's and has gone to warwick on his own dime to help with the construction.

on his instagram post he says " i can't post pictures of the kh remodel but i can post pics of jack daniels that i had afterwards" or some such.

why aren't they allowed to take pics of remodels?

smiddy3

Why don't you ask him rather than speculating?

That seems like the most logical thing to me ?....?

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True or False did the Watchtower Corporation create false doctrines intentionally to enhance the proliferation of their own publications ?

by Finkelstein in

much as been revealed over the years to the date setting doctrines made by the wts.

such as ( 1874, 1914, 1925 , 1975 this generation, the last days, the end times etc.... which were not created by other christian based faiths.. as to critically examine why might reveal a hidden agenda to all these date setting proclamations.. the point in question is did the wts and its leaders intentionally manipulate or exploit the preaching of the gospel to enhance the proliferation of their own printed publications ?.

i would say convincingly yes, no question.

smiddy3

the WTS used was the 6000 years of mankind's existence for a total of 3 times.

What were the dates for the end and the beginning of the 6000 years other than the year 1975 ?

I was aware of two but not three.

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Key to some universal truths—Queen Jezebel has it!

by venus in

even wicked queen jezebel knew ‘what is good and what is bad’ because she described those who hurt others for no reason as “good-for-nothing.” (1 king 21:10).

from her comment the following universal truths can be discerned:.

1) everyone is endowed with the knowledge of good and bad, which makes god’s communication with humans unnecessary.

smiddy3

many countries (more than 10 countries) know that they can live without war and have never partaken in any war,

I don`t suppose it`s because they have never been threatened of being invaded and taken over by a foreign power would it ?

Otherwise it might have been a totally different story.

Isn`t that a universal truth ?