Posts by smiddy3

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God! No one really cares!!!!

by JaniceA in

there are exposes right and left.

australia, canada , uk, usa.

news reports, court cases.

smiddy3

Sooner or later though with all this crap hitting the fan people will start to care though I share your frustration it does take a long time for any thing constructive to come out of it.

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Jesus Christ—The Greatest Scientist (and Psychologist) who ever lived on earth!

by Ireneus in

if we eliminate all the controversial and confusing verses attributed to jesus we will get the crystal clear truth from him because his source was (1) god which can be seen from his habit of early morning talking to god in prayer (mark 1:35; john 8:1, 2) which would not have been for material blessings (mathew 6:8; 16:24), and (2) also observance of people.. 1) jesus who said judgment is based on whether we acted humanely or not (mathew 25:31-46) would not have spoken about god’s people and pagans (which means bulk of the things found in gospel had not been spoken/done by jesus).. 2) another important truth he said was about the real key to our happiness which he said is with each one of us.

(luke 17:21).

from his observance of history, he knew there are people from adversities who made great contribution to the world; and there are people from all abundance who lived a life of wastage accomplishing nothing; and there are people who are mixed in varying degree.

smiddy3

Jesus Christ never published anything scientific or otherwise .

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Automatic Donations Introduced Online

by JW_Rogue in

this was announced a couple of weeks ago on the clam.

you can now donate to any congregation, the worldwide work, and assemblies online.

further they have implemented recurring payments "because the hard part about donating is remembering to donate," they actually said that!

smiddy3

The obvious question from me is why does an ALMIGHTY GOD NEED MONEY TO DO ANYTHING ?

if he needs money to accomplish his works in this system of things he can`t be a" GOD ALMIGHTY."

Because if he needs money in a world he has allowed to exist ? Giving Satan free reign for thousands of years well isn`t it obvious ?

Haggai 2:8...." The silver is mine and the gold is mine is the utterance of Jehovah of armies"

So why doesn`t he cough up and pay his own way instead of asking kids to give up their ice cream money ?

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Why are there more sisters than brothers at the Kingdom Hauls?

by Sour Grapes in

i have always wondered why there are more females than males in all of the congregations that i have visited?

some of these females are in their 70's so maybe their husbands have died and women just live longer.

or could the reason be that years ago men were the breadwinners and women stayed home to raise the children thus they were home during the week when the jdubs came a knocking?

smiddy3

Aren`t their more "Nuns" than "Brothers" in the Catholic religion ?

Jehovah`s Witnesses have copied the R.C.Church on every thing else so why not this ?

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Pioneer School scare tactics

by neat blue dog in

i just talked with a pioneer who came back from school and she said that at the end there was emphasis put on two things.. 1: stay loyal to the governing body and their teachings.. 2: beware of propaganda.

they said that in wartime the enemy will use propaganda to break the spirit of or confuse the troops.

they said the same things is happening now, so reject negative reports about the organization.. this pioneer (who is fully pimi btw and enthusiastic about it) said she asked her cotboe about if we really have that problem here.

smiddy3

If people are gullible enough to get their information from one source and one source only then what can you expect.

They will be misled eventually.

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W5 Canadian TV show. March 24 2018. JW and sexual abuse.

by arwen in

w5 on now in canada.

taking about the arc.

and other things.

smiddy3

Will watch it later , sounds very good by your comments.

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2018 Regional (District) Convention Outlines

by AverageJoe1 in

so the official program is out but does anyone have access to the actual outlines for the assembly this year in english and/or spanish?.

maybe the gb are clamping down on their "high-up" leaks within the organisation and the circuit overseers making these available have been kicked or had to no longer leak material for fear of getting themselves discovered by the wt gestapo..

smiddy3

AverageJoe1

I can`t download this in Australia. it`s not available here.

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Talking to the people under the steeple

by Giordano in

i haven't found religion viable after we left the jws some fifty years ago.. oddly enough i will be conducting a session at the oxford forum which is put on once a week on a sunday by the presbyterian church.

they invite scholars, professors, artists etc.

people of interest to expose their congregation to what else is going on in this community.

smiddy3

It would be very interesting and informative if this could possibly be recorded so that a far greater audience could benefit from your experience .

I will be conducting a session at the Oxford Forum which is put on once a week on a Sunday by the Presbyterian church. They invite scholars, professors, artists etc. people of interest to expose their congregation to what else is going on in this community.

Please let us know how this went and as I said if it could be recorded that would be excellent if their are no objections to doing so .

Good luck and best wishes for a successful meeting /forum.

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