Posts by smiddy3

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DECEMBER 2018 WATCHTOWER STUDY ARTICLE...Many loyal Christians have remained with an unbelieving mate under very trying circumstances.

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

december 2018 study article :.

honor “what god has yoked together”.

17 admittedly, there have been instances where an “unbelieving husband” seems to prove that he is not “agreeable to staying with her.” he might be extremely physically abusive, even to the point that she feels that her health or life is in danger.

smiddy3

The J.W.religion needs to be held accountable on so many different fronts ,but will they ever be.?

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Did the jw's leadership ever apologize for 1975?

by dugout in

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talking to my friend who's an elder, when i asked him did the leadership ever attempt to apologize for the 1975 prediction fiasco he said they did.

and he was going to show me.

i'm still waiting..................................................tic toc did they???

smiddy3

Not only did they say in their publications that 6000 years of human history would end in 1975 ,they also said that it would be an appropriate time for Christ Jesus to start his 1000 reign as King in the heavens.

This all coinciding with there teaching that a creative day was 7000 years long .

And at the end of the reign of Jesus Christ 1000 year rule would be the end of the seventh creative day mankind would be brought back to perfection into a paradise earth .

The 7th day: 6000 years of human imperfection

Christ Jesus 1000 year reign : Restoring humans to perfection

Culminating in the 7th day.

Then everything under creation being perfect handed back to Jehovah.

edit to add : The words apology and sorry are not words the G.B. are familiar with they are not in its vocabulary.

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Judge Rules on Blood Issue

by moreconfusedthanever in

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/judge-rules-against-pregnant-teen-who-wanted-to-refuse-blood-at-birth-20180831-p5012k.html.

this article has come up in my newsfeed on facebook today.

it was posted by a non witness midwife who is up in arms about the girl not being able to choose her own course of treatment in pregnancy.

smiddy3

You can`t argue with stupidity ,I know because I was stupid once.

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Twelve days in Spain -- Nary a JW Cart in Sight

by Room 215 in

just concluded a twelve-day holiday in spain... seven cities in twelve days -- and not one sighting of a jw cart..

smiddy3

Sorry Room 215 , but you should have spent 12 days in 7 cities and then you might have seen one J.W cart .?

Or hunky dory ,the Spanish brothers and Sisters are more enlightened than we are and concluded that its all bullshit

Come to think of it I live in a regional/town for the past 12 years and I have not seen a J.W. cart either ?

And for that matter very, very, seldom has anybody knocked on my door ?

What`s wrong with me ? why are they avoiding me ?

or is it because the witnessing life saving work is losing its edge.

J.W.`s are losing faith in the message without even realizing it.

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Who wrote the Bible?

by Ireneus in

the wordings suggest much of the bible is written by false friends of god.

to mention a few:.

1) god planted a special tree to pay the way for suffering and death into the lives of his children.. 2) god protected cain who murdered his innocent brother out of sheer jealousy.

smiddy3

Take out the books referring to other items on your list, or written by the same writers, and we're left with not much of a Bible anymore, are we?

That about sums it up for me

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Dec 2018 Watchtower Third Heaven & Paradise

by Listener in

a qfr in the watchtower asks ".

n what sense was the apostle paul “caught away to the third heaven” and “into paradise”?—2 cor.

they've been flip flopping regarding this, stating that it is paul talking about himself to paul talking about the congregation and back again to paul talking about himself.it appears that three years ago david splane gave a talk during the convention explaining their latest ideas and it has taken all this time for it to get into print.

smiddy3

I`ll check those out Saethydd how about T.V series or movie ?

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Lesson in tolerance and inclusion for GBoJW

by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

on board his trip home from eire - the pope gave a 45 min on board press conference (26 aug 2018)..... "... the pope also highlighted the need for parents of gay children to have a dialogue with their offspring and not condemn them.

'your question is clear: what would i say to a father who sees that his son or daughter has that tendency?

i would say first to pray, don’t condemn, dialogue, understand, make space for them.

smiddy3

His humanity, versatility, understanding, and spirituality comes across. He is the beneficiary of higher education!

The Pope that is.

And what education level have the 8? popes of Jehovah`s Witnesses attained ? Certainly not higher education , because they frown upon it.

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Jehovah had a wife the ancient Israelites also worshiped Asherah

by Finkelstein in

recent archeological discoveries have found that the ancient israelites were not exactly monotheistic to yahweh, apparently the israelites also worshiped a god which was seen as yahweh's wife asherah.

small carved sculptures have been found in places of worship and homesteads to support these findings.asherah's connection to yahweh, according to francesca stavrakopoulou, is spelled out in the bible and an 8th-century b.c.

inscription on pottery found in the sinai desert at a site called kuntillet ajrud.

smiddy3

Thank you Finkelstein for posting this enlightening thread.

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Jehovah’s Witness dating rules

by Addison0998 in

i’m sorry that i talk about dating a lot, i know it is probably very annoying, but you don’t have to read it.

but did anyone else have the most difficult time dating as a young jw?

me and my boyfriend have been dating for a year in half, we are in our early 20’s, and we are still not allowed to hold hands, cuddle or kiss.

smiddy3

I`m sorry but I cant take this post seriously !

You are both in your early twenty`s ? And your carrying on like 12 year old`s ?

You say you don`t believe the religion so why are you still under their control ?

If your b.f. is then dump him he`s not a man.

If your still living at home move out and live your own life ,free to do whatever you want ,however the key word here is FREE.

I can`t believe you have been here 6 months claim to be an atheist /agnostic and you post this crap at your age.?

Sometimes being blunt is the only cure.

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Jehovah’s Witness girl could receive blood against her will during childbirth

by Tahoe in

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/31/jehovahs-witness-girl-could-receive-blood-against-her-will-during-childbirth.

a jehovah’s witness girl may be forced to receive a blood transfusion against her will this weekend when she gives birth in melbourne.. victoria’s mercy hospital was granted supreme court authority on friday to give the girl blood as a “last resort” if she suffers a postpartum haemorrhage when induced into labour on sunday afternoon.. the 17-year-old first-time mother is considered to be at increased risk of haemorrhaging because she is of “small stature” and the baby is large, meaning she may have a long labour, an assisted birth or an emergency caesarean section.. jehovah’s witnesses forbid followers from receiving blood transfusions or blood products.. the risk to the baby from the mother refusing blood is considered low.. the human tissue act has a provision that minors may be given blood transfusions without parental consent, but it was edited in 1994 with the concept of a “mature minor” who could “make up their own mind”, the court was told on friday.. however, the child psychiatrist campbell paul told the hearing he did not believe the girl had the “decision-making capacity” to be considered as having “gillick competence” – a term used to describe whether a child can consent to their own medical treatment.. paul said the girl had “been through considerable disruption and trauma through her life” and had “transgressed a major value of her family and her community” by having pre-marital sex.. “you could imagine that she feels very frightened” and worried about “further punishment”, he said.. the obstetrician and gynaecologist jacqueline van dam told the court she was concerned about the girl’s “naivety” that if anything happened, “she would be protected by her faith”.. she said several strategies could be undertaken first in the case of haemorrhage, such as injecting a drug to limit bleeding or stitching the uterus.. the girl’s mother, who said she would not consent to the hospital administering blood to her daughter, told the court receiving a transfusion would have a significant impact on the girl’s wellbeing.. “being forced to have that done against her will would be something like having violence done to her or being raped,” she said in a statement read to the court.. “she wants to do the right thing by jehovah, by god.”.

justice cameron macaulay granted mercy hospital the authority to give the girl a transfusion if necessary as “a last resort” but only if they first used all other strategies to stop the bleeding and obtained authority from two doctors.. “i’m not satisfied that [the girl] has the maturity to understand the consequences of her choice,” he said.. “i do not consider that allowing her, in effect, to choose to die ... is in her best interests.” .

smiddy3

Wasn`t there a post on here some time ago about a young lady whose parent`s refused a blood transfusion for her or her mother giving birth and the court intervened and a transfusion was given and as an adult she thanked the courts otherwise she would not be here today ?