Posts by smiddy3

according to these sources (city of ancient ugaritic tablets found in 1928) , elyon divided up all the nations into seventy nations, one for each of his sons (elim) .

sons of god makes the most sense than the sons of israel-deut.

32:8 especially since there was no nation of israel listed in the table of nations.

Leolaia had some interesting thoughts on the Ugaritic tablets she made 14 years ago in two posts if anyone`s interested , not to undermine your post I-Love_Jeff ,but to enhance it and elaborate on your post,

Especially for the many newbies that have joined this forum in recent years who are interested in the so many other writings ,texts ,that existed even before and after the books of the Bible were penned.

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Bethelite statistics

by john.prestor in

hey guys, i'm working on a paper about exploitation amongst jehovah's witnesses ( i'm also preparing a book about jehovah's witnesses and interaction ritual theory, and another paper about jehovah's witnesses and discrimination against women).

i'm trying to calculate as exact figures as i can concerning how much bethelites are paid.

does anyone know the monthly stipend as of now?

smiddy3

Interesting thread keep us informed ,I only knew about the 14 dollar a month stipend but that`s going back to the 50`s- 60`s .

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Dog Day Afternoon at the Carts

by berrygerry in

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/8fsaxu/so_this_just_happened/.

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smiddy3

Good doggy , Good doggy , Good doggy. Are you sure you don`t want to do a crap too ? Their`s plenty of paper to wipe it up with here .

Pity it wasn`t an Elephant .

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Need advice/opinions about DF Husband who woke up

by Whynot in

my husband was df 3 years ago.

i still attended meetings but not regularly and for the past 10 months i have not attended any at all.

my husband wanted to get reinstated until maybe a few months ago when i started to help him to wake up.

smiddy3

Look for other interests/ clubs that either you or your husband could join there are plenty of them out their for you both to choose from .

All you have to do is a little research in your community to find one or two that interests you and join up even volunteering at an Op shop can be fun you meet a lot of interesting people that way and your helping your local community. Just a few to consider that are in my local area .

Lions Club ,Senior Citizens ,Probus ,U3A , Legacy ,Meals on Wheels ,Table tennis ,Bowls ,Bocce, Book clubs , their are just so many activities provided for mature age people as well as young people why not take advantage of them and re-start living again.

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You Might Be in a Cult if...

by awake!watcher in

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... you are told to trust the slave as you do jehovah and jesus..

smiddy3

....if you are told to accept and believe and act upon anything you are told by the Governing Body of J.W.`s without question even if you don`t agree with or understand the reasons for the directions they are giving you ,just trust them and obey them .

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You Might Be in a Cult if...

by awake!watcher in

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... you are told to trust the slave as you do jehovah and jesus..

smiddy3

....If its a sin for you to have anything to do with a Church of Christendom ,by going to a baptism,marriage ,or funeral ,

however

its not a sin for the Elders to sell a Kingdom Hall dedicated to Jehovah . to a church of Christendom ?

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THEY act like the ones who are hurt??!!

by stuckinarut2 in

it really amazes me when jws act like we are hurting them!.

many of us have found that if we stop associating with them for valid reasons, they act all upset and hurt that we would be "so cruel as to limit our association or cut them off".

i know of friends here on the forum who have been told by parents that they "will shun them if they leave jehovah" , and yet when the shoe is on the other foot and our awake friends shun them first, the parents cry and bemoan the situation and say how "cruel it is to deprive them of their company".

smiddy3

Jehovah`s Witnesses speak with a forked tongue !

" We don`t shun anybody if they leave the congregation then they are shunning us "

And on the other hand

"If a baptized Jehovah`s Witness leaves the "truth" and doesn`t repent we will shun him/her as a bad association"

or words to that effect .

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Introduce myself

by John Moro in

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dear,everybody,how are you?my name is john moro i join jevoah wittness.com this year 2018 in april in order to be jevoah wittness i live in yokine wa australia,i like to meet friends and share jevoah message to evangelize the word.thank you may god bless.

yours sincerely john moro.

smiddy3

Stick around John Moro , you will learn a lot more about Jehovah`s Witnesses here than you will ever hear at a Kingdom Hall or any Watchtower publications

Oh by the way Welcome to this site.