Posts by smiddy3

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New Letter: Announcements and Reminders

by Brian J in

letter dated 1/1/2018.

i know they are trying to simplify but it all is such a confusing mess.... forms, dates, calculators, committees, logins, publisher record cards.....jesus would barf.

to all bodies of elders re: announcements and reminders dear brothers: in an effort to reduce the number of letters sent to all bodies of elders and congregations, most announcements from the branch office will now be conveyed to congregations by means of the announcements and reminders (s-147) form.

smiddy3

The first part of the form will contain information for the elders only. If there are announcements for the congregation, these will appear on a separate page of the form. Instructions on the form will indicate which announcements are to be read to the congregation and/or posted on the information board when applicable

When i was first contacted 59 years ago now ,it was emphasized that their is/was no Clergy laity class among Jehovah`s Witnesses .

It was obviously a lie then as it is now.

{Note : They do claim Clergy /Laity Penitent in a court of law don`t they }

"The rank and file of Jehovah`s Witnesses are like mushrooms keep them in the dark and feed them bullshit" .

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What could be other alternative names for the Jehovah's Witnesses ?

by Finkelstein in

how about .... the international brotherhood of stupidity.. the righteous zombies club .

smiddy3

"The Gulliblites"

"One Born Every Minute Ministries"

" Old Testament Witnesses"

"The 7 Chosen.ORG"

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Will the Watchtower Corporation continue to lie and deceive just to sustain itself into the future ?

by Finkelstein in

the wts has been selling and promoting christ's return and the end times since the late 1800's, right through all of the 20th century and still continues today on the same core doctrinal premise.. 1914 was set as a year of christ taking position upon his heavenly throne followed by choosing the wts as his earthly guided organization in 1919 according to the wts.

leaders at that time.. the actual truth is that the wts is a publishing house and it was inherently pressed to make up doctrines which would gravitate attention to its published goods, accurate and honest bible interpretation was a second lesser concern.. the original heads of this religious publishing house (c t russell) first proclaimed that christ had returned in 1874 and 1914 was going to be the year jesus was going to cleanse the earth of all wickedness etc.

this was obviously a false doctrine tainted with ignorance and a bit of commercialization in reality.. so the question remains what will the wts do in the future, what will the wts do as far as doctrines to allure the general public at large ?

smiddy3

Every time they have proclaimed "New Light" they have lied to cover up mistakes/errors they have made .It has worked for them for so long in the past so why would they change it now.?

So yes they will continue to lie using the same ploy of "New Light" to cover future errors/mistakes that they will undoubtedly make.

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Who Do JWs Fear The Most? Top Five

by Fred Franztone in

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friends

it's a fear-based religion, at its core.

jws fear many things, but what or who do they fear the most?

let's find out.... 5) satan.

smiddy3

it's funny how JWs are told not even to look at/read/listen to apostate words; yet apostate words spoken by Satan himself are sprinkled throughout the bible

Good point boc

Your point also brings to mind how JW`s shun/fear/hate apostates yet Jehovah God, Christ Jesus with the Holy Spirit interacted with Satan for thousands of years and they never shunned him.. ?. . . .

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Local elder dies of starvation

by Steel in

well , not really.. our hall recently had a secret collection for our head elder who is almost on the verge of becoming homeless.

i guess he lost some cleaning contracts because his clients were just sick of his no shows because of his pioneer work.

there is always something more important to do than earn a living.. this is the same assholes he is always shaming people to not doing enough.

smiddy3

Why don`t the congregations have a special fund to help the needy ,in their midst ? The body of Elders should be able to determine who has a legitimate case of need.?

No, every dime/penny has to go to HQ.to keep the GB members in the luxury they have become accustomed to.

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borrowed ideas from christendom?

by road to nowhere in

once i heard from a gb, "keep on keepin on".

a church phrase.

when they came out with the idea of the "way" i was dumbfounded to find churches using the same, remember the bible called the way?.

smiddy3

The JW religion has always followed in the footsteps of Christendom .They claim that Christendom became an Apostate religion after the last Apostles died off and most certainly by the 2nd-3rd Century when the Bible Canon was decreed as to what books of Scripture was to be accepted as approved.

Instead of coming up with their own list of books/scripture as to what was the word of GOD they just followed christendom`s protestants and accepted those as their Bible.

Their are heaps of other writings/books/scriptures that could have been included as the word of GOD of that era.

Some that are even mentioned in the Bible yet are not included in the modern day Bible.

Example:

The book of Jasher

The book of Enoch

The book of Jubilees

The testament of Noah

To name a few ,their are many more

Their was no way they were going to include the books the Roman Catholic Church have in their Bible or the Eastern Orthodox Churches etc,etc.

Jehovah`s Witnesses are nothing more than a parasite religion on Christendom sucking the blood out of Christendom where they can poaching off their members wherever the churches have gone before them.

They have only come after Missionaries have gone before them.

They have never ventured into virgin territory such as the true Muslim lands and witnessed about their message that make up over 1 Billion people.

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Singing todays WT

by road to nowhere in

the jist was that we all should sing.

then the first 6 or 8 paragraphs describe how early bible accounts have trained and set aside musicians to do the singing while everyone else listened.. the songs they have put out have no soul, rhythm, or soothing melodies as a whole.

the old hymns are some real music, even if you don't agree with the "teachings".. there is no admission of poetry using archaic language at times for affect or to add to the rhyme, they have to have everything agree with the grey bible.. anyone speak foreign languages?

smiddy3

Thanks CoCo it doesn`t play here in OZ however i`ve seen the movie.And some of the KM sung at KH`s sounded just as bad where I attended .

Cringeworthy stuff

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Is Happiness Without Religion Possible?

by Brian J in

according to the 11/2017 study watchtower.......apparently not.

is it really true that one can be happy without religion?

certainly an individual can be happy without false religion, but a person cannot be truly happy unless he has a relationship with jehovah, who is described as “the happy god.” (1 tim.

smiddy3

consider how true worship promotes family happiness. True worship teaches us to honor and respect our spouse, to treat marriage vows as sacred, to avoid adultery, to raise respectful children, and to practice true love.

Yeah right, shun any family member simply because they refuse to be religious hypocrites like Jehovah` Witnesses who preach hatred of anyone who do not worship the way they do.

And family members are the first to wear the brunt of this hatred

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Anointed Delusions of Grandeur

by Kohanic in

so here is something i've been wondering about.

how do the 'anointed' come to the conclusion that they are chosen?

is it some weird collective delusion of grandeur and how is it manifested in such ones?.

smiddy3

Obviously the WT "Society" does not give much credence to those claiming to be of the Anointed because they have no recognition in the congregations no positions of importance or authority and no say in what happens organizationally even at the local congregational level .

And they never have.

Funny how on their death with no recognition here on earth they can then become Rulers with Christ in the Heavens for a thousand years.?

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Disgusted

by Jrjw in

i've on my been on this forum for a few weeks but the more i'm learning the more ill its making me feel that i believed the wts.

my 12yr old today said i've made her miss out on having a normal childhood and i felt sick when she said it coz i know it's true.

i've been telling my dad today the things i've learned that wts had lied about and about the child abuse and he's disgusted too especially coz he's missed out on 12 years of being able to celebrate birthdays with us.

smiddy3

I brought my two boys up in the (s-truth) neither of them had a normal kid upbringing ,I cant change it ,they cant change it we just have to get over it and move on from that period of our lives and not let it define us as to who we are today.

We cant ,shouldn`t dwell on the past ,it`s the future of what we make of ourselves that will define us ,sure we have regrets about our past but doesn`t everybody ?

Let`s get on with our lives.