Posts by smiddy3

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Why a Belief or Non Belief in the existence of "A God" or "The God" is Futile {In My Opinion}

by smiddy3 in

because their are so many different god`s worshiped in the world today and none of them have made themselves known to us in this 21st century for all of mankind to see and verify .. all of the gods worshiped today are from hundreds and even thousands of years ago derived from ancient writings and texts in languages that are no longer in use today.. that of course brings up problems of another sort translating an ancient language into its modern day equivalent.. and nobody is in total agreement that such translations are accurate or correct anyway.. and their is no god coming to the rescue of translators to say which is the right interpretation.

they are mute.. i`m not just talking about christianity/ judaism either, the same goes for all non christian religions too.. its a total cop out to say one must have faith to believe in god .

"faith, belief in religious doctrines divine truth without proof" and no verification from any god christian/islam/judaism or otherwise ..

smiddy3

people want to do what they like. Citizens of each country know what are crimes and what are their punishments, and this knowledge has no influence on many people. Most people worship greed which would mean provisions for enjoyment of life would get depleted/destroyed at some point in time.

I don`t think any body would argue too much about that as being what human nature can be about.

.But to quote a scripture out of the book of Revelation to rationalize that ?

Do you agree with every scripture in Revelation as a word of God that has relevance in the world today ? or not ?

Or is this just a cherry pick in this instance that suits your agenda .?

Would you quote the book of Revelation in other instances ?

I`m just trying to see where your coming from venus.

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News from Court in Europe

by asp59 in

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basically the same as prohibiting house to house preaching?.

https://europe.easybranches.com/finland/european-court-of-justice-rules-jehovah’s-witnesses-illegally-gather-personal-data-455622.

smiddy3

I don`t see how you come to the conclusion that this will impact on D2D preaching ?

It just means if anything not to takes notes on the householders personal circumstances and keep a record of it .

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new JW Online Bible Study Lessons

by neat blue dog in

has anybody seen the new online bible study yet, just posted yesterday i believe?

it's the first thing you see now when going to the home page.

the online bible study lessons on jw.org are free, have no obligation, and are easy to use.

smiddy3

J.W. Online Bible Study Lessons .In other words read a Bible passage that we give you and no matter what it actually say`s we will tell you what it means because we are God`s chosen people.

And don`t question us because we are the faithful and discreet slave and the proof that we are his F&D.S is because we said so many,many years ago and Jehovah God has never contradicted us or told us otherwise.

We have done so well with our Watchtower study articles with their question and answer responses whereby we ask the question and you answer according what is written in the paragraph we see no reason why this approach wont be just as fruitful .

You will become a Bible informed genius in no time with our help.

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"Jehovah's Organization"

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

i was thinking about this phrase.

when you get baptized, you belong to "jehovah's organization".

when you go out in field service, you are.

smiddy3

one of the defenses the WT tried in the Candace Conti case was that JWs who are out in field service aren't acting as representatives of the WT organization; they are just individual volunteers.

Another one :

Where Mr Unthank took on the W.T. organization in a Morwell court about the Faithful & Discreet Slave Class the J.W.appointed lawyer said words to the effect that the "F&DS class was just a theocratic Arrangement" and nothing else.

In this same court case brought on by Mr.Unthank the same excuse was used that Jehovah`s Witnesses were not employees of the WTB&TS they were only volunteers so the organization was not responsible for actions of the volunteers.

When Geoffrey Jackson the Australian Governing Body member gave evidence under oath whether he believed Jehovah`s Witnesses were the only religion approved by God or words to that effect he stated " that would be presumptuous on my part to say that"

Vincent O`Toole a Jehovah`s Witness Lawyer under oath at the ARC testified when asked about "Theocratic Warfare" as is practiced and sanctioned by Jehovah`s Witnesses Organization stated that he had heard the phrase but never knew what it meant ..

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News from Court in Europe

by asp59 in

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basically the same as prohibiting house to house preaching?.

https://europe.easybranches.com/finland/european-court-of-justice-rules-jehovah’s-witnesses-illegally-gather-personal-data-455622.

smiddy3

I posted this info on FB stating that the general public here in Australia have no idea what or how much information gathered about the householder is taken by a JW that knocks on their doors.

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Awesome, Awesome Report! Wait till you see the end of it!

by cha ching in

beccah hendrickson of wgal comes thru again!

a fabulous interview with barbara anderson, all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together!

watch out watchtower!

smiddy3

Thanx char ching and Vanderhoven7 for bringing this to our attention and of course Barbara who is tireless in getting the word out to the media of the failings of Watchtower / Jehovah`s Witnesses in dealing with child sexual abuse in their congregations .

Beccah Hendrickson of WGAL comes thru again! A fabulous interview with Barbara Anderson

Well done Beccah and WGAL for reporting it.

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New kingdom hall Washington State

by Are you serious in

yesterday i drove passed a town a couple of hours from my home and saw this kh under construction.

this is the first new design kh i've seen in washington state even though i would think by now another one or two have been built.

maybe not with their financial situation being the way it is.

smiddy3

I have a mental picture of religious buildings of all persuasions around the world and this Jehovah`s Witness building has to be the most uninspiring religious building I have ever seen and quite frankly no J.W.kingdom hall has ever had that Spiritual look or feel about it .

None of them have ever inspired Reverence or Holiness about them ,think and compare them to Solomon`s Temple or even the Tabernacle as depicted in the Bible .

Now think and compare Christendoms Churches ,Islams Mosques ,and Jewish Synagogues , even non Christian .religions they all have an awe about them as Holy places that captivates even non believers .

But not Jehovah`s Witness Kingdom halls.They could be just low functioning community halls as far as the general public are concerned .

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JWs and Guns.

by blownaway in

i was told shooting guns and collecting them was not something a jw should do.

when i lived way up north us it was more of a deer hunting group and so some guns were ok, when i moved to florida it was different.

most people in the hall were not hunters.

smiddy3

It's like claiming people shouldn't have knives because they are like swords / weapons - comes down to how you use 'em.

I like that

Apparently Jehovah God had no problem with the Israelite`s carrying swords and committing genocide among their neighbors slaughtering man woman and child with the sword and told not to feel sorry for them, a recurrent occurrence in the Hebrew Scriptures (N.T)

Mat.10:34 "Jesus came to put a sword on the earth"

Wasn`t it Jehovah God who invented the sword Gen.3:24 ?

Imagine if they had have had guns in those days ?

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