Posts by smiddy3

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Hi, all...I'm a faithful JW who is sick of lies about us

by James Donalds in

i was baptized 30 years ago and have been in the faith for over 35 years.. our organization isn't perfect.

but i'm sick to death of seeing stereotypes about us.

we are not mindless automatons.

smiddy3

James Donalds

Troll,troll,troll your boat gently down the stream merrily,merrily,merrily on your way.....

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i am 12 years old and im confused because my mam is leaving the truth after 12 years and i want to celebrate xmas but she still doesnt believe that should do it coz even though shes realised society has lied about things she still believes in god.

im unsure whether i believe in god or not but i havent really looked into it much ..

smiddy3

Jrjw has identified herself as kas12`s mum so hopefully they can take the advice on here to post as a mother and daughter together when kas12 has questions she would like answered .

having said that welcome to you Kas12 for posting here but please do so with the supervision of your mom.

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Flat earth vs round earth

by Jrjw in

my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.

smiddy3

The four corners of the earth could refer to the four points of the compass from wherever you are standing .

North,East,West and South

N.E.W.S.

And that should be good news for anybody.

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Christmas Eve Best Wishes To ALL of you .

by smiddy3 in

jw
friends

it`s christmas eve here in australia today and i wish all of you a very merry xmas simply because i can without being zapped , or hauled into a jc committee.. it doesn`t matter whether you are religious or not , i`m not now , however i can appreciate and respect those who do.. so whatever your views on the matter have a great day and enjoy the holidays in whatever grabs your fancy.. and if jw`s do come knocking on your door as they do this festive season wish them a merry xmas and anti-witness to them ..

smiddy3

Aussie Jingle Bells Christmas song,sorry I cant download it .

Worth a listen on u-tube.

Well I like it anyway

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Christmas Eve Best Wishes To ALL of you .

by smiddy3 in

jw
friends

it`s christmas eve here in australia today and i wish all of you a very merry xmas simply because i can without being zapped , or hauled into a jc committee.. it doesn`t matter whether you are religious or not , i`m not now , however i can appreciate and respect those who do.. so whatever your views on the matter have a great day and enjoy the holidays in whatever grabs your fancy.. and if jw`s do come knocking on your door as they do this festive season wish them a merry xmas and anti-witness to them ..

smiddy3

U 2 X have a good one.

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Christmas Eve Best Wishes To ALL of you .

by smiddy3 in

jw
friends

it`s christmas eve here in australia today and i wish all of you a very merry xmas simply because i can without being zapped , or hauled into a jc committee.. it doesn`t matter whether you are religious or not , i`m not now , however i can appreciate and respect those who do.. so whatever your views on the matter have a great day and enjoy the holidays in whatever grabs your fancy.. and if jw`s do come knocking on your door as they do this festive season wish them a merry xmas and anti-witness to them ..

smiddy3

LV101 , thank you Take care

WMUBYJH it is a special time for kids why should any body take that away from them .

take care.

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Pacifism is Morally Indefensible

by cofty in

i have been surprised recently to see so much support by ex-jws for the watchtower's refusal to fight and kill.

in my opinion it is a vice masquerading as a virtue.

of course war should always be a last resort but there are occasions that it has to be done.

smiddy3

What kind of a world today would we be living in if the USA , GB,and Australia were truly pacifists during the second world war. ?

I shudder to think

Jehovah God was never a pacifist in actual fact he was a warmonger no wonder humans created in his image like to fight wars.

Jesus Christ never came to bring peace but a sword to cause divisions in a family so by extension you divide a community and then a nation ,and then you have global conflicts.

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Do JWs Still Believe That Everything Pictures The “Anointed”?

by minimus in

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friends

it seemed like the society taught that somehow everyone and everything pictured the anointed class.

is that still the case?

?.

smiddy3

Surely the number of 144,000 has been achieved 1,000 times over since the first century AD..

Think about it ,a football stadium can hold on average 40-60 thousand people ,here in Melbourne the MCG can hold 100,000 people for one game.In one day.

And Jehovah`s Witnesses would like to have us believe that in over 2,000 years the almighty God Jehovah still hasn`t been able to find 144,000 out of faithful men and women to obtain this number of 144,000

Their have been Billions of Christians these past 2000 years who have lived and died many of which went through persecution,torture and even death upholding their faith in God and Jesus.

And their weren`t enough of these to fill the 144,000 anointed ?

And none of these were faithful enough to of the anointed ?

According to the latest figures their is now something like 18,000 who are /claim to be of the anointed today ?

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Hooray! Bound volumes in the trash!

by stillin in

my wife has held onto them like they were family heirlooms.

we are cleaning and clearing out accumulated stuff and i pointed out that there is the cd-rom library now and that the society has made revisions and really doesn't want us to be reading the old stuff.

she said that even though there have been changes to the teachings, the wrong understanding served its' purpose at the time.

smiddy3

LHG I`m sure their would be some Dubs that would have paid you $$$$$`s for that if it was from a GB anointed however looking back on your post it could have been just a mentally diseased person LOL

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I know this shouldn’t bother me...but

by MTSman in

so i woke up this morning with nothing planned for the day.

i rolled out of bed around 9am and went to local mcky ds to get some breakfast, and lord and behold there was a group of jdubs sitting around eating and sipping on coffee, probable counting time.

anyway, i glanced over and recognized all of them and they glanced back at me.

smiddy3

We used to sing "Keep your eyes on the prize", I try to keep looking in the windshield and not the rearview mirror

I love that Jake
Don`t worry MTSman time cures everything even being indoctrinated into a cult.