Posts by smiddy3

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Honoring a Fallen Marine

by compound complex in

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"over a year ago, i volunteered to escort the remains of marines killed in iraq should the need arise.

the military provides a uniformed escort for all casualties to ensure they are delivered safely to the next of kin and are treated with dignity and respect along the way.

" -- lt. col. michael r. strobl.

smiddy3

movie called Taking Chance.Thanks CoCo ,I will look out for it .

I often wonder about the people who take their freedoms of today for granted would be if the Axis powers had won the war ,under those systems their is no way on earth we would be enjoying the freedoms we do enjoy today.

We would do well to read the history books of the atrocities of the Nazis and the Japanese during and before WW2

The Rape Of Nan KIng by the Japanese in China for example .

I wonder also of the JW`s who gloss over all of the wars sanctioned by Jehovah in the old Testament and they never seem to imagine that their were many , thousands ? of deaths of Israelis Jehovah`s people under the Theocracy of Jehovah`s rule .

The fact that their were deaths is brought out in the account of David who sent the husband of Bathsheba to the front line where he knew he would be killed .

And thanks for the link jwleaks I think we will hear a lot more about this campaign in the future here in Australia.

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Will A Rapid Increase In Human Intelligence Lead To World Peace Between Governments

by Brokeback Watchtower in

with the exponential grow in computer processing power and deep mind studies of intelligence and ai and the possibility that we can hook up our minds to this super intelligence(elon musk's solution) and that this super intelligence can explore what is,, without human bias and selfishness and come to better non violent solutions to the big problems facing humans and all things.

i see a super intelligence if made in the best possible way would have to be without any built in bias obscures information and will be faulty.. i'm thinking that with great advancements in the fields of psychology, and science the human race will reap many benefits money may even become a thing of the past the way i see it.. being that we are humans capable of both good and bad this technology increase will mean some suffering from man's bad side it can't be helped but i do feel that man's evolution will move in a rather rapid exponential direction towards good by us coming to terms with recognizing our shadow(jung) and emptying it, this alone would stop a lot of warring and a much more sane relationship with other governments.

the more shadow projections we take back the better we get along with people the less we take offence, i see it becoming common knowledge in the future and more psychological profiles of world leaders up for grabs with this increase in information acting as a teacher for the public to tone down violent tendencies of these leaders.

smiddy3

Utopia leads to dystopia, didn't you learn anything form being a JW?

Or for that matter H. G Wells . Classic "The Time Machine "

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They have a point...

by James Mixon in

last week in the sunday meeting a sister made a comment and collapsed, a massive heart attack.

one of the young brothers is a fireman and he gave her mouth mouth and according to the doctor this saved her life.

so if she had missed the meeting that day she would have surly died because her husband is not in great health.

smiddy3

I thought James Mixon was being facetious in his OP

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New Governing Body member in video

by neat blue dog in

he hasn't been in the limelight before, so here's his debut:.

https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-jwb_201804_13_video.

smiddy3

I kept skipping through it and came to the conclusion a great number are not keeping their promises which is a good sign.

Sort of like Jehovah who is supposed to be a GOD of love who gave his only begotten Son as a human sacrifice so that all would be saved , and I ask how come he slaughtered so many millions man woman and child during the years of the Old Testament.!

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Lost in Space -Netflix- No spoilers.

by smiddy3 in

i have just finished watching the first series 10 episodes and at first i was just a little bit curious and not to sure about it however it certainly grew on me .. it deviates from the old tv series and has a slightly more darker side to it as well as being a bit more modern with life situations judy being coloured and adopted ,and john and maureen a couple with issues and the robot is just out of this world .lets not forget dr.smith as a female and more sinister than her counterpart of the tv series.. i would rate it 8.5 out of 10 .

and look forward to the next series and hope that their is one because i definitely think it has a future .. anybody else seen it ?

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Thanks for the clarification Morpheus I just assumed Judy was adopted and you know what they say when you assume something

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Lost in Space -Netflix- No spoilers.

by smiddy3 in

i have just finished watching the first series 10 episodes and at first i was just a little bit curious and not to sure about it however it certainly grew on me .. it deviates from the old tv series and has a slightly more darker side to it as well as being a bit more modern with life situations judy being coloured and adopted ,and john and maureen a couple with issues and the robot is just out of this world .lets not forget dr.smith as a female and more sinister than her counterpart of the tv series.. i would rate it 8.5 out of 10 .

and look forward to the next series and hope that their is one because i definitely think it has a future .. anybody else seen it ?

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smiddy3

I have just finished watching the first series 10 episodes and at first I was just a little bit curious and not to sure about it however it certainly grew on me .

It deviates from the old TV series and has a slightly more darker side to it as well as being a bit more modern with life situations Judy being coloured and adopted ,and John and Maureen a couple with issues and the robot is just out of this world .Lets not forget Dr.smith as a female and more sinister than her counterpart of the TV series.

I would rate it 8.5 out of 10

And look forward to the next series and hope that their is one because I definitely think it has a future .

Anybody else seen it ?

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My JW Elder Brother Passed Away

by minimus in

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he was basically a good man, just a believer in the religion.

when we were both elders we were best of friends and then things deteriorated when i was not an elder for a while.

then after becoming an elder again, i slowly drifted away from the religion and he drifted further away from me.

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I`m sorry for your loss both religiously and physically ,mm

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Daniel 10:13 and 20 speak of demons governing their respective nations?

by I_love_Jeff in

territorial spirits-.

daniel 10:13,20 prince of persia.

deut: 32:9 “when the most high divided the nations, when he separated the sons of adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of god.

smiddy3

However "the existing Authorities stand placed in their relative positions by GOD" {Jehovah }..".he who opposes the authority has taken a stand against the arrangement of GOD"..".and will receive a judgement to themselves" ...".it is GODS minister an avenger to express wrath upon the one practicing what is bad"

Rom.13: 1-7

Doesn`t that contradict Satan being the ruler of the world ?

I`m going by what the scriptures actually state and not what somebody interprets such and such a scripture is supposed to mean .

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Shunning: Reasoning With JW's

by The Fall Guy in

perhaps this line of questioning could agitate a jw's thinking.

it can't hurt.. you: is shunning a biblical teaching?.

jw: yes.. you: so it must be god's law?.

smiddy3

Jehovah and Jesus have never shunned Satan the devil ,disagreed with him yes but have never shunned him !

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Does Jehovah need any protection?

by I_love_Jeff in

does jehovah need to be protected by a zealous scribe***** (masoretic text) or anyone else?

deuteronomy 32:8 is a textbook example of how later scribes sometimes changed the biblical text in a misguided attempt to “protect” god’s reputation.

deut 32:8, eliminates references to other divine beings (32:8, “sons of god”; 32:43, “heavenly ones” and “gods”).

smiddy3

To me these changes were made to get to the idea of a monotheist belief. Only one god. Elohim means gods plural and I believe the original texts says Elohim not Angels or sons of Israel.

Genesis Ch.3 : 22 ...."here the man has become like one of us in knowing good and bad "

The fact that God said the man has become like one of us is telling.?

God is actually saying he has peers ,beings the same as he is , God`s.the same as he is.

And Adam having that Knowledge now of good and bad put him on the same level in that sense of the Gods that then existed at that time.

Not that he had the power of God but that he had the intellectual ability of knowing Good and bad right and wrong ,evil and good.