Posts by smiddy3

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S 147 for august 2018

by obarac in

anyone have s 147 for august?.

rumors about big announcement.. any hear about that..

smiddy3

maybe its because Paradise Earth has been restored only that it is in another dimension invisible to us humans .

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Finances

by former2free in

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i thank all of you for the warm welcome and having read my bio.

i look forward to many discussions and hopefully in the future to be able to be open about it with my wife and kids.

but for now i have a question.

smiddy3

Real Estate would be one of the more obvious and more public ones wouldn`t it ?

How about selling off all of their real estate in New York that have netted them over a Billion dollars so far and they still have more property to sell their .

What about all of the kingdom Halls that were built with free labour and in many cases free materials that when finished became the property not of the local congregations that built them but of the W.T.organization in N.Y.

Whoopee do ! the G.B.of Jehovah`s Witnesses cancelled all of the loans that congregations had with them that had a time limit on the loans ,in other words could have been paid off in another six months -or even 2 years hence.

And what did they ask in return ? What you were paying on your loan we would ask you to pledge that indefinitely as if you were paying off that loan ?

In other words where they could have payed off that loan in x amount of months they are now paying that same some for eternity. ?

And the congregations took a vote and agreed to it !

And all that money from all around the world goes back to America.

All contributions go back to America apart for a small percentage that is kept for necessary things maintenance etc.

If that is not a scam then I don`t know what is.

And that is just one avenue where they get their finances.

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News? or not news?

by eyeuse2badub in

10 dark and ungodly christian beliefs.

joshua sigafus august 1, 2018. .

christianity is one of the most widespread religions in the world, with more than two billion followers worldwide.

smiddy3

Would I be correct Venus in saying you do not believe the Bible as Christians view it as the word of God ?

or to put it another way

You do not believe in the God of the Christian/Hebrew Bible ?

If these assumptions above are correct what "God" do you believe in and can you elaborate for us ?

I`m just curious as to where you stand about your God.

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News? or not news?

by eyeuse2badub in

10 dark and ungodly christian beliefs.

joshua sigafus august 1, 2018. .

christianity is one of the most widespread religions in the world, with more than two billion followers worldwide.

smiddy3

However the fact is Simon that it is the same God of the Old Testament who is the God of the New Testament and as the Bible states that God does not change he is the same today as he was yesterday and will be the same again tomorrow .

Its not a case of whether Christians today would ever carry out those acts , the religion of Christianity has reformed but nowhere is their any indication that God has changed his mind or reformed ,he has never suggested he disagrees with his former attitudes or statements or actions .

According to Jesus he didn`t come to bring peace in the world he came to cause division.

To seperate family`s fathers against sons,mothers against daughters etc,etc.

And according to the book of Revelation God is still as bloodthirsty as he was in the Old Testament and Jesus is no better carrying out his will.

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WT productions - suggestions for a name???

by sparrowdown in

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how bout ..... jehollywood or just jollywood.

mad sacred cow productions.

big brother productions.

smiddy3

So SOOOOOOON productions.

I`m Ageddon ,Were Ageddon and Arm -ageddon productions.

New World / Round Corner productions

Fooled You productions

Religious opium productions

Faith in Atheist Screenings.

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OK what is the deal with Smurfs?

by blownaway in

i heard the crap, smurfs were magical evil creatures.

i saw in the 80s kids parents get talked to because of the kids having one or pjs with smurfs on them but other than the urban meme where did this come from?

was there anything printed about it?

smiddy3

Was there anything printed about it?

This is what blownaway is asking and so far no one has presented any evidence of it .

Was it just something that the r&f came up with on their own ? I doubt that .

I certainly remember that time period 70-80`s smurfs, backward masking,getting stuff from op-shops/second hand dealers, the Demons could get at you from all of this stuff .

Talk about being superstitious ,J.W`s. are the most superstitious people I know .

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The Firefighter and the Koala

by compound complex in

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this is so touching that i had to post it again in a new thread.. thanks, smiddy!.

.

smiddy3

Thank you CoCo and The Fall Guy for posting those images.They are amazing .

Where about`s were you rB if you don`t mind my asking.? Pm me if you like .

The closest I ever got to bushfires was in a mopping up operation after fires had gone through East Gippsland in the mid 1970`s when I had a stint in the forestry Industry.

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how to make the watchtower sell off more kingdom halls

by pepperheart in

take as many books and magazines that you can from the carts and then the watchtower will have to spend money that they dont have to replace the books and magazines.

smiddy3

But the poor dubs buy them from Watchtower, surely?

Is that the situation nowady`s ? that the publishers buy the publications from the W.T.Org. they put on carts and they give them away free to whoever wants them ?

Is that how it works today ?

The Organization is not out of pocket financially ,the burden falls upon the publishers ?

tell me its not true . I`ve got it wrong.

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Cart Anti-Witnessing - Best Approach I've found on YouTube So Far

by Vanderhoven7 in

a pastor lovingly approaches a jw.

granted the jw is not that that willing, knowledgeable or eloquent.

but he does succeed in getting her to open up.

smiddy3

Sorry to put a dampner on his approach but I thought he gave these two mature aged ladies too much information that their is no way in the world could they take it all in .

As well as throwing in that God was identified by another name in the passages of the old Testament he quoted ?

I think it would have all gone well over their heads and they wouldn`t even remember a fraction of what he was on about let alone look anything up that he encouraged them to do.

Don`t get me wrong he did a marvellous job in his presentation it was just wasted on two old ladies counting time with no real Bible knowledge .

Just my 2 cents worth.

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Newspaper reports: Dutch government will initiate inquiry into child abuse within JW community

by Anders Andersen in

today a dutch newspaper published an in-depth follow-up item on jw abuse issues.. the most interesting part of the article is this:.

the politicians also let themselves be heard.

a month ago the house of representatives voted unanimously in favor of a motion to enforce an independent inquiry into abuse within the jehovah's witnesses, as the organization refuses to initiate it.

smiddy3

The real issue here as I see it ,is that while Jehovah`s Witnesses have in house investigations of child sexual abuse among its members, victims/perpetrators by a judicial committee consisting of three male Elders ,they feel they are under no obligation to report these allegations to either the child protection authorities or the police unless they are mandated to do so .?

Don`t they have a moral/ethical responsibility to do so when its a minor involved ? Obviously not because they do not do so.

Because its not mandated for them to do so should that excuse them from not reporting an alleged crime when they become aware of it especially when it involves a child ?

For them to say that is the family`s right to do so is a cop out because they caution the family against such a course because it will bring reproach on Jehovah`s name.

And in many cases where it is mandated that they report such abuse the Elders fail to do so .