Posts by smiddy3

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Can't believe we are still here

by moreconfusedthanever in

just this week i had the jws knock on my door.

sisters from my old congregation.

we exchanged the usual polite conversation.

smiddy3

During our chat one of the sisters pipes up and says "I can't believe we are still here. We were not meant to go to high school, get married or have children this side of Armageddon.". This sister is now a grandmother.

I know it`s easy for me to say now,however looking back in hindsight I would like to think I would have made a comment such as

"Well doesnt`t that tell you ,what you have been taught and believed all these years is not true, that you are being misled by your religion ? "

I know that`s easy for me to say now however when someone knocks on your door you are usually taken way off gaurd

What she said is so true though isn`t it something we can all relate to.

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Sexual abuse

by Amypk80 in

does anyone in new zealand have any experience with jw covering up sexual abuse?

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smiddy3

Welcome Amypk80 ,I`m surprised no one has responded to your post yet.

I find it hard to believe their are no cases of child sexual abuse in NZ among JW`s ever.

This is a good place to vent and be informed without any repercussions for saying your piece

Take care.

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Some more Nicholas King pics

by neat blue dog in

today we get to see nick hanging with his fellow watchtower movie star and chorus member,.

hitting the dance floor,.

taking a swig,.

smiddy3

I wonder if he is baptized,if he is not that could explain a lot.

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Professions in the Paradise

by The Real Edward Gentry in

jw
friends

we know there will be no money in paradise.

but there will almost certainly be jobs to do.

we will be perfect at our jobs but that doesn't mean we will be perfect at every job.

smiddy3

"You will build houses and inhabit them " Isa.65:21

Their is no way my wife would stay in a house I built and I can`t blame her ,I`m completely useless as a handy man and she knows it.and so do I.

I don`t have a green thumb ,so I would also be useless providing food in the vegetable garden too.

I have no patience for fishing and I just hate the thought of spending hours for an empty catch.Would fishing even be allowed in the New System ? Eating one of Jehovahs creations in the new system ?

Apparently you wont be able to hunt animals for food in the New System either.Their is a scripture there somewhere. isn`t their ?

Would Jehovah still require a human sacrifice as he has done these past decades condoning his chosen people JW.ORG refusing blood transfusions ? while hypocritically accepting Blood fractions donated by worldly people donating their blood to blood banks that are then processed in a laboratory into fractions ,blood that is not poured out on the ground and should not be used for any purpose according to the Bible as claimed by Jehovah`s Witnesses.

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Common Figure of Speech/Colloquialism?

by rstrats in

1. the messiah said that three nights would be involved with his time in the "heart of the earth".. 2. there are some who believe that the crucifixion took place on the 6th day of the week with the resurrection taking place on the 1st day of the week.. 3. of those, there are some who believe that the "heart of the earth" is referring to the tomb.. 4. however, those two beliefs allow for only 2 nights to be involved.. 5. to account for the discrepancy, some of the above say that the messiah was using common figure of speech/colloquial language of the time, i.e., that it is was common to forecast or say that a day or a night would be involved with an event when no part of the day or no part of the night could occur.. 6. in order for someone to legitimately say that it was common, they would have to know of more that 1 example to make that assertion.. 6. for the purpose of this topic, i would like to ask if there are any 6th day of the week crucifixion advocates who think the messiah was employing common figure of speech/colloquial language of the period?.

smiddy3

Thanks David ,I`m always interested to hear the Jewish point of view on the Christian Greek Scriptures and the Old Testament for that matter.

A good question rstrats.

30

The Seven Trumpets

by Jehovah lol in

is it still watchtower dogma that the seven trumpets of revelation refer to seven conventions in the 1920s?

would many jws these days even be aware of this?

i find it so amusing that seven little conventions in the distant past, almost a century ago, could be equated with such an iconic biblical passage.

smiddy3

Ditto freddo,why oh why DIDN'T I WAKE UP THEN? (FACEPALM)

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Have you ever thought what the primary teaching of Jehovah’s Witnesses is?

by Half banana in

it is not “preach the good news” nor is it “believe in jesus and get saved” neither is it “believe in the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses and get saved” although in practice they do teach this.

no, everything they claim depends on a belief in another doctrine which logic decrees cannot be found in the bible.

the leadership of jehovah’s witnesses put absolute faith in a protestant doctrine which is given a latin name, sola scriptura, meaning “by scripture alone”.. good evidence of the governing body believing in the primacy of this doctrine was when being questioned by the australian royal commission, they resorted to the ‘authority’ of scripture to defend their stance on having “two witnesses” when they are investigating child abuse cases.throughout the hearing they paraded their naive trust in the bible as the highest possible authority proudly ignoring the fact that most people regard it as having been superseded by modern scientific evaluations of what is true.. .

smiddy3

Protestants accept their Canon on the basis of Tradition.

And The JW`s blindly followed what the protestants accepted simply to be different and apart from the Catholics.

How could all scripture be inspired and beneficial when not all scripture had even been written when this scripture was penned ?

What about all of the other "scriptures" that were written that have not been included in the Bible that imperfect human men (not women) deemed was not to be included in the cannon ,judged by their human imperfect wisdom ?

On the other hand they keep changing their beliefs so often how does any JW keep up with their core beliefs?

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How and Why the ARC into Child Sexual Abuse In Institutions Came About.

by smiddy3 in

a program is to be aired on abc tv tonight called : "undeniable :the advocates and agitators who fought for justice" to be shown at 9:30 pm aust.eastern daylight saving time in victoria.. while it doesn`t show anything from what i can gather, about jw`s ,it mainly concentrates on the catholic and anglican churches and if you want to make a comparison the abuse in the jw`s pales by comparison as an institution .. having said that their were some/one champions of jw child sex abused that made sure by their arguments that the jehovah witness religion should not be excluded from this royal commission as they wern`t initially included in this enquiry.. the full/final report of this arc is to be handed down later this week..

smiddy3

For anybody who missed the program last night you can view it anytime day or night on ABC I-View from anywhere in the world I would imagine.

I agree with you about the ratio`s comparing religions Phizzy ,also others who point out the reluctance of the JW`s to co-operate with the commission particulary objecting to the redress scheme of compensation for the victims.

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How and Why the ARC into Child Sexual Abuse In Institutions Came About.

by smiddy3 in

a program is to be aired on abc tv tonight called : "undeniable :the advocates and agitators who fought for justice" to be shown at 9:30 pm aust.eastern daylight saving time in victoria.. while it doesn`t show anything from what i can gather, about jw`s ,it mainly concentrates on the catholic and anglican churches and if you want to make a comparison the abuse in the jw`s pales by comparison as an institution .. having said that their were some/one champions of jw child sex abused that made sure by their arguments that the jehovah witness religion should not be excluded from this royal commission as they wern`t initially included in this enquiry.. the full/final report of this arc is to be handed down later this week..

smiddy3

Stuck, and anybody else check out the ABC Australia website for programming and you should be able to get the lowdown on what this program is all about.

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Position on blood idolatrous?

by Jehovah lol in

i just had this thought in my other thread.. jehovah witnesses refuse blood transfusions because they believe blood to be the sacred symbol of life.

that's the primary reason, the medical justifications are simply ad hoc excuses.

couldn't it be said that their willingness to give their lives for the sanctity of the symbol of life is idolatrous?

smiddy3

"autologous" blood transfusions (i.e., using one's own blood) are forbidden on the grounds that once blood leaves the body it is not to be stored but dispensed with.

True steve2 So how can a Jehovah`s Witness use blood fractions in good conscience as a medical procedure since fractions are obtained by a laboratory procedure from donated blood that is given by worldly people who are going to be destroyed at Armageddon and stored in a laboratory and processed into fractions.

Blood is not poured out on the ground and dispensed with according to JW beliefs.

Yet it is OK for them to use Blood fractions from non Jehovah`s Witnesses? Worldly people even Atheists ? Christendoms members ? Satanists ? all of who can donate Blood at a blood bank