Posts by smiddy3

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Is the name Jehovah`s Witnesses a misnomer ?

by smiddy3 in

jw
friends

i ask this because from what i read on this board lately is that they jw`s seem to be very reluctant to engage in conversation with anybody nowadays and are only interested in placing literature at carts.. and if anyone brings up questions in their d2d work that challenge them ( like the arc ) they will promptly excuse themselves and move on.

also didn`t jesus say "this good news of the kingdom would be preached in all the inhabited earth " for a witness ?.

when was the last time you heard a jw speak about "the good news of the kingdom" ?

smiddy3

I ask this because from what I read on this board lately is that they JW`s seem to be very reluctant to engage in conversation with anybody nowadays and are only interested in placing literature at carts.

And if anyone brings up questions in their D2D work that challenge them ( like the ARC ) they will promptly excuse themselves and move on

Also didn`t Jesus say "this good news of the Kingdom would be preached in all the Inhabited Earth " for a witness ?

When was the last time you heard a JW speak about "the good news of the Kingdom" ? they seem to speak, when they do about anything but "The good news of the Kingdom" , how is your day,lovely garden you have here ,I see you have children ,Well have a good day now .etc.etc.

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Crazy statements from JWTalk

by Jehovah lol in

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friends

i'm sure many of you are aware of the jwtalk site, a message board which has yet to succumb to apostasy (give it time).. some of the forums there are visible to the public, and i've seen some crazy stuff.

here is a sampling:.

"satan is really trying his best to make things worst for the witnesses, knowing the 6,000 years is almost up, from eve's creation!".

smiddy3

What`s that saying ? "Their are none so blind as those who will not see " or something like that .

Then their are those who have believed something for so long they feel they would be ridiculed as a fool if they abandoned that belief now.

Others wont change their beliefs because of what their peers will think of them .

Also pride becomes a factor, I have spent so much time (decades) energy (half my life ) and money ($$$$$$) in supporting this religion ,I cant lose face and reject it now.

Then their are just vulnerable people who are quite content to let other people make all their decisions in life for them .

And of course their are gullible people who will believe anything you tell them if you dangle a carrot before them (Paradise petting pandas and what not )

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And finally I'm out

by Skepsis in

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friends

hi all.. it's being a while that i don't share in the forum.

after moving to another country and finding a job, i asked my congregation in my country to send my publishing card here.

once i did it, i stopped attending meetings.

smiddy3

I know nothing about my new or my old congregation. I have a new job and a new life in a new country. Had to do a lot of things so had no time to think about JWs. Looking back, it has been the best decision I could have taken.

Bravo , I`m happy for you to do this when your 30 ,you have a real life ahead of you not one based on wishful thinking or a false doctrine.

Take care

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New Light

by Lost in the fog in

am i the only one who can't reconcile new light with the light gets brighter?

if it matters at all.

i bring a candle into my house and light it.

smiddy3

Welcome lost in the fog

Didn`t Russell himself state in one of his publications that the light getting brighter did not mean a new interpretation of scripture a totally different meaning but an enlightenment or greater understanding of the original interpretation.?

The WT/GB today change a doctrine based on scripture and call it New Light contradicting C.T.Russell`s use of "New Light"

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The New JWdom - Vew of Older Publications? (and other related questions)

by Magnum in

i feel that there aren’t many of that type anymore, but there have to be some – mostly old-timers.

how do they study?.

when i was active, i collected all the old publications i could find.

smiddy3

This is a very interesting subject Magnum .

I hope i can add my 2 cents worth that get people thinking also.

The GB/FDS class claim they are Spirit Directed,by Jehovah God and Christ Jesus since as they claim Jehovah /Jesus approved them to dispense food (spiritual) at the proper time some 140 or so years ago.

OK ,they were International Bible Students then later to become Jehovah`s Witnesses

Any, even superficial look at what JW`s have taught over the 140 years of their existence and their subsequent dropping of that belief or in some cases reversal of a particular belief or in other cases adopting a previous rejected belief as now being an accepted doctrine surely one has to wonder what the Holy Spirit is doing .

Not to mention of the 6 thousand years ending in the late 1800`s only to be resurrected again in 1975 .

All of their holy ones to be taken to heaven in 1914 that they were prophecying about for the past 40 years.

And all this has happened in the last 140 years of Jehovah`s chosen people for these last days.

These are just some of the false/errant teachings of JW`s/GB in these last 140 years there are many more.

Now the point is this

The Bible was written /completed some 2000 years ago ,how many times have these Bible writings been subjected to revisions ,corrections,contradictions ,etc,etc. in 2000 years ? That changed the core beliefs and doctrines ? not once .What was written 2000 years ago is basically what is written today

That cant be said for Jehovah`s Witnesses as their history stands in their short history of 140 years.

"Their history" that brings up another subject where they like to re-invent themselves.(such liars )

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the watchtower is starting to crumble

by pepperheart in

for the december monthly broadcast instead of jws from around the world waving to you and items of how to shun people we will have to make do with repeats of of old gilead videos that have been on the jw website for a good while.

smiddy3

The "Plain Truth" magazine was a quality professional magazine that was free to anybody who wanted it decades before JW`s offered their 2nd rate low quality excuse for a magazine for free to escape paying a tax.

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The watchtower does not have the resources

by pepperheart in

if you have a look at the december broadcast on jw tv they tell you that they wont be showing you a normal format for december but the 143rd event of gilead because the watchtower does not have the resources other wise to translate it many different lanuages.. with all the cuts the watchtower have made and are going to make you would have thought that they would have lots of resources.

smiddy3

Do the rank and file JW even know of all the buildings being sold or are about to be sold in Brooklyn ? and how much money they have already received from those sales that have been finalized ? {over 1 Billion Dollars US so far}

Also with the sale of KH`s ,Branch Officers ,etc,etc all around the world and all of their cutbacks they have been making , JW HQ must be rolling in the dough ,$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

So not having the resources could not mean they are short of cash could it.!!

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What's destroying Watchtower!

by UnshackleTheChains in

for me, beyond any shadow of a doubt, it's the extreme shunning policy.. at a recent sunday meeting, i listened to a complete brainwashed sister saying how important it was that we stick to the shunning policy even if it is a close relative.. i just thought.

wtf.

there is a big difference between the brainwashed and the awoken class!.

smiddy3

The name Watchtower was taken to signify what these men who started this organization had something unusual and distinct in Christian theology, a truthful representation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his new prophesied Kingdom arrangement.

The magazine C.T.Russell started was "Zions Watchtower & Herald of Christs Presence" in 1879 ?

That also had Masonic symbols on the front cover ,including the cross.

He obviously believed in the Zionist movement of the day and also that Jesus Christ had already returned invisibly back then.

None of which is accepted by the GB of Jehovah`s Witnesses today.

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Hello Again

by everbrighterhal in

i'm sorry if this is in the wrong category!

i am formerly adimmedlight, or something close to that.

i have been lurking here a few years now and while i did make an account before, i used a fake email (i no longer remember it, since it was made only to log in the one time i posted.. )because i was so paranoid people in my home town would discover me and "out" me.

smiddy3

Is their anyway to see your paintings without going on FB ?

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What's destroying Watchtower!

by UnshackleTheChains in

for me, beyond any shadow of a doubt, it's the extreme shunning policy.. at a recent sunday meeting, i listened to a complete brainwashed sister saying how important it was that we stick to the shunning policy even if it is a close relative.. i just thought.

wtf.

there is a big difference between the brainwashed and the awoken class!.

smiddy3

In a nutshell the Internet and possibly the child sex abuse cases that are getting more media attention now ,that`s whats destroying (?) the WT/JW religion though it`s going to take a far longer time than most people would like.

"Destroying" is probably not the best terminology to describe their demise .It`s going to be a gradual thing over a long period of time which means they could still be around many,many years into the future , however with a much smaller membership than they have now.

As your OP suggests most/many JW`s accept shunning and are quite willing to abide by the GB`s directives to enforce it even when close blood Kin are involved .